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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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Begging hands

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By Shujauddin Qureshi It is very disheartening to see women, children and elderly men begging along the under-construction road leading towards the famous picnic point Haleji Lake near Gujjo town in Thatta district. Mostly fishermen these people live in thatched huts near the lake in very bad conditions and many fish in the lake in

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Federal Govt. agrees to amend Ordinance pertaining to Karachi Islands

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Advocate General of Pakistan on Friday told the Sindh High Court (SHC) that no development on the twin islands (Dingi and Bhadaar) in Karachi will take place till all constitutional and environmental issues are addressed. The SHC Division Bench comprising of comprising Mr. Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar and Mr. Justice Arshad Hussain Khan was hearing

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Anti-Terrorism court awards capital punishment to 2 MQM men in Baldia Factory Fire Incident

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By Shujauddin Qureshi An Anti-Terrorism Court on Tuesday (Sep. 22, 2020) announced its verdict in the Baldia Factory Fire incident, in which over 256 workers were burnt alive and 55 others were injured. The ATC court awarded capital punishment to the two main accused and jail terms to the other four accused in the fire

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Global webinar on “Trees are Need of Life and Beauty of Land”

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Environmentalists and concerned citizens have emphasized the need for increasing the forest cover to subside the negative impacts of climate change in Pakistan, for this purpose, they suggested planting fruits and indigenous trees across the country. The speakers from Pakistan and other countries were speaking at an online Global Webinar organized by concerned citizens Ramesh

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Speakers call for reforms in Sindh Tenancy Act, establishment of Hari Courts

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From 2013 to 2019 period estimated 5,639 bonded peasants and their family members were released from the captivity of landlords in Sindh. Of these, 1,769 (31 per cent) were women. In bonded labour practice, women suffer more as they are targeted for sexual abuse and harassment by landlords and employers, a report reveals. Hari Welfare

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Sindhi growers fear new phases of Thal Canal may ruin agri economy

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By Jan Khaskheli Sindh’s growers have opposed the launch of the Greater Thal Canal phases 3 and 4 on the River Indus, considering it may cause the destruction of the agriculture economy of the tail-end Sindh, which provides a source of livelihood to the millions of people in Southern areas of Pakistan. Sindh Growers Alliance

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Bedil: Multi-lingual poet was remembered

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Press Release Writers, intellectuals and poets from all over the world paid rich tributes to the classical multi-lingual poet Faqir Qadir Bakhsh Bedel at a two-day online global conference held to mark his annual anniversary, which was officially postponed due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). The conference was participated by literature lovers from all over the world.

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