Blaze News - Pakistan

The Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) has initiated departmental action over the HIV outbreak among children at Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital, suspending two doctors, removing a dispenser and issuing show-cause notices to 37 doctors, nurses and other medical and administrative staff as investigations intensify into the incident that has left 78 children diagnosed with HIV. According to an official notification, Dr Amanullah Memon and Dr Huma Aman have been suspended with immediate effect and directed to report to the SESSI head office. The inquiry committee has accused both doctors of negligence, maladministration and violations of medical protocols. Dispenser Basharat Khan has also been removed from his duties, while 37 employees have been served show-cause notices and directed to submit their replies within 14 days. Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital is the same facility where dozens of children were allegedly infected with HIV due to the use of reused or unsafe...

Protesters continued to block Quetta's Airport Road outside BA Mall on Monday after a deadly armed clash in the Hanna Urak area left four men dead and several others injured, demanding the immediate arrest of those responsible and stronger security measures. The demonstrators placed the body of the deceased on the road and staged a sit-in, which is still going on, disrupting traffic on one of the city's busiest routes. They insisted they would continue their protest until authorities took concrete action against the attackers. According to local sources, the violence erupted when unidentified armed men reportedly confronted local tribesmen and residents in Hanna Urak. The incident sparked outrage among residents, who accused authorities of failing to maintain law and order in the area. Protesters called for a full-scale operation against armed groups and demanded lasting security arrangements to prevent further attacks. Read More: Armed clash near Quetta leaves...

Another alleged incident involving the killing of stray dogs by the Metropolitan Corporation Lahore has surfaced after a new video emerged showing the carcasses of stray dogs being transported near Harbanspura Ring Road. The video purportedly shows the dead dogs being loaded onto vehicles associated with the Punjab Chief Minister's Suthra Punjab programme. It also alleges that vehicles assigned to the cleanliness initiative were used to transport the animals. In the footage, a citizen can be heard questioning an official about a court ban on killing stray dogs. The official allegedly responds that there is "no ban" and that "the government is carrying it out." The video has surfaced despite directions issued by the Lahore High Court requiring the Punjab government to implement the Punjab Animal Birth Control (TNVR) Policy 2021. During court proceedings, government officials assured the court that stray dogs would not be culled and would instead be manage...

Australia thrashed England by seven wickets to win a record-extending seventh women's T20 World Cup title in a sold-out final at Lord's on Sunday. Beth Mooney (64) and Phoebe Litchfield (48) did the damage in a second-wicket partnership of exactly 100 runs as Australia reached a modest target of 151 with 17 balls to spare. Victory meant Australia had now won all seven of their world finals, across both one-day international and T20 cricket, against arch-rivals England for whom Sunday's defeat meant the end of their record of winning every major global women's cricket event they had hosted. Australia arrived in England not holding either the 50-over or T20 world titles, with player-of-the-match Mooney saying at the presentation ceremony: "We're just happy to be here -- it has been pretty well-documented that we haven't made it this far in the last two ICC events. "I thought Georgia Voll hit the ball really well before her unfortunate dismissal....

China's fixed-wing Y-12F atmospheric comprehensive aerial survey aircraft, the first of its kind in China, recently completed its first flight in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) on Saturday. The Y-12F-based platform has undergone extensive integration and modification of over 60 mission equipment sets, tailored for highly sensitive three-dimensional detection of atmospheric particulates, gaseous pollutants, greenhouse gases and cloud-water physicochemical properties. Read More: A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf The aircraft is now capable of integrated aerial surveys for multiple pollutants, greenhouse gases and cloud-water detection. The Y-12F aircraft is a turboprop plane in the eight-tonne class, independently developed by AVIC Harbin Aircraft Industry Group Co. Ltd. It features outstanding payload capacity and cabin s...

Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made his international debut for India on Saturday but England young gun Jacob Bethell ensured it was the hosts who won the second T20 at Old Trafford. At just 15 years and 99 days old, Sooryavanshi replaced batting great Sachin Tendulkar as India's youngest men's player and marked his entrance onto the world stage with two stunning sixes as he scored 14 from 10 balls. Yet it was fellow left-handed batsman Bethell, a relative veteran at the age 22, who made the match-clinching contribution as England went 1-0 up in a five-match series following Wednesday's washout in Durham. England were faltering at 51-3, chasing 191 for victory, when Bethell walked out to bat but he responded with an expertly-paced 76 not out to take his side to a four-wicket win over the T20 world champions. The match turned decisively in England's favour in the 17th over of their chase that went for 29 runs, with Bethell striking two free-hit sixes fol...