Driven to desperation by poverty, a rickshaw driver set his vehicle on fire and even tried to immolate himself

KARACHI: Just three days after a rickshaw driver committed self-immolation and later died when he was forced to pay extortion by a traffic cop, another similar case surfaced when a driver of three-wheeler attempted to burn himself due to poverty.According to details, rickshaw driver, Shahid, set his rickshaw on fire in North Nazimabad area of the city and also attempted to commit...

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Meet Allah Ditta, the selfless human who fights waves to help people.

Lahore: For 40 years, Allah Ditta has fought waves selflessly to help people live.Having saved 800 people and recovered 2,000 dead bodies, Allah Ditta says he cannot help being a savior to someone. Reminiscing a similar incident, he told ARY News, “A woman once jumped from the bridge to commit suicide, I caught her and brought her to safety. In return she slapped me really hard ...

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Here is what Pakistan should know about diabetes, a deadly disease

World Diabetes Day is being observed across the world today.World Diabetes Day was first observed in 1991 by International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to create awareness in the world about increasing threat posed by diabetes.World Health Organization described diabetes as: Diabetes is a chronic, progressive noncommunicable disease (NCD) characterized...

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