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He reiterated that the Sindh government was willing to discuss all constructive proposals

KARACHI: Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah displays a banner bearing the Sindhi inscription, “Sindh Ji Dharti Munhinji Maa” (“The Land of Sindh is My Mother”), during the Sindh Assembly session on the unity of Sindh on Thursday.

Launches five-day Sindh tour to mobilise PTI workers for September 27 Islamabad Long March

Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, on Monday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here, wherein they agreed to maintain political harmony and consultation.

Duo discusses Sindh affairs, ongoing development projects during meeting

KHAIRPUR: In blazing temperatures, Muhammad Idrees ladles boiled dates from a vat simmering over an open flame, work that labourers lament is getting hotter each year in Sindh. Date season arrives in July, when temperatures in the province regularly hit the mid-40 degrees Celsius. Workers start before sunrise, and split the day into short shifts, but the heat soon catches up with them. Their gruelling routine involves harvesting and boiling fruit picked from palms that line Khairpur district, which produces more than half the country’s dates and supports thousands of farmers and seasonal labourers. Labourers begin work around 2am to avoid the worst of the daytime heat Idrees, who has worked the date harvest for more than a decade, said the heat has now become “unbearable”. Date labourers are one of many professions in Pakistan that are becoming more difficult and dangerous as temperatures rise. “It used to be less intense,” Idrees told AFP as temperatures hit 42°C. “The heat is much harsher and the days are e...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday expressed her desire to serve not only the people of Punjab but also those of Sindh and other provinces, saying she genuinely felt the difficulties faced by the people of Karachi and Sindh.

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to seek a judicial commission to probe the killing of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza Ali, Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar said on Sunday. Ali’s body was found in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he went missing on July 28. While his family is convinced that he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered, police had previously been building the case around the possibility that he died by suicide. However, after injury details from a second postmortem ruled out the possibility of suicide, a murder charge was added to the case on Sunday. “A decision has been taken to conduct a judicial inquiry into the murder case of Mir Raza Ali Khan,” the Sindh home minister said in a statement issued by his office. According to the statement, Lanjar, along with Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, visited Ali’s residence to meet his parents. They assured the family that they would be provided complete justice. Lanjar said the judicial commission would be constituted under the ...

After withdrawing its two earlier notifications, the Sindh government on Friday notified a newly constituted eight-member medical board to carry out the exhumation of 25-year-old business owner Mir Ali Raza’s body on Saturday. The exhumation, which was originally scheduled for Friday, was deferred after the deceased’s family objected to the abrupt reconstitution of the medical board, just hours after the notification of the first one. A notification issued by the Sindh Health Department on Friday named police surgeon Dr Sumaiyya Syed as the convener of the board and Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Pathology Department head Professor Dr Naseem Ahmed as the pathologist. The eight-member board also includes Jinnah Sindh Medical University’s (JSMU) Dr Farah Waseem as a forensic expert, Shanakht Project’s Amir Hassan Khan as a forensic identification expert, Additional Police Surgeon Dr Srichand, Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) medicolegal officers Dr Kamran Khan and Dr Daniyal Mirza, and Offic...

Negotiations between the All Pakistan Goods Transport Ittehad (APGTI) and the Sindh government to avert a nationwide strike scheduled for August 8 have failed, prompting transporters to proceed with their protest.

Says Sindh Assembly not once, but many times unanimously opposed the creation of any new province in Sindh

Schools and colleges across Sindh will now observe a five-day working week, from Monday to Friday, after the provincial government reversed its decision to hold classes six days a week. The change was announced in a notification issued by the Sindh School Education and Literacy Department on Wednesday. “With the approval of the competent authority, it is hereby notified that all public and private educational institutions under the administrative control of the School Education & Literacy Department, Government of Sindh, shall observe a five-day working week, from Monday to Friday, with immediate effect and until further orders,” the notification said. It added that the working hours of single-shift and double-shift schools would be issued separately. Meanwhile, a notification issued by the Sindh College Education Department said: “With the approval of the competent authority, it is hereby notified that all public and private educational institutions under the administrative control of the College Education D...

KARACHI: At least seven people were killed and two others injured in separate rain-related incidents in Sindh’s Tharparkar and Umerkot districts amid ongoing monsoon rains.

The Sindh government’s School Education and Literacy Department on Friday announced that schools in the province would remain closed on Aug 4 (Tuesday) in observance of Chehlum of Imam Hussain (AS). A notification available with Dawn states that all public and private educational institutions under the department “shall remain closed on Aug 4, 2026 (Tuesday) on account of Chehlum (20th Safar 1448 AH)”. The notification has been sent to the principal secretaries of the Sindh governor and chief minister, as well as other senior officials. The Chehlum of Imam Hussain is observed on Safar 20, highlighting the sacrifices rendered by Imam Husain (AS) and his companions in Karbala. Earlier today, the department said private schools in Sindh have been allowed to decide their weekly teaching and working days according to their own schedules and convenience. A circular issued by the province’s Directorate of Inspection and Registration of Private Institutions clarified a notification issued by the education department ...

All private schools in Sindh have been allowed to decide their weekly teaching and working days according to their own schedules and convenience, the Sindh Education and Literacy Department said on Friday. A circular issued by the province’s Directorate of Inspection and Registration of Private Institutions clarified a notification issued by the education department on July 29, which directed that classes would be held six days a week at schools and colleges across the province from August 1 until further notice. The new circular clarified that the directive would not apply to privately managed schools. “It is hereby clarified for all privately managed schools across the province of Sindh that they may manage their weekly working days according to their own schedules and operative convenience,” Additional Director (Registration) Rafia Javed said in the circular. A copy of the circular is available with Dawn. In its July 29 notification, seen by Dawn, the Education and Literacy Department said: “In supercessio...

KARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Thursday that classes would be held six days a week at schools and colleges in the province from August 1 until further notice. The decision was announced in two separate notifications issued by the Sindh Education and Literacy Department and the College Education Department. In its notification, seen by Dawn and dated July 29, the Education and Literacy Department said: “In supercession of this department’s notification of even number dated March 31, 2026, it is hereby notified that all public and private educational institutions under the administrative control of the School and Literacy Education Department, Government of Sindh, shall observe a six-day working week (Monday to Saturday) with effect from August 1, 2026 till further orders.” Similarly, the notification issued by the College Education Department, issued on July 30 and seen by Dawn, stated: “In supercession of this department’s notification of even number dated March 31, 2026, it is hereby notified tha...

KARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Thursday that schools and colleges in the province would have six-day work weeks from August 1 until further notice. The decision was announced in two separate notifications issued by the Sindh Education and Literacy Department and the College Education Department. In its notification, seen by Dawn and dated July 29, the Education and Literacy Department said: “In supercession of this department’s notification of even number dated March 31, 2026, it is hereby notified that all public and private educational institutions under the administrative control of the School and Literacy Education Department, Government of Sindh, shall observe a six-day working week (Monday to Saturday) with effect from August 1, 2026 till further orders.” Similarly, the notification issued by the College Education Department, issued on July 30 and seen by Dawn, stated: “In supercession of this department’s notification of even number dated March 31, 2026, it is hereby notified that all publi...

The holiday will apply to all provincial government offices operating under administrative control of the Sindh