KARACHI: CM supports action against land-grabbers, says Kamal
KARACHI, April 1: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Friday that the city government enjoyed Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim’s support in action against encroachments and land-grabbers in...
KARACHI: Kashmiris should decide Valley’s status: JKLF
KARACHI, April 1: Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Amanullah Khan on Saturday maintained that the only equitable and honourable solution to the Kashmir issue was to withdraw foreign forces;...
KARACHI: 890 awarded degrees at 9th SSUET convocation
KARACHI, April 1: As many as 890 graduates of different batches were conferred master and bachelor degrees in engineering and medicine disciplines at the 9th convocation of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology on Saturday....
``KARACHI: Coalition govt working like a team, says Ibad
KARACHI, April 1: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has said that coalition government in Sindh is working like a team and there is no truth about differences in the government....
SUKKUR: Accident victims laid to rest
SUKKUR, April 1: The six victims of Friday’s train-rickshaw accident, including five members of a local cricket team, were laid to rest in Jacobabad on Saturday morning....
KARACHI: Next Sindh ADP outlay to surpass Rs24 billion: Arbab
KARACHI, April 1: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Saturday that maximum possible funds would be earmarked for development projects in the next budget so that unemployment and poverty could be alleviated....
KARACHI: Water supply resumed
KARACHI, April 1: The KWSB has resumed water supply to the city through an alternate system of the K-III project to ease the situation after supply was suspended due to the...
KARACHI: Three killed in different areas
KARACHI, April 1: Three people were killed in separate incidents here on Saturday. In Azam Basti, two cousins exchanged hot words on a family matter during which one of them, later...
KARACHI: Joint protest against composite exam
KARACHI, April 1: Leaders of the Islami Jamiat Talaba, Karachi said on Saturday that composite examination system at the SSC and HSC levels was largely not acceptable to the students in...
KARACHI: Confiscation of Asif’s assets criticized
KARACHI, April 1: Leaders of Pakistan People’s Party have described the order for the confiscation of Asif Ali Zardari’s properties as the military regime’s attempt to hide its failure in proving...
KARACHI: Disorder in children’s conduct discussed
KARACHI, April 1: A workshop-cum-seminar held under the aegis of the Child Protection Committee of the Lyari General Hospital in collaboration with the Gul-i-Noor Educational Society, called upon parents/ guardians of...
KARACHI: Qaim holds government responsible for extremism
KARACHI, April 1: President of Pakistan People’s Party’s Sindh chapter Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that democracy is a must to ensure socio-economic development in the country....
KARACHI: MMA slams hike in sugar price
KARACHI, April 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Saturday strongly condemned a further hike in sugar price, and accused the rulers of hoodwinking the poor masses by making pledges to reducing prices of essential commodities....
KARACHI: Body found
KARACHI, April 1: The bullet-riddled body of a youth was found at an isolated place in the Surjani Town police limits on Saturday. Police said that the body was found in Gulshan-i-Maymar with multiple bullet holes in his chest....
KARACHI: Moot on cardiology continues
KARACHI, April 1: Speakers at the three-day Saarc Congress of Cardiology on Saturday supported the demand that the experts of vascular diseases be exempted from visa and other restrictions to visit member countries....
KARACHI: Illegal antenna towers razed
KARACHI, April 1: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) on Saturday took action against antenna towers of cellular phone companies erected without the authority’s permission....
KARACHI: Rs1bn projects under way in Liaquatabad
KARACHI, April 1: Projects costing over Rs1 billion are under way in Liaquatabad Town, while around Rs250 million worth of schemes are in the pipeline, the town’s Nazim, Osama Qadri, said....
KARACHI: DHA gets PR land to set up museum
KARACHI, April 1: The Defence Housing Authority has embarked on developing a museum complex spread over five acres acquired from the Pakistan Railways in Karachi. The project includes a contemporary art...
KARACHI: BCom-I mark sheets
KARACHI, April 1: The KU examination department on Saturday announced that all degree colleges should collect BCom part-I marks certificates from KU examination department on April 5....
SUKKUR: Country’s solidarity put at stake: MMA
SUKKUR, April 1: The deputy parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, has said that the country’s solidarity and integrity have been put at stake due to wrong and pro-US policies of General Musharraf....
PESHAWAR: Wapda asked to restore power to 25 villages
PESHAWAR, April 1: NWFP Minister for Information Asif Iqbal Daudzai on Saturday asked the Wapda authorities to restore power supply to 25 de facto villages of Charsadda and Peshawar districts, ...
HARIPUR: Tehsil council seek transfer of TMO
HARIPUR, April 1: Members of the Haripur tehsil council have called for the transfer of the tehsil municipal officer (TMO) and threatened to boycott the next session if such a step was not taken....
PESHAWAR: Man resisting raid shot dead
PESHAWAR, April 1: Law enforcement personnel shot dead a man in the back room of a video centre in Bhana Mari area on Saturday after he opened fire on a police raiding party and critically wounded a head constable....
PESHAWAR: Transfers, postings of judges
PESHAWAR, April 1: The Peshawar High Court on Saturday transferred and posted 46 district and additional district and sessions judges. According to an order released by the high court’s registrar, Sher...
MIRPURKHAS: Police action condemned
MIRPURKHAS, April 1: The Pakistan Muslim League (F), Mirpurkhas on Saturday condemned Nawabshah police for torturing and arresting peaceful party workers. The PML (F) office-bearers Javed Ahmed Papa, Basheer Ahmed Arain,...
PESHAWAR: Mechanism to fight mental disorders urged
PESHAWAR, April 1: Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has expressed concern over the alarming increase in mental disorders and called for an efficient mechanism to deal with such illnesses and neutralise the threat posed by them....
HYDERABAD: College block inaugurated
HYDERABAD, April 1: Tando Mohammad Khan District Nazim Mir Inayat Ali Khan Talpur on Wednesday inaugurated a block of the Bahria Foundation College....