Election security Sindh to install CCTV cameras at 4,154 ‘highly sensitive’ polling stations on June 23, 2018KARACHI: The caretaker Sindh cabinet, during a meeting on Friday, decided to install surveillance cameras at highly sensitive polling stations to record polling activity. The meeting, held at New Sindh Sectariat, was chaired by the caretaker CM. All of the caretaker provincial ministers, Chief Secretary Major (retd) Azam Suleman, Sindh Inspector General (IG) Police Amjad […]
Parties urged to prioritise labour issues in election campaign on June 22, 2018KARACHI: Several labour leaders noted on Thursday that it was heartening that yet another elected government in Pakistan completed its tenure but political parties ruling the centre and provinces in the last five years did not take any step to bring a visible improvement in the lives of workers. They were speaking at a press […]
Labor leaders urge political parties to include labor issues in campaigns on June 21, 2018KARACHI: Labor leaders on Thursday urged political parties to include labors’ concerns in their election campaigns ahead of general elections 2018. The leaders said it is heartening that yet another elected government in Pakistan has completed its tenure and the preparations are afoot to hold the general elections; however, it saddens that the political parties […]
PPP provides water to white desert, but agricultural cities of NA-216 remain deprived on June 18, 2018SANGHAR: On occasion of Eid, when everyone is supposed to conduct gatherings, share meals with friends and family, the youths is supposed to hold a friendly cricket tournament of teams from nearby towns, people of Sanghar rushed to nearby ponds to collect water they had been deprived of for a month. People of all ages from […]
Wildlife Dept confirms lion was not Afridi’s after picture went viral on June 15, 2018KARACHI: A team of Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) disclosed on Thursday that the wild lion seen in the photographs that the cricketer Shahid Afridi uploaded on his Twitter was not owned by Afridi but it belonged to a fan of the renowned cricketer. SWD official, Adnan Hamid Khan who also headed the inquiry team appointed […]
A drop scene of cricketer Shahid Afridi’s viral photos sitting in front of a lion on June 14, 2018KARACHI: A team of Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) disclosed on Thursday that the wild lion seen in the photos in which cricketer Shahid Afridi was sitting in front of the animal, which went viral last week, is not owned by Afridi but belongs to a fan of his who took the lion to show to his favourite […]
Majority Dalits get just two of seven PPP tickets for reserved seats on June 13, 2018KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ignored scheduled castes or Dalit Hindus, who make up 80 percent of approximately 8 million Pakistani Hindus, by nominating only two scheduled caste candidates on the seats reserved for minorities in Sindh. Five seats were given to the upper caste Hindus, who make up only 20 percent of Pakistani Hindus […]
‘PPP has always prioritised Dalits’, spokesperson clarifies after party accused of ‘ignoring’ scheduled caste Hindus on June 12, 2018KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was accused of “ignoring” the scheduled caste or Dalit Hindus, who constitute of 80 percent of the total Pakistani Hindu population, for the upcoming general elections 2018. The scheduled caste leaders have complained that, despite being in majority, only two Dalit leaders were nominated for reserved seats for minorities in […]
At the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai on June 11, 2018 At the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, a Sufi scholar who is considered to be the greatest poet of the Sindhi language, his devotees (faqeers) sing his poetry every single night for the past three hundred years.
PTI workers, election commission guards clash in Karachi on June 11, 2018KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker Asma Rizvi was detained on Tuesday following a brawl with security guards of Election Commission office in Karachi. Rizvi was accompanying PTI candidate Dr Seema Zia, who wanted to submit her nomination form. During the clash, the door panels of Election Commission office were broken. Sindh Election Commissioner Yousaf Khattak […]