Owing to the low conviction rate and flaws in prosecution, sexual and gender-based violence in Pakistan continues to pose a grave threat to the safety and well-being of women and children creating lifelong mental and physical health challenges for victims. Despite existing
The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC) has busted a network of human traffickers involved in defrauding people on the pretext of sending them abroad. Officials said on Thursday the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, acting on directions issued by FIA director
KARACHI: At a time when significant efforts are being made to usher in an educational revolution in the world, Pakistan’s literacy rate has seen only a minimal increase, rising from 62.4 per cent to 62.8 per cent, with a provincial literacy rate of
In the wake of the devastating 2022 monsoon floods in Sindh, The Knowledge Forum (TKF), in partnership with the Sindh chapter of the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR), has conducted a rapid assessment to document the plight and champion the rights
The unsettling case involving the alleged rape and blackmail of women staffers by the principal of a private school in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Hadeed has unveiled the harsh reality that sexual violence can permeate the very institutions that should be safe havens for learning
KARACHI: The official launch of the second National Media Fellowship (NMF), an innovative step aimed at addressing and raising awareness about the pressing issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and child marriages in society, was held on Wednesday. At least 40 mid-career and senior
DESPITE months of ‘action’, yet another state-sponsored operation to rein in the lawless elements who rule large swathes of the riverine areas of upper Sindh and lower Punjab has failed to bring peace to these troubled lands. Gangs of dacoits continue to
Sindh caretaker health minister Dr Saad Khalid Niaz said on Tuesday that The Kidney Centre is one of the best centres providing renal care to patients on a no-profit basis and vowed to provide every possible assistance to the centre in its
KARACHI: A court on Tuesday remanded in police custody the principal/owner of a private school after he was formally arrested in a case pertaining to his alleged involvement in rape of several women on the pretext of providing them job. The Steel
KARACHI: The caretaker government of Sindh, on Tuesday, announced its decision to organise open forums (katchehris) and seminars throughout the province to raise awareness about human rights. In this regard, a meeting was held at the office of the Secretary of the HR