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title: "Surgeons in Karachi remove bullet from 12-year-old’s heart"
description: "Most outlets highlighted the successful surgery performed by NICVD doctors in Karachi to remove a bullet from a 12-year-old boy from Balochistan. While all emphasized the medical achievement, some, like Dunya News and Minute Mirror, noted the boy’s origin in Khuzdar and his critical condition upon arrival. The Express Tribune briefly mentioned the diagnostic step of an emergency echocardiogram, while others focused primarily on the procedure and outcome."
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# Surgeons in Karachi remove bullet from 12-year-old’s heart

pakistan · latest filing 6 Sep 2026, 11:46 AM PKT · 5–6 Sep 2026 · 7 articles from 7 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 7 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets highlighted the successful surgery performed by NICVD doctors in Karachi to remove a bullet from a 12-year-old boy from Balochistan. While all emphasized the medical achievement, some, like Dunya News and Minute Mirror, noted the boy’s origin in Khuzdar and his critical condition upon arrival. The Express Tribune briefly mentioned the diagnostic step of an emergency echocardiogram, while others focused primarily on the procedure and outcome.

## Same story from 7 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [Boy with bullet lodged in heart saved after rare cardiac surgery at Karachi's NICVD](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027810/boy-with-bullet-lodged-in-heart-saved-after-rare-cardiac-surgery-at-karachis-nicvd) · 6 Sep 2026, 11:46 AM PKT
  > KARACHI: A team of experts at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) successfully performed a complex and life-saving cardiac surgery on a 12-year-old child from Khuzdar, Balochistan, who was brought to the facility in a critical condition, with a bullet lodged inside his heart. The NICVD staff shared that the child sustained an accidental gunshot wound in Khuzdar city and wa...
- **Minute Mirror** — [Bullet successfully removed from 12-year-old Baloc...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/bullet-successfully-removed-from-12-year-old-balochistan-boys-heart-at-nicvd-karachi-625358/) · 6 Sep 2026, 3:09 AM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Doctors at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Karachi have successfully removed a bullet lodged in the heart
- **The Express Tribune** — [Bullet removed from 12-year-old's heart at NICVD](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2627702/bullet-removed-from-12-year-olds-heart-at-nicvd) · 6 Sep 2026, 12:52 AM PKT · 69% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Emergency echocardiogram confirms presence of a bullet lodged in boy's heart
- **24 News HD** — [NICVD doctors save boy by removing bullet from heart in Karachi](https://www.24newshd.tv/05-Sep-2026/nicvd-doctors-save-boy-removing-bullet-heart-karachi) · 5 Sep 2026, 11:26 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Doctors at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Karachi have saved the life of a 12-year-old boy from Khuzdar, Balochistan, by successfully removing a bullet lodged in his heart, 24NewsHD TV reported.
- **Dunya News** — [Balochistan boy survives critical heart gunshot after timely NICVD surgery in Karachi](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Health/971512-balochistan-boy-survives-critical-heart-gunshot-after-timely-nicvd-sur) · 5 Sep 2026, 8:20 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The 12-year-old boy was transported from Khuzdar to Karachi in extremely critical condition for specialized treatment
- **Daily Pakistan (English)** — [12-year-old boy undergoes successful surgery to remove bullet lodged in heart](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/05-Sep-2026/12-year-old-boy-undergoes-successful-surgery-to-remove-bullet-lodged-in-heart) · 5 Sep 2026, 8:20 PM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing
  > KARACHI – A team of specialists at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in Karachi successfully removed a bullet lodged in the heart of a 12-year-old boy from Khuzdar, Balochistan, through a complex surgical procedure. The child was accidentally shot in Khuzdar city and was initially taken to a local hospital. However, due to […]
- **ARY News (English)** — [Bullet removed from 12-year-old’s heart in Karachi’s NICVD](https://arynews.tv/bullet-removed-from-twelve-year-olds-heart-in-karachis-nicvd) · 5 Sep 2026, 8:04 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Surgeons at the NICVD in Karachi have successfully removed a bullet embedded inside the heart of a 12-year-old boy...

7 articles from 7 outlets, 5–6 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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