Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Launches Across Every Doorway on World Polio Day, Spotlighting the Women Behind Pakistan’s Polio Eradication Efforts
[Karachi, 24th October 2026] SOC Films, with two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy at the helm, announces the launch of Across Every Doorway, a new documentary to mark World Polio Day, this 24th October 2026. Following four women working across Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, and Islamabad, the film offers an intimate
Experts call for medical approach to obesity at Lahore event
LAHORE: With more than 1 billion people living with obesity worldwide, health experts in Lahore on August 31 called for treating obesity as a chronic disease and expanding access to medical and surgical care in Pakistan. Obesity has emerged as a major public health challenge. The World Health Organization estimates
