KARACHI: For the protection of human rights, various official organizations are working in Sindh, among which the Sindh Human Rights Commission, Sindh Commission for the Status of Women and the Sindh Child Protection Authority are at the top. However, none of these
KARACHI: In view of the growing incidents of falling and drowning in open manholes, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation has implemented a procedure to install covers within 12 to 24 hours. A spokesman for the utility said that new Standard Operational
KARACHI: Aneesa Haroon drops off her tattered school bag at her rural home in Pakistan and hurriedly grabs lunch before joining her father in the fields to pick vegetables. The 11-year-old’s entry into school at the age of seven was a negotiation
KARACHI: For the first time in Pakistan, Sindh has introduced technical education as a part of the traditional curriculum under the “Middle Tech Initiative.” Sindh Education Minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, on January 9 inaugurated the initiative, describing it as a milestone
Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani on 06-January-2025 said the government, the relevant civic agencies and the concerned public have to play their due role in preventing fatalities due to children falling into utility holes in Karachi. Ghani was speaking in the
KARACHI: Raising alarm over multiple outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases and deaths of a large number of children across the country, health experts said on 4th January that these precious lives could have been easily saved if the governments at the federal and
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
MITHI: Young schoolchildren coming from nine districts of the province highlighted issues relating to their studies and institutions at a mock assembly convened in the Tharparkar District Council hall with the joint collaboration of Unicef, Thar Education Alliance (TEA) and Sindh government’s
IN the 1960s, governments started introducing labour welfare schemes primarily comprising benefits such as medical care and cash benefits, old-age pension, housing, free school education, share in company profit and employment for differently abled persons. The medical and pension schemes require regular
Seeta Kolhi, a ninth-grade student at the Govt Girls Secondary School Wehro Sharif, is the only literate female in her community. Most girls in her colony spend their days working in the fields, picking cotton and other crops, often alongside their families