In what is considered one of the most ambitious and equity-driven public sector projects in Pakistan’s recent history, the Workers Welfare Board Sindh (WWBS) has launched a province-wide initiative to distribute 10,000 electric motorcycles—entirely free of cost—to female industrial workers across Sindh.
KARACHI: Public healthcare facilities are surrounded by stagnant water after the deluge on August 19. Owing to heavy downpour on Tuesday, many scheduled surgeries were canceled at government hospitals as well as the OPD clinics. Staff attendance also remained low due to
KARACHI: Heavy rains, described as “unprecedented” by the Met Office, paralysed life in Karachi on 19th August and submerged many areas mainly due to clogged drains that could not handle the rainwater flow. The rain also exposed the ill-maintained transmission and distribution system
Khawar Hussain, a Karachi-based journalist and reporter for Dawn News channel, was found shot dead on Sunday in Sanghar, police said. According to police and initial investigations, Hussain was discovered inside his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, parked outside a private
KARACHI: At least seven people were killed in Karachi on Tuesday after heavy monsoon rains battered the city, flooding neighbourhoods, paralysing traffic and knocking out power, prompting the mayor to enforce a rain emergency. Dark clouds covered the city by afternoon, followed
SUKKUR: Slowly but surely there is a silent revolution underway in many cities of Sindh, and it is because of a movement started by the government-financed Sindh Rural Support Organisation (SRSO), which works towards women-focused community mobilisation and development. The SRSO basically
KARACHI: The Sindh government has dispatched a water filtration plant to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 10 trucks loaded with ration bags and other essential food items for the flood-affected families, a statement said. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also held a telephonic
Health experts have sounded a chilling warning that Pakistan is on the verge of becoming a crippled nation with a diabetic losing a limb every 10 seconds due to complications of the disease, and a major amputation taking place every 25 to
KARACHI: Educationists, social scientists and parenting experts have warned that the increasing use of mobile phones among children is severely affecting their mental health and academic performance, citing research findings indicating that 77 percent of children who use mobile phones for more
Islamabad: The Directorate General of Special Education (DGSE), Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (M/o FE&PT), celebrated Pakistan’s 78th Independence Day with great zeal and patriotic spirit. The day began with a dignified flag-hoisting ceremony at the National Centre for Physically