KARACHI:Ibad defends intervention in city govt affairs
KARACHI, May 14: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has defended the provincial government’s interventions in the city government’s matters, saying: “We want to increase their working capacity, and when we try...
KARACHI:Survivors of sunken boat arrive
KARACHI, May 14: Fifteen of the 18 crewmembers of a fishing boat, Safina-i-Adil, which capsized 14 nautical miles off Gwadar on May 12, have been rescued, while search of the other...
KARACHI: Concern over missing BSO leaders
KARACHI, May 14: The family members of detained Baloch Students Organization leaders have expressed their concern for the safety of detainees who had been allegedly arrested by the government agencies in...
KARACHI: Exam centres shifted
KARACHI, May 14: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi has decided to shift three examination centres pertaining to HSC Science and Commerce to new locations. A senior official of the Board...
KARACHI: Better wages, promotion to nurses pledged
KARACHI, May 14: The Sindh government, acknowledging that nurses are the first line of any health care system, has chalked out an elaborate mechanism to create an enabling working environment, adequate...
KARACHI: Ceremony held to mark Soviet victory in WW II
KARACHI, May 14: Russian Federation, along with other members of the CIS, is working actively to strengthen world’s security and stability. This was stated by V.P. Mikhaylov, Consul General of the...
KARACHI: Only one lane for heavy vehicles
KARACHI, May 14: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqi on Saturday issued directive that all heavy traffic including large size buses, trucks, tankers and long vehicles would move only in one lane...
KARACHI:Research for food industry urged
KARACHI, May 14: Speakers, including food researchers and processors, at a seminar stressed the need for maximum utilization of food chemistry to get the best return on agricultural and continental fruits,...
KARACHI: Vendor stabbed to death
KARACHI, May 14: A fruit vendor was stabbed to death over a petty matter in Saeedabad on Saturday morning. Police said Kamran Shaikh, 18, stood with his pushcart laded with fruits...
KARACHI: Hasrat Mohani remembered
KARACHI, May 14: The 54th death anniversary of a revolutionary poet and communist sympathizer, Syedul Ehrar Maulana Hasrat Mohani, was observed here at the Arts Council on Friday evening. The evening,...
KARACHI: Memoirs of an ex-army man launched
KARACHI: Ghubar-i-Askari by Col (retd) Syed Shafaat Ali was launched at Jinnah Medical College on Friday. The book was biographical in nature, mostly based on the life the author spent in...
KARACHI: Koocha-i-Saqafat
KARACHI, May 14: The second “Koocha-i-Saqafat” will be held on Sunday with the cooperation of Koocha-i-Saqafat Committee of Arts Council and Sindh Culture and Tourism Department....
KARACHI: Model parks
KARACHI, May 14: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan will lay foundation stones of Aziz Bhatti Model Park in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Chawla Market Model Park in Liaquatabad Town and Bin Qasim Model Park in...
KARACHI: Some elements working on ‘Jinnahpur’, warns Mumtaz
KARACHI, May 14: Chairman of the Sindh National Front Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has flayed the MQM-sponsored resolution adopted by the Sindh Assembly on Friday. The resolution recommends to multinational and...