KARACHI: It`s one day to Mother`s Day and the children`s nursery at the Edhi Home in Mithadar is decorated with balloons and posters along with framed photographs of the late couple Abdul Sattar Edhi and Bilquis Edhi. Children in the classrooms are
In response to directives from the apex court aimed at assisting families displaced during a demolition drive along major drains in Karachi two years ago, the caretaker Sindh Chief Minister, Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar, chaired a meeting to address the issue. During
In the wake of the devastating 2022 monsoon floods in Sindh, The Knowledge Forum (TKF), in partnership with the Sindh chapter of the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR), has conducted a rapid assessment to document the plight and champion the rights
KARACHI has witnessed mass economic discrimination far too often, making the PPP’s ‘roti, kapra, makaan’ slogan seem rather aspirational. The misery of 9,632 families displaced in a flattening action in the name of an expansion plan for Gujjar, Orangi Town and Mehmoodabad
KARACHI: The plight of thousands of people whose houses had been demolished in a massive anti-encroachment drive aimed at widening three major storm water drains in the metropolis was recognised by Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday when he directed
KARACHI: Sindh caretaker minister for Finance, Revenue, and Planning and Development, Mohammad Younus Dagha, presided over a review meeting with a focus on the construction of 2.1 million houses for flood victims in the province. The meeting held at the Sindh Secretariat, Tughlaq
WOULD former chief minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah be able to live in a house that has been sliced and has no boundary wall at the back, exposing the house completely? Would he be able to live in one for
KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the provincial and local authorities to pay compensation on account of rent support to the displaced families rendered homeless following a demolition drive along three major drains (nullahs) in the city within 30 days. 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
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