KARACHI: Bioethics be made part of curricula: SIUT moot
KARACHI, April 9: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday underlined the need to include the multi-disciplinary subject of bioethics in the medical curricula, adding that doing so would help improve medical...
KARACHI: Transporters continue protest
KARACHI, April 9: Violence, involving police and transport workers, in Shireen Jinnah Colony continued for the second consecutive day, Saturday, as protesters lit bonfire and pelted vehicles with stones....
KARACHI: Suo motu action on fresh raid on JI office urged
KARACHI, April 9: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Saturday urged higher courts to take suo motu action on fresh raid at Jamat-i-Islami office, Idara Noor-i-Haq, which was conducted by law enforcement agency...
KARACHI: Benazir summons lawyer to Dubai
KARACHI, April 9: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has summoned her lawyer, Farooq Naek, to Dubai for “consultation” a week before her spouse Asif Ali Zardari’s arrival at Lahore on April...
KARACHI: Ibad calls for heart units in district hospitals
KARACHI, April 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad stressed the need of cardiovascular disease units in all state-run district hospitals as well as big hospitals of the province....
KARACHI: MMA’s threatening posture slammed
KARACHI, April 9: The Joint Action Committee for People’s Rights has condemned leadership of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal for extending threats of violence against women....
KARACHI: Altaf seeks end to feudalism
KARACHI, April 9: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that Pakistan will have a bright future only if feudal system comes to an end....
KARACHI: Better services in DHA urged
KARACHI, April 9: The Administrator of Defence Housing Authority, Brig Maqsood Hussain, has asked the DHA staff to serve the residents with a sense of dedication and positive attitude to resolve...
KARACHI: Nazim orders provision of free drugs to TB patients
KARACHI, April 9: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has directed the health centres of all the towns to provide free medicines as well as necessary information regarding method of using medicines and...
KARACHI: New dean
KARACHI, April 9: The principal of Karachi Medical and Dental College, Prof Saadiya Aziz Karim, has been appointed as dean of medicine faculty of the University of Karachi. Following an order...
KARACHI: Steps urged to check respiratory ailments
KARACHI, April 9: Speakers at a conference stressed the need for sustained and sincere political commitment, interaction between different health bodies, and regular supply of high quality drugs on affordable prices...
KARACHI: Rehabilitation of drug addicts
KARACHI, April 9: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad underlined the imperative need for coordinated efforts for the rehabilitation of drug addicts....
KARACHI: Heroin seized
KARACHI, April 9: The Customs Preventive Collectorate officials, posted at the airport, thwarted an attempt of smuggling heroin abroad when they intercepted a passenger and recovered 7.5kg heroin from him. Ghulam...
HYDERABAD: SHC stops probe into corruption case
HYDERABAD, April 9: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday restrained the chairman of the anti-corruption establishment and other officials from making any probe into the case of Prof...
HYDERABAD: Checking of Urdu papers by Sindhi teachers urged
HYDERABAD, April 9: The secretary-general of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Mr Taj Joyo, and other prominent writers including Ayaz Gul, Adal Soomro, Dr Mohammad Ali Manjhi and Mukhtar Malik have called...
HYDERABAD: Nawaz lists conditions for talks with govt
HYDERABAD, April 9: Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif has set three points for holding negotiations with the government and said no talks can be held until these conditions are met....
HYDERABAD: Varsity founder’s week begins
HYDERABAD, April 9: Celebrations of the Sindh University founder’s week started in Jamshoro and Hyderabad on Saturday to pay homage to founder vice-chancellor of the Sindh University Allama I.I. Kazi....