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Ebad, Sattar agree to play role in country’s politics
KARACHI: Two former central leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ’s -- former Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ebad and party’s ex-convener Dr... → Read More
Senate elections: Imran’s premiership will end once Gilani wins, says Zardari
KARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has said that Imran Khan will no longer remain the prime minister after Yusuf Raza Gilani’s success as the Senate chairman.The former prime minister,... → Read More
Centre to take over K-Electric if performance not improved
KARACHI: The Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Umar Asad Umar announced that K-Electric will not carry out unannounced load-shedding from Sunday onwards because... → Read More
Sindh accuses Centre of interfering in its domain
Sindh law and environment adviser Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said the federal government has been constantly interfering in the domain of the province, by doing so it has been practically deviating... → Read More
PM Imran to represent Pakistan at first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva
The UNHCR and the Government of Switzerland will jointly host the GRF – the first major meeting on refugees of the 21st Century → Read More
Icon of Left politics BM Kutty passes away
Noted trade unionist, political activist and author Biyyothil Mohyuddin Kutty, known as BM Kutty, passed away in Karachi on early Sunday morning. He was 88 and had been fighting age-related illnesses for the past few years. → Read More
Internal rift results in two parallel organisations of PML-N in Karachi
The PML-N is now clearly divided into two groups in Karachi – one is loyal to provincial president Shah Mohammad Shah and another to Karachi president Muhammad Salman Khan –with each group carrying out its activities separately, causing confusion among workers and supporters of the party. → Read More
Rakhsha Bandhan: A bond of love and respect
Members of the Hindu community in Karachi, like everywhere else around the globe, celebrated the annual festival of Raksha Bandhan on Thursday.The festival is celebrated to mark the bond of love... → Read More
Sheedi Mela concludes at Manghopir shrine today
The four-day Sheedi Mela, a centuries-old traditional festival, will conclude at the Manghopir shrine on Wednesday . It attracted not only devotees but also a large number of residents to see... → Read More
ANP to promote Pashtun cultural activities in Karachi
Since he became the cultural secretary of the Awami National Party’s Sindh chapter, Karachi’s prominent Pashto poet Sarwar Shamal has been taking measures to promote Pashtun culture and... → Read More
Shahi Syed to serve as ANP Sindh chief for another four years
As expected, Shahi Syed, who has held the post of the Sindh president of the Awami National Party since 2004, has been re-elected to the office for a tenure of another four years.After the... → Read More
MQM-P asks PM to help urban Sindh’s residents get rights
Demanding of Prime Minister Imran Khan to intervene in Sindh to rescue the province in the aftermath of the 18th constitutional amendment, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan on Saturday announced... → Read More
Meeting tries to find solutions to problems of Sindh’s minorities
The rise in forced conversions and underage marriages, the Pakistan Peoples Party shying away from resurrecting and passing the bill criminalising forced conversions, and implementation of the... → Read More
Afridi asked to resolve visa issues for foreign students
During his visit to Jamia Binoria International on Saturday, Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi was asked by the seminary’s principal Mufti Muhammad Naeem to lift the ban on... → Read More
Edhi air ambulance wing gets a six-seater
The Edhi Foundation has added a light aircraft to its air ambulance service to enhance its service to help people in remote regions who need faster access to health care services in case of... → Read More
Crackdown against use of banned fishing nets starts
As fishermen have continuously been expressing their concern over the constant use of banned nets, such as Bullo, Gujjo and Katra, which have been causing destruction to sea resources, the Sindh... → Read More
Karachi’s major public hospitals face dearth of female MLOs
Karachi’s major public hospitals have been facing an acute shortage of women medico-legal officers . Though the strength of WMLOs is not being increased with the passage of time, there are... → Read More
Pak Sarzameen Partycelebrates ‘Yaum-e-Tashakkur’ on completing three years
Three years have passed since Mustafa Kamal and Anis Qaimkhani, who used to be key leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement , levelled serious allegations against party chief Altaf Hussain on their... → Read More
Bajaur leaders satisfied with Sindh govt’s efforts to catch labourers’ killers
Showing their satisfaction over the Sindh government’s efforts to catch the killers of three Pashtun labourers killed in Larkana’s Naudero city, leaders of the Bajaur Siasi Ittehad said... → Read More
JI rally highlights menace of drug addiction afflicting Rehri Goth
In the coastal village of Rehri Goth, a fishing settlement considered a hub of drug selling, the Jamaat-e-Islami District Malir on Sunday afternoon organised a rally aimed at pressuring the... → Read More