The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed a female convert to Islam to approach a guardians & wards court to seek the custody of her children from her former husband, who is Hindu. The direction came on a petition of Laxmee, who
At a time when fewer than 2,000 newborn infants in Pakistan genuinely require breast milk substitutes due to maternal death, critical illness or rare metabolic disorders, the country consumes formula milk and baby food worth over Rs110 billion every year, officials and
The Sindh High Court on 31-July-2025 directed the medical superintendent of Services Hospital to conduct an ossification test on a girl to determine her age in a free-will marriage case as the family of the girl claims she is a minor. The
SUKKUR: Over 500 women coming from different walks of life attended a gathering in the Sachal Academy Auditorium, Khairpur, on 16th June and vowed to work for safeguarding children’s rights. They belonged to 20 UCs of Khairpur district and travelled to the
KARACHI: Lawmakers finally gave bureaucrats the go-ahead to lead the intermediate and secondary education boards in the province as the Sindh Assembly adopted the controversial bill with a majority vote on 23rd May. The Sindh Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Amendment)
LARKANA / NAWABSHAH: Sindh Minister for Prisons Ali Hassan Zardari, who also holds the portfolio of Works & Services, has said that the Sindh government wanted to see that no woman lands in jail. Therefore, he said, societal reforms are being considered.
KARACHI: A peaceful protest was organised by the unions of home-based workers and informal self-employed workers at the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (SESSI) head office on 19th May against the non-issuance of social security cards. Women home-based workers and informal workers’
Police arrested three suspects on 24-April-2025 after a 19-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet fired during celebratory aerial firing at a wedding ceremony in New Karachi’s Sector 11-D. The incident occurred when Laiba, a student preparing for her first-year practical
A special court for the Control of Narcotic Substances (CNS) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a drugs case. Saeed Nawab was allegedly caught with 1,030 grammes of charas (hashish) by the SITE-Superhighway Industrial Area police on February 24,
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the bail application of a man in a murder case. The applicant, Husnain Nawaz, was booked by the Malir Cantonment police for murdering Ghulam Mustafa. According to the prosecution, the complainant, who is the slain