Everything you need to know about Sindh-shirmal: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Sindh-shirmal: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Karachi, May 19 (ANI): Religious discrimination and acts like forced conversion of Hindu girls in Pakistan should be declared as crimes against humanity and legal action should be taken to curb it, speakers at a consultation on minority rights have said.
Islamabad, May 17 (Xinhua-ANI): Pakistan interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has decided to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds in a goodwill gesture, the prime minister's office said Friday.
Islamabad, May 17 (IANS) Pakistan caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has decided to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a goodwill gesture, the prime minister's office said Friday.
Karachi, May 15 (ANI): Pakistan president and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari has approved a coalition government with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Sindh province, according to PPP leader Naveed Qamar.
Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) The Election Commission of Pakistan Tuesday announced results of 254 National Assembly seats, with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz heading the tally with 123 seats, followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party with 31 seats.
Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) Forty-nine polling stations in Pakistan achieved the impossible -- the votes polled were more than the total number of voters.
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Nawaz Sharif, who is set to be Pakistan's prime minister for a third time, Monday said his government would have friendly relations with India and said he would invite Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his oath-taking ceremony here.
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Pakistan's outgoing ruling party, which faced defeat in the May 11 elections, Monday announced that it accepts polls results despite "serious reservations".
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Nawaz Sharif, who is set to be Pakistan's prime minister for a third time, said Monday he would invite Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his oath-taking ceremony here.
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Pakistan witnessed protests by losing candidates who alleged rigging Monday, but delighted investors gave such a thumbs-up to the winners that the KSE-100 index zoomed up and breached the record in the country's history of stock trading.
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has emerged as the majority party in Sindh and now looks set to form the government in the province on its own, a media report said.
Lahore, May 13 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has rated the May 11 elections in the country as the "most poorly managed affair", and has recommended a serious initiative to revamp the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), redefine its priorities and reduce bureaucrats' meddling in political affairs.
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) The decision of Pakistan's voters is unambiguous, "they wanted and voted for change", said a daily Monday, a day after unofficial results showed that Nawaz Sharif was poised to return as prime minister for the third time.
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president Nawaz Sharif Saturday pledged to fulfil all the promises that he made during the election campaign and thanked the masses for expressing confidence in his party and leadership.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Bombings and street clashes left at least 32 people dead and over 200 others injured Saturday as millions of Pakistanis defied Taliban threats and voted to elect a new parliament and four provincial assemblies.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and 224 others injured in a number of attacks and incidents of violence across Pakistan on the day of general and provincial assembly elections, media reports said.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Saturday thanked the country's people for coming out in huge numbers and exercising their right to vote.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Bombings and street clashes left 15 people dead Saturday as millions of Pakistanis defied Taliban threats and voted to elect a new parliament and four provincial assemblies.
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan Saturday expressed satisfaction over the turnout in the peaceful general elections in the country.
Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): Votes of the non-Muslim sections in Pakistan are likely to play a decisive role in the final result of May 11 polls, according to National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) chairman, Tariq Malik.
Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): The chief commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a mandate to Taliban commanders to carry out widespread attacks in the country on May 11.
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has started deployment of 70,000 troops for election-related duties that would include security and maintenance of peace and order, a military spokesman said.
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) Pakistan Army has started deployment of 70,000 troops for election-related duties that include security and maintenance of peace and order, the military spokesman said Thursday.
Islamabad, Apr. 19 (ANI): Over 1.3 million children in Pakistan have missed polio vaccination due to the worsening law, order and security situation during a three-day national polio immunisation campaign which started on April 15.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A delegation of Pakistani Hindus and the VHP Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the UN explaining the violation of their rights in Pakistan, and requesting rehabilitation in India.
Islamabad, Apr. 17 (ANI): Forty-five districts in Pakistan are at high risk of being hit by natural disasters, according to the head of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund's (PPAF) team on disaster management.
After a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday afternoon, tremors were also felt in Deli and many parts of north India including NCR, Jaipur, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh and Odisha.
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Iran-Pakistan border region Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Courts in Pakistan have disqualified former president Pervez Musharraf for contesting parliamentary elections for suspending the constitution and imposing emergency in 2007 during his rule, lawyers said Tuesday.
Islamabad, Apr. 15 (ANI): Political parties in Pakistan have modified their election campaigns as terrorism threats loom large in many parts of the country.
Islamabad, Apr 15 (ANI): Over 7.6 million children in Pakistani province of Sindh will be targeted by over 21,000 polio vaccination teams as part of a nationwide three-day immunisation campaign.
Islamabad, Apr. 14 (ANI): The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has taken notice of unlimited perks and privileges for Rehman Malik and his predecessors; and unprecedented security protocol to former prime ministers, and has sought para-wise comments from the attorney general of Pakistan, advocate general and the Sindh Police inspector general on April 16.
Karachi, April 12 (ANI): Minority groups in Pakistan are more or less facing similar problems of persecution and discrimmination, said several experts and scholars who participated in the recent two-day South Asian conference on Religious Minorities and Human Rights that was held here.
