Duhs VC misleads British High Commission on December 10, 2016KARACHI: Vice Chancellor, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi Prof Dr Masood Hameed has been misleading the British High Commission, Islamabad, for issuance of visas for the staff of the university, who are not eligible for it. There are dozens of people in the lower staff who have been granted visas to the United […]
Education Dept defying CMs orders to appoint 1,080 head teachers on December 9, 2016KARACHI: The Sindh’s schools education department seems reluctant to ensure the implementation of the orders of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah regarding appointment of at least 1,080 qualified candidates for the posts of headmasters and headmistresses, Daily Timeshas learnt. According to sources, the chief minister Sindh, had a few months ago approved the summary […]
FBR asks KMC, DMCs to file income tax, WHT by Dec 15 on December 8, 2016 KARACHI: Warning the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and all five District Municipal Corporation (DMC’s) about freezing of their accounts, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has set December 15, 2016 as the deadline for the corporations to file their income tax returns and withholding tax (WHT). The KMC and DMCs shall ensure the filing of income […]
11,466 absent teachers pointed out in Sindh on December 7, 2016LARKANA/SHAHEED BENAZAIRABAD: As many as 11,466 teachers both primary and secondary have become absconders/absentees during the tenure of the most-powerful Secretary Schools Education Dr Fazalullah Pechuho, brother-in-law of former President Asif Ali Zardari, it is reliably learnt. The Sindh government had posted the most powerful bureaucrat Dr Fazalullah Pechuho and his blue-eyed boy Rehan Iqbal […]
Sindh’s Labour Dept neglecting merit on fresh recruitments on December 6, 2016KARACHI: It seems that the claims of bringing transparency and merit in government affairs exists nowhere as the Sindh’s labor department is all set to make hundreds of recruitments without following the merit-based recruitment procedures, it is learnt. The jobs applications of hundreds of jobless youths have been thrown , interestingly in plastic bags, which […]
Sindh reluctant to remove 13,000 illegal appointees; orders re-verification of employees on November 29, 2016KARACHI: It seems that the authorities in Sindh are reluctant to take action against 13,000 illegal appointments in the Local Government department, despite the fact that the administrative department has recommended action against these employees after thorough verification, it is learnt. The insiders have told Daily Times that the Local Government department had prepared a […]
NAB arrests former STEVTAs MD, director for over 1,100 illegal appointments on November 24, 2016KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sindh, has arrested the former managing director and director of the Sindh Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority (STEVTA) for making illegal appointments of more than 1,100 persons, it is learnt. According to sources, the NAB has been investigating into the illegal appointments made by former MD Hafeezullah Abbasi, […]
IG Sindh likely to be replaced soon on November 24, 2016KARACHI: The chief minister, Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah has finally got his favorite officer as Chief Secretary of the province, replacing the older one who served with former chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah. According to sources, the CM Sindh had expressed his desire to Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to change the […]
CM rejects Sindh Local Employment Act, 2016 for labourers on November 23, 2016KARACHI: The Sindh Chief Minister (CM), Syed Murad Ali Shah, has rejected the new Act, forwarded by the Labor and Human Resources Department which aims at ensuring job employment to unskilled workers of the province in the national and multinational firms located in their own areas, Daily Times reliably learnt. Rejection of the act by […]
Sindh govt fails to fulfil promise on transport for maids on November 22, 2016KARACHI: Despite passage of three years, the Sindh government has not made any concrete effort to materialize its commitment to launch women-only buses specifically for maids, it is learnt. In year 2013, a non-governmental organization (NGO), Urban Resource Center had put the proposal of separate transport for female domestic workers before the Sindh’s transport department […]