KARACHI: Amina Sohail veers through heavy traffic to pick up her next passenger despite the sight of a woman riding a motorcycle drawing stares. The 28-year-old is the first woman in her family to enter the workforce, a pattern emerging in urban
Equal rights as stipulated by the Constitution must be upheld, and the state should ensure the protection of all places of worship and the life and property of people living in smaller communities. The ‘Minority Rights March’ held at historic Frere Hall
OF late, it seems as if the state of Pakistan is caught up in a constant battle with its citizens, from Balochistan to Karachi to the more central areas of Pakistan. And the longer these skirmishes go on and the wider they spread, it
The National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), the Home-Based Women Workers Federation (HBWWF), and Alternate held a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club to protest against the allegedly illegal detention of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt. Workers and
Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Shafi Siddiqui has directed all the district and session judges to distribute the cases equally among judicial officers so that the burden of work is shared equally by all the officers. Presiding over a meeting
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Hyderabad Range police chief to initiate an impartial inquiry into allegations against Thatta police officials for depriving a resident of his valuables. The DIG was instructed to consider all aspects of the case
A dark head emerges, followed by the torso. The balding man heaves himself up, hands on the sides of the manhole, as he is helped by two men. Gasping for breath, the man, who seems to be in his late 40s, sits
PERHAPS 2024 was always meant to be the year voters were going to knock some sense into those who grew complacent in their power, especially in South Asia. Indeed, we Pakistanis were not the only ones who misjudged an election; our neighbours
KARACHI: Condition of women workers and peasants in rural Sindh remains precarious despite existence on paper of various laws aimed at addressing their issues as there is a notable gap in the implementation of laws on women and gender inequality persists in
SUKKUR: A woman was shot at and wounded when she, along with her family, offered strong resistance to a group of armed men who wanted to take away her seven year-old daughter on 11 May 2024 evening. The group of Jagiranis had