SUKKUR: Speakers at a seminar at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, on 21st November warned against irreparable harms of cousin marriage and said it could lead to genetic disorders, including thalassemia, cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome and visual and hearing impairment. A statement
KARACHI: A sessions court dismissed a pre-arrest bail application of a suspect in a case pertaining to rape of a 10-year-old girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam Mustafa Laghri, who is also the presiding officer of the Gender-Based Violence Court (Central),
KARACHI: A domestic help was held on 20th November within the premises of the City Courts after his pre-arrest bail application was rejected by a sessions court in the case pertaining to the sexual abuse of a teenage girl in her DHA
An incident occurred in Surjani Town on 20 November 2024, where a man allegedly stabbed his wife to death during a domestic dispute at their residence in Brohi Goth, within the Surjani Town police station limits. The police arrived at the scene,
• Murad orders action against concerned DCs, SSPs and health officers • Officials say around 69pc of 10.6m children under five in the province are fully immunised • Six Sindh districts performed poorly during the October campaign, meeting told KARACHI: Over 43,000
KARACHI: In collaboration with international partners, the Sindh government launched a major vaccination campaign on 19th November for the children who missed their immunisation doses during Covid-19. The ‘Big Catch-up’ initiative will cover two million children – defaulters as well as zero-dose
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has recalled the pre-arrest bail of a man allegedly involved in the killing of his father-in-law and seven-month-old daughter during a family dispute. Sikandar Javed and his mother Irum Naz were booked by the police for murdering
In a landmark move, Sindh’s Education Department has given the green light to Pakistan’s first-ever Transgender Education Policy. This pioneering draft policy, soon to be presented to the provincial cabinet for legal approval, aims to address the educational inequities faced by the
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) drew on November 18 urgent attention to deteriorating human rights and weakening democracy. The HRCP noted that instead of fortifying democratic norms and safeguarding fundamental rights, the state has increasingly prioritised consolidating authority. “Where
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees that all human beings are entitled to a social and international order in which their rights and freedoms can be fully realized. Climate change threatens this order and the rights and freedoms of all people.