KARACHI: Emergency: media, judiciary come under assault
KARACHI, Nov 3: Media organizations and members of the legal fraternity spearheading the pro-judiciary movement bore the first assault of the establishment empowered by the proclamation of emergency issued by the chief of the army staff on Saturday evening....
KARACHI: Flaws in civil registration system irk city council
KARACHI, Nov 3: The City Council members questioned on Saturday the implementation of the Civil Registration Management System (CRMS) of the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra), saying that the system was not properly installed in many union councils of the city....
KARACHI: Experts seek law on building height, parking facilities
KARACHI, Nov 3: To contain the construction of high-rise buildings (ground-plus-four) in their initial stages and to make parking facilities mandatory in such buildings, the KBCA experts committee has proposed a...
KARACHI: Govt accedes to Benazir’s security demand
KARACHI, Nov 3: The Sindh government has acceded to the demand of the Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto for using vehicles with tinted glass and keeping a certain number of armed guards with licensed weapons....
KARACHI: DCET announces BE admission programme
KARACHI, Nov 3: Soon after getting degree awarding status and becoming federally chartered institution of the country, the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology announced the schedule for admission to its...
KARACHI: Revamped lab at ASH inaugurated
KARACHI, Nov 3: Due to the preventive measures taken by the city government, the devastation caused by dengue has been nominal this year....
PESHAWAR: Imposition of emergency condemned
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: The Awami National Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have condemned the imposition of the state of emergency in the country and demanded that the military top...
KARACHI: KU team reports success in halophyte trial
KARACHI, Nov 3: A team of researchers of the Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilisation (ISHU), Karachi University, has successfully made use of a halophyte species, grown in saline soil on brackish...
KARACHI: Doctors’ stipends
KARACHI, Nov 3: The Sindh government on Saturday announced enhancement of the monthly stipend of doctors proceeding on postgraduate training, from Rs6,210 to Rs12,000 with immediate effect....
HYDERABAD: Farmers urged to make judicious use of water
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: The provincial secretary of Irrigation Shuja Ahmed Junejo on Saturday advised growers to make optimum use of water and be extra careful to avoid water losses and sowing high-delta crops....
HYDERABAD: Auqaf workers go on strike
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: The employees of Sindh Auqaf Department Hyderabad stopped work, locked the office and staged token hunger strike outside the office on Saturday to protest against alleged corrupt practices...
HARIPUR: Rulers asked to adopt pragmatic approach
HARIPUR, Nov 3: Supreme Court Bar Association vice-president Saeed Akhtar Khan has said that country is passing through a crucial phase and the situation requires pragmatic approach on the part of rulers....
HYDERABAD: Police accused of delaying probe
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: A businessman has accused the Matiari Police of delaying investigation into kidnapping of his brother, Munir Ahmed. He said that he was being issued threats of dire consequences if the case was not withdrawn....
PESHAWAR: Man blamed for killing daughter
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: The death of an eight-year-old girl is shrouded in mystery with close relatives suspecting the father of being involved in the incident....