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sindh province news

Blast derails multiple bogies of Jaffar Express in Pakistan; several injured

The fresh blast comes weeks after six bogies of the same train was derailed in the Balochistan province.
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 01:42 pm IST

Pak's Hindu minister attacked in Sindh amid protests over canal projects

Pakistani Hindu Minister of State Kheal Das Kohistani
Published on Apr 20, 2025 10:53 pm IST

Six arrested for chopping off camel's leg in Pakistan; to receive prosthetic leg from Dubai

Six arrested for chopping off camel's leg in Pakistan; to receive prosthetic leg from Dubai
Published on Jun 18, 2024 10:14 am IST

Pak minister for Kartarpur-like corridor in Sindh for Hindus

The Kartarpur Corridor was opened by Pakistan in November 2019. It is around 4.1 km from the Pakistan-India border. (HT file)
Updated on Jun 07, 2024 06:52 am IST

Ahmadi worship place attacked in Pakistan's Sindh, graffiti drawn on walls

Screengrab of a video reportedly showing a man destroying a minaret of the worship place.
Published on Jul 25, 2023 08:50 pm IST

3 Hindu sisters in Pak's Sindh forced to marry their abductors

The three sisters were married to the same men who abducted them.
Published on Jul 21, 2023 05:52 pm IST

Hindu temple attacked with rocket launchers in Pak's Sindh; 2nd attack in a day

They fired “rocket launchers” at the place of worship, which was closed during the attack, the police official said.
Published on Jul 16, 2023 09:10 pm IST

Pak oppn lawmakers to quit en masse, threatens joint alliance

Maryam Nawaz (centre), daughter of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and the leader of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), gestures to supporters during an anti-government rally in Quetta on October 25.
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 08:45 pm IST

5 killed, 20 injured in explosion in Pakistan

At least two floors of the building near Maskan Chowrangi in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area in Karachi were severely damaged, creating fears that casualties may rise.
Updated on Oct 21, 2020 04:23 pm IST

Ramazan 2020: Pakistan’s Sindh province bans prayer at mosques

Governments of Asian nations with large Muslim populations have urged people to keep their distance while observing their faith during the fasting month, which gets underway shrouded in fear over the coronavirus.
Published on Apr 24, 2020 04:06 pm IST

This Pakistani pilot urges the world to always stay united

Mahipal Ladher belongs to Tharparkar that sets a beautiful example of Hindu-Muslims unity where the two communities draw strength from a shared heritage and history
Updated on Apr 25, 2020 06:28 pm IST

‘She is not alone’: Protest outside Pak high commission in London over forced conversion of Hindu girl

Protesters hold placards outside Pakistan high commission while demonstrating against abduction and conversion of girls from minority communities in Pakistan.
Updated on Feb 18, 2020 07:15 pm IST

India summons Pak official, lodges protest over kidnapping of Hindu woman

India also served the Pakistani official a separate demarche regarding the desecration of Mata Rani Bhatiyani temple at Tharparkar in Sindh on January 26. (Reuters)
Updated on Jan 28, 2020 05:46 pm IST

Abandoned Pakistani boat seized off Kutch coast

There was an ice box and five jerry cans on board, a BSF statement informed.
Updated on Dec 15, 2019 04:48 am IST

Pak Hindu student raped before being murdered: Autopsy

Reports suggest the cause of death to be suffocation. Image used for representation
Published on Nov 08, 2019 06:00 am IST

Pakistani Hindu principal booked for blasphemy

Activists and journalists took to Twitter to share videos and images of the rioting and appealed to the Sindh government to protect the minority Hindu community.
Published on Sept 16, 2019 05:27 am IST

In Pakistan, milk touches Rs 140 per litre mark, costlier than petrol

The price of milk has reached Rs 140 per litre in Karachi and the Sindh Province.
Updated on Sept 11, 2019 01:48 pm IST

Hindu girl allegedly abducted, converted to Islam in Pakistan’s Sindh

There have been cases of Hindu girls, some under the age of 18, allegedly being abducted and converted to Islam before being married to Muslim men in Pakistan.
Updated on Sept 04, 2019 10:49 am IST

RSS women’s wing seeks global focus on forced conversions in Pakistan

File photo of Pakistani Hindu girls wearing black veils, arriving at a court in Islamabad in March for a hearing after two teenage sisters from the minority community were allegedly abducted and forced to convert and marry two Muslim men.
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 11:23 am IST

Mobs torch shops in Pakistan after Hindu doctor accused of blasphemy

The police registered a blasphemy case against the doctor who was taken into custody as there was fear that he may be harmed by the mob
Updated on May 30, 2019 11:16 am IST

Hindu doctor arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan

The head cleric of the local mosque, Maulvi Ishaq Nohri, filed the complaint with the police alleging that the doctor had torn pages of a holy book and wrapped medicines in them.
Updated on May 28, 2019 10:15 am IST

600 people, mostly children, test HIV positive in Pak’s Sindh province

Over 600 people, mostly children, have been tested HIV positive in Pakistan’s Sindh province, raising concern among health authorities who sought support of WHO to cope with the alarming number of cases. (Vijayanand Gupta/HT photo)
Updated on May 26, 2019 08:08 pm IST

About 500 people test positive for HIV in Pakistan

A Pakistani doctor takes blood sample of a villager to screen for HIV at a hospital in a village near Ratodero, a small town in southern province of Sindh in Pakistan where the outbreak of deadly disease took place last month, Thursday, May 16, 2019.
Updated on May 17, 2019 08:23 am IST

Sushma Swaraj takes a jibe at Pakistani minister over abduction of 2 Hindu girls

In an unsolicited response, Chaudhary Fawad Hussain had responded to Swaraj saying, that it was an internal issue of Pakistan.
Published on Mar 24, 2019 04:18 pm IST

Sushma Swaraj seeks report into kidnapping of 2 Hindu girls in Pakistan’s Sindh province

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan into the reported abduction of two Hindu teenaged girls and their forcible conversion to Islam on the eve of Holi in Sindh province.
Updated on Mar 24, 2019 11:27 am IST

Pakistan takes over 56 seminaries, facilities of Hafiz Saeed’s JuD, FIF

At least 56 seminaries and facilities being run by Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have been taken over by authorities.
Published on Mar 07, 2019 06:30 am IST

12 Indian fishermen arrested, their boats seized by Pakistani authorities

Twelve Indian fishermen have been arrested by Pakistani authorities for allegedly straying into the country’s territorial waters off the coast of Sindh province, a security official said on Monday.
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 02:54 pm IST

Hindu teenager arrested in Pakistan’s Sindh for ‘blasphemy’

A local Muslim leader alleged that the Hindu boy had hurt religious sentiments of Muslims by posting ‘highly controversial’ posts on his Facebook account.
Updated on Aug 01, 2018 05:44 pm IST

In a first, Hindu candidate wins National Assembly seat in Pakistan elections

Politician Mahesh Kumar Malani is from the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP).
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 08:26 pm IST

Hindu women in Pakistan’s Sindh granted right to remarry

Prior to the passage of the bill, divorced or widowed Hindu women in Sindh were not legally allowed to marry a second time.
Updated on May 27, 2018 11:37 pm IST