Awaz-e-Niswan demands political parties to protect female candidates on July 12, 2018HYDERABAD: Awaz-e-Niswan (Voice of Women, AEN) on Wednesday urged the political parties to immediately dispense funds to the female candidates for supporting them to conduct election campaigns, and ensure appropriate measures for their protection ahead of upcoming general elections. Reportedly, representatives of AEN, the non-governmental organisation that assembles women and minorities on a single platform […]
Cane growers halt cultivation due to outstanding debt of Rs 8.63 billion on July 10, 2018HYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) president Abdul Majeed Mizamani on Monday expressed concerns over arrears of cane growers that mounted to Rs 8.63 billion as only 6 out of the total 31 mill owners cleared their outstanding debts. Reportedly, the meeting held by SAB observed that two months have passed since owners closed sugarcane […]
‘Pakistan in the clutches of dynastic politics’ on July 5, 2018HYDERABAD: In Pakistan’s stratified, semi-feudal society, patronage and kinship play a huge role in politics, often dominating ideology. According to some estimates, more than half of the seats of national and provincial assemblies have been ‘forwarded’ from father to son, brother to brother, thus keeping the ‘business’ of politics within family. Analysing Sharif’s family, the […]
IUBC asks CJP to take notice of ‘malpractices’ in Isra Hospital on July 2, 2018HYDERABAD: The Isra University Bachao Committee (IUBC) on Sunday accused the Kazi brothers of transforming the Isra University Welfare Hospital, a non-profit organisation owned by the Isra Islamic Foundation, into their ‘private enterprise’ by operating it as their personal company. While addressing a press conference, the office bearers of IUBC including the convener Ashraf Noonari, […]
Hunger Strike for missing persons enters fifth day on June 29, 2018HYDERABAD: A week long hunger strike under aegis of Voice for Missing Persons (VMP) for recovery of forcibly disappeared persons continued on 5th day Thursday at Radio Chowk in front of press club despite light rain. In the last five days no state official from any department of the government contacted the protestors. However, the […]
Hunger strike continues on 3rd day for recovery of missing persons on June 27, 2018HYDERABAD: Political parties’ leaders, social welfare organisations’ activists and families of the missing persons on Tuesday participated in the ongoing hunger strike for the third consecutive day in front of Hyderabad Press Club for demanding an immediate recovery of all missing persons including writers, journalists, students and political workers. Reportedly, the vice-convener of missing persons […]
Female NGO worker humiliated, arrested by Mithi police on May 6, 2017 HYDERABAD: A girl, Asma Soomro, who works with an NGO Hands in its Mithi office was abused, humiliated by NGO officials and arrested by Mithi police. She was kept in lock up for many hours until the citizens gathered outside the police station and chanted slogans against the police and the NGO. She was […]
Landlord tortures mother, kills infant in Sanghar on March 2, 2017HYDERABAD: An influential landlord in Sanghar district, which is notorious for bonded labour, tortured a mother for breastfeeding her child and – during her torture – killed the infant, stated police on Wednesday. An infant, Altaf, died from torture by the landlord against his peasant mother in the village of Anwar Rasti near Sinjhoro district […]
SANA terms census fraud, demands removal of CNIC condition on March 1, 2017HYDERABAD: Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) has observed coming census process as fraud, totally rigged against native people of Sindh adding that possession of National Identity Card (NIC) as requirement to register in census is oxymoron that defied common sense. Addressing news conference here Tuesday Iqbal Tareen, member of SANA’s census action group said […]
SANA terms census fraud, demands removal of CNIC condition on March 1, 2017HYDERABAD: Sindhi Association of North America (SANA) has observed coming census process as fraud, totally rigged against native people of Sindh adding that possession of National Identity Card (NIC) as requirement to register in census is oxymoron that defied common sense. Addressing news conference here Tuesday Iqbal Tareen, member of SANA’s census action group said […]