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Pakistan is now facing the fifth wave of coronavirus and cases may peak in late January or early February, health experts have said, as Islamabad on Friday reported 34 new cases of Omicron variant. The new Omicron cases, the highest reported from a city in a single day, have pushed the total number of Omicron cases beyond 100. At least 66 of the total cases have been reported from Islamabad so far. On Thursday, eleven members of a family tested positive in Karachi after they arrived in the city ...

A SAMAA Digital fact-check has revealed that the building that was destroyed by sewage gas explosion in Shershah was owned by Site Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) Limited, also known as SITE Limited. The building was constructed by illegally covering the sewer. But it has a valid address.  Kemari District Deputy Commissioner Mukhtar Abro told Sama Digital that it was Shopping Center Number 2 of SITE limited. The drain that was covered to construct this building is known as Shersh...

Typhidot is a widely prescribed medical test often used by quacks and junior doctors to diagnose typhoid fever in Pakistan, but leading health experts have declared its results unreliable. In exclusive conversations with SAMAA Digital, senior medical practitioners have called for a ban on the test to prevent antibiotic abuse. The pros and cons of the Typhidot test have been debated for years and in the past experts have insisted that it must be discouraged. Now health experts have explained how ...

The Police in Sindhs Jamshoro district registered a sedition case against 17 students of the Sindh University (SU) over their alleged involvement in an anti-state protest, but investigation has failed to make headway as both police and university authorities appear hesitant to act. Over 30 people, including some outsiders, participated in the anti-state protest inside the university campus last month, according to the FIR number 305/21 registered under sections 123-A, 124-A, 153-A, 147, 149, 109...

Chan, who is Exabytes founder and CEO, says e-commerce platforms give everyone an equal chance to attain better livelihoods. ENTREPRENEURSHIP among women can now reach greater heights through the ‘Women Entrepreneurship with Exabytes’ initiative by digital solutions provider Exabytes. Launched in conjunction with International Women’s Day 2021, the initiative aims to nurture entrepreneurship in 100 women across the country and in Singapore with free websites or online stores. The company�...