Flood-hit pregnant woman Aabida and relief camp Umerkot on September 15, 2022Umerkot (September 15, 2022): Flood-hit pregnant woman Aabida and relief camp Umerkot. A combination of unprecedented rainfall and melting glaciers has inundated a huge swath of Sindh in recent weeks. Apart from dengue, diarrhea and conjunctivitis, another pressing problem that flood-affected people are facing is lack of medical facilities for pregnant women and their newborn […]
Deprived women in flood and matter of menstrual hygiene in Umerkot on September 14, 2022Umerkot (September 13, 2022): The catastrophic floods in Pakistan have destroyed homes and indigenous life. People have lost their homes and livelihood. More than 33 million people are affected by the floods. Almost half of them are girls, women and all menstruating individuals. Many will be menstruating during this crisis with little to no resources. […]
Flooding in Sindh: Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah met affectees on August 23, 2022Hyderabad: As heavy monsoon rains and flooding continued to cause widespread damage to areas across the country, Provincial Minister for Culture and Education Syed Sardar Ali Shah visited various rain-hit areas of district Umerkot to review the overall situation after the recent heavy downpour. Amid the rain emergency situation in Umerkot, Shah visited different areas […]
Marriage without consent and Hindu Marriage Act on August 12, 2022Twenty-seven-year-old Lakshmi Bai, married for four years, lives with her parents. Belonging to Chhor, in the district of Umerkot, in Sindh province, in 2018, Bai then 23, was married to Raj Kumar, 30, a software engineer from a neighboring village of Dhoronaro who was working in the Netherlands. Within a few months of marriage, Kumar went back to the Netherlands […]
Hindus of Kapri Mori pay homage to martyrs of Karbalain on August 10, 2022Hyderabad: In the village of Kapri Mori district Badin Hindus and Muslims live and die together. Sabeels, Niyaz are regularly arranged by the local Hindu community to pay homage to martyrs of Karbalain. Kapri Mori district Badin is a village where Hindus fast in Ramazan, said Mukesh Meghwar, a minority rights activist while talking to […]
Communication is a key to a better, happier and harmonious world: Experts on December 20, 2018HYDERABAD: Susan Ross, Cultural Attaché, US Consulate General, Karachi presented workshop to SU students on the theme “Communication 101”. The term ‘101’ in American education system means the basic module. This way the workshop was on “The Fundamental Principles of Interpersonal Communication”. The event was presided over by VC-SU Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat, while […]
School Libraries Convention 2018 to be held on Dec 22 on December 20, 2018HYDERABAD: School Libraries Association (SLA) and Goethe-Institute Pakistan will organize “School Libraries Convention 2018” to provide an opportunity to school librarians about the emerging trends and ideas in the realm of school libraries. The School Libraries Association will hold the convention on December 22, 2018 at the Generation’s School, South Campus. SLA would especially focus […]
Over 13,000 students participated in first ever Laar Science Festival on December 20, 2018HYDERABAD: The two-day first ever Laar Science Festival organized by Thar Education Alliance concluded. More than 13,000 students from over 50 regional schools and colleges participated in the two-day festival at Thatta’s Sports Complex. During the two the festival Minister of Education Syed Sardar Ali Shah and Information and Technology Minister Nawab Taimur Talpur applauded […]
Education — an instrument for social transformation, evolution on December 14, 2018Asad, a 15 year-old from a government school, is busy in his science project. He aims to exhibit it in the upcoming Laar Science Festival. Asad seems very excited with the prospect, “I love to do things like this. Before it was just circle of friends who liked my interests, now I am happy that […]
Education: An instrument for social transformation, evolution on December 12, 2018Asad, 15 years old boy from a government school, is busy in his project. He aims to exhibit in incoming Laar festival. He seems very much excited, “I love to do things like this. Before it was just circle of friends who liked my interest now I am happy that everyone would see my work.” […]