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Islamabad, March 31 – Videos circulating on social media showing Pakistani police using excessive force against the Maachhi community – a traditional fishing group – in the Sindh province have raised serious concerns.The footage showed male and female police officials storming the fragile...

Karachi, March 27 An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck several areas in the Sindh province of Pakistan on Friday, causing panic among residents.However, there have been no reports of any casualties or major damage.According to the meteorological office, the epicenter of the...

Islamabad, March 26 – As many as 14,343 of the 19,808 schools damaged during the devastating 2022 floods in Sindh province of Pakistan are still awaiting restoration, according to local media, citing official data. Approximately 2,268 schools were completely destroyed, while 3,197 suffered...

Islamabad, March 24 – A leading human rights group expressed concern on Tuesday over the recent abduction of a 15-year-old Hindu girl in Sindh province, Pakistan, highlighting the vulnerability of minority girls in the country.Citing family and community members, Voice of Pakistan Minority...

New Delhi, March 22. Pakistan is among the countries included in the 'Board of Peace', reportedly formed by US President Donald Trump to explore lasting peace solutions in the Gaza Strip. However, the country's own record of religious persecution and alleged "nurturing" of terrorism on its soil...

Lahore/Karachi, March 19 At least four people, including a woman, were arrested in Karachi city of Sindh province for attempting to transport 33 women to Dubai for prostitution, Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Thursday.The FIA said the arrests were made after it raided a...

Islamabad, March 10: Residents of a coastal village in the Badin district of Sindh province, Pakistan, have expressed concern over the closure of a government primary school for the past five years, resulting in local children not having access to even basic education, local media reported.The...

Karachi, March 8 The Sindh provincial government of Pakistan has increased the deployment of police and paramilitary personnel at the US Consulate to over 1,000, following recent clashes between police and protesters over the killing of Shia supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.More than 12...

Islamabad, March 5 – Pakistan reported its first case of wild poliovirus in a four-year-old child from the Bello Union Council in Sujawal district of Sindh province on Thursday, local media reported.According to Pakistan’s National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC), the...

Islamabad, March 4 Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday congratulated the Hindu community on the occasion of Holi and urged greater national efforts to promote interfaith harmony.Highlighting the cultural significance of the festival, the prime minister said Holi reflected...

Lahore/Karachi, March 3 Pakistani students and rights activists staged a demonstration outside the US Consulate in Lahore on Tuesday to protest the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the killing of a dozen protesters by US Marines in Karachi.A large contingent of...

Islamabad, March 2 – The killing of at least 12 Pakistani citizens in Karachi by Marine Security Guards stationed inside the United States Consulate on Mai Kolachi Road marks another such incident on Pakistani soil, with Islamabad opting to contain the diplomatic fallout rather than pursue...

Islamabad/Karachi/Lahore, March 1 At least 10 people were killed in firing when protesters tried to storm the US Consulate in Karachi as violent clashes and arson rocked different cities of Pakistan on Sunday over the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Ayatollah Khamenei...

Islamabad/Karachi/Lahore, March 1 At least 10 people were killed in firing when protesters tried to storm the US Consulate in Karachi as violent clashes and arson rocked different cities of Pakistan on Sunday over the killing of Shia supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Iran's Supreme Leader...

Islamabad/Karachi/Lahore, March 1 At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after violent clashes and arson took place in different cities of Pakistan protesting the killing of Shia supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.All 10 people were killed in firing in Karachi when protesters tried to...

Karachi, February 22 Unidentified armed men have abducted nine labourers from the Barkhan and Khuzdar districts of Balochistan province in Pakistan over the last 24 hours, officials said Sunday evening.In both cases, the sites belonged to private companies, and the labourers were from the...

Berlin, February 14 – Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), condemned the presence of Pakistani Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, at global security forums across Europe, calling it an insult to the communities facing "repression and occupation" within the South...

Karachi, February 13 At least 13 people died and nine others were injured on Friday after a collision and pile-up on a major bridge on the superhighway outside Karachi in Sindh province, Pakistan.A speeding passenger bus traveling from the wrong side collided with an oil tanker, while another...