The Sindh government is preparing to deploy its first squad of female motorbike ambulance responders, health authorities said on 06-August-2025. The women will work as part of a gender-inclusive emergency response team, riding specially equipped motorbikes to reach patients in hard-to-access areas.
ISLAMABAD: With less than a month to go before Sindh launches its ambitious HPV vaccination campaign for adolescent girls, a new survey reveals a catastrophic gap in public awareness as only 5 per cent of caregivers in the province have heard of
A 40-year-old woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband during a domestic dispute in Lyari’s Mirza Adam Khan Road area on 05-August-2025. The Chakiwara police said that the victim, identified as Bakhtawar, wife of Nawab, was taken to the Civil Hospital
A joint committee, comprising office-bearers of the Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) and senior officers of the Sindh police and the prosecution department, has been constituted to oversee the progress of investigation and prosecution in the high-profile murder case of Advocate
HYDERABAD: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has unveiled a deeply disturbing four-year analysis of gender-based violence in Sindh, exposing a society where patriarchal control, institutional failure, and social apathy have combined to make women increasingly unsafe. The report, based on media monitoring
When Fatima was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at just three years old, her parents were overwhelmed. Like so many families in similar situations, they faced a maze of uncertainty—confusion, societal stigma, and a painful lack of support services. They wondered
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed a female convert to Islam to approach a guardians & wards court to seek the custody of her children from her former husband, who is Hindu. The direction came on a petition of Laxmee, who
At a time when fewer than 2,000 newborn infants in Pakistan genuinely require breast milk substitutes due to maternal death, critical illness or rare metabolic disorders, the country consumes formula milk and baby food worth over Rs110 billion every year, officials and
Police have made progress in the July 28 murder case, in which a couple from Gujranwala was found with bullet wounds in Karachi’s China Port area. The murdered woman’s brother, Waqas, has been taken into custody. He has admitted to plotting the
The Sindh High Court on 31-July-2025 directed the medical superintendent of Services Hospital to conduct an ossification test on a girl to determine her age in a free-will marriage case as the family of the girl claims she is a minor. The