MITHI: In this desert town of Sindh, Hindus prepare meals for fasting Muslims, who in turn gather to welcome a Holi procession, a rare moment of religious solidarity in the Islamic nation. Discrimination against minorities runs deep in Muslim-majority Pakistan, but those
A tragic incident occurred in Afghan Basti near Al-Asif Square in the Sohrab Goth area where an unidentified armed assailant broke into a house and fatally shot a man and his wife dead before fleeing the scene. The victims, identified as 52-year-old
Karachi has always had a reputation for lawlessness, but recent months have seen a spike in violence that harkens to the worst periods in the megacity’s history. At least 19 people have been killed this year in street crimes – including five
A sessions court on 06-March-2025 acquitted a man in a drug trafficking case. Lal Marjan was charged with carrying 25 kilogrammes of hashish in Bilal Colony, Korangi, in March last year. The additional district and sessions judge (East) observed that the prosecution
Cities are living things. If their needs cannot be met through formal planning, they acquire these needs through other means. The process of acquiring what is required through other means reflects the culture and limitations of the agents through which these needs
HYDERABAD: During a solar panels distribution ceremony at the Rawal House in Tandojam on 01-March-2025, senior Sindh minister Sharjeel Inam Memon congratulated Energy Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah for implementing Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s vision of providing solar
ISLAMABAD: A civil society organisation in a report has highlighted the concerning scale of gender-based violence (GBV) and the extremely low conviction rates in Pakistan, emphasising the need for urgent reforms in law enforcement and judicial systems. The report ‘Mapping Gender-Based Violence
Noting that frequent traffic accidents reflected failure of the authorities concerned to regulate heavy traffic, a sessions court on 28-February-2025 revoked the interim pre-arrest bail of a dumper driver accused of running over and killing three young motorcyclists in Korangi. Saeed Umar
SUKKUR: The two-day Pakistan Literature Festival 2025 Sukkur Chapter II, organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, concluded at Sukkur IBA University on 26-February-2025. The festival saw participation from renowned writers, poets, singers, university students, and the general public of Sukkur,
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), under the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development, organised a seminar titled “Environmental Governance and Sustainability Challenges in Sindh” at Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi. The event was attended by guests, prominent environmental experts, industrialists,