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Mohammad Hussain KhanDawn Prism |
Deprived of its once-thriving economy and biodiversity, fishing communities migrate in search of livelihoods.
A 100kg bag rate drops by Rs1,000 to Rs10,800; around 10,000 100kg bags have so far been recovered.
Adeel Siddiqui says millions of Pakistanis enter the job market every year, but the economy is failing to generate enough opportunities.
"Akram Wah canal faces serious water shortages often and we are not able to supply irrigation water to our farmers when it is needed", says water...
Despite the presence of a market committee to oversee commodity price ceilings, market monopolies continue to negatively impact.
An entirely new unified water law is on the anvil to govern the water sector in Sindh. The idea is to run the sector more effectively and efficiently,...
After achieving 30 per cent progress in lining the Kalri Baghar (KB) Feeder Upper lining project last year, work was all set to resume from Dec 20...
A once-thriving delta civilisation is now retreating inland as the Indus dries, the sea advances, and whole communities watch their land slip away.
While the Sindh government has recently announced its intent to procure wheat for the 2025-26 season, it seemed indecisive about fixing sugarcane’s...
Findings of recent back-to-back surprise visits to some ginning factories in lower Sindh — known for cotton production — by members of the...
Paddy harvesting started only last month in the lower Sindh region, and farmers — mostly small landholders — are already complaining about...
This year, Sindh’s two main barrages — Guddu and Sukkur — have already experienced medium and high floods in July and August. Now, authorities...
A small cotton producer, Arshad Khaskheli in Sanghar — a hub of cotton production — could not salvage his cotton on a four-acre plot. He, however,...
The unending cost escalation — 405 per cent (from Rs16.92 billion to Rs85.57bn) as per the unapproved third revised project cost (PC-I), as well as...
In Hyderabad’s centuries-old Imambargahs, mourners gather to perform sacred Muharram rituals steeped in devotion, grief and hope.
In the last five years, the acreage of mango orchards across Sindh has dwindled, shrinking from 59,100 hectares in 2019-20 to 58,900 hectares in...
Until April last year, Imran Bozdar, a cotton grower from Sanghar, had brought 100 per cent of his land — all 150 acres — under cotton...