London, April 12 (ANI): A senior Baloch leader has described Pakistan as a rogue state that has and will never serve the purpose for which it was created by the British in 1947.
London, April 12 (ANI): A senior Baloch leader has described Pakistan as a rogue state that has and will never serve the purpose for which it was created by the British in 1947.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Fear of deportation looms large over a group of 479 Pakistani Hindu refugees as their visas expire Monday but they are firmly set against returning to Pakistan, saying they will prefer to die than go back.
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Leading Urdu poet, progressive writer and women's activist from Pakistan Fahmida Riaz has said that all three major political parties in her country seek friendly ties with India.
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Two brothers shot dead their two sisters and two men in Pakistan's Sindh province, a media report said Wednesday in what is believed to be another incident of honour killing in the country.
Karachi, Apr. 1 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which swept the 2008 elections in its traditional stronghold of Sindh, largely due to the massive wave of sympathy generated by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, may be in for a fight this time.
Karachi, Apr. 1 (ANI): Around 2.77 million people belonging to religious minority communities across Pakistan will take part in the electoral process, not for their own representatives, but for Muslim candidates.
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) A shoe thrown at former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf shows Pakistanis are feeling miserable since they have been "suffering greedy politicians and generals for too long", a Pakistani daily said Monday.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) A man hurled a shoe at former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf Friday in the Sindh High Court complex while he was leaving after his bail was extended by 15 days, a media report said.
Islamabad, Mar 29 (ANI): An unknown man in Karachi has tried to throw a shoe at the former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf.
Islamabad, Mar 29 (ANI): Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's application to extend his protective bail for another 15 days has been accepted the Sindh High Court.
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Former president Pervez Musharraf's bail was extended for 15 days Friday by a Pakistani court, a media report said.
Islamabad, Mar. 29 (ANI): Eunuchs in Pakistan have obtained nomination papers to take part in the upcoming general elections.
Karachi, Mar. 27 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) has allowed former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf to appear in court on March 29.
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) A court in Pakistan Friday granted protective bail to former president Pervez Musharraf who faces arrest in the country, just two days ahead of his expected return to Pakistan after nearly five years in self exile, a media report said.
Karachi, Mar. 22 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) has granted former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's request for protective bail in various cases pending against him, ahead of his return to the country after almost five years of self-imposed exile.
Karachi, Mar. 22 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has filed an interim bail plea, two days before embarking on his journey back to Pakistan.
Islamabad, Mar. 15 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has told the senate that no oil and gas exploratory activities by India have been reported in the disputed Sir Creek marshland, which is under surveillance by Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and Pakistan Navy.
Karachi, Mar. 10 (ANI): More than 20 Hindu couples in Pakistan got married at a mass wedding ceremony, arranged by Pakistan Hindu Council amidst apprehension, due to lack of law for registration of Hindu weddings in the country.
Karachi, March 10 (IANS) As many as 22 Hindu couples tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony arranged by the Pakistan Hindu Council here, a media report said Sunday.
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) A Pakistani daily Monday called for an end to the culture of violence against schoolchildren, pointing out that in extreme cases children die at the hands of their teachers while tens of thousands drop out of school because of the fear.
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Four policemen were killed when unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen attacked a check-post in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Sunday night, a media report said.
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed and 135 others injured when twin blasts hit a residential area in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Sunday night, officials said.
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed and 135 others injured when twin blasts hit a residential area in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Sunday night, officials said.
Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Action must be taken against wealthy tax evaders, demanded a leading Pakistani daily which pointed out that Karachi alone has over 725,000 rich people who don't pay their taxes.
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Pakistanis may aspire to democracy, but those who run the country would prefer that democracy remains a worthless badge, said a daily after research showed that 75 percent of questions asked during Question Hour in Sindh assembly went unanswered.
Karachi, Feb. 7 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) minority MPA Saleem Khurshid Khokhar has moved an adjournment motion in the Sindh Assembly against Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who reportedly said that "non-Muslims are terrorists".
Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Pakistan suspended mobile phone services for a day Friday in 58 cities, including Lahore and Karachi, as a security measure for Eid Miladun Nabi gatherings and processions, a media report said.
Islamabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Over 100 children have died in Pakistan due to measles-related complications in the first three weeks of this year, prompting a Pakistani daily to say that the death of a few hundred children due to a preventable illness is "not an issue for those in power, who are too preoccupied with the machinations of politics".
Islamabad, Jan 17 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen killed four people, including a Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader, in Pakistan's Sindh province Thursday, Geo News reported.
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Health experts, MPs and civil society members of Pakistan's Sindh province want a ban on formula milk.
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) A Pakistani parliamentary committee has asked the police to conduct a DNA test to ascertain the facts over the alleged rape of a five-year-old Hindu girl by a Muslim man, a daily said Thursday.
Islamabad, Jan. 9 (ANI): The Pakistan government has in most likelihood dropped its plans of introducing new legislation to convert death penalty into life imprisonment, according to a local newspaper.
