MUST our state be driven to action only after it has forced desperate citizens to grovel for something they should be morally entitled to? A large number of affectees of Karachi’s slipshod ‘development’ projects gathered on Sunday under the banner of the
National and sub-national human rights commissions, established under the Paris Principles, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993, are independent institutions responsible for protecting and promoting human rights at the national and regional levels. In simple terms, these commissions act
Throughout the year, the country experiences consecutive disease outbreaks that result in a number of fatalities. Diseases usually spike around Eid ul Azha and the monsoon season due to the absence of clean water and unhygienic practices. Over the last few days,
To be born unwanted and abandoned to a risky future is the worst fate for a new life. According to yesterday’s report in Dawn, since 2021, the Edhi Foundation has buried 576 newborns in Karachi — 200 in 2021, 289 in 2022
Nine million families across the country receive a quarterly stipend of Rs9,000 under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). The Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri constituted monitoring teams to ensure transparent disbursement of stipends to marginalised sections of
In this backdrop, it is a commendable effort by Senator Farhatullah Babar to reactivate the Human Rights Cell of the Pakistan Peoples Party. On June 16, he invited some leading activists and civil society representatives to present their thoughts on human rights
ECOLOGISTS and environmentalists have, for many decades, advocated for sustainable forms of economic development. The world has been on an expansive yet destructive development path over the last century. While there can be no denying the benefits to humanity of this rapid
Research conducted by Gallup Pakistan and Policy Research, Innovation, Development and Education (PRIDE) revealed that the highest youth unemployment rate in Sindh is in Karachi at 11.2% and the lowest is 3.4% in Larkana. High rates of youth unemployment are plaguing the
SAILING the seas in fragile boats to earn a day’s living is no easy task. A fishworker, whether in Pakistan or across the border, is exposed to great vulnerability and marginalisation. Fishworkers’ communities live in coastal areas where they are affected by
WITH the monsoons approaching, there is reason to feel concerned. Preoccupied with the political melodrama, few of us recall the plight of the millions of flood-affected. Their tribulations after last year’s calamitous deluge, especially in Sindh, have not ended and the rainy