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The great divide: Goodbye Islamabad, welcome to G-11
Clean, well-maintained streets of capital turn into potholed, garbage-lined mess in ‘less-posh’ sectors.
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Roadwork all around: Haze of dust causing breathing problems
Rise in allergy, asthma patients due to lack of dust reduction measures amid roadwork.
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Deadly diseases: Two die of HIV, Congo fever at PIMS
Both tested positive for respective diseases; two suspected Congo cases died earlier.
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Travel restrictions: 327,000 polio cards sent to provinces, federal hospitals
Govt issues strict directions that certificates be issued to travellers free of cost, places orders for 1m more.
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Travel restriction: Polio counters at PIMS, Polyclinic to cater to greater number of people
Requirement that adults also take vaccine confuses visitors.
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Health threat: Provinces gear up to fight measles after 18 deaths
A vaccination drive will start in Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that have the highest incidence of the disease.
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Polio cases multiply despite travel curbs
Of the cases emerging from Fata this year, none received any dose of the oral polio vaccine.
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Polio counter at Polyclinic: Hospital faces staff, space shortage to run the cell
Official says 7,000 travellers were vaccinated and issued polio certificates just between May 8 and May 12.
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Limited stock: EPI balks at govt plea for procuring more vaccines
Provinces asked to arrange vaccines on their own; traces of poliovirus found in Hyderabad.
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Apt adoption: Three medical institutes affiliated with PIMS varsity
This was decided at the first syndicate meeting of the university held this week.









