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Rights commission raises alarm over forced evictions in Pakistan's Umerkot
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concern over the forced eviction of long-settled families in the Umerkot district, calling it a grave violation of human rights and a sign of systemic policing failures.
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Pakistan: PTI alleges nearly 180 workers detained in overnight Sindh raids
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
PTI accused the Sindh government of detaining nearly 180 activists under the MPO ahead of a February 8 protest, calling it political victimisation. Sindh authorities denied mass arrests, calling the claims misleading and insisting law enforcement acted within legal limits.
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Pakistan: Karachi police form special team to arrest Gul Plaza fire suspec
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Karachi police formed a special team to probe the Gul Plaza fire that killed at least 73 people. Forensic experts joined the investigation as authorities sealed the site. Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah promised action, compensation, and stricter fire safety audits, urging collective efforts to prev
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Pakistan: 30 bodies recovered from one shop after fatal fire at Karachi's
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
At least 30 bodies were recovered from a gutted shop as rescue teams continued to comb through the debris of Karachi's Gul Plaza on Wednesday.
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Flour millers protest Sindh's wheat policy, allege subsidy favouring trade
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Flour mill operators have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Sindh government's inconsistent approach of providing a restricted wheat quota to millers under the Wheat Food Policy for FY25-26, while offering an unrestricted supply to traders, as reported by Dawn.
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Pakistan: Economic activity at risk as cargo strike disrupts essential sup
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Business leaders in Pakistan's Karachi have warned that economic activity in the port city and across the province may come to a standstill as a cargo transporters' strike enters its ninth day. According to Dawn, the ongoing strike has severely disrupted the movement of goods and threatens t
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Karachi's green spaces under attack: Citizens condemn park commercialisati
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, speakers at a press conference organised by the Karachi Residents' Committee on Tuesday urged the Sindh government, Mayor Murtaza Wahab, and local authorities to immediately stop the commercialisation of public parks. They revealed that at least 13 parks, ma
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Karachi's evicted families await justice as Sindh government fails to deli
Updated : 4 months ago IST
According to Dawn, the demonstration led by the Karachi Bachao Tehreek (KBT) marked the fourth consecutive day of protests by families who lost their homes during the controversial anti-encroachment drives.
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Pakistan: Homeless Karachi families slam Sindh govt over false promises, t
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Hundreds of families displaced by the demolition drives along Karachi's Gujjar, Orangi and Mehmoodabad nullahs have condemned the Sindh government for abandoning them in dire living conditions nearly four years after their homes were bulldozed.
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Sindh government's criminal negligence turns dengue outbreak into a nation
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to The Express Tribune, addressing a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club, activist Imran Suharwardy, accompanied by Alhaj Gulshan Ilahi Qadri, Advocate Tahir Rajput, Advocate Zafar Arain, Nazish Fatima, Abdul Ghani Shah, Salman Zaidi, and Mukhtar Ahmed, revealed that 16 ci
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Pakistan: Karachi University transport system marred by neglect, mismanage
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
With over 47,000 students and only 30 buses in operation, thousands are left stranded or forced to travel in dangerously overcrowded buses.
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Sindh imposes province-wide ban on protests, rallies for 1 month, citing s
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Sindh government has imposed a month-long ban on protests, rallies, sit-ins, and public gatherings across the province under Section 144, citing security threats and the need to maintain public order.
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