KARACHI: A peaceful protest was organised by the unions of home-based workers and informal self-employed workers at the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) head office on 19th May against the non-issuance of social security cards. Women home-based workers and informal workers’
SHRC team finds patients sitting on floor outside OPDs HYDERABAD: Unavailability of clean drinking water, absence of cleanliness and sanitation, power outages with no backup systems, poor infrastructure, and shortage of staff, is all a team of the Sindh Human Rights Commission
The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) was set up to alleviate poverty and provide financial assistance to the most vulnerable sections of society. However, recent protests by women beneficiaries have highlighted how unscrupulous BISP employees and scammers are harassing and defrauding them.
In a major step toward improving civil registration services in Sindh, the Local Government & Housing Town Planning Department (LG&HTP), Health Department, and National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on 15-May-2025 signed a trilateral agreement to enhance and expand digital birth registration
KARACHI: As workers worldwide commemorate International Labour Day, the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) hosted a seminar on 30th April to address one of the most pressing issues facing the country’s labour force: the failure to implement minimum wage
With wealthy families left untouched, authorities are filling quotas of deportation by targeting poor migrants KARACHI: Just like in other cities, operations against Afghan nationals are currently ongoing in Karachi as well however, a common complaint surfacing in the port city revolves
In a step towards building a resilient, inclusive and climate-adaptive social protection system in Pakistan, the Sindh government and GIZ Pakistan, with support from the European Union (EU) and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), have signed an implementation
To make the process more effective, the Sindh Textbook Board has formed several monitoring committees. Karachi/Jamshoro: The Sindh Textbook Board has started the distribution of textbooks for the academic year 2025-26 on the directions of Sindh’s Minister for Education Syed Sardar Ali
HYDERABAD: A runaway adolescent was safely traced and reunited with her family by police in Hyderabad. Joli Shankar, according to police, had ran away a few days ago after a fight with her brother Venus Shankar and his wife, with whom she
KARACHI: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Sindh Assembly has ordered the immediate dispossession of the women’s hostels occupied by government officials, including DIGs, DC, and education officers. The Women Development Department (WDD) has set up 11 hostels for working women