KARACHI: Ibad orders implementation of KMTP
KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Saturday called for early implementation of the Mass Transit Project to control massive traffic congestion in Karachi....
KARACHI: Psychiatrists’team off to Mansehra
KARACHI, Oct 29: A team of psychiatrists led by Prof Syed Haroon Ahmed, President of the Pakistan Association of Mental Health, left for Mansehra on Saturday morning to extend the required...
KARACHI: 15 more patients arrive
KARACHI, Oct 29: Fifteen more patients, nine of them female, were brought to the city on Saturday from quake-hit areas for treatment in local hospitals. Most of the victims are with multiple pelvis injuries and hailed from Muzaffarabad and Azad Kashmir....
KARACHI: Need to set up seismic network stressed
KARACHI, Oct 29: Experts on Saturday underlined the need for the immediate establishment of a seismic network for the city. Delivering a keynote address at a seminar organized by the Pakistan...
KARACHI: Order on Asif’s plea for acquittal reserved
KARACHI, Oct 29: The district and sessions judge, East, Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani, reserved on Saturday judgment on the acquittal application of Asif Ali Zardari in the Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case....
KARACHI: US navy ship arrives with more heavy equipment
KARACHI, Oct 29: The US Navy vessel USS Pearl Harbor has made its third trip to Karachi on Saturday with a consignment of 140 ton of heavy equipment and relief supplies from the United Arab Emirates....
KARACHI: Disaster management committee formed
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Sindh government has constituted a Disaster Management Committee to prepare recommendations for any possible emergency in Sindh. Wasim Akhter, Adviser to the CM on Local Government, is...
KARACHI: Survey of high-rises ordered
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) has decided to carry out an immediate survey of all the multi-storey buildings of the city. This survey will be carried out...
KARACHI: Rs2.5 million snatched at gunpoint in Mithadar
KARACHI, Oct 29: Robbers deprived a man and his son of Rs2.5 million at gunpoint in Mithadar police limits here on Saturday. Police said Mohammad Yusuf and his son Akbar had withdrawn Rs3.5...
KARACHI: City nazim listens to public complaints
KARACHI, Oct 29: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal, in connection with his public contact programme, listened to the complaints of people at his office on Saturday and issued orders to the officials concerned to resolve the same....
KARACHI: Latest trends in spinal surgery discussed
KARACHI, Oct 29: Road accidents and relevant trauma fast emerging as major cause of deaths and morbidity in developing countries makes necessary application of all available and updated medical interventions to improve life quality....
KARACHI: Commonwealth team in city
KARACHI, Oct 29: A medical mission from the Commonwealth Secretariat arrived on Friday, which will carry out initial assessment of medical and reconstruction requirements in the quake hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP....
KARACHI: IO records statement in attack case
KARACHI, Oct 29: Prosecution rested before an anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Saturday, conducting trial against two activists of the Jundullah in Rangers van attack case, after cross-examination of the investigation officer....
KARACHI: Journalist dies
KARACHI, Oct 29: Veteran columnist, journalist and writer Irshad Ahmad Khan, died in Connecticut, USA, after a protracted illness on Saturday. He was 65. He would be laid to rest in Muslims graveyard in Connecticut, says a message received here....
KARACHI: MQM offers aid on demand
KARACHI, Oct 29: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has advised the people affected by the massive earthquake on October 8 to contact the MQM international secretariat in London if they...
KARACHI: Incentives for blind people pledged
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Sindh Local Government Adviser, Waseem Akhtar, has pledged quota for blind people in the residential scheme of Taiser Town, saying he would soon meet the Sindh governor in this regard....