Sindh

Automation, E-marking Planned in Sindh’s Education Boards

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to introduce automation and an e-marking system in educational boards to improve the quality of education in the province. The announcement was made by the Minister for Universities and Boards Muhammad Ismail Rahoo at a ceremony organised by the All Sindh Private Schools and Colleges Association at Bahria Auditorium, Karsaz, Karachi, to mark World…

The Age Of Consent And The Borders Of Belief

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a safer, progressive Pakistan KARACHI. Child rights organisations and advocates, along with concerned citizens, have warmly welcomed the passage of recent legislation on child marriages, describing it as a landmark step toward protecting the rights and well-being of children.…

Education Corruption

The expanding corruption probe into Sindh’s education boards has laid bare a rot that goes far deeper than initially feared. What began as an investigation into irregularities at the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mirpurkhas, has now spiralled into a province-wide scandal, implicating senior officials and the administrative hierarchy…
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Half of Textile Workers’ Children are Out of School, Study Finds

KARACHI: A fresh study has shown that roughly half of the children coming from textile supply chain workers of Karachi cannot afford to go to school despite two to three people in the family working full-time. The study conducted by the National Organisation for Working Communities (NOWCommunities) has shown that…
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Govt Urged to Declare National Health Emergency Over Rising HIV Cases

KARACHI: Raising an alarm over the recurring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreaks at healthcare facilities in the country, experts at a press conference held on May 2 demanded that the government declare a national health emergency over the “dangerous spread” of the disease, now affecting children in large numbers. They…
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Pakistan Medical Association Warns of ‘Man-made Epidemic’ over Syringe Reuse

• Calls for nationwide audit, seizure of non-compliant, falsely labelled stocks • Blames Drap, provincial authorities for ‘catastrophic failure’ KARACHI: Warning of a looming “man-made epidemic”, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on April 30 expressed serious concern over the widespread manufacture and use of reusable syringes despite a countrywide ban…
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Man Sentenced to Death for ‘Honour Killing’ of Daughter

KARACHI: Additional District and Sessions Judge (Shahdadpur) Shahid Ali Memon has sentenced a man to death on charges of killing his own daughter in the name of so-called honour. The court found Ali Bux guilty and sentenced him to the death penalty, along with an additional 14-year imprisonment for possessing…
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