Most of the metropolitan city remains silent on Sunday mornings as people prefer to sleep till late on weekend. Despite the lazy Sunday morning, the atmosphere was full of life in Gareebabad colony–divided by railway track and full of narrow strips of single and double-storey houses running parallel to the track. Rickshaw drivers were making […]
Fisherwomen march against environmental impacts of coal power plants
Hundreds of women, children from fishermen community of Karachi on Sunday thronged into the streets, marched against the environmental impacts of coal power plants. They marched from Arts Council of Pakistan to Karachi Press Club. Carry placards and banners against negative impacts of coal on environment, ecology and communities, while women chanted slogans and demand […]
Sindh to launch seven programs to reduce poverty, ensure food security
Sindh government plans to launch new seven different programmes to reduce poverty and ensure food security, family health in the province. These programs would cover poverty reduction, food security and family health while Benazir women agricultural workers program will soon initiate across the province. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that these […]
Sindh govt takes over JuD and FIF facilities
Facilities run by Jamat-ud-Dawa and Falah-i-Insaniat have been taken over by the Sindh government in a crackdown after the ban on both the organizations by the Federal government. 56 facilities including schools, seminaries and hospitals are now under the control of Sindh government. The Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for Information, Law and Anticorruption, Barrister […]
Sindh govt to bring resolution against Durrani’s arrest, form parliamentary committee
In reaction to the arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday, Sindh Cabinet decided on yesterday to form a parliamentary committee; thereby calling for the Sindh Assembly Session today, February 22, which was scheduled on February 27. According to sources, Sindh Cabinet also decided to bring a […]
PPP lashes out at federal govt, announces to protest in next SA session
KARACHI:In reaction of the arrest of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Islamabad on Wednesday, Sindh Cabinet decided on Thursday to form a parliamentary committee and call for the Sindh Assembly Session on Friday, February 22, which was scheduled on February 27. According to sources in Sindh […]
Peasant father seeks help for 4-yr old son with rare eye cancer
A poor landless peasant from Sanghar district requested authorities of provincial and federal governments to help him with the treatment of his 4 year old son suffering with retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer. Talking to Daily Times, Narsingo Kolhi, who belongs to Kolhi community of Hindus in Sindh, said that his four years […]
Withdrawal of provinces’ powers to collect GST on services is against 18th amendment, says Dr Kaiser Bengali
Instead of abolishing 15-20 divisions and ministries in order to reduce current federal expenditure, the federal government is proposing to withdraw the collection of general sales tax (GST) on services by the provinces after creation of a federal tax commission, which is against the spirit of 18thConstitutional Amendment which provided provincial autonomy, said economist and […]
Thar livestock dying due to starvation caused by drought: report
The livestock in Thar desert, the drought-hit arid region in eastern Sindh and home to a large number of livestock with over 7 million animals, is facing malnutrition and death due to drought-like situation, disclosed a rapid need assessment conducted by Sindh Rural Partners Organisation (SRPO). The data compiled by the SRPO indicated that there […]
Wildlife office robbed of dried turtle meat
Four armed men entered into the office of Provincial Conservator Sindh Wildlife Department on the wee hours of Saturday night, took the security guard hostage and stole heavy consignment of dried meat of freshwater turtles, said police. The stock of around 1,200 kilograms of dried turtle meat costs around Rs. 1 million in international black […]