The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Human Trafficking Circle (AHTC) has busted a network of human traffickers involved in defrauding people on the pretext of sending them abroad. Officials said on Thursday the Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, acting on directions issued by FIA director
KARACHI: At a time when significant efforts are being made to usher in an educational revolution in the world, Pakistan’s literacy rate has seen only a minimal increase, rising from 62.4 per cent to 62.8 per cent, with a provincial literacy rate of
KARACHI: The official launch of the second National Media Fellowship (NMF), an innovative step aimed at addressing and raising awareness about the pressing issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and child marriages in society, was held on Wednesday. At least 40 mid-career and senior
Sindh caretaker health minister Dr Saad Khalid Niaz said on Tuesday that The Kidney Centre is one of the best centres providing renal care to patients on a no-profit basis and vowed to provide every possible assistance to the centre in its
KARACHI: A court on Tuesday remanded in police custody the principal/owner of a private school after he was formally arrested in a case pertaining to his alleged involvement in rape of several women on the pretext of providing them job. The Steel
KARACHI: The caretaker government of Sindh, on Tuesday, announced its decision to organise open forums (katchehris) and seminars throughout the province to raise awareness about human rights. In this regard, a meeting was held at the office of the Secretary of the HR
KARACHI: While the schedule for holding general elections has not been announced despite dissolution of assemblies last month, the Election Commission of Pakistan has allowed a major reshuffle in the Sindh police under which not only Karachi police chief, but those in
HYDERABAD / SUKKUR: As the Hindu residents of upper Sindh continued their protest over the abduction of some businessmen and children belonging to the minority community, two of the hostages were released by the kidnappers on Monday evening. The protest is being
Following the unavailability of several essential and life-saving medicines at pharmacies and hospitals across Sindh, the health authorities on Sunday directed the provincial drug administration to launch an operation against profiteers and black marketeers, and ensure the availability of life-saving medicines in
KARACHI: Members of the minority communities staged a protest at the Teen Talwar intersection in Clifton against the kidnapping of Sagar Kumar, Mukesh Jagdesh, Priya Kumari, and seven-year-old child Jadeep Kumar by dacoits in the katcha area of Kashmore. The protestors demanded that