Yumna Khan

August 10, 2026 HYDERABAD, PAKISTAN – Young people applying for entry-level jobs in Sindh’s bureaucracy have been protesting that only 70 out of over 4,300 of them have passed the exam held by the Sindh Public Service Commission. They sat ten written papers for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), whose shockingly slim number of successful candidates was announced on May 6. This is how assistant commissioners, assistant directors and section officers at Grades 16 and 17 are hired.

Young people applying for entry-level jobs in Sindh’s bureaucracy have been protesting that only 70 out of over 4,300 of them have passed the exam held by the Sindh Public Service Commission. They sat ten written papers for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE), whose shockingly slim number of successful candidates was announced on May 6. This is how assistant commissioners, assistant directors and section officers at Grades 16 and 17 are hired.

August 4, 2026 KARACHI – At first glance, the Changan Karvaan parked outside one of Aga Khan University’s (AKU) field sites in Karachi’s Bhains Colony looks like an ordinary white minivan. Boxy, tinted windows, no markings to set it apart. It’s only when you get in that the disinfectant and medical equipment give it away.