KARACHI: Experts at a seminar on 23rd September 2024 underscored the need for changing the narrative around suicide — from one of shame and silence to empathy and action — and improving access to mental healthcare services. The seminar titled “Changing the
KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar on the threat of drug abuse in educational institutions on 11th September 2024 called for collective action from the government, educators, and parents to protect students and restore the integrity of learning environments. They expressed these views
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
KARACHI: A teenage boy died from Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as brain-eating amoeba, at a local hospital on September 2, health officials said. He was the fourth victim of the deadly infection this year. They said that the 19-year-old male, a resident
The Sindh Governor House is soon going to commence distribution of food ration packages among deserving families on a 24-hour basis. Governor Kamran Khan Tessori, stated this on August 3 while talking to media persons at the Governor House on Saturday. Tessori
The federal government has urged the non-profit Saylani Welfare International Trust (SWIT) to be a partner in the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme. The offer to this effect was extended by PM’s Youth Programme Chairman Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan, who visited the head
Chairman Prime Minister’s Youth Development Programme Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan on Wednesday visited the University of Karachi, where he was briefed about the under-construction football ground, the progress of the Youth Development Centre, the Green Youth Movement, and other projects in detail.
The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC), in collaboration with Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and UNFPA Pakistan recently held a pivotal consultative session aimed at reviewing the political economy of Youth Departments and the Sindh Youth Policy, 2018. Chaired by Mr. Iqbal
KARACHI: Condition of women workers and peasants in rural Sindh remains precarious despite existence on paper of various laws aimed at addressing their issues as there is a notable gap in the implementation of laws on women and gender inequality persists in
THE Supreme Court recently delivered a judgement championing the rights of women within a marriage. The ruling stemmed from a case where a divorced woman sought entitlement to a plot mentioned in her nikahnama in the clause pertaining to ‘special conditions’, which