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14 more fall prey to Covid, 713 others test positive July 2, 2021 Fourteen more patients of the coronavirus died in Sindh over the past 24 hours (June 30), taking the death toll to 5,478 in the province. This was stated by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued on Thursday. He added that with 14 more deaths, the mortality rate stood at 1.6 per cent. He said that 13,935 samples were tested and 713 cases detected, which constituted a 5.1 per cent detection rate. So far 4,520,9...

Cotton picking begins, growers fear low yields July 2, 2021 HYDERABAD: Canal water improved after a delay of four-five months, but for cotton producers in the advanced cultivating areas of Sindh, it was too late as the crop was now ready for picking. Presently, canals from Kotri barrage are flowing at full capacity after four-five months delay, giving some hope to farmers. Water shortage in Sindh’s barrages was marked at around 60-65 percent throughout the season of cotton and next immediat...

Bonded labour trapping thousands KARACHI: As a country we gained independence nearly 74 years ago but there are many of us who are not yet free. It was in 2016 that the Sindh Assembly passed The Sindh Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 2015 and five years down the line, the law still awaits implementation. Thousands of peasants remain entrenched in servitude under bonded labour and the provincial government has yet to form vigilance committees in all districts to ensure their freedom. Under...

June 29, 2021 Covid-19 claimed nine more lives in Sindh during the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 5,427, said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in his daily Covid-19 situation report on Monday. Meanwhile, 608 patients were under treatment at different hospitals, of whom condition of 553 patients was said to be critical while 50 of them had been put onto life support. In addition to the nine deaths overnight in the province, 431 new cases of the viral disease emerged after 11,4...

June 29, 2021 While addressing a press conference at the Sindh Assembly’s auditorium on Monday, Education Minister Saeed Ghani said the annual budget of the school education and literacy department (SELD) for the financial year 2021-22 has been increased from Rs244.5 billion to Rs262.8 billion. For the fiscal year 2021-22, the SELD development budget is Rs14 billion while Rs4 billion has been allocated for development works of the college education department. According to Ghani, in the comi...

Covid kills eight more, infects another 521 in Sindh June 28, 2021 Eight more people have died due to Covid-19 and 521 others have tested positive for the disease during the past 24 hours in Sindh, with the death toll due to the viral coronavirus infection reaching 5,418 in the province. Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said in his daily situation report on the health emergency on Sunday that 14,052 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, resulting in 521 people, or four per cent of those...

June 28, 2021 karachi: Eight more people have died due to Covid-19 and 521 others have tested positive for the disease during the past 24 hours in Sindh, with the death toll due to the viral coronavirus infection reaching 5,418 in the province. Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said in his daily situation report on the health emergency on Sunday that 14,052 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, resulting in 521 people, or four per cent of those who were screened, being diagnosed with Covi...

A total of 15 patients of Covid-19 died in Sindh during the previous 24 hours, after which the provincial death toll of the viral disease had reached 5,407.Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah...

Twenty-four more people have died due to Covid-19 and 655 others have tested positive for the disease during the past 24 hours in Sindh, with the death toll due to the viral coronavirus infection...

June 16, 2021 Increasing the budgetary allocation for health by 29.49 per cent from Rs132.884 billion to Rs172 billion in the next fiscal year, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said Tuesday Rs24.73 billion had also been allocated to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, including Rs17.22 billion for provision of health risk allowance. “The next financial year will witness an increase of around 30 per cent in the total allocation for the health sector, including medical education. An allocation of ...