Karachi witnessed intense heat on 21-April-2025 as the mercury soared to 40.7°C, with relative humidity recorded at 39 percent, pushing the city into the grip of a heatwave that is expected to persist through mid-week. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had earlier
Officials attribute the postponement to a change in XI results due to grace marks, and the absence of board chairman KARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) annual examinations of XI-XII for the year 2025 have been delayed. The pre-engineering, pre-medical
NAWABSHAH: As Sindh has been in the grip of a heatwave for around a week, the harsh weather is taking a toll on people’s health with heatstroke and gastroenteritis on the rise in many districts and towns amid prolonged power outages. While the Sindh
The Malir City police on 17-April-2025 registered a case against four suspects, including a student named Faizan, for allegedly subjecting a 17-year-old girl to gang rape. According to the FIR, the incident occurred on April 14 when the victim was on her
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Tuesday ordered a high-level inquiry into irregularities in all educational boards across the province and allowed extra marks to thousands of students who had appeared in first year exam conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) last
KARACHI: The body of a missing girl was found floating in the Lyari river near Liaquatabad on April 16 and an autopsy found that she was subjected to a sexual assault. Police said that it appeared that the girl was kidnapped, raped
KARACHI: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal said on 13-April-2025 that there is no valid justification to refuse polio drops to eligible children in Pakistan, especially when the Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan is supervising a door-to-door anti-polio immunisation drive. The minister
A road traffic accident (RTA) in Baldia Town claimed the life of a four-year-old boy on 12-April-2025, while a motorcyclist injured in a hit-and-run incident near the Golimar pedestrian bridge a day earlier breathed his last during treatment. In Baldia’s Abidabad area
KARACHI: The annual exams for grades IX and X conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) were marred by inadequate facilities and a lack of proper arrangements. Students had to sit on mats under the open sky due to a
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on 09-April-2025 presided over a joint meeting with the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) administration and Trade Union and announced that his government would take over the hospitals, schools and colleges associated with the Steel Mills