KARACHI: High Court to have 17 more judges: governor
KARACHI, April 23: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad referring to measures being adopted for legal reforms has reiterated absolute commitment for strict enforcement of laws, rules and regulation ultimately paving way...
KARACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead
KARACHI, April 23: A former activist of the Muttahida Quami Movement was shot dead on Saturday in Naseerabad by unidentified gunmen. Police said former joint sector in charge of Liaquatabad, Tariq...
KARACHI: Arbab visits Eid-i-Milad camps
KARACHI, April 23: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Friday urged all sects to unite and follow the teachings of Islam, the holy prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and the...
KARACHI: Police whisk away JI’s city chief
KARACHI, April 23: Personnel of a law-enforcement agency in civvies, escorted by police mobiles, on Saturday evening arrested Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, Karachi, Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqui and took him to some...
KARACHI: JI leader released
KARACHI, April 23: The Karachi coordination committee of the Pakistan People’s
Party at its meeting on Saturday...
KARACHI: Expansion of CM’s House planned
KARACHI, April 23: The Sindh government has planned expansion of the Chief Minister’s House extending its limits to certain old structures and open places adjacent to it. Chief Minister Dr Arbab...
KARACHI: Death for kidnapper demanded
KARACHI, April 23: The prosecution prayed on Saturday to an anti-terrorism court to award capital punishment to an accused for keeping his own sister and her husband’s five brothers hostage for...
KARACHI: Women urged to work for their rights
KARACHI, April 23: Speakers at a workshop on Saturday stressed that women will have to wage a long struggle to get their due rights that had been given guaranteed in the...
KARACHI: KARACHI: Excesses against PPP workers condemned
KARACHI, April 23: The Karachi coordination committee of the Pakistan People’s Party at its meeting on Saturday strongly condemned, what it termed,, the ‘barbaric police action’ against PPP workers, implicating them...
KARACHI: Joint action against crime planned
KARACHI, April 23: The government of Sindh has decided to take joint steps with the Balochistan government to control crimes of kidnapping for ransom, vehiclejacking and drug peddling. This was decided...
KARACHI: Arrangements for LB polls in final stage
KARACHI, April 23: Arrangements for the holding of local bodies elections, scheduled to be held in July-August, are in the process of finalization. This was stated by Acting Chief Election Commissioner...
KARACHI: Hospital for pharmacy faculty likely
KARACHI, April 23: The University of Karachi is endeavouring for the acquisition of a clinical hospital for the faculty of Pharmacy. This was stated by KU vice-chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim...
KARACHI: Nazim inaugurates Bab-i-Khyber
KARACHI, April 23: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, inaugurated the ‘Bab-i-Khyber’ at Banaras Chowk on Friday night. Speaking on the occasion, he described the exemplary development works carried out in the...
KARACHI: Burns centre to work as separate dept
KARACHI, April 23: The Health Adviser to Chief Minister, Faisal Malik,
announced on Saturday to bifurcate the plastic surgery department and the burns
centre being run...
KARACHI: Book on Georgian history launched
KARACHI, April 23: A Georgian Saga: From the Caucasus to the Indus, written by Meherafroze Mirza Habib, was launched at a city hotel on Friday. Speaker Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, Iqbal...
KARACHI: Officials urged to serve people
KARACHI, April 23: Sindh Chief Secretary Mohammed Aslam Sanjrani has urged the trainee section officers of the Sindh government to prepare themselves to efficiently serve the people and play their due...
KARACHI: Asif in city
KARACHI, April 23: PPP leader Senator Asif Ali Zardari flew into the city late Friday night on an unannounced visit and returned to Lahore by a morning flight to preside over...
KARACHI: IJT demands arrest of killers, SHO
KARACHI, April 23: The Islami Jamiat Talaba Karachi on Saturday held a demonstration near the Government Jinnah College, Nazimabad, to press for arresting of the killers of its worker, who was...
QUETTA: Khawar Mehdi acquitted
QUETTA, April 23: An Anti-Terrorism Court here has acquitted three persons, including journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi,
who were arrested along with two French journalists allegedly involved in making
fake...