KARACHI: Three young men engaged in an online business of carpet/sofa cleaning in the metropolis were lured to Ghotki on the pretext of work and kidnapped by riverine (katcha) area gangs, it emerged on 14th January. Investigators identified the kidnapped victims as
The Sindh government has announced a plan to provide jobless young people with electric vehicles (EV) in easy instalments, with the objective of offering them a sustainable livelihood while promoting environmental sustainability. The initiative, which aims to deal with the rising unemployment
HYDERABAD: Sindh Higher Education Commission’s chairman, Prof Dr S.M. Tariq Rafi, has lamented that the government spends huge amounts of public money to prepare doctors, who can serve the community but if female students, who dominate medical institutions, do not join the
KARACHI: Speakers at a talk on healthy recreational activities for today’s youth compared this age with the past when the youth used to have time and space to satiate their thirst for recreation. The talk was organised by the Urban Resource Centre
HerSpace, in collaboration with the Chanan Development Association (CDA) and the National Alliance of Youth Associations, hosted the GENNEXT Youth COP Simulation Our Future, Our Voices, a significant event aimed at empowering Sindh’s youth to take the lead in climate action and
KARACHI: Six of the eight Baloch students, who had gone “missing” on Oct 16 from their shared residence in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, have returned to their homes, the families said on 25th October. They said that Ishfaq, Shahzad, Bebarg Ameer, Zubair, Qambar Ali and
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed a senior police officer to “produce” eight missing students, all hailing from Balochistan, in court by Nov 4 and warned to pass an “appropriate order” in case of failure. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and
The number of young people suffering from heart attacks in Karachi has been rising at an alarming rate with health experts attributing this to overconsumption of unhealthy foods such as biryani, nihari, haleem, halwa-puri, and junk food, all of which are high
Despite hundreds of sports arenas available across city, majority are accessible only to the fee-paying elite KARACHI: “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” The following adage is often used to highlight the importance of physical activity and recreation
KARACHI: Raising alarm over the growing use of e-cigarettes, vapes, and nicotine pouches among Pakistani youth, health experts have said that these new nicotine products are becoming widely accessible in Pakistan and remain largely unregulated. They called for urgent state action, stricter