KARACHI: Despite the presence of strict laws against sexual harassment and exploitation of children and women, weaknesses in investigation and prosecution continue to allow offenders to escape punishment, contributing to a surge in child abuse cases. Recent incidents, including the Qayyumabad case
In the Mustafa Amir murder case, the forensic analysis of computers and laptops seized from the call centres of the arrested prime suspect, Armaghan Qureshi, has not yet been completed. Due to the National Cyber Crime Agency’s delay in providing a complete
HYDERABAD / LARKANA: Arrangements to save people’s life, property and livestock in the face of impending flood have almost been completed in upper, central and southern districts, including Hyderabad, Matiari, Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts while a strategy to relocate a large number of vulnerable
KARACHI: A study conducted by the Aga Khan University (AKU) has found that one in four children, aged three to eight, attending public schools in Karachi are at high risk of developmental delays. The developmental delays mean a child has not achieved
KARACHI: At least seven people were killed in Karachi on Tuesday after heavy monsoon rains battered the city, flooding neighbourhoods, paralysing traffic and knocking out power, prompting the mayor to enforce a rain emergency. Dark clouds covered the city by afternoon, followed
KARACHI: Sharing their clinical observations and data gathered during medical camps organised in four desert-belt districts over the past four years, speakers at a seminar held on 13th August underscored the need to integrate mental health into primary care services and initiate
ISLAMABAD: With less than a month to go before Sindh launches its ambitious HPV vaccination campaign for adolescent girls, a new survey reveals a catastrophic gap in public awareness as only 5 per cent of caregivers in the province have heard of
At a time when fewer than 2,000 newborn infants in Pakistan genuinely require breast milk substitutes due to maternal death, critical illness or rare metabolic disorders, the country consumes formula milk and baby food worth over Rs110 billion every year, officials and
In the wake of the recent collapse of a residential building in Lyari, the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has declared 590 buildings across Karachi “dangerous”, prompting serious concern over public safety and the condition of ageing infrastructure in the city. The
This past Sunday, two brothers, aged 12 and 15, were tragically crushed under a speeding water tanker near Kala Pul on Korangi Road, Karachi, while they were riding a motorcycle. Their deaths – disconcertingly bringing the total heavy traffic accident tally to