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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 self-immolation but was stopped by passers-by. Citing poverty as the reason, Shahid lamented that he was “unable to get any passengers because the CNG stations are closed every other day”. He further said that he has been unable “to afford his expenses and has not paid the rent on his house for three months,” adding that his children are suffering from an eye disease. Police officials arrived at the spot and took him to the police station to record his version. On Oct 22, a rickshaw driver who had set himself on fire as a protest against the alleged extortion by traffic police succumbed to severe burns. Afte...

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  but I didn’t get angry. I told her I cannot let you die, I have to save your life.” For Allah Ditta, race or religion doesn’t matter. He says every life is valuable. No dead body can be discriminated on the basis of faith, “Sometimes after 2-3 days sometimes we find decomposed dead bodies, and no one is ready to touch them even the parents, I even bathe them. I don’t hate dead bodies.” Allah Ditta has been rewarded by the government.for risking his life to help others live.

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 by elevated levels of blood glucose (blood sugar). It occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough of the insulin hormone, which regulates blood sugar, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. The occasion brings the global diabetes community together in order to create a voice for the awareness of the disease. World Health Organization stated that around 350 million people in the world suffer diabetes whereas it was the direct cause of some 1.5 million deaths in 2012. It is projected that diabetes will be the seventh leading cause of death by 2030. Diabetes has tw...