Karachi witnessed intense heat on 21-April-2025 as the mercury soared to 40.7°C, with relative humidity recorded at 39 percent, pushing the city into the grip of a heatwave that is expected to persist through mid-week. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had earlier
Experts believe appointing inexperienced administrative officers is one reason health issues in rural Sindh KARACHI: The qualification requirements for job postings ensure that only those applicants possessing the bare minimum academic skills necessary to lead the organization or department towards success in
Officials attribute the postponement to a change in XI results due to grace marks, and the absence of board chairman KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) annual examinations of XI-XII for the year 2025 have been delayed. The pre-engineering, pre-medical
Alarmingly high levels of obesity, low-density lipoprotein (LDL or “bad” cholesterol), and low levels of protective high-density lipoprotein (HDL or “good” cholesterol) are the leading causes of premature coronary atherosclerosis — early plaque formation in the arteries of young Pakistani men and
NAWABSHAH: As Sindh has been in the grip of a heatwave for around a week, the harsh weather is taking a toll on people’s health with heatstroke and gastroenteritis on the rise in many districts and towns amid prolonged power outages. While the Sindh
With wealthy families left untouched, authorities are filling quotas of deportation by targeting poor migrants KARACHI: Just like in other cities, operations against Afghan nationals are currently ongoing in Karachi as well however, a common complaint surfacing in the port city revolves
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on April 17 met with an IFC delegation led by Ms Linda Rudo Munyengeterwa, director for public-private partnerships (PPPs), Privatizations & Corporate Finance Advisory, IFC’s Global, to discuss urban mobility, water, and sanitation projects, and
The Malir City police on 17-April-2025 registered a case against four suspects, including a student named Faizan, for allegedly subjecting a 17-year-old girl to gang rape. According to the FIR, the incident occurred on April 14 when the victim was on her
KARACHI: On the occasion of the ‘International Day of Peasant Struggles’, the Hari Welfare Association (HWA) has demanded immediate land reforms to distribute lands among landless farmers in Sindh. It said in a statement issued on 17th April that millions of acres
In a step towards building a resilient, inclusive and climate-adaptive social protection system in Pakistan, the Sindh government and GIZ Pakistan, with support from the European Union (EU) and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have signed an implementation