SAFWCO organises workshop on elimination of child marriages on September 1, 2018HYDERABAD: Sindh Agricultural Forestry Workers & Coordinating Organisation (SAFWCO) held a one day training workshop. The objectives of the workshop were to create a favourable environment for the elimination of child marriages and teenage pregnancies, to sensistise different stakeholders on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013, its implementation at local level and to improve coordination among […]
Orientation ceremony held for MS students at USPCAS-W on August 30, 2018JAMSHORO: The orientation ceremony for the fifth batch of the Master of Science (MS) students started at the United States Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W) of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) Jamshoro. Speaking at the ceremony, the Project Director of USPCAS-W, Dr. Bakhshal Lashari, said that water played an […]
NGOs protest against ‘catastrophic’ deforestation by feudal lords in Sindh on August 28, 2018The Sindh-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) including the Sindh Agriculture and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organisation (SAFWCO) and the Voice of Missing Persons of Sindh (VMP-Sindh) on Monday organised a demonstration in front of the Hyderabad Press Club against ‘devastating’ deforestation and land degradation caused by cultivation by feudal lords (waderas) and landlord-compradors, backed by influential politicians […]
Christian community felicitates Muslims on Eidul Azha on August 25, 2018HYDERABAD: The members of Christian community exchanged Eid greetings and pleasantries with Muslims on the annual Muslim festival of a three-day Eidul-Azha, and also shared messages of peace and solidarity for the country. Reportedly, Diocese of Hyderabad Church of Pakistan Christian leader Bishop Kaleem John felicitated Pakistanis and the whole Islamic nation. “On the occasion […]
Hyderabad BISE declares Matric results: Girls clinch 15 out of 16 top positions on August 17, 2018The Hyderabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) on Thursday announced the results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Part-II annual examinations of science and general groups of class 10, in which girls clinched 15 out of the total 16 top positions. Reportedly, Umme Romana and Sonal Fatima of the Hayat Girls Higher Secondary School […]
STBB asks education officers to acquire lists of students ahead of books’ publishing on August 16, 2018HYDERABAD: The Sindh Text Book Board (STBB) in Jamshoro on Wednesday asked schools across Sindh for the lists of students which would enable them in publishing a required number of books, according to a press release issued by STBB. Moreover, in case of failure to acquire lists which would lead to shortage of books, the […]
Commissioner urges all and sundry to work hard for country’s uplift on August 15, 2018HYDERABAD: A commemorative ceremony was observed at the District Nazim Secretariat in Hyderabad on 72nd Independence Day of Pakistan in which the national flag was hoisted and thanksgiving prayers were offered. Reportedly, Hyderabad Commissioner Abdul Wahid Shaikh presided over the event as the chief guest, and City Mayor Syed Tayyab Hussain and deputy inspector general […]
Japan funds to improve rural infrastructure in Pakistan on August 10, 2018HYDERABAD: The Consulate General of Japan in Karachi in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organised a one-day Official Development Assistance (ODA) press tour on Wednesday in which a selected group of journalists participated. Reportedly, the journalists and the members of Consulate General and JICA visited the sites of two projects including Jamshoro Power […]
‘Water accord should be implemented to avert crisis’ on August 8, 2018HYDERABAD: Sindh National Tehreek Chairman, Ashraf Noonari, said in a statement issued on Tuesday that CJP should implement water accord of 1992 between Sindh and Punjab. Noonari said that Supreme Court has no authority to forcibly impose its decisions on issues concerning life and death of the nation. Noonari shed light on the precarious situation […]
Qasimabad College students protest against DSP for detaining their classmate on August 7, 2018HYDERABAD: Dozens of students of the Government Boys Degree College Qasimabad on Monday held a demonstration in front of Hyderabad press club against detention of their fellow classmate by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Aslam Langha. Reportedly, they chanted full-throat slogans against DSP Langha and demanded an immediate release of […]