HYDERABAD, Jan 8: The chairmen of several committees of Hyderabad District Council were unanimously elected in a meeting of the committees here on Tuesday which was presided over by the convener and district Naib Nazim, Nawab Rashid Ali Khan.

Mohammad Ali alias Hakim Ali Khatyan was elected chairman of forest, fisheries and wildlife committee, Tayaba Khan of women development, Abdul Rashid Sarhandi of Auqaf, Baitul Maal and Zakat, Manthar Ali of education, Abdul Raheem of finance and planning, Mohammad Fayaz Khan of public health, Akhund Javed Ahmed of population welfare, Mrs Sumera Akhlaq of information technology, Syed Shamsuddin Shah of literacy and Haji Khair Mohammad Khokhar was elected as chairman of land revenue committee.

Opinion

Editorial

Centre vs provinces
Updated 10 Jun, 2026

Centre vs provinces

The reason the centre finds itself in this position is rooted in its failure to expand the tax net and boost revenues.
Party in crisis
10 Jun, 2026

Party in crisis

THE young KP chief minister must be starting to realise just how thorny a seat he occupies. There has been a flurry...
Varsity woes
10 Jun, 2026

Varsity woes

FINANCIAL crises affecting public sector universities across Pakistan are now having an impact on academic...
Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....