[DAWN] Tests of a teenager who died 10 days ago confirmed on Friday that he had fallen prey to Naegleria fowleri, better known as 'brain-eating amoeba', raising its corpse count this year to 10 in Sindh and nine in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
What caused alarm to the provincial health administration was that a 50-year-old man was also admitted to hospital in Nawabshah on Friday with somewhat similar symptoms.