KARACHI: The provincial government on 27th January tabled the Sindh Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment) Bill in the Sindh Assembly, finally paving the way for bureaucrats to be appointed as chairmen of the boards. Deputy Speaker Anthony Naveed referred the amended
HYDERABAD: Speakers at the concluding session of a workshop here on 14th January discussed key legal protections, human rights mechanisms and enforcement strategies to promote equitable treatment for minorities. The workshop was aimed at enhancing capacity of Sindh government officials to safeguard
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
KARACHI: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon was informed in a meeting that in the initial phase of implementing the Sindh Habitual Offenders Monitoring Act 2022, 4,000 habitual criminals will be monitored through electronic tagging devices. The meeting was attended
Parliamentarians have a deep connection to people’s concerns. At a time when our societies are increasingly divided, parliaments can promote the essential values of respect, dialogue and compromise. There can be no place for discriminatory and xenophobic rhetoric, which scars societies and
The Sindh government is likely to adopt a law soon making the entry of Computerised National Identity Card numbers of the would-be married couples in their Nikahnama compulsory to prevent underage marriages in the province. Sindh Women Development Minister Shaheena Sher Ali
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that the enactment of the Sindh Medico Legal Act, 2023 was a progressive step, but it required implementation through rule-making and appointments. The SHC directed a committee, headed by the Sindh chief secretary, to
Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the chief secretary to constitute a high-level committee to examine whether 10 percent inclusion of students/children coming from the lowest stratum of society is strictly followed and maintained in all such public schools and
KARACHI: The National Assembly on 13th September 2024 passed a bill to regulate the cultivation of cannabis, and the sale of derivatives of the plant for medicinal and industrial use. On Monday, the Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology approved the country’s first-ever
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