KARACHI: The chunky jewellery glittered, bangles jingled, silver and gold gota kinari and tassels shimmered while the blue, pink and white transgender pride flag fluttered in the afternoon breeze. The “DJ Wale Babu” was requested to play the anthem ‘Hum Hijre Hain’
KARACHI: Advocating for climate, identity and liberation, the third “Hijra Festival 2025” is set to take place on Oct 25 at Burns Garden. This year’s festival is dedicated to the cause of environmental protection, with its official slogan being “From climate to
The concerns regarding forced conversion are not a new phenomenon in our part of the world. Almost a century ago the All India Muslim League chalked out the rules for conversion in this region. The All India Muslim League adopted a resolution
Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon on Wednesday chaired a review meeting on investigation, arrest, evidence, protection of plaintiffs and witnesses, judicial proceedings, punishments and acquittals in cases of Karo- Kari murders and other murders in the province. Officials said the meeting,
Khawar Hussain, a Karachi-based journalist and reporter for Dawn News channel, was found shot dead on Sunday in Sanghar, police said. According to police and initial investigations, Hussain was discovered inside his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, parked outside a private
SUKKUR: Slowly but surely there is a silent revolution underway in many cities of Sindh, and it is because of a movement started by the government-financed Sindh Rural Support Organisation (SRSO), which works towards women-focused community mobilisation and development. The SRSO basically
KARACHI: A sessions court on 8th August sentenced a man to two years in prison for marrying an underage girl. After hearing complainant counsel Daniyal Muhammad Hussain and the defence side, Judicial Magistrate (East) Noor Ahmed Chandio, found Azhar Ali guilty of
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
KARACHI: The couple and their minor son, allegedly murdered in the name of honour, were laid to rest near Ghaghar Phatak on 31st July after relatives of the women strongly resisted their burial in Lasbela, Balochistan. The bodies of Abdul Majeed, 40, his
KARACHI: Investigators probing the Gujranwala couple’s murder case have found that the deceased man had embraced Islam before marrying the Muslim girl. Police registered an FIR regarding the murder of Sajid Masih and Sana, whose bullet-riddled bodies were found at Clifton beach on July