Security personnel attack camp against enforced disappearances on May 21, 2018KARACHI: Heavy contingents of Sindh police, Rangers and plain cloth personnel attacked a protest camp held by families and relatives of Sindhi missing persons on Sunday evening. Security personnel beat up women, children as well as others at the camp, video recordings of the incident circulating on social media showed. At least five protesters were […]
Karachi heat spell to last till mid of next week, weather advisory on May 19, 2018KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) in its fresh weather advisory issued on Friday evening said that a severe heat spell was set to begin in the city starting Saturday. It said that the spell would last till next Wednesday and its impact would escalate, as the sea breeze was likely to remain cut-off during […]
Political parties urged to include green pledges in election manifestoes on May 16, 2018KARACHI: Besides road infrastructure and power projects, the government of Pakistan must consider involving projects related to climate change in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), demanded a group of eco-friendly concerned citizens on Tuesday. “This is the election year and all mainstream political parties must redesign and include green pledges in their election manifestoes […]
Won’t rest until Musharaf, Rao Anwar and Ehsanullah dealt with under the law: Manzoor on May 14, 2018After arriving at the jalsa venue following a 36-hour road trip across the country, Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen said on Sunday that he would not rest until former dictator General Pervaiz Musharaf, former Malir SSP Rao Anwar and TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan were dealt with in accordance with the law of the […]
Internews’ Earth Journalism Network holds First ‘Training of Trainers’ in the Asia-Pacific on May 13, 2018RAYONG, THAILAND: Recently, Internews Earth Journalism Network (EJN) Asia-Pacific held its first Training of Trainers, Managers in the coastal region of Rayong, Thailand. The five-day training brought together 24 leaders of environmental journalist networks in the region, journalists and project team members to discuss the needs and challenges faced by environmental journalists, the main environmental […]
Cabinet okays establishment of environmental protection council, tribunal on May 9, 2018KARACHI: The provincial cabinet has approved the much-awaited establishment of an environmental protection council and a tribunal. During its meeting on Tuesday, the cabinet also okayed the Sindh Home-based Workers Act, the Sindh Industries Registration Act-2018, amendments in the Motor Vehicles Ordinance of 1965, and the creation of the Ziauddin University Board of Higher Secondary […]
Consultation begins on Astola management plan on May 5, 2018KARACHI: A consultative session was organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Pakistan, under its Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Programme, in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change, on Friday. The purpose of the session was to discuss the development of a management plan for the newly-designated Marine Protected Area (MPA), […]
Lal Shahbaz Qalandars Urs kicks off in Sehwan on May 4, 2018SEHWAN: Annual Urs of Sufi saint Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar kicked off in Sehwan on Friday. Lal Shahbaz’s annual Urs (death anniversary) is held on the 18th of Shaaban – the eight month of the Muslim lunar calendar – welcomes over 2 million pilgrims from across Pakistan and globally. Throughout the three-day Urs, the narrow lanes of […]
Countering religious extremism with Sufi music on May 4, 2018JOHI: Pir Bakhsh Chandio is a folk Sindhi singer who used to sing at weddings since childhood in Kachho region of district Dadu, Sindh, but due to the lack of training he and his fellows were unable to fulfill the requirement of modern music as demanded by new generations. So when a group of youth […]
No country for labour on May 1, 2018KARACHI: The federal and provincial governments in Pakistan do not appear to have learnt any lessons from tragedies such as oil-tanker blast at the Gadani shipbreaking yard, says a representative of the IndustriALL Global Union. The union represents 50 million workers in 140 countries in the mining, energy and manufacturing sectors. Its representative says that […]