...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
died of Naegleria fowleri germ, commonly known as the 'brain-eating amoeba', at the Civil Hospital 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...
(CHK) after having remained under treatment for three days, bringing this year's toll from the deadly disease to seven, officials said on Sunday.
Officials said the patient identified as Mohammad Asif was brought to the CHK at death's door. "He remained in a precarious condition, complaining of severe headache, nausea and irritability for three days and died on late Saturday evening," said Dr Zafar Ejaz while speaking to Dawn.
Officials said the victim was initially treated at some health facilities in Hub for malaria and then for meningitis but when his condition continued to deteriorate the family finally shifted him to the CHK.
All the seven Naegleria-related deaths this year have been reported from hospitals in the metropolis. A 40-year-old man came from Thatta district while apart from a teenage girl victim in Gulistan-e-Jauhar the rest of the six deaths have been reported in May.