Street crime in Karachi’s District South dropped 38 percent during Ramadan, with significant declines in mobile snatching and vehicle theft. The change was reflected in the latest Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) report, which showed a significant 38 percent decline in street crime
The Sindh government on 28-March-2025 decided to establish 500 non-formal education centres to enrol 15,000 out of school children. These children are from underprivileged areas and will be helped to complete primary education within 30 months through the non-formal education system. Officials
From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan’s megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends migrating abroad as the ancient Parsi community dwindles. Soon the film student hopes to join them — becoming one more loss
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad, the second largest city of the province, continues to struggle to eradicate poliovirus as its environmental sample remained positive for the month of March once again, throwing yet another challenge to health and administration officials. Last year, Hyderabad had reported
Water tankers, dumpers and trailers continue to barrel down the city’s roads with little regard for human life. Enraged by yet another preventable tragedy, onlookers pelted the water tanker with stones, broke its windows, and beat the driver before handing him over
ISLAMABAD: Senior child specialists from the Sindh Institute of Child Health and Neonatology (SICHN) Karachi on 25-March-2025 urged the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to approve the establishment of Pakistan’s first human milk bank, rebranded as the “Mothers Milk Registry,” to save
To empower youth with globally recognised digital skills, the Sindh government announced providing over 30,000 Google Career Certificates scholarships in collaboration with Google and Tech Valley for public universities in the province. Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presided over a meeting
HYDERABAD: The vital MRI, CT Scan and dialysis machines, as well as many air conditioners, at the Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) need urgent repairs but the administration appears helpless for want of required funds. The ultimate suffers are the several thousand patients
ISLAMABAD: Karachi and Dhaka will be the only two cities in Asia-Pacific region among the 10 cities of the Global South that will receive eight million climate migrants by 2050 if the world warms by more than 1.5 centigrade above pre-industrial levels,
Sindh has reported its first case of monkeypox (Mpox) and Pakistan’s second locally transmitted infection after Peshawar, as a 29-year-old patient from Malir tested positive despite having no recent travel history, raising concerns about the virus’s spread within the country. The patient