Sindh’s Tribal Warfare on June 14, 2021Recently, a heart-rendering incident of tribal clashoccurred in Sindh which mercilessly killed at least 9 people and seriously injured 5 others. Thislatest episode is an ongoing saga of tribal clashes in the province for years. Deadly tribal conflicts that have devoured numerous lives proves that the province lacks writ of the government. On May 16, […]
Imran now wooing Sindh on May 16, 2021Back in mid-April, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a Rs446-billion development package for Sindh, with the promise that it would be implemented in a month. This development initiative, termed as an historic package, includes construction of the Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway and the Naj Gaj Dam. Naturally, the prime objective for all this is to garner political […]
Rao Bahadur Udhaw Das: An Eminent Philanthropist on July 1, 2020Founded around 400 years back in 1617 by Doudpota rulers, and once called Paris of Sindh, the historic city of Shikarpur has produced many prominent and well-known humanitarians and philanthropists. They made enormous efforts and spent a substantial fortune for the welfare and betterment of human beings. A great majority of them were Hindus. Rao […]
Coronavirus and Suicides on April 12, 2020Recently during a press briefing, US President Donald Trump said that if the country decided to stay under lockdown in an effort to contain the outbreak of coronavirus, there would be economic downturn that could lead to “suicides by the thousands.” The death toll caused by the declined economy would be higher than the deaths […]
Sindh: a hub of forced conversions on April 2, 2020Amongst the religious minority groups, young Hindu girls are the most vulnerable and persecuted group in Sindh. Annually, many girls are converted and married off, reportedly by force. Often, most of these girls are trapped first in love, then in marriage, and ultimately, are converted. It is obvious that the situation in the province is […]
Lack of awareness of laws on March 13, 2020Knowledge of laws is sine qua non for their implementation. If the authorities concerned are not aware of laws, books of laws will be the decoration of book shelves and the laws would not be beneficial for the people for whom they are enacted. In Sindh, the same situation, like many other laws, is of […]
Police failure on February 9, 2020Last year, police officials, including DSP, SHO, ASI and some police constables were brutally killed in two encounters with gangs of criminals during search operations in the riverine area of the district Shikarpur in July and August. The operations were conducted to recover the kidnapped people. But due to some inevitable reasons, the police could […]
Prevailing custodial torture on July 7, 2019Every year, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed on 26 June to speak against the crime of torture by law enforcement agencies as well as to honour and support victims and survivors of torture across the world. Though global, the issue is endemic in Pakistan as there is little to no […]
Poliovirus still strong on July 1, 2019According to weekly updates from Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) on June 26, 2019, five new wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported from Pakistan and two from Afghanistan; bringing the overall number of cases in the two endemic countries in the first six months of 2019 to 32 and 10 respectively and 42 […]
Setting the minimum wage on June 23, 2019In the 2019-20 budget, the federal government and the provincial governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have raised the minimum wage for unskilled workers from Rs 15,000 to Rs 17,500 a month. The government of Sindh has raised the minimum wage from Rs 16,200 to Rs 17,000 a month. The Punjab government had already set […]