HYDERABAD: Speakers at the concluding session of a workshop here on 14th January discussed key legal protections, human rights mechanisms and enforcement strategies to promote equitable treatment for minorities. The workshop was aimed at enhancing capacity of Sindh government officials to safeguard
KARACHI: Three young men engaged in an online business of carpet/sofa cleaning in the metropolis were lured to Ghotki on the pretext of work and kidnapped by riverine (katcha) area gangs, it emerged on 14th January. Investigators identified the kidnapped victims as
A 28-year-old man was killed and buried by his stepfather after a domestic dispute in Ahsanabad. The body of the victim, identified as Asad, was discovered late on 12-January-2025 night or early on 13-January-2025 morning in a house located in Noor Muhammad
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has lauded the Sindh government for its remarkable achievement of reducing infant mortality in the province to 2.9 percent, compared to the national average of 5.4 percent. Bilawal expressed pride in the accomplishments
KARACHI: More than a hundred couples started a brand new chapter in their lives as they entered the sacred union of matrimony during the 18th Combined Marriages Programme held under the patronage of the Pakistan Hindu Council and Prem Nagar, a multi-sectoral
KARACHI: For the protection of human rights, various official organizations are working in Sindh, among which the Sindh Human Rights Commission, Sindh Commission for the Status of Women and the Sindh Child Protection Authority are at the top. However, none of these
KARACHI: In view of the growing incidents of falling and drowning in open manholes, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation has implemented a procedure to install covers within 12 to 24 hours. A spokesman for the utility said that new Standard Operational
A pregnant woman was allegedly killed by her husband in Baldia Town on 11 January 2024. The tragic incident occurred during a domestic dispute between the couple. Following the incident, police and rescue workers reached the property and inquired about the incident.
A sessions court has sentenced a woman to life imprisonment and her accomplice to the death penalty for the murder of her husband. Asma and Ghulam Nabi, alias Deedar, were convicted of murdering Shah Zaman, 35, by strangling and giving him electric
Since December 2024, the two major welfare organisations working in Karachi have recovered bodies of 103 drug addicts, with the Chhipa Welfare Association removing bodies of 63 people, including a woman, from the streets and the Edhi Welfare Organisation removing 40 bodies.