The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s fact-finding study Exodus: Is the Hindu Community Leaving Sindh? – has underscored the state’s failure to protect a vulnerable minority, with many Hindu families compelled to migrate not only in connection with faith-based violence but also
The Government of Sindh has taken urgent measures to reduce the number of out-of-school children and is making possible the implementation of the Sindh Rights of Children’s Free Education Act, 2013. A spokesman for the Sindh government, Sukhdev Assardas Hemnani, has said
Police on 22-January-2025 recovered the body of a man found inside a blue fiber drum in the parking area of a residential apartment in the Scheme 33 area of Karachi. Police said the victim had been identified as 34-year-old Iqbal, son of
A judicial magistrate on 22 January 2025 remanded a suspect in police custody for four days in a killing for ‘honour’ case. A girl and her 20-year-old friend were shot dead allegedly by her father Azhar in her home in Malir’s Rafa-e-Aam
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has restrained the Sindh Health Department, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) administrations; and the Sindh Human Rights Commission from making a final decision in inquiries initiated against the accused, Dr. Shehzad,
A young man and a teenage girl were shot dead in a house in Malir’s Rafa-e-Aam Society in what police suspect to be an honor killing. Following the incident, police and rescuers reached the property and found the bodies on the upper
Despite intensified efforts, police have yet to recover two young boys who were reportedly kidnapped from the Garden area six days ago. Authorities are now relying on newly obtained but unclear CCTV footage showing a man and woman on a motorcycle taking
Despite being a low transmission season, around 10 children are currently admitted at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital (SIDH) at NIPA in Karachi with measles, while four children are undergoing treatment for diphtheria. Similar cases are being reported at other health facilities
In two incidents on 18-January-2025 reported in Korangi, a 10th-grade student and a disabled person committed suicide by hanging themselves. The body of a young man was found hanging in a house located in Korangi 6, Sector 51C, Zaman Town. The deceased
Sindh is setting a new example in the country by initiating a revolutionary change for the transgender community in education. The chief minister has directed the education department to develop the province’s first-ever transgender education policy. According to Sindh government spokesperson Sukhdev