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Labour Day 2023: Helpless Labour in Bad Economy of Pakistan

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Labour laws in Pakistan have been a subject of much debate and discussion in recent years. The country has a long history of labour activism, dating back to the early 20th century. Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was once head of the Postal Union Staff in United India. Pakistan inherited the famous India …

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2022 Floods in Sindh and situation in 2023

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The floods that hit Pakistan in August 2022 were the worst in its history, affecting more than 33 million people, destroying millions of homes, and killing thousands of people. The province of Sindh was among the hardest hit, with more than 80 per cent of its land submerged by floodwaters in many districts. Now, seven …

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Price hike and the holy month of Ramazan

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By Shujauddin Qureshi Muslims observe a holy fast from dawn to sunset and engage in acts of devotion and almsgiving during the month of Ramazan. However, because of the rising costs of necessities, Ramazan also causes a lot of hardship and worry for many Pakistanis. In this blog post, we\’ll look at some of the …

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Healing Couple

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COVID-19 awareness, service delivery project initiated in Karachi’s 2 affected district

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A leading civil society organization, Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) has initiated a short-term project in two districts of Karachi (East and Malir) covering 08 UCs to create awareness about Coronavirus prevention among the masses, a statement said. The project named “Provision of Hand washing Facilities and Community Awareness on COVID-19” is initiated in the selected …

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Pakistan Scheduled Caste Alliance formed

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MIRPUR KHAS: Representatives of 40 scheduled-caste Hindu communities have formed a new alliance to fight against “discrimination and excesses” by upper-caste Hindus, who, they say, are usurping resources of over 95 per cent of low-caste Hindus despite being only five per cent of the total. The representatives including lawyers, engineers and activists of several civil …

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Drowning of Karachi

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This year Monsoon rains have drowned most areas in the port city of Karachi, especially its posh localities of Clifton and the Defence Housing Authority (DHA). The torrential rains started on Saturday and continued on the first and second days of Eidul Azha with intervals flooding the residential and commercial areas of District South and …

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Our youth and COVID-19

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During my last visit to Haleji lake (Nov. 29), I found a group of youth (all male) busy shooting themselves with a DSL camera. Interestingly all (about 6-7) were wearing the same dress with the same colour Shalwar Kameez. I just jokingly asked if they were wearing the uniform of a college or university. They …

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