Haleem Adil Sheikh goes hard at PPP leaders By: Hanif Samoon on June 26, 2021KARACHI: Haleem Adil Sheikh, the Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly, has said that the PTI leadership has prepared a charge-sheet against the incompetent and corrupt PPP rulers of Sindh to effectively expose their corrupt practices and fascist acts at all proper forums. Mr Sheikh, who is also central vice president of PTI, speaking to the […]
Anees Advocate granted interim bail by ATC By: Web Desk on June 26, 2021Anees Advocate has been granted interim bail in four cases by an anti-terrorism court on Saturday. The accused has been ordered to submit Rs 100,000 surety bonds for bail in each case. Anees Advocate has been accused of suspicious bank transactions and sending Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers for sabotage training in India. He will […]
Sindh local govt polls: ECP announces formation of delimitation committees By: Web Desk on June 26, 2021The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the formation of delimitation committees for holding local government (LG) elections in all districts throughout the Sindh province. The ECP announced members of delimitation committees for Sindh LG polls and appointed officers for six districts of the provincial capital Karachi. For Korangi District, the district election commissioner […]
UN experts demand halt to mass evictions along Karachi’s ‘nullahs’ By: APP on June 26, 2021UN human rights experts Friday called on Pakistani authorities to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along two of Karachi’s narrow watercourses – Gujjar nullah and Orangi nullah. “These actions were undertaken by city authorities without adequate consultation with the affected residents, no relocation plan, and disparate and insufficient compensation for the displaced,” the […]
Sindh Assembly approves budget for FY 2021-22 amid opposition’s protest By: webdesk on June 25, 2021KARACHI: Despite the uproar from the opposition, the Sindh Assembly approved the provincial budget from fiscal year 2020-21 on Friday. The Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani chaired the house where he asked the opposition members to make speeches. This was denied by them and they started raising slogans. Given the environment of the house, the Speaker […]
Violation of constitution is being committed by cutting off gas supply in Sindh, says Sherry Rehman By: Web Desk on June 25, 2021ISLAMABAD: Slamming the government for gas shortage in the country, Parliamentary Leader of the PPP in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman has stated that it is a violation of constitution to cut off the gas supply to the province that provides the most supply to the country. She said that despite Sindh producing 65 to […]
Gas cut is a conspiracy against Karachi’s industry, says KATI president By: Web Desk on June 24, 2021KARACHI: Karachi’s Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) has termed the sudden cut off in gas supply as a conspiracy against Karachi’s industry. Speaking on the news programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, KATI President Saleem-uz-Zaman raised the question that if there is a shortage of gas in the whole country, why are cuts […]
New ‘Sabzi Mandi’ to be established in Hyderabad from June 26 following court orders By: APP on June 24, 2021In pursuance of the orders passed by honourable Sindh High Court, Circuit Bench Hyderabad, vegetable market ‘Sabzi Mandi’ will be shifted from Hali Road to the newly established fruit & vegetable market project at Hala Naka from Saturday (June 26). According to notification issued by the Deputy Commissioner Fuad Ghaffar Soomro here the other day, […]
13 year old boy in Badin claims conversion to Islam voluntary By: Hanif Samoon on June 24, 2021SSP of Badin Shabbir Ahmed Sethar strongly reacting over ‘suspicious viral video clip’ has made it clear that no Hindu girl was abducted from any part of the district. Mr Sethar said that a young Hindu boy Teekam Kolhi from Kadhan town of Badin district few days back converted to Islam at the hand of […]
NED University set to have floodlit cricket stadium and hockey turf soon By: Web Desk on June 22, 2021NED university is all set to have astro turf for its hockey ground and floodlights for its cricket stadium, where first class matches will be held. This will be a great addition to an already wide variety of sports facilities which included: A track for athletes, a synthetic football turf, an indoor gymnasium and a […]