IN the 1960s, governments started introducing labour welfare schemes primarily comprising benefits such as medical care and cash benefits, old-age pension, housing, free school education, share in company profit and employment for differently abled persons. The medical and pension schemes require regular
Seeta Kolhi, a ninth-grade student at the Govt Girls Secondary School Wehro Sharif, is the only literate female in her community. Most girls in her colony spend their days working in the fields, picking cotton and other crops, often alongside their families
The year 2024 appears to have been good for the Sindh police, with improvements observed in the department as regards investigations and information technology, owing to which they succeeded in solving major terrorism cases, including the attack on Chinese nationals near the
• Health dept data shows 132 children died from vaccine-preventable disease this year • Expert laments parents not utilising free vaccines against 12 major diseases KARACHI: Measles — a highly contagious but vaccine-preventable viral infection — is rearing its ugly head again
Hyderabad: Commissioner Hyderabad Division Bilal Ahmed Memon on 28 December 2024 imposed a ban on aerial firing for the upcoming New Year’s Eve 2025 under Section 144 of the CrPC. This ban would be enforced within the limits of Hyderabad Division. In
The Sohrab Goth police on 23 December 2024 arrested a woman, her father and her brother on the charge of her husband’s murder. According to police, the suspect first fed her husband something intoxicating substance and then strangled him to death. She
KARACHI: Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho has said that the Sindh government plans to extend paediatric and neonatal intensive care services as part of its efforts to tackle the high infant mortality rate in the province. Speaking at a media briefing
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah marked the National Working Women’s Day by recognising the significant contributions of women to the province’s economy and democracy. In his message issued on the National Women’s Working Day, the CM lauded women’s equal role
Police arrested six people, including four women, on 20 December 2024 for allegedly attacking and injuring polio workers and policemen after an anti- polio team attempted to administer polio drops to children in Karachi’s Korangi area. The incident took place at a
KARACHI: Pakistan’s first genetic molecular laboratory has been inaugurated with the cooperation of the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA), an organisation of Pakistani-origin doctors based in the United States. The newly established lab, located on the campus of Jinnah