VIDEO: Pakistan launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign, starting with elderly people
10 Mar 2021 A woman receives the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Karachi on Wednesday. Reuters
Pakistan on Wednesday launched a COVID-19 vaccination for the general public, starting with older people, as it grapples with a high degree of vaccination hesitancy among its 220 million people, even among health workers.
The drive will begin with a focus on the oldest people in the community, generally over the age of 80, Health Minister Faisal Sultan said. We will work our way down in coming days, Sultan said.
According to a survey released last week, nearly half of healthcare staff had concerns over China s Sinopharm vaccine, which is the only one available in Pakistan for now.
Senior psychiatrist commits suicide after killing daughter, a doctor, in Pakistan
23 Jan 2021
Gulf Today Report
A senior psychiatrist committed suicide after killing his married doctor daughter over a domestic issue in Multan city of Punjab province, Pakistan.
According to Pakistani media a senior psychiatrist of Multan Professor Dr Azhar Hussain committed suicide by shooting himself after murdering his daughter Dr Aliza Haidar.
He used the same weapon to commit suicide with which he had killed his daughter. He was 66 and his daughter 35.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot and the bodies were shifted to the Nishtar Hospital Multan. The police have started investigation.