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Special Registration Drive for Brick Kiln Workers in Sindh

National Database and Registration Authority will launch special drive from September 16 to 20 to register brick kiln workers in Umerkot and other districts in lower Sindh The research has revealed the precarious situation of brick kiln workers in Sindh 90 per cent of brick kiln workers are forced to take loans (Peshghi) just to

Rock Carvings in Azad Kashmir’s Chitter Pari

Alongside cup-marks, the Chitter Pari rock art site features anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and geometric motifs In 2008, I visited Chitter Pari for the first time as I was travelling to Mirpur City. A friend had told me about the rock carvings in Chitter Pari village while I was doing research on the cultural landscape in Punjab’s

Pakistan’s rare wild pheasants being pushed to the edge

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan is fast losing several rare wild pheasant species due to a string of threats including habitat degradation, hunting, climate change and human intervention, with wildlife experts warning that their extinction would be “disastrous” for ecosystems and biodiversity. Due to increasing habitat

India-Pakistan javelin rivalry at Paris Olympics sends rare peace message back home

KARACHI / NEW DELHI As Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal in the men’s javelin in Paris on Thursday, thousands of miles away, his close Indian rival Neeraj Chopra’s mother was among the firsts to congratulate him. Back home, Nadeem’s mother, swamped by hundreds of cheering crowds in her remote village of

Climate change, fuel costs push Pakistan’s fishing industry into more choppy waters

KARACHI, Sindh, Pakistan Climate change and rising fuel costs are taking a heavy toll on Pakistan’s already vulnerable fishing industry, with fish stocks and seafood exports plunging in recent years. Unchecked discharge of industrial and plastic waste and untreated sewage is being compounded by a string of environmental factors