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
In this first phase, 562,163 children under the age of five will receive the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) KARACHI. The Sindh Government, in collaboration with its partners, has launched a targeted polio vaccination campaign. The first phase, which begins today (Saturday) will
ISLAMABAD: The country has reported its third wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2025, with the latest victim being a 54-month-old girl from Ratodhero tehsil in Larkana district. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health
A three-year-old boy on 22-February-2025 lost his life after falling into a manhole in Surjani Town’s Hasan Brohi Goth. The child, identified as Asadullah, son of Faisal, was rushed to hospital but was later confirmed dead. According to the child’s father, Faisal,
On February 8, a police party visited a residence on Khayaban-i-Momin, a secure and serene part of Karachi’s upscale Defence locality. They were there to find out about the whereabouts of a 23-year-old who had been missing for over a month. But instead of
A girl who was set on fire by her uncle in the Bagh-e-Korangi area succumbed to her injuries at the hospital on 16 February 2025 after battling for her life for a week. Her mother Gulshan had died on the same day