The phrase, ‘Health is Wealth’ in not unfamiliar, but ensuring provision of healthcare facilities to the masses across Sindh seems to be a Herculean task. While we brace ourselves for the next round of elections under the present caretaker administration, one cannot
In pursuance of their vision to initiate a countrywide awareness campaign for the promotion of youth mental health, young volunteers of Synapse, a mental health institution, organised a musical concert on Saturday. Titled ‘Unplugged’, the show featured performances by young vocalists who
KARACHI: The Karachi Biennale Trust (KBT) in collaboration with the Culture Department, Government of Sindh, held a full-day PechaKucha workshop on Saturday. Artists under 30 years from Hyderabad, Sukkur, Jamshoro, Naushehro Feroze, Khairpur and Karachi participated in the workshop held at Mehran Arts
Every summer, Pakistan braces for flooding as the monsoon season and growing summer heatwaves cascade to trigger a series of flood emergencies all over the country. This year too, thousands of people and livestock went into crisis and evacuation as the River
HYDERABAD: The water allocation problem, entailed by the transfer of agricultural lands over the last two to three decades from the command areas of Rohri Canal to Nara Canal, continues to distress farmers in the latter area. The growers at a meeting with
THE European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) is a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance that supports vulnerable developing countries. Pakistan has GSP+ status since January 2014 and can benefit from preferential access to the European market.
KARACHI: As the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) completes three successive terms of maintaining an electoral majority in Sindh, ample scrutiny is being drawn to its inability to complete the K-IV water project, which was the last hope for putting an end to the
WE are a nation in a hurry. When we set out to do something, we do not plan and want the task done right away. In the case of a child’s education, this penchant for haste has a negative impact on the
KARACHI: In a first action of its kind since taking charge last week, the caretaker government of Sindh on Thursday sought audit reports from more than 30 health institutions — both public and private — which received billions of rupees in annual
HYDERABAD: Participants in a policy dialogue have expressed serious concern over government’s utter disregard for the rights and well-being of sharecroppers, landless peasants and rural farm workers, livestock and fisheries sectors in Sindh. They were speaking at a dialogue organised by the