KARACHI: On the eve of World No-Tobacco Day, experts have highlighted the urgency to protect the youth from what they described as the “newer tobacco traps” and demanded a ban on these products within all educational institutions. Speaking at an awareness session
KARACHI: A teenage boy reportedly died of heatstroke as temperature crossed 40 degree Celsius mark in parts of the city on 30th May. The boy, aged around 15 years, was brought dead to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi from Moachko.
The Sindh government has decided to increase from Rs25,000 to Rs50,000 the amount of its one-time need-cum-merit-based scholarship for deserving university students in the province from religious minorities. The decision to this effect was made at a meeting of the Sindh Non-Muslim
One of the suspects has been arrested after the registration of a case at the Jamshed Quarters police station against a family for harassing a female teacher of a private school. Police said the harassment incident took place inside a private school
A model court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of his brother in 2020. Asad Sohrab was found guilty of fatally stabbing his elder brother Qamar Sohrab at his shop in Quaidabad on September 20, 2020. Additional Sessions
KARACHI: The Sindh government has approved scholarships for 2,723 students pursuing higher education. The decision was made during a board meeting of the Sindh Education Endowment Fund Trust (SEEF), said a press release issued here on Tuesday. The scholarships, approved for the
KARACHI: A public-private child health initiative launched in the city’s urban slums over two years ago has seen significant improvements in the nutrition and immunisation status of children, presenting a roadmap for scaling up the model in other parts of the province,
The Pakistan Eye Bank Society (PEBS), in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Heidelberg Schloss, launched a ‘School Eye Clinic’ project on 27-May-2025 to screen as many as 60,000 schoolchildren. German Consul General in Karachi Dr Rudiger Lotz inaugurated the project at
KARACHI: Two sisters were subjected to a sexual assault in their home in North Karachi, police and doctors said on 27th May. Police Surgeon Summaiya Syed told Dawn that both the girls, aged 15 and 8, were brought to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil
Says eradication of the crippling disease moral duty, national emergency KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has made a strong and urgent appeal to all elected representatives – including members of the national assembly, provincial assembly, and local government bodies