KARACHI: Experts at a seminar on 23rd September 2024 underscored the need for changing the narrative around suicide — from one of shame and silence to empathy and action — and improving access to mental healthcare services. The seminar titled “Changing the
LARKANA: A 40-year-old man and his 32-year-old sister were gunned down in the Bakrani area of Larkana district late Sunday night, 22nd September 2024, over their mother’s freewill marriage, according to local residents. They said that the mother, Qaim Khatoon Brohi, was
A man allegedly killed his wife and injured another woman and himself in the Lyari area on the night between 21-September-2024 and 22-September-2024. Police said the incident took place near Quba Masjid in Lyari within the limits of the Kalri police station.
KARACHI: With much of the developed world shifting towards using biodegradable materials, plastic-based products continue to dominate store shelves in Pakistan, where environmental sustainability is still fairly low on the government’s development goals, despite the existence of acts like the Sindh Environmental
Seated on a wooden bench in a small courtroom, Mukhtar Ahmed Butt, a retired army officer, is patiently waiting for his case to be taken up. He has filed a claim in the District South consumer court against an electronics company for
KARACHI: Members of civil society on 21 September continued their protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing of a doctor accused of blasphemy in Mirpurkhas, expressing lack of confidence in police inquiry and demanding a judicial inquiry into the matter. Meanwhile, the Sindh Human
NAWABSHAH: A man electrocuted his two sisters in the name of honour after drugging them at his house in Mohajir Colony in Old Nawabshah on 19th September 2024. Police officials said that Kamran first gave a sedating substance to his sisters, Alishah,
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 20th September 2024 reviewed the ongoing repair and reconstruction of 4,162 school buildings out of a total of 19,808 that were damaged during the 2022 floods, and directed the school education department to
KARACHI: Apropos the letter “Ghost Teachers” published on September 19, 2024, the issue of ghost schools is another sad reality in Pakistan’s education system. These schools exist only in name, with buildings left abandoned and teachers still collecting salaries without fulfilling their
DEPIx is a comprehensive tool that measures the performance of education systems at the district level, focusing on key outcomes such as access, learning, and equity, processes such as governance, and inputs like public financing and infrastructure. The DEPIx is structured across