CTD claims arrest of ‘Indian agent’ with two other ‘terrorists’ from Karachi By: APP on May 28, 2021KARACHI: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday claimed exposing a big terrorism network of MQM-London formed in Sindh by arresting three alleged terrorists belonging to Karachi and Hyderabad.With assistance of a federal intelligence agency, the CTD arrested three persons, including Indian spy agency-trained agent from near Landhi Railway Station and recovered arms, ammunition and hand […]
Badin farmers vow to keep water crisis resisting By: By Our Correspondent on May 28, 2021BADIN: The farmers and growers of the district have launched the decisive movement against the nagging water crisis and the reluctance of the officials to fortify the breached and weak dykes of the drains and irrigation canals of the district. The farmers on the call of the Save Badin Action Committee took out rallies and […]
110-bed hospital planned for Tharparkar By: Hanif Samoon on May 28, 2021MITHI: Sindh Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh has said that the Sindh government was all set to construct a 110-bed hospital in Islamkot taluka of Tharparkar district. Mr Sheikh in a statement issued here on Thursday said that the Sindh government would build a hospital in collaboration with the Thar Foundation. The minister further […]
Bilawal asks Imran Khan to resign over his govt’s ‘worst’ performance By: Web Desk on May 27, 2021KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the ‘selected’ prime minister is unsustainably borrowing money from international leasing agencies. “This unprecedented borrowing is akin to mortgaging the country’s economic integrity and freedom. The prime minister has thrown the country to the wolves, and succeeding governments will bear the burden of […]
Sherry submits ‘calling attention’ notice on ‘water crisis’ in Sindh By: APP on May 27, 2021ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party leader in Senate Senator Sherry Rehman has said that she has submitted a ‘calling attention’ notice in the upper house of the parliament on the ‘water crisis’ in Sindh. “It is alarming that the government has reopened the Taunsa-Panjnad link canal despite a vote-based (3-1) decision against its opening during recent […]
Higher taxation on beverages, less diabetes By: webdesk on May 26, 2021KARACHI: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has proposed to Pakistan to contemplate increasing the taxes on sugary beverages in its upcoming budget to prevent diabetes among people. A recent study of the consumption trends for sugar beverages in Pakistan (Datta and Husain, 2020) shows that carbonated beverages have become an integral part of the Pakistani […]
Rahu asks federal govt to treat federating units fairly By: Hanif Samoon on May 25, 2021BADIN: Sindh Minister for Agriculture Mohammad Ismail Rahu has said that functionaries of the Imran Khan-led PTI government have always tried to push Sindh to darkness through their myopic policies. Rahu speaking to the media persons here on Tuesday, deplored that rulers sitting in Islamabad had no plans to boost the agriculture sector and provide […]
Hoaxer held for posting bomb blast story on Facebook By: Hanif Samoon on May 25, 2021BADIN: The police, on the orders of Badin SSP Shabir Ahmed Sethar, raided the place on the outskirts of Khairpur Nathan Shah in Dadu district on Tuesday and arrested the suspect. The arrested suspect shared a video of a hoax bomb blast in the Badin district on his Facebook wall and claimed that four persons […]
Nasir conveys good wishes to UAE official from ‘president’ Zardari, Bilawal By: Web Desk on May 25, 2021Sindh Minister Nasir Hussain Shah called on Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ruler’s representative in Al Dhafra region, at the Al Nakheel Palace in Abu Dhabi. In a tweet, the provincial minister wrote that he conveyed good wishes of ‘President’ Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to Sheikh Hamdan […]
Govt set to implement ‘single national curriculum’ in primary classes from August By: APP on May 24, 2021ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Profession Training Wajiha Akram on Monday told the National Assembly that under the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan single national curriculum for grade one to grade five would be implemented across the country from August 2021. Replying to various supplementary questions during Question Hour, she said that […]