Thatta,  January 18: Members of civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and political leaders have pressed on need to take all-out efforts to launch livelihood development programmes to alleviate poverty in Sindh.

Tharparkar, Pakistan: Wearing colourful traditional dresses with silver jewellery and bangles on their arms, the women of Tharparkar district look festive. But the empty earthen pots they carry tell a different story.

BADIN: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Badin Dr. Kazim Hussain Jatoi claimed that the district government is making all-out efforts to provide food, shelter, drinking water and health facilities to the people of rain and flood-hit …

KARACHI: The parliamentary committee, constituted by the Prime Minister Syed Yousif Raza Gillani, discussed at length disaster situation in rain-hit districts of Sindh and reviewed emerngy measures taken by the provincial government address to miseries …

KARACHI: A special “Sindh Chief Minister’s Relief Fund” will be established, provincial legislators and government employees will make contributions from their salaries for the rain-affected people.

KARACHI: The Met office has said that new monsoon spell is in the making and likely to hit Sindh on Sunday.

KARACHI: The Government of Japan has decided to provide emergency relief goods worth about Rs. 37.5 million for the rain victims in the province.

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Chief Altaf Hussain Friday said that MQM can join the coalition with Pakistan Peoples Party for the sole cause of lasting peace in Sindh.

KARACHI: The death toll from recent torrential rains in Sindh has soared beyond182 people while around 5.5 million others have been affected, according to Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).

CHACHRO/UMERKOT: The current wave of the devastating torrential monsoon rains in Tharparkar district has emerged to be the worst human catastrophe in the desert’s history, rendering hundreds of thousands Tharis displaced and has swept away …