KARACHI: Raising alarm over multiple outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases and deaths of a large number of children across the country, health experts said on 4th January that these precious lives could have been easily saved if the governments at the federal and
KARACHI: The Sindh government has released Rs20 million in humanitarian aid for the people affected by recent violence in Parachinar in Kurram district. An official said that the provincial government had selected the Sindh branch of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for the
It is unfortunate that we do research just to increase the number of publications rather than focusing on solving societal issues. It is very alarming that we do not have concrete research on our problems, and that is one of the major
SUKKUR: The District Advisory and Implementation Panel has called for devising joint actions for urgent implementation of the Sindh Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding and Young Child Nutrition Act, 2023. Iqbal Detho, chairperson of the Sindh Human Rights Commission who co-chaired a
EVEN as the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (Nov 25 to Dec 10) was being observed across the globe, including in Pakistan, a young female lecturer and mother of three was brutally murdered by her husband in an incident
MITHI: Young schoolchildren coming from nine districts of the province highlighted issues relating to their studies and institutions at a mock assembly convened in the Tharparkar District Council hall with the joint collaboration of Unicef, Thar Education Alliance (TEA) and Sindh government’s
KARACHI: No year passes peacefully in Karachi, where the residents might get a chance to breathe a sigh of relief or feel that their lives and properties are safe. Like every year, 2024 also saw numerous incidents and tragedies, claiming the lives
These cases are not just statistics; they reflect the violent stripping of women’s autonomy and dignity under the guise of family ‘honour’. In Pakistan, ‘honour’ killings continued to claim the lives of women throughout 2024, perpetuated by deeply ingrained societal beliefs about family dignity
PAKISTAN’S first comprehensive occupational safety and health (OSH) profile exposes the inadequacies of worker protection in a country where over 72m people constitute the formal workforce. It arrives against a backdrop of preventable industrial tragedies: the 2012 Baldia factory fire in Karachi,
The Policy Brief on the Employment of Children in Pakistan analyzes child labour laws and highlights Pakistan’s commitment to international conventions like the UNCRC and ILO. It differentiates between child work and child labour, emphasizing the latter’s harmful effects. The brief calls