KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said the world’s largest housing programme, Sindh Peoples Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF), has grown beyond a scheme and turned into a social revolution. He said verification of two million people has been completed, accounts
KOTRI: Residents of Jamshoro staged a protest on the Indus Highway against the opening of a liquor shop in the city, home to several major educational institutions. The demonstrators, joined by political, social and religious leaders, blocked the Sehwan-Jamshoro Road, causing long
KARACHI: Complications of diabetes are rising at a pace the health system cannot contain, with millions at risk of blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and limb amputations, senior diabetologists and endocrinologists warned on November 26. Speaking at a press conference at the
KARACHI: A woman whose body bearing marks of torture was found in Clifton on Tuesday was sexually assaulted before being murdered, officials said on November 26. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said the body, with disfigured facial features and in the early stages of
SUKKUR: Unknown assailants shot dead the 10-year-old son of a police officer and his nephew in a targeted attack in Kandhkot when they were heading towards their school from their village in a rickshaw on November 26, police said. They said that
KARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi has directed the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to complete the survey of dangerous buildings in the city, have them evacuated, and demolish those already evacuated as soon as possible. During a meeting he chaired at
KARACHI: On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Home-Based Women Workers Federation Pakistan (HBWWF) held a seminar at the Karachi Press Club, calling for urgent measures to protect women workers from harassment and exploitation. The event, presided
KARACHI: Civil society members on November 25 sounded the alarm on the rapid conversion of public parks into commercial ventures and its impacts on the environment and the ecosystem. Speaking at a press conference from the platform of the Karachi Residents’ Committee
KARACHI: Provincial Assembly of Sindh Standing Committee on Home Affairs Chairperson Faryal Talpur has said drugs are a curse destroying our children’s future, so no leniency would be shown in the crackdown on them. During a standing committee meeting she chaired at
Students across Sanghar, Shahdadpur, Shahpur Chakar, and Sakrand districts staged demonstrations against the recently announced Class XI results by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Shaheed Benazirabad, accusing the administration of mismanagement and manipulation. Shaheed Benazirabad (SBA) division, along with Sukkur