HYDERABAD: An eight-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Sakrand, Benazirabad district, apparently for stealing the tiny gold jewelry she was wearing. The dead body of eight-year-old Heer Bhagri, daughter of Lalu Bhagri, was found dumped on a plot in Asghar Colony on
LARKANA: Handicaps, problems and a strategy to ensure the success of the Oct 13-19 anti-polio drive in Larkana division were discussed at a meeting of the Divisional Task Force (DTF) chaired by Commissioner Tahir Hussain Sangi here on October 7. After receiving
KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a case pertaining to the rape of a teenage girl. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Central) Mirza Tauseef Ahmed convicted Naseeb Gul alias Imran, who appeared on bail, of committing
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce automation and an e-marking system in educational boards to improve the quality of education in the province. The announcement was made by the Minister for Universities and Boards Muhammad Ismail Rahoo at a ceremony
The concerns regarding forced conversion are not a new phenomenon in our part of the world. Almost a century ago the All India Muslim League chalked out the rules for conversion in this region. The All India Muslim League adopted a resolution
• 105 women fell prey to karo-kari in Sindh this year alone • State neglects its duties due to political expediency, remarks Anis Haroon • Mehnaz Rehman cites low literacy levels and ignorance behind such killings • IGP has directed police to
Owing to the growing incidence of mental health issues with around 25 million Pakistanis suffering from depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders, along with availability of a few psychiatrists, Alkhidmat Pakistan has launched an initiative called ‘Brain on Wheels’ to expand access
Residents of Badal Goth in the Sharafi Goth area of Landhi caught a man accused of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl and handed him over to the police on October 5. Local residents reportedly caught the suspect, identified as 67-year-old Mashooq Ali,
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate has dismissed the bail applications of two accused allegedly involved in an assault on a woman in her house in Machhar Colony. “History bears testimony that strength of a civilization is measured not by its wealth or armies,
• Over 216,000 children missed polio drops during September immunisation drive in Sindh, meeting told • Murad says elected representatives, DCs and police will ‘forcibly’ vaccinate children whose parents refuse inoculation KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is likely to