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) An "inordinate delay" in buying measles vaccines by the Pakistan government led to over 200 deaths in the country, a leading Pakistani daily said Wednesday.
Karachi, January 4 (ANI): The Siachen Glacier has reduced by 5.9 km in longitudinal extent between 1989 and 2009 because of rising temperatures, researchers say.
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Three bodies were found in gunny bags in Pakistan's port city of Karachi around Thursday midnight, Geo News reported.
Islamabad, Jan 2 (IANS) The death toll in the powerful blast following a rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi has gone up to four, a media report said Wednesday, the day after the explosion.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) A World Health Organisation (WHO) report said as many as 7,274 cases of measles were reported in Pakistan's Sindh province of which as many as 210 people died, Geo News reported Tuesday.
Islamabad, Dec. 31 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has called for a survey to be conducted to find out the number of forcibly converted minority community members, particularly young Hindu girls in Sindh.
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Seven more children died of measles Sunday in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, taking the toll due to the disease to 154 in the month, media reports said.
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Dismissing rumours about delay in the parliamentary elections, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to hold transparent and timely polls, Xinhua reported.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is co-chairman of the ruing PPP, is likely to hand over the party's leadership to his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the eve of the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto.
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) As many as 22 children have died of measles in Pakistan's Sindh province in a month, taking this year's toll from the disease to more than 100, officials said.
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) A man detained for allegedly desecrating the Quran in Pakistan's Sindh province was lynched by a mob that stormed into a police station Friday, police said. His body was later torched.
Islamabad, Dec 22 (ANI): Over 3.5 million children in Pakistan missed out on polio vaccination this week as the campaigns were overshadowed by the deaths of nine immunisation workers, a UN official has said.
Islamabad, Dec 22 (ANI): A Pakistani man has reportedly been burnt to death by a mob for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a village in Dadu district of Sindh.
Islamabad, Dec 22 (ANI): A Pakistani man has reportedly been burnt to death by a mob for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a village in Dadu district of Sindh.
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) At least 10 people died Friday in Pakistan's Balochistan when gunmen opened fire at their bus, heading to Iran from Sindh province.
Islamabad, Dec. 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Three more health workers were killed on Wednesday in four incidents of firing on polio- eradication teams in Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the death toll to nine in such incidents over the last two days, local officials said.
Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) At least four women polio vaccination workers were Tuesday killed and two others injured in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, Geo News reported. Another polio volunteer was killed in Peshawar city earlier in the day.
Islamabad, Dec. 17 (ANI): The Pakistan government will table the 23rd constitutional amendment in the National Assembly on Monday. The amendment, if adopted will enhance the representation of minorities in both the national and provincial assemblies.
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) The wife of a Pakistani politician was killed when unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen opened fire at their house in Sindh province, Geo News reported Sunday.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday claimed that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had raked up a sensitive international issue when he cautioned against any possible agreement on Sir Creek as the state headed for assembly polls, and the matter could be taken up with the Election Commission.
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) A day before the Gujarat assembly poll, Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday stirred a hornet's nest by writing to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against handint over Sir Creek to Pakistan. In a strong rebuttal, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the claims are "unsubstantiated" "untrue" and "mischievous".
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to stop the dialogue with Pakistan on Sir Creek and demanded that it should not be handed over to the neighbouring nation.
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) At least two policemen were killed and eight people injured Wednesday in a blast that rocked a restaurant in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, media reports said.
Islamabad, Dec. 11 (ANI): Statistics provided by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) have indicated that the number of killings in Sindh has shot up this year.
Karachi, Dec. 10 (ANI): The Hindu community of Pakistan is suffering double grief as the cost of cremation continues to rise considerably in the country.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday welcomed the move of the Pakistani investigators to present hard evidence in court against terrorists from that country involved in the plotting and execution of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) India Monday welcomed Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) handing evidence on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to a court in Rawalpindi and hoped "there would be some relief and satisfaction" once the court acts upon it.
Islamabad, Dec 8 (ANI): The Pakistan Taliban has dispatched about 35 militants to Karachi from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to free their arrested companions, according to a report.
Islamabad, Dec. 7 (ANI): In an absurd allegation, a 70-year-old Pakistani woman, who can barely walk without support, has been declared an 'adulteress' for allegedly being involved in an affair with her 17-year-old relative.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the northwest tribal province of Pakistan, is the most dangerous place for journalists in the country, as 14 of them have been killed in the line of duty in the last 11 years.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) At least 80 Shia Muslims were killed in targeted attacks across Pakistan in November, a Shia organisation has said in a report.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) Seven people were arrested in Pakistan's Sindh province after a man was killed in a clash over a disputed plot of land, a media report said Sunday.
Karachi, Dec. 1 (ANI): Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has lent his support to millions of people suffering from consecutive years of flooding, promising to continue to raise funds and awareness for their plight.
Karachi, Nov. 30 (ANI): A Chinese delegation has demanded adequate security against the extortion mafia to be able to conduct a seismic survey at Badin city in Sindh province.
