SUKKUR: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has urged the government to form a special committee tasked with launching relief and rehabilitation operation for the victims of last year’s devastating flood in the worst hit Thari Mirwah and Faiz Ganj talukas in
KARACHI: Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui as well as Sindh government brushed aside the propaganda about demolition of Mari Mata Temple in Soldier Bazaar saying that the temple is ‘intact’ there. Wahab in response to the rumors being circulated by some hostile quarters tweeted:
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairperson, Iqbal Detho, on Monday called for activating the Provincial Coordination Committee on Child Labour that was supposed to be established under the Sindh Prohibition of Employment of Children Act 2017. He was speaking at a
KARACHI: The law against the business and practices of private money-lending and advancing loans on interest has come into effect in Sindh as the governor gave assent to the ‘The Sindh Prohibition of Interest on Private Loans Act,’ 2023. Chief Minister’s Law
KARACHI: While the double-digit inflation has undoubtedly altered the lifestyle choices of families, parents looking to wed their daughters have not been spared either, as the curse of dowry translates into exorbitant expenditures on nuptials – which is compelling some to defer their
KARACHI: The launch of the Rescue 1122 Ambulance Service in Tando Muhammad Khan was marked by a ceremony held at Indus Medical College. Led by Haji Rasool Bakhsh Chandio, the Adviser to the Chief Minister of Sindh on Rehabilitation and Relief, the event
KARACHI: The Hindu community in Karachi woke up on Saturday morning to find the old Mari Mata Temple Soldier Bazaar had been razed to the ground. According to residents of the area, the operation took place while the area was without electricity
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is one of the countries with the highest number of ‘zero-dose’ children who have not received routine immunisation. But it is the only country among ‘zero-dose’ countries which has made progress to reduce the number of unimmunised children, World Health
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed “The Sindh Habitual Offenders Monitoring Bill, 2022”, following months of deliberation on effective strategies to track habitual criminals. The bill, introduced by PPP MPA Ghanwer Ali Khan Isran, received approval from the Sindh cabinet last
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday passed Sindh Protection and Promotion of Breast-Feeding and Young Child Nutrition Act, 2023 to ensure safe and adequate nutrition for infants and young children up to the age of 36 months. The bill moved by Parliamentary Secretary