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
The Pakistan Labour Academy (PLA) is more than a training programme—it’s a movement. By empowering young trade unionists and amplifying workers’ voices, the PLA is building a stronger, fairer labour movement in Pakistan. Watch the highlight video to see how the PLA
THE last few years have seen a slow expansion of social assistance programmes in Pakistan. Among mainstream political parties, the PPP claims to embrace such programmes as a policy measure. In 2008, the PPP-led federal government introduced the first targeted cash transfer
A Karachi court has rejected a jactitation of marriage suit filed by Dua Zehra, the teenage girl who was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi and later found to have married in Punjab in 2022. Civil Judge (East) Muhammad Nouman Jatoi declared her marriage
KARACHI: Working-class women held a rally to raise their voices against anti-people policies and for the protection of Sindh’s rights. The rally, which began at the Youth Auditorium and ended at the Arts Council of Pakistan, drew large numbers of women, men,
In 2019, France adopted a “feminist diplomacy strategy” that places gender equality and the rights of women and girls among the top priorities of its foreign policy. France’s feminist diplomacy is based on the principle of equal rights – a fundamental principle
Cities are living things. If their needs cannot be met through formal planning, they acquire these needs through other means. The process of acquiring what is required through other means reflects the culture and limitations of the agents through which these needs