KARACHI: JI makes seat adjustment with many parties
KARACHI, July 25: Former Karachi nazim Niamatullah Khan has revealed that the Jamaat-i-Islami-backed Al-Khidmat group has made seat adjustments with a number of political parties, including PPP, PML-N, Sunni Tehrik and...
KARACHI: Notice issued to NAB on Pir Mazhar’s plea
KARACHI, July 25: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued the National Accountability Bureau a notice in a petition moved by a former provincial law minister in the PPP government for bail before arrest in two references pending against him....
KARACHI: Tyranny, fair polls cannot go together: PPP leader KARACHI, July 25: PPP’s deputy parliamentary leader in the National Assembly Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that when candidates for different slots of the local government are being kidnapped and...
KARACHI: Varsities, industries urged to help boost research
KARACHI, July 25: The chairman of Higher Education Commission, Dr Attaur Rahman has urged the varsities to develop technology incubators so that the culture of research could get a boost in the country....
KAREACHI: Five killed in road accidents
KARACHI, July 25: Five people died in accidents on Monday. Police said that a van carrying factory workers coming from the Hub Industrial Area was hit by a speeding dumper at Lucky Pahari, Northern Bypass....
KARACHI: Man held for acting as kidnap victim
KARACHI, July 25: Police and the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee arrested a young man who had staged a drama of self-kidnapping and demanded ransom from his father....
KARACHI: TMOs given 7 days to clean roads
KARACHI, July 25: Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Monday gave seven days to TMOs of all the 18 Towns of Karachi to ensure cleaning of all main roads, major secondary...
KARACHI: Workshop for trainers of new women councillors
KARACHI, July 25: Under the ‘Women Political School, Sindh’, a joint project of the UNDP, Norwegian embassy and government of Pakistan, preparations have been started for the training of women councillors to be elected in the upcoming polls....
KARACHI: Suparco to assist SEPA on environmental issues
KARACHI, July 25: The Sindh Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) within the next couple of days to seek its technical and professional support on environment issues....
KARACHI: 3m Pakistanis involved in child labour: ILO official
KARACHI, July 25: The International Labour Organization (ILO) is negotiating with the European Commission for the provision of five million euros towards the efforts for elimination of child labour in Pakistan....
KARACHI: Political forces urged to help beat drug mafia
KARACHI, July 25: Secretary General of the National Party Hasil Khan Bizenjo on Sunday stressed the need for promoting a strong political culture to counter the threat from the emerging ‘drug mafia’ in Lyari....
KARACHI: Prof Ghafoor condemns arrest of journalists
KARACHI, July 25: Central leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Naib Amir Jamat-i-Islami Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed on Monday condemned the arrest of journalists, hawkers by the law-enforcement agencies and said it was a glaring violation of human rights....
KARACHI: Muttahida urges people to foil JI’s ‘conspiracy’
KARACHI, July 25: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement coordination committee on Monday urged people to foil the alleged conspiracy of Jamaat-i-Islami to tarnish the image of Muttahida....
KARACHI: Probe into CM’s links with Al Qaeda demanded
KARACHI, July 25: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday repeated the allegation that Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim was victimizing liberal and moderate candidates, especially of Awam Dost group, and demanded...
KARACHI: Hearing again put off in convoy attack case
KARACHI, July 25: An anti-terrorism court put off on Monday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group as the prosecution witness did not turn up....
KARACHI: Witness taken away from court
KARACHI, July 25: Unidentified persons on Monday took away a witness from the court of judicial magistrate South, who appeared for recording his 164 CrPC statement in connection with a murder case....
HYDERABAD: Peasant demands recovery of wife
HYDERABAD, July 25: A peasant has appealed to government functionaries and police authorities to find his kidnapped wife, Saiyan. He said he had lodged an FIR at the Chambar police station....