HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in monetary discontent and absence of opportunities, are forced into scenarios that put their safety in peril. The recent horror show of trafficking saw
Expressing grave concern over ceasing the issuance of computerized national identity cards (CNICs) to transgender persons by the National Database Registration Authority, the Sindh Human Rights Commission has asked the authority to facilitate members of the already marginalized community in its centers
A woman on 26 March 2025 filed an application before a district and sessions court seeking protection for herself and her husband since her family had labelled the couple as `karo-kari`. Applicant Ayesha, wife of Abdul Majeed, filed the application under Section
KARACHI: A huge protest called by the transgender or Khwajasira community outside the Karachi Press Club on Saturday to raise voice against a mob attack on transgender women in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on March 18 was like a cry of pain. One after the other, the
SUKKUR: Dacoits gunned down a primary schoolteacher, when he was driving to his school on a motorcycle along Hazaro Shakh (water channel) on Magsi-Karampur road near Tangwani town, Kandhkot-Kashomre district, on 18 March 2024. The teacher Allah Rakhiyo Nandwani, a resident of
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on 22 March 2024 said that the donor agency would work with the Sindh government to chalk out a plan for the reconstruction of flood-affected school buildings in the province. A press statement issued
The report titled “Situation Analysis of Child Online Protection in Pakistan” provides an overview of the current state of child online protection in Pakistan. It highlights the importance of addressing the risks and dangers faced by children in the digital world, such
“Profits and poverty: The economics of forced labour” is published by the International Labour Organization (ILO). It provides insights into the economic aspects of forced labour and aims to understand the profits generated from this exploitative practice. The report details the methodology used
Women politicians and activists have been subjected to victimisation and harassment since the inception of the country and the prime reason behind this aberration is mixing religion with state affairs, claimed lawyers and rights activists at a seminar held here on Wednesday.
