Tuber-culosis is more dangerous than Aids and malaria and, as such, effective measures to eliminate the disease from the country are needed to be taken. This was observed by speakers at a seminar organised by the Karachi chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association on Saturday in connection with the World TB Day, which is observed on March 24 every year to mark the discovery of the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. According to the data compiled recently, Pakistan is the 8th among the countries having the highest TB burden in the world with an estimated prevalence of 177 per 100,000. Every year, approximately 280,000 people in Pakistan (primarily adults in their productive years) develop TB whereas the case detection rate stands at around 39 per cent