The Sindh Workers’ Welfare Board (WWB) will present electric scooters to labourers from religious minorities in the province as a special Independence Day gift. According to a handout issued on 10-August-2025, Sindh Labour Secretary Rafiq Qureshi said the white segment of Pakistan’s
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 08-August-2025 celebrated the 78th Independence Day of the country with differently-abled children in two heart-warming events held at the Quaid-e-Azam House Museum and the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Both events, marked under
KARACHI: A sessions court on 8th August sentenced a man to two years in prison for marrying an underage girl. After hearing complainant counsel Daniyal Muhammad Hussain and the defence side, Judicial Magistrate (East) Noor Ahmed Chandio, found Azhar Ali guilty of
The Sindh government is preparing to deploy its first squad of female motorbike ambulance responders, health authorities said on 06-August-2025. The women will work as part of a gender-inclusive emergency response team, riding specially equipped motorbikes to reach patients in hard-to-access areas.
ISLAMABAD: With less than a month to go before Sindh launches its ambitious HPV vaccination campaign for adolescent girls, a new survey reveals a catastrophic gap in public awareness as only 5 per cent of caregivers in the province have heard of
A 40-year-old woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband during a domestic dispute in Lyari’s Mirza Adam Khan Road area on 05-August-2025. The Chakiwara police said that the victim, identified as Bakhtawar, wife of Nawab, was taken to the Civil Hospital
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on 5th August sent the chairperson of a non-governmental organisation to prison on judicial remand in a child trafficking case. On Monday, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested Mubina Cassum Aboatwala, chairperson of the Health Oriented Preventive
HYDERABAD: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has unveiled a deeply disturbing four-year analysis of gender-based violence in Sindh, exposing a society where patriarchal control, institutional failure, and social apathy have combined to make women increasingly unsafe. The report, based on media monitoring
When Fatima was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at just three years old, her parents were overwhelmed. Like so many families in similar situations, they faced a maze of uncertainty—confusion, societal stigma, and a painful lack of support services. They wondered
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed a female convert to Islam to approach a guardians & wards court to seek the custody of her children from her former husband, who is Hindu. The direction came on a petition of Laxmee, who