From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan’s megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends migrating abroad as the ancient Parsi community dwindles. Soon the film student hopes to join them — becoming one more loss
A speeding heavy trailer caused another fatal accident in the city, killing a young motorcyclist and severely injuring another near Northern Bypass in Surjani Town. According to police, the accident occurred near Attock Pump Check Post on Northern Bypass late on Wednesday,
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori on 27-March-2025 wrote to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to urge him to take notice of the rising cases of fatal traffic accidents in Karachi. Tessori said in his letter that he sought to bring to
HYDERABAD: A runaway adolescent was safely traced and reunited with her family by police in Hyderabad. Joli Shankar, according to police, had ran away a few days ago after a fight with her brother Venus Shankar and his wife, with whom she
KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly has ordered the immediate dispossession of the women’s hostels occupied by government officials, including DIGs, DC, and education officers. The Women Development Department (WDD) has set up 11 hostels for working women
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad, the second largest city of the province, continues to struggle to eradicate poliovirus as its environmental sample remained positive for the month of March once again, throwing yet another challenge to health and administration officials. Last year, Hyderabad had reported
The Sindh Local Government Act (SLGA) is going to be amended to make birth registration mandatory, Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah announced during a meeting he chaired on 26 March 2025. Shah emphasised the critical role of birth registration in ensuring children’s
A speeding car on Sharae Faisal ploughed into a man and his wife sitting on a footpath for Iftar on March 26, resulting in their immediate death. The tragic accident occurred on 26-March-2025 night near the PAF Base Faisal when a speeding
The Sindh government’s school education department has issued a code of ethics to advise the government school teachers about their professional conduct during their duty hours. The code of ethics has advised the government schoolteachers to observe such a dress code which
Water tankers, dumpers and trailers continue to barrel down the city’s roads with little regard for human life. Enraged by yet another preventable tragedy, onlookers pelted the water tanker with stones, broke its windows, and beat the driver before handing him over