KARACHI: Altaf stresses end to feudal system
KARACHI, Jan 22: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has expressed his resolve to make the country free from exploitation and a place where the poor will have all their rights....
KARACHI: Musharraf not authorized to decide NFC formula: PPP
KARACHI, Jan 22: The Pakistan People’s Party has expressed its strong reservations over the recently promulgated Distribution of Revenues and Grants-in-Aid (Amendment) Order-2006 and termed it ‘patently unconstitutional’....
KARACHI: Policeman shot dead in New Karachi
KARACHI, Jan 22: A policeman was shot dead in New Karachi late Saturday night. Police said that ASI Naveed Taqi, 34, was coming from a wedding ceremony along with his wife...
KARACHI: Lahore’s schools clinch most titles: 7th Olympiad concludes
KARACHI, Jan 22: Students belonging to educational institutions of Lahore outshined their counterparts from other cities by winning majority of the medals in the 16-event International School Education Olympiad (ISEO), which concluded on Sunday night....
KARACHI: Sealing of 3 factories ordered
KARACHI, Jan 22: The Adviser to Chief Minister on Environment, Noman Saigol, on Sunday issued directives to seal three factories while issuing notices to five other industrial units for violating environmental regulations....
KARACHI: Violators of traffic laws penalized
KARACHI, Jan 22: Sons and relatives of many influential people spent Saturday night in the lockups of various police stations in Clifton Town and got bail on Sunday morning....
KARACHI: Hospital project launched
KARACHI, Jan 22: The city government has initiated the construction work of a 50-bed hospital at Majeed Colony in Union Council-1 of Landhi Town of an estimated cost of Rs57.4...
KARACHI: Sher Shah’s services to maternal health lauded
KARACHI, Jan 22: Speakers at a ceremony lauded the services of Dr Sher Shah Syed, a noted Karachi-based medical professional, saying that his services towards maternal health deserve emulation....
KARACHI: Govt taking steps to boost primary education: Hamida
KARACHI, Jan 22: The Sindh education department in consultation with the district governments has launched varied initiatives to enhance participation rate of children at the primary level....
KARACHI: Meritorious students to be awarded today
KARACHI, Jan 22: As many as 72 position holders of the HSC annual examinations 2004 conducted by all the four educational boards of the province will be given cash awards at a ceremony on Jan 23....
KARACHI: Rallies against solidarity criticized
KARACHI, Jan 22: Pakistan Muslim League Youth Wing Chief Aleem Adil Sheikh has said that addressing reservations of people on all issues confronting the country is necessary, but all those parties...
KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Jan 22: The Met office has forecast partly cloudy weather in Karachi with minimum temperature ranging between 12 and 14 degrees Centigrade on Monday....
KARACHI: Sewage problems
KARACHI, Jan 22: Service roads around the Edhi Morgue at Sohrab Goth are inundated with sewerage water from the last many weeks, exposing the performance of the Gulberg Town administration....
KARACHI: Consumers told to pay water bills in time
KARACHI, Jan 22: The Managing Director of the KWSB, Brig Iftikhar Haider, on Sunday urged consumers to pay water and sewerage bills on time so that ongoing development projects in the city can be completed in time....
KARACHI: Transporters given another warning on colour scheme
KARACHI, Jan 22: Sindh Transport Minister Mohammad Adil Siddiqui on Saturday night gave another ‘stern warning’ to owners of the multi-colour minibuses to adopt official colour scheme of their vehicles, after...
KARACHI: Tribute paid to slain BIT leader
KARACHI, Jan 22: Rich tributes were paid to the slain leader of the Karachi-based Baloch Ittehad Tehrik (BIT), Anwar Bhaijan, for his services to the cause of Baloch people at a...
KARACHI: Ghinva wants people’s rule
KARACHI, Jan 22: Ghinva Bhutto, Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto, has said that problems being faced by the poor and those relating to katchi abadis cannot be resolved unless...
KARACHI: Family basis of society: speakers
KARACHI, Jan 22: A strong family is the basis of a stable society as family plays an important role in the development of society. These views were expressed by the Women...
KARACHI: Orangi adopts Urdu for official use
KARACHI, Jan 22: The town council of Orangi Town, in its first session on Sunday, decided that it will carry out all its official correspondence in Urdu....
HYDERABAD: Rallies held against Balochistan action
HYDERABAD, Jan 22: Activists of the Awami Tehrik held protest demonstrations in different parts of Sindh on Sunday to protest against the army operation in Balochistan....
HYDERABAD: Hunger strike against kidnapping
HYDERABAD, Jan 22: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz held a protest demonstration and observed a token hunger strike outside the press club against the alleged murder of Khuda Bux Lund in Matiari and kidnapping of Parial Jakhro....
MIRPURKHAS: Delegation from India due in Mirpurkhas
MIRPURKHAS, Jan 22: A 100-member delegation of Indian politicians, journalists and representatives of NGOs will arrive here through the Munabao-Khokhrapar route on Jan 30. Jaswant Singh, former interior minister of India...
KHAIRPUR: PPP proposes small dams in Khairpur
KHAIRPUR, Jan 22: The district chapter of the People’s Party Parliamentarians has called for construction of small dams in hilly areas of the district. A meeting of the chapter was held at the Jilani house here on Sunday....