HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar called for urgent steps to unify efforts of the government, NGOs, and private sector to improve literacy as the literacy rate in Sindh particularly among rural women, trailed at just 51pc behind the overall national rate of
HYDERABAD: The recent moves to change the basic structure of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) through amendments to the Isa Act, 1992 have not gone down well with Sindh — the lower riparian province — in the Indus basin. The draft
HYDERABAD: Two young siblings tragically lost their lives, and several others were left unconscious after consuming food contaminated with pesticide in Sehwan, Jamshoro district, on 05-September-2024. According to police reports, three-year-old Sitabi Channa died shortly after eating food at her family’s home
KARACHI: Expressing concern over the state of the economy, health, and environment in the country, speakers at a symposium held on September 4 underscored the need for innovative solutions to address the growing challenges of climate change, which is deeply affecting all
KARACHI: A teenage boy died from Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, at a local hospital on September 2, health officials said. He was the fourth victim of the deadly infection this year. They said that the 19-year-old male, a resident
KARACHI: For a disgruntled person exhausted by the hassles of everyday life, the ability to sit and walk with ease might never come across as a blessing yet for patients with spinal cord injuries struggling to access treatment at public hospitals, the
KARACHI: A project of senior doctors and medical science experts to reach out to and guide people living with diabetes but unaware of it has successfully prevented complications in 452,170 individuals, a recently compiled report said on 31st August 2024. The programme,
In 2023, the Human Welfare Association (HWA) observed ongoing legal setbacks for peasants and rural workers in Sindh. The Government of Sindh (GoS) did not withdraw its appeal against a 2019 Sindh High Court (SHC) ruling that had overturned regressive tenancy laws,
Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has praised the exceptional philanthropic support extended by the industrialists of the Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) in Karachi to ensure that the children of the labourers employed by them get quality school education. Ghani expressed these
SUKKUR: Motorcycle-riding armed men gunned down a schoolteacher near a power grid station within the jurisdiction of Kashmore police station in Kandhkot-Kashmore district on 22 August. Family sources said the schoolteacher, Fahad Khoso, was going to his school when the assailants fired