Reports of sighting a leopard in Islamkot, Tharparkar district, emerged after the leopard reportedly attacked the villagers. Eventually the beast was killed owing to delayed action by the wildlife departments in the concerned area. According to the Sindh Wildlife department, spotting a leopard in the Tharpkar region was a rare sight. The animal had apparently […]
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Empowering and uplifting communities in Thar
Thar Foundation has been established as a Section 42 Company under the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) framework with an objective to improve the lives of the underprivileged communities living in Tharparkar district of Islamkot in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The Foundation aims to improve live for these people through graduated and […]
Suffering in Tharparkar
Sir: A prominent district of Sindh, Tharparkar has been rotting in the stem of hell. Without ambiguity, there are colossal problems but few infamous I would like to highlight such as underage children marriage dilemma, poor education, honour killing, religious dilemma, famine and malnutrition. Few days ago, two videos began to spread on Pakistan’s social […]
Tharparkar — the incomparable backward region of Pakistan
The Tharparkar desert covers an area of 22,000 square kilometres which makes it the 18th largest area of the world. Its population is around 1.6 million residing in 2,400 villages and the district’s literacy rate is 18.36 percent. A total of 5,229 government schools are obsolete in the province and 798 of them are situated […]
Sad story on the World Health Day — 1,757 children under 5-years of age died
As many as 1,757 newborns died in three units of Paeds Medicine Department (PMD) of the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Larkana, during 2018 against admission of 25,702 out of which 18,421 children were discharged, 1,633 were referred to other hospitals and 2,146 Left Against Medical Advice (LAMA) during the same 12 months. This was […]
CSSP organises education forum in Tharparkar
HYDERABAD: Civil Society Support Program (CSSP), a nonprofit organisation, organised District Education Forum at HRD Thardeep Rural Development Program Hall on Sunday. CSSP shared the progress of ‘Take A Child To School‘ project with contribution of volunteer (ILM Ambassador) and Mohalla Committee. Mohalla Committees are a pillar of this initiative having potential stakeholders involved for the […]
Four more die in Tharparkar due to malnutrition
THARPARKAR: Four more children passed away on Friday due to malnutrition in Sindh’s Tharparkar, as death toll continues to rise. According to the latest numbers, 13 children in the month of September died due to malnutrition, while 432 in 2018. Moreover, 40 minors died in August. Every year almost 1,500 children die due to malnutrition, […]
Thar Desert, your next destination
Pakistan is becoming a tourist destination, and it has attracted millions of sightseers in the last couple of years. Earlier, in the previous decade, law and order situations created a barrier for local as well as for international adventurists, but improvements in the law and order situation have, now, boosted the economy of Pakistan in […]
Suthar candidate from Thar vows better education facilities for girls
Hyderabad: Independent candidate from provincial assembly constituency PS-57 Diplo Tharparkar, Bharat Kumar Kheemani Suthar has vowed better education facilites for girls. By profession, Bharat is advocate at Sindh High Court. The candidate told Daily Times that he was belonging to a middle class family and hailing from the most educated village of Tharparkar, Malhnor Vena. “To provide […]
PPP candidate Qasim Soomro comes up with water, education work plan for Tharparkar ahead of elections
THARPARKAR: Pakistan people’s party (PPP) candidate Qasim Soomro on Friday laid out his strategy pertaining to water issues in PS-55 election campaign for Nangarparkar constituency. Soomro presented his work plan for educational projects as well as a strategy to improve the technical methodology of water related issues at Cafe Thar. According to Soomro, life of […]