KARACHI: New police setup comes into force from today
KARACHI, Jan 31: The Inspector-General of Sindh Police, Syed Kamal Shah, has expressed the hope that with the coming into effect of the new police setup from Feb 1, police’s performance...
KARACHI: Nazim seeks report, record in 15 days
KARACHI, Jan 31: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has ordered inquiry in to the leases granted by the Karachi Development Authority and called for a detailed report along with the records of...
KARACHI: Govt may reopen case against Advani
KARACHI, Jan 31: The government may order reappointment of a tribunal in respect of the absconding accused persons who were allegedly involved in a conspiracy to harm Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah...
KARACHI: Graduation ceremony of JPMC nursing college
KARACHI, Jan 31: Federal Minister of Law and Human Rights Barrister Shahida Jamil said here on Thursday that major electoral reforms undertaken by the government were aimed at making Pakistan an...
KARACHI: Women seek 33pc seats in parliament
KARACHI, Jan 31: Women councillors have demanded that 33 per cent seats in the Senate and National and Provincial assemblies be reserved for women as had been done in the case...
KARACHI: MBBS exams Students confused over dates
KARACHI, Jan 31: Students of medical colleges are highly confused over the dates of first and second professional MBBS annual examinations, which would be conducted by the University of Karachi....
KARACHI: KESC cuts off supply to NSTCC
KARACHI, Jan 31: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation has cut off power supply to National Sports Training and Coaching Centre while the Sui Southern Gas Company and the Karachi Water and...
KARACHI: Spencer’s mobile unit
KARACHI, Jan 31: The newly-renovated Mobile Eye Unit of Spencer Eye Hospital was inaugurated by Naib Nazim, Tariq Hassan, here on Thursday....
KARACHI: UBL employees demand raise
KARACHI, Jan 31: Employees of United Bank have demanded that their salaries be revised and brought on a par with those of other nationalized banks....
KARACHI: Seminar calls for freedom of electronic media
KARACHI, Jan 31: Speakers at a seminar on “Private TV channels in Pakistan - better late than never- how can we make up for the lost time” here on Thursday emphasized...
KARACHI: Rs600 million for education sector reforms
KARACHI, Jan 31: Governor Mohammedmian Soomro on Thursday directed the local governments to carry out planning for development in their respective areas without any discrimination and on judicious basis....
KARACHI: KU to get three large buses
KARACHI, Jan 31: City Nazim Naimatullah Khan on Thursday announced a donation of 3 large-capacity buses to the Karachi University, terming the federal and provincial grants for the varsity as “insufficient”....
KARACHI: Phase-II of KPP completed
KARACHI, Jan 31: A meeting of the Sindh Secretaries’ Committee presided over by the Chief Secretary, Javed Ashraf Husain, and attended by the ACS (Development), district Nazims, administrative secretaries, DCOs, the...
KARACHI: Navy ready to deter any aggression: CNS
KARACHI, Jan 31: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza has said that Pakistan Navy is maintaining a highest degree of vigilance and readiness and will respond with full...
KARACHI: SHCBA slams excesses against Taliban
KARACHI, Jan 31: The Sindh High Court Bar Association on Thursday expressed deep anguish and concern over the inhuman treatment being meted out to the prisoners taken in captivity by the...
KARACHI: KUJ seeks recovery of newsman
KARACHI, Jan 31: The Karachi Union of Journalists has demanded of the government to expedite its efforts to trace Wall Street Journalists Daniel Pearl, who is missing since Jan 23....
KARACHI: Indian expansionism
KARACHI, Jan 31: The information secretary of the National People’s Party, Syed Zia Abbas, has said the US, UN Security Council’s permanent members and the G-8 countries should ask India to...
HYDERABAD: New police system starts functioning today
HYDERABAD, Jan 31: The new police system, Hyderabad region, comprising four districts of Hyderabad and three of Mirpurkhas divisions, will start functioning from Friday (today) with special prayers before the Almighty...
PESHAWAR: Underhand deal in jail contract alleged
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: The Frontier Contractors Association on Thursday accused executive engineer (XEN) concerned and deputy director of Building and Works Department of entering into a secret deal with two contractors...
PESHAWAR: Judgment on ex-minister’s plea reserved
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: An accountability appellate bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in an appeal filed by former NWFP Minister for Irrigation Ghaniur Rehman, challenging his...
PESHAWAR: Efficient teachers to get incentives: minister
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: NWFP Education Minister Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani has said that instead of promoting teachers only on seniority, they will be given special incentives for showing good performance and...
PESHAWAR: Refugee camps to be fenced
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Fences would be erected around all the newly-established Afghan refugee camps in the Federally- Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) to check infiltration of new refugees into the settled parts...
PESHAWAR: Appeals dismissed
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed appeals of two Nigerian women convicted by an anti-narcotics court of drug pushing....