A small anecdote sums up the cognitive confusion and lack of social or political investment about the environment and climate change in high places in Pakistan. When I took over the Federal Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination in April 2022,
Sindh police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon on Saturday conducted a meeting to review progress in investigations in various cases and the ongoing crackdown against the narcotics mafia, and directed that police officers should eliminate all types of crime and organized crime. The
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and the provincial local government department to submit a report on the efforts being made to implement the Supreme Court’s directions about the affected residents of the Gujjar Nullah and
HYDERABAD: As many as 207 daily wage earners — associated with the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation as sanitation workers, most of them for almost 18 years — have been retrenched with a single stroke of pen. According to the municipal commissioner, they had
KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Shah on Thursday informed the provincial assembly that all private schools were bound to enroll 10pc poor students free of cost under the law, but many of them were not complying with it. Answering a call
KARACHI: The provincial cabinet on Wednesday enhanced the financial compensation for the families of Shaheed and injured police personnel bringing it at par with Punjab and also approved allowance for the policemen deployed in katcha area. The meeting attended by provincial ministers, advisors,
ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) on Wednesday suggested improving access to justice for bonded labour and enhancing the capacity of District Vigilance Committees (DVCs) to suppress the use of forced labour in the country. The recommendations made part of
AMONG the many paradoxes that this land of the pure has been grappling with, one stands out as particularly strange: Pakistan, despite being blessed with the mighty Indus river and some of the world’s largest glaciers, is ranked as the second-most water-stressed
This video highlights the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) unwavering commitment outlines the collaborative efforts of FAO and its partners in Pakistan, focusing on strategies and actions taken to reduce and prevent child labour in the agricultural sector.
Living and working in a progressive, emerging market outside my homeland, I stand privy to innumerable chatters surrounding the state of our nation. Often such conversations tend to blame those holding the echelons of authority for any and all ailments suffered by