KARACHI: A local study recently published in an international journal highlights how community-driven incentives in rural areas can significantly increase breastfeeding, immunisation, and oral rehydration rates — three critical factors directly linked to child mortality in Pakistan. Published in The Lancet Global
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a program held in connection with Aurat Azadi March on 8th March said that women’s struggle was not only against domestic violence it was also for marginalised communities, including labourers, farmers, transgender and differently-abled persons. They were sharing their
Two minor siblings riding a motorcycle were critically injured in an accident in Steel Town KARACHI. Five people, including two young siblings lost their lives while 11 others sustained injuries in separate traffic accidents in the city on March 8. Two minor
Karachi has always had a reputation for lawlessness, but recent months have seen a spike in violence that harkens to the worst periods in the megacity’s history. At least 19 people have been killed this year in street crimes – including five
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved a comprehensive four-year health improvement plan (2025-2029) with a major focus on increasing routine immunisation coverage from 69 percent to 95 percent, expanding community outreach, and enhancing governance in the province’s healthcare sector.
ISLAMABAD: A civil society organisation in a report has highlighted the concerning scale of gender-based violence (GBV) and the extremely low conviction rates in Pakistan, emphasising the need for urgent reforms in law enforcement and judicial systems. The report ‘Mapping Gender-Based Violence
Noting that frequent traffic accidents reflected failure of the authorities concerned to regulate heavy traffic, a sessions court on 28-February-2025 revoked the interim pre-arrest bail of a dumper driver accused of running over and killing three young motorcyclists in Korangi. Saeed Umar
SUKKUR: Speakers at a women’s conference held in Ghotki on 27th February said that upper Sindh districts of Ghotki, Kandhkot-Kashmore, Jacobabad and Shikarpur have become killing fields for women and demanded an end to the dark and oppressive traditions imposed on them.
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), under the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development, organised a seminar titled “Environmental Governance and Sustainability Challenges in Sindh” at Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi. The event was attended by guests, prominent environmental experts, industrialists,
With 150 children reportedly testing positive for HIV in just the first few months of 2024. The alarming rise in HIV cases among children in Sindh’s Mirpurkhas district is a public health crisis that demands immediate attention. With 150 children reportedly testing