KARACHI: The German Consulate General Karachi organised an ‘active symposium’ at a local hotel here on 12th July to launch ‘StrongHer’— an initiative by the Goethe-Institute Pakistan in collaboration with Matrix Fit Pakistan — to celebrate and explore the many dimensions of
KARACHI: Expressing serious concern over the escalating violence against women, especially female healthcare providers, experts representing the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Pakistan (SOGP) on 12th July demanded that the government bring the perpetrators to justice and address systemic failures. “We strongly
KARACHI: Despite the Sindh government spending billions of rupees on social protection programs, poverty remains deeply entrenched in the province’s rural areas. According to official statistics obtained by The Express Tribune, the Sindh government has spent nearly Rs20 billion in five
UMERKOT: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has warned that repeated blasphemy accusations based on unverified social media content risks “provoking violence and destabilising communal peace.” The commission said in a formal letter to Umerkot SSP that blasphemy laws must not be
KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced the results of the annual examinations of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC), 10th grade, General Group (regular and private) students for the year 2025. According to the results, Sana Muhammad Idrees of
Despite widespread awareness of the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), mothers in Karachi’s urban slums face significant barriers that prevent them from fully adhering to recommended practices, a new study has found. Myths, lack of family support, maternal health issues and socioeconomic
The Karachi Police on 4th July said they had arrested the primary suspect allegedly involved in the gang-rape of a girl in Ittehad Town. In a statement issued today, Keamari Senior Superintendent of Police Captain (retired) Faizan Ali said that the Ittehad
KARACHI: Over 1.6 million children, between five and 17 years of age, in Sindh have been found to be trapped in child labour, revealed the Sindh Child Labour Survey 2022–2024. Conducted by the provincial labour department with technical support from Unicef and
Sindh has emerged as a national and global model in emergency cardiac care, where the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Karachi and its expanding network of 11 cardiac centres across the province are offering round-the-clock, completely free emergency angioplasty (Primary PCI)—having
KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah said on 1st July that the education department had completed a large recruitment drive by hiring over 93,000 teachers, including 31,075 women, to ensure that no functional school remains closed due to a shortage