Pakistan, May 18 -- An alarming health warning has been issued in Pakistan as experts revealed that high blood pressure (hypertension) is responsible for the deaths of around 400,000 people in the country each year.

This figure was shared by Prof Dr Jehan Ara Hassan, Pro Vice Chancellor of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), while addressing a seminar and panel discussion organised by the Dow Institute of Cardiology on the occasion of World Hypertension Day in Karachi.

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Speaking as the chief guest, she said that hypertension is a growing global health crisis, with nearly 1.4 billion people affected worldwide. She added that approximately 10 million deaths occur globally each ...