Heavy rains cause power outages in Karachi By: Web Desk on July 16, 2021The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Friday forecast “moderate to heavy rains” in Karachi for the day. PMD Director Sardar Sarfaraz said that thunder cells are likely to form in the areas surrounding Karachi by afternoon and so “it can rain with thunder today”. Sarfaraz said that low air pressure exists to the south of Karachi, […]
Nusrat Sehar Abbasi tests positive for coronavirus By: webdesk on July 15, 2021KARACHI: The lawmaker of the Grand Democratic Alliance Nusrat Sehar Abbasi and her family members have tested positive for coronavirus. COVID-19 tests for Abbasi’s husband and two daughters both came back positive. According to the Sindh lawmaker, four of the five family members have been vaccinated against the virus with the Sinopharm vaccine. The family […]
Restaurant owners displeased over Sindh government’s decision to close indoor dining By: webdesk on July 15, 2021KARACHI: The All Karachi Restaurants Association (AKRA) expressed its displeasure with the Sindh government’s decision to shut down indoor dining due to an increase in Covid-19 cases on Thursday. Indoor dining was closed a few days after it was allowed on July 3, according to Faizan Rawat, Secretary General of the All Karachi Restaurants Association […]
SC grants Aijaz Jakhrani pre-arrest bail, preventing NAB from arresting him By: Web Desk on July 14, 2021The Supreme Court of Pakistan granted Aijaz Jakhrani, Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh on Prisons, pre-arrest bail until July 19, preventing the NAB from apprehending him. Aijaz Jakhrani filed an interim pre-arrest bail petition with the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry, requesting the court to prevent the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from detaining him. “I am […]
CNIC fraud case, FIA arrests three more suspects By: webdesk on July 14, 2021KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested three people for allegedly issuing fake identity cards to foreign nationals. Three people have been arrested by the FIA’s anti-human trafficking unit, including a National Database Registration Authority employee. “Arrested NADRA employee is data entry operator Musa Abbasi,” FIA officials said. Mairaj, another defendant, is an agent […]
Crackdown launched against unvaccinated passengers in Sindh By: webdesk on July 14, 2021KARACHI: Sindh’s Transport Department has launched a crackdown on passengers who have not received vaccinations. The deputy commissioner of Larkana has provided an ambulance to the transport department for vaccination of unvaccinated passengers, according to provincial transport minister Awais Qadir Shah. “Over 50 unvaccinated passengers were administered vaccine shots in the ambulance,” the minister said. […]
35 cases of delta variant reported in Sindh; Provincial health department By: webdesk on July 13, 2021KARACHI: The Provincial health department has reported that 35 cases of the COVID-19 Indian Delta variant have been found in Sindh. Five members of a family from Karachi’s Lyari have been confirmed infected with the Indian Delta variant of the coronavirus, according to Secretary of Health Sindh Qasim Soomro. Four people are said to be […]
Vaccination certificates to be checked at bus stops By: webdesk on July 13, 2021KARACHI: Sindh’s transport ministry issued new directives for public transportation operators on Tuesday, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases in the province. According to the details, teams have been formed to check COVID-19 vaccination certificates of people using public transportation throughout the province. The teams will check vaccination certificates at inter-city and intra-city bus stops […]
PPP leader Nandlal Malhi requests Imtiaz Sheikh to purge all mining companies of black sheep By: Hanif Samoon on July 12, 2021MITHI: The PPP leader has requested the Sindh Energy Minister to take drastic measures to ensure that executives and officials commit no more brutalities and excess of Tharis. Comrade Nandlal Mahi, the information secretary of PPP Tharparkar chapter, who met Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh in his office on Monday and appraised him about […]
Sindh energy minister asks parents of Haresh Kumar to lodge FIR against mining company’s officials By: Hanif Samoon on July 12, 2021MITHI: The Sindh Minister for Energy, Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh on Monday after meeting with the heirs of Engineer Haresh Kumar had assured them of justice in the mysterious death of Haresh Kumar. Mr. Sheikh met with Haresh Kumar’s father Haresh Kirshan Lal, his close relatives including Kanji, Tano Meghwar, Kanwal Sindhi, and others. He […]