KARACHI: SHC orders demolition of building
KARACHI, Sept 27: The Sindh High Court asked the Karachi Building Control Authority to demolish the violative parts of a commercial building on Tariq Road and issued a bailable warrant for...
KARACHI: Judgment in Benazir case on Oct 13
KARACHI, Sept 27: An accountability court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a corruption reference against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and others after hearing final arguments from the special public prosecutor....
KARACHI: PPP accuses govt of resorting to violence
KARACHI, Sept 27: Nazims and naib nazims of 11 union councils of the Lyari Town on Tuesday announced their support for Awam Dost candidates Malik Mohammad Khan and Abdullah Rahim Baloch...
KARACHI: Girls dominate first day of Spelling Bee championship
KARACHI, Sept 27: Girl students from different schools dominated the first day of the Karachi-round competitions, organized for the second time under title: “Dawn in Education National Spelling Bee” championship, by winning top positions in three different age categories on Tuesday....nt age categories on Tuesday....
KARACHI: Relatives arrested for triple murder
KARACHI, Sept 27: Police on Tuesday claimed to have found a clue to the triple-murder — of a couple and their son — and arrested four close relatives of the victims....
KARACHI: Close contest likely in Keamari Town
KARACHI, Sept 27: A close contest is expected in Keamari Town between the PPP backed Awam Dost candidate and PML-Q’s nominee for the slot of town nazim, a survey shows....
KARACHI: 30 air travellers denied boarding
KARACHI, Sept 27: An unpleasant scene was created on Tuesday night at the Jinnah Terminal when over 30 passengers of a Muscat-bound flight were denied check-in....
KARACHI: Hearing put off in case against Imtiaz Sheikh
KARACHI, Sept 27: Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 put off hearing of a kidnapping-for-ransom case against sacked provincial revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh and others till Oct 11 on the request of the defence counsel....
KARACHI: 3,636 boys get admission in humanities group
KARACHI, Sept 27: The centralised admission committee for city colleges on Tuesday released a list of 3,636 boys students who have been placed for admission to first year classes in humanities group at 38 colleges and higher secondary schools....
KARACHI: Women urged to resist injustices
KARACHI, Sept 27: Speakers at a two-day conference of the All Pakistan Women’s Association stressed that the nation cannot make real progress without women empowerment and bring them into the main stream of decision making process....
KARACHI: Quashment plea dismissed
KARACHI, Sept 27: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a woman seeking quashment of a case against her husband and others in a Hudood case....
KARACHI: 6m children to be given polio drops in Sindh
KARACHI, Sept 27: Over six million children below fives years of age including some two million children in Karachi alone will be administered oral monovalent polio vaccines during an anti-polio campaign that started from Tuesday....
KARACHI: Stress laid on safety in blood transfusion
KARACHI, Sept 27: Haematologists have strongly recommended necessary modifications in safe blood transfusion modalities adopted in Pakistan, mainly focussed on viral safety, but with little consideration towards immunological safety of blood and its components....
KARACHI: Water supply project inaugurated
KARACHI, Sept 27: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a water supply scheme for Bilal and Gulzar colonies, Korangi Town....
KARACHI: Health, education facilities in LERP sites ordered
KARACHI, Sept 27: Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday directed the officials concerned to ensure provision of health and education facilities to families shifted to Taisar and Hawksbay towns under the Lyari Expressway Resettlement project (LERP)....
KARACHI: Booksellers stage demo at KPC
KARACHI, Sept 27: A large number of booksellers from Urdu Bazaar held a protest demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Tuesday against raids and arrest of some of...
KARACHI: Admission date extended
KARACHI, Sept 27: The Sindh Madressatul Islam (SMI) has extended the date of its admissions to class XI ((pre-engineering and pre-medical) till Oct 10, said a press release on Tuesday....
KARACHI: Tributes paid to Dr Ghulam Mustafa
KARACHI, Sept 27: A literary organization and two universities expressed sorrow over the death of Dr Ghulam Mustafa Khan. The chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Iftikhar Arif, said...
HYDERABAD: Plan ready to provide quality seed to farmers
HYDERABAD, Sept 27: Wheat will be sown on 890,000 hectares in Sindh during the current Rabi season. Arrangements for supply of good quality seed to farmers were discussed at a meeting here on Monday....
HYDERABAD: Library named after Dr Mustafa
HYDERABAD, Sept 27: Speakers at a meeting held at the University of Sindh on Tuesday paid tribute to Professor Emeritus Dr Ghulam Mustafa Khan for his contributions to the cause of education and religion....
HYDERABAD: Free dental care for a week
HYDERABAD, Sept 27: The Institute of Dentistry of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, in collaboration with the Colgate limited launched an oral health week on Tuesday to provide free medical treatment to dental patients....
SUKKUR: Four kidnapped women recovered
SUKKUR, Sept 27: Police have recovered four women in Machalo village, Mirpur Mathelo taluka, Ghotki district. The women were kidnapped from different areas of Punjab....