KARACHI: The khwaja sara community organised the second Transgender Festival 2024 at Frere Hall, which started with a rally from the Quaid-e-Azam House. The festival brought together transgender individuals and members of civil society from all over the country, who enjoyed a
The Sindh government is likely to adopt a law soon making the entry of Computerised National Identity Card numbers of the would-be married couples in their Nikahnama compulsory to prevent underage marriages in the province. Sindh Women Development Minister Shaheena Sher Ali
In a landmark initiative to address rising suicide cases in Pakistan, psychiatrists and geneticists have launched the first collaborative genetic study to investigate the underlying causes of suicide in the Thar region and the surrounding districts. The study project aims to understand
A father of eight daughters was shot dead outside his home in the Orangi Town neighbourhood on 06-November 2024. The suspect, identified as the victim’s former son-in-law, fled the scene following the attack. The incident occurred in Zia Colony, Swat Chowk area
SUKKUR: Three armed men reportedly barged into a labourer’s house and subjected his pregnant wife to torture and sexual assault in Mochi Basti area within the limits of Saddar police station in Jacobabad late on 4th November. The labourer alleged a man
The District Keamari police on 04-Novemeber-2024 announced the resolution of a murder case involving a woman whose body was discovered in a trunk at the Metroville graveyard on October 21. The victim, identified as Shazia, a mother of five and employee at
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was on 4th November informed that over 28,500 employees of the provincial government were illegally taking benefit from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). As many as 28,549 provincial government’s employees whose spouses were illegally enlisted as beneficiaries
UMERKOT: A 10-year-old girl of New Chhor town, who was abducted two years ago, has finally been reunited with her family. Victim Aasoo Kolhi told Dawn that she was kidnapped from Tando Adam when she had gone to buy milk for her
A young woman’s body and her brother-in-law in unconscious condition were found in a car parked inside a workshop in Defence on 04-November-2024. Police said it was premature to conclude whether poisoning or drugs were involved, and that they were awaiting the
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the appeal against life imprisonment of a man convicted in a murder case, observing that the prosecution successfully proved its case against the appellant. Imtiaz Ali was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Thatta additional