Sindh

Revolt in Pakistan’s Sindh: Highway blocked, minister’s house torched, two dead as protest over Indus canal project spirals out of control

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Revolt in Pakistan’s Sindh: Highway blocked, minister’s house torched, two dead as protest over Indus canal project spirals out of control

Protesters set fire to the house of Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar on Tuesday during a violent demonstration in Moro taluka of Noushehro Feroze district. The attack came after a clash between police and workers of a nationalist group left two protesters dead and several others, including policemen, injured, Pakistan‘s local media reports stated. … Read more

Pakistan: Govt hospitals in Sindh’s Shikharpur and Kashmore Kandhkot lack clean drinking water, sanitation

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Pakistan: Govt hospitals in Sindh’s Shikharpur and Kashmore Kandhkot lack clean drinking water, sanitation

A team of the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) found unavailability of clean drinking water, absence of cleanliness and sanitation, power outages with no backup systems, poor infrastructure, and shortage of staff in government hospitals in Shikarpur and Kashmore-Kandhkot districts of Pakistan’s Sindh on Thursday and Friday, The Express Tribune reported. SHRC Chairman Iqbal Ahmed … Read more

24 major cities in Pakistan do not have access to clean water, says new report

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24 major cities in Pakistan do not have access to clean water, says new report

Almost 30 million Pakistanis have no access to clean water, 80 per cent of people living in 24 major cities do not have access to clean water, and 16 million slum dwellers of Karachi do not have access to running water, Asian Lite reported. Pakistan has experienced several issues since its independence, but the most … Read more

Pakistan flooding deaths pass 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe’

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Pakistan flooding deaths pass 1,000 in ‘climate catastrophe’

Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe.” Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided … Read more

Lockdown, visa expiry hold up return of Sindhi men from Pakistan

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Lockdown, visa expiry hold up return of Sindhi men from Pakistan

INDORE: Eleven Sindhi community men with a refugee status in India are stranded in Pakistan along with their newly married wives due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and end of their visa term. Their families originally hail from Pakistan but they are now settled in different Indian cities though they are yet to be granted citizenship. … Read more