The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) land department has embarked on a comprehensive project to computerise all its land records. This initiative aimed to provide citizens with a streamlined, one-window facility for their land-related matters, including ownership, transfer, and lease of land in
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairperson, Iqbal Detho, on Monday called for activating the Provincial Coordination Committee on Child Labour that was supposed to be established under the Sindh Prohibition of Employment of Children Act 2017. He was speaking at a
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed “The Sindh Habitual Offenders Monitoring Bill, 2022”, following months of deliberation on effective strategies to track habitual criminals. The bill, introduced by PPP MPA Ghanwer Ali Khan Isran, received approval from the Sindh cabinet last
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed Sindh Protection and Promotion of Breast-Feeding and Young Child Nutrition Act, 2023 to ensure safe and adequate nutrition for infants and young children up to the age of 36 months. The bill moved by Parliamentary Secretary
KARACHI: The initiative ‘Strengthening Social Protection Delivery Systems in Sindh (SSPDSS)’ is of high priority for the Government of Sindh of the newly established Sindh Social Protection Authority, functioning under the administrative umbrella of the Social Protection Department. Sindh Social Protection Department
ISLAMABAD: EU Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Riina Kionka has said that her organisation wanted to see more improvement in the country in certain areas, including freedom of expression; situation of minorities; rights of women and gender equality; and also labour rights if it
KARACHI: It has been four long years since Saima*, now in her mid-30s, entered into a marriage filled with dreams and promises of a bright future, but now those promises lie unfilled. Saima had agreed to get married after her would-be husband
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued a clear directive to the Child Protection Authority, urging it to persist in its efforts to combat the menace of child begging on the streets and intersections of the metropolitan city. During a hearing
This decision was taken during the 165th meeting of the governing body of Sessi held on Saturday, with Sindh Labour and Human Resources Minister Saeed Ghani in chair. The meeting approved the surplus budget of Sessi for the upcoming financial year 2023-24
Sindh unveils Rs2.2tr development-oriented budget The Sindh government on Saturday presented a Rs2.2 trillion budget, with a deficit of Rs37.79 billion for the financial year 2023-24. An amount of Rs700.1 billion has been allocated for development projects, focusing especially on rehabilitation of