ISLAMABAD: The country has reported its third wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025, with the latest victim being a 54-month-old girl from Ratodhero tehsil in Larkana district. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health
A three-year-old boy on 22-February-2025 lost his life after falling into a manhole in Surjani Town’s Hasan Brohi Goth. The child, identified as Asadullah, son of Faisal, was rushed to hospital but was later confirmed dead. According to the child’s father, Faisal,
On February 8, a police party visited a residence on Khayaban-i-Momin, a secure and serene part of Karachi’s upscale Defence locality. They were there to find out about the whereabouts of a 23-year-old who had been missing for over a month. But instead of
KARACHI: A two-day 3rd Global Conference on Research in Education and Social Sciences (GCoRESS) 2025 that commenced on 21st February saw some interesting panel discussions, presentations and talks about education, parenting, language and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The event was organised by SZABIST
The provincial education minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, on 21-February-2025 ordered taking action against permanently absent teachers (around 5,000) and dismissing them if they fail to report back. Officials said an annual review meeting, chaired by Sindh Minister for Education and Mines
Murder victim Mustafa Amir’s body was exhumed and samples were collected for a DNA test on 21-February-2025. Typically, one or two samples are taken for DNA profiling. However, since this was a charred body — and burned bodies are often incomplete, with
KARACHI: The Education College, located in Federal B Area, Block 15, has been granted the status of a university to be operated under a public-private partnership as a degree-awarding institute. The grant of varsity status followed a recent mandatory visit by a
The Sindh government’s women development department aims to actively partner with dedicated charities and non-profits in the education sector to build quality schooling facilities for minor children of female jail inmates who live in the prisons in Sindh along with their mothers.
In a move against the recently passed PECA Amendment Act 2025, journalist bodies, legal experts and human rights organisations have united to launch a joint struggle for its immediate annulment. A convention will be held on March 1, 2025, at the Karachi
A sessions court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for rape of a minor boy. Muneer Ahmed was found guilty of assaulting the 10-year-old boy in Chakiwara, Lyari on August 16, 2023. Additional Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Zahoor observed