KARACHI: A huge protest called by the transgender or Khwajasira community outside the Karachi Press Club on Saturday to raise voice against a mob attack on transgender women in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on March 18 was like a cry of pain. One after the other, the
SUKKUR: Dacoits gunned down a primary schoolteacher, when he was driving to his school on a motorcycle along Hazaro Shakh (water channel) on Magsi-Karampur road near Tangwani town, Kandhkot-Kashomre district, on 18 March 2024. The teacher Allah Rakhiyo Nandwani, a resident of
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on 22 March 2024 said that the donor agency would work with the Sindh government to chalk out a plan for the reconstruction of flood-affected school buildings in the province. A press statement issued
Women politicians and activists have been subjected to victimisation and harassment since the inception of the country and the prime reason behind this aberration is mixing religion with state affairs, claimed lawyers and rights activists at a seminar held here on Wednesday.
Did you know that the total prison population in Sindh stands at 20,000, surpassing the authorized capacity by 31% ? Furthermore, a staggering 52% of undertrial prisoners in Sindh Jails face minor charges, shedding light on the complexity of our justice system.
A boy and his sister, who had reportedly gone missing in North Nazimabad on March 12, returned safely home on March 13, police said, according to media report. However, a Rangers spokesperson claimed that it was a kidnapping case as the siblings’
Pakistan ranks 161st on a list of 191 countries on the UN Human Development Index, scoring 0.544 points, according to a report released on 13 March 2024. This shows a slight improvement from 2023, when Pakistan was ranked 164th with 0.540 points, which
A sessions court has sentenced a man to two years in the custody of a probation officer for marrying an underage girl, according to a news report. Additional District and Sessions Judge (west) Irshad Hussain found Muhammad Aslam, 40, guilty of marrying
The National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) has warned that government functionaries, judiciary and civil society have to be strengthened to counter and prevent growing cases of online harassment of children. In a report, `Situational analysis of child online protection
