With over 5,358 hospital admissions due to heat-related illnesses in 2024 and 675 confirmed cases of heatstroke between April and May this year, Sindh’s escalating climate emergency has prompted urgent local action. Five of the province’s most heat-prone cities —Hyderabad, Dadu, Larkana,
Two men have died of the deadly Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Karachi in the past 48 hours, raising alarm among health authorities and infectious disease specialists amid fears of post-Eid outbreak patterns linked to the cattle trade. The latest victim,
Three underage Hindu girls who had mysteriously gone missing from Shahdadpur recently have been recovered from Karachi. Officials said on Thursday that Dr Lal Chand Ukrani, special assistant to the chief minister of Sindh on minority affairs, had taken serious notice of
A tragic road accident on Rashid Minhas Road claimed the lives of a woman and a young girl early on 19 June 2025 morning when a speeding dumper loaded with gravel and sand overturned and crashed onto a double-cabin vehicle. Another woman
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has taken suo-motu notice of the alleged abduction and possible forced conversion of three Hindu girls — Diya, Jiya, and Disha (daughters of Bhagwan Das) — from Shahdadpur, Sanghar. The SHRC has issued a formal notice
Karachi has once again ranked among the world’s least liveable cities, according to the latest global liveability index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In the 2025 edition of the annual survey, Pakistan’s financial hub was ranked 170 out of 173
A mother of five was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Orangi Town on 17-June-2025 in what police suspected might be a case of personal enmity. The incident took place near Urban Hospital in Sector 15 of Orangi Town, within the jurisdiction
Minor girl rescued in 72 hours after kidnapping, rickshaw driver held KARACHI .District Malir Investigation Police have arrested a couple, involved in kidnapping children, and recovered two kidnapped girls from the couple’s house. One of recovered girls was kidnapped three years ago.
KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children. “The passage of the ICT Child Marriage
CHILD marriage persists in Pakistan for many reasons, and ending the practice requires measures that are sensitive to the problem’s complexity. Debates on child marriage tend to reduce this complexity to two opposing legal positions. Proponents of gender equality and child welfare