KARACHI: According to the World Bank’s 2019 report, 43 percent of young people in Pakistan’s educational institutions are using alcohol and other narcotics. Doctors have warned that this trend is having severe negative effects on students’ mental and physical health and academic
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday expressed concerns over a rise in crimes against women and children in Sindh, with a zero per cent conviction rate in such crimes alarming the panel. In a meeting at Parliament House,
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on 11-September-2024 said that monsoon floods in Sindh had forced thousands of children out of school, as Pakistan struggled with recurring extreme weather events disrupting education and putting young lives at risk. “Children in
HYDERABAD: Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho has warned people that poliovirus has been spreading vigorously across this province. “Vaccination is the only way to protect your children. Two drops of polio vaccine can save your children from lifetime disability,” she said,
KARACHI: A woman was found dead with torture marks on the face and neck, in a house in Sherpao Colony, Landhi area. The police reached the spot and shifted the body to Jinnah Hospital for post-mortem and detained the woman’s husband for
KARACHI: As many as 5,951 incidents involving the theft of valuable items, including mobile phones, motorcycles, and vehicles, were reported in the month of August, according to the latest report of the Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC). According to the breakdown, 656
KARACHI: For a regular commuter travelling in their car, getting stuck in an endless gridlock could indicate reaching class late or missing an important meeting. However, for the devastated families rushing a sick or injured patient in an ambulance, not reaching the
KARACHI: Amina Sohail veers through heavy traffic to pick up her next passenger despite the sight of a woman riding a motorcycle drawing stares. The 28-year-old is the first woman in her family to enter the workforce, a pattern emerging in urban
HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar called for urgent steps to unify efforts of the government, NGOs, and private sector to improve literacy as the literacy rate in Sindh particularly among rural women, trailed at just 51pc behind the overall national rate of
HYDERABAD: The recent moves to change the basic structure of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) through amendments to the Isa Act, 1992 have not gone down well with Sindh — the lower riparian province — in the Indus basin. The draft