Despite constituting nearly half of Pakistan’s population, women account for only 5% of the federal government’s civilian workforce. According to the Pakistan Public Administration Research Centre, out of more than 1.2 million federal employees, only 49,508 are women. This stark underrepresentation persists
KARACHI: While nurses have a critical role in improving healthcare access and quality, their workforce in Pakistan is highly underpaid and overworked — two key barriers impeding their performance and growth, shared speakers at a seminar held on 4th February at Hamdard
“In this country we’re not even counted based on accurate data, let alone having the opportunity to list our issues,” lamented Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah during a youth conference on February 1. Titled ‘Challenges and Solutions for 21st Century
HYDERABAD: The inaugural ceremony of an awareness campaign to get the Sindhi language recognised as national language was organized by the Sindhi Language Authority on 31-January-2025 The campaign will run from February 1 to February 28. Speaking at the event, a senior
The provincial minister for education Syed Sardar Ali Shah and the minister for prisons Ali Hassan Zardari on 23-January-2025 in a meeting decided to empower convicted prisoners’ kids through education. Officials said that the Sindh government has decided to formulate a plan
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
KARACHI: Academic activities at public sector universities across the province remained suspended for the third consecutive day on 20th January amid a stand-off between teachers and the Sindh government over the latter’s plan to appoint bureaucrats as vice chancellor. On Jan 16, university
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
HYDERABAD: Experts at a two-day international conference on 16th January called for women’s participation in decision-making and agricultural practices through education and capacity-building programs and underscored the need for empowerment of rural women in livestock management through targeted training and resource allocation