Nawaz must resign or call fresh elections: Chandio on January 5, 2017KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister’s Adviser on Information Maula Bux Chandio said Nawaz Sharif had two options, either to call early elections or handover the premiership to someone in the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N). He was addressing media after congratulating the newly elected office-bearers of Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Thursday. “The premiership is a respectable […]
Islamabad-bound flights delayed by three hours on December 18, 2016KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines have started diverting flights without informing Islamabad bound passengers about the diversion causing severe stress to passengers. PIA rescheduled the flight plan by routing its flight to Sukkur to lift and drop travelers from Karachi and Sukkur to Islamabad to salvage the situation after the grounding of ATRs. It took passengers […]
PPP plans grand alliance against PML-N govt over failed policies on December 18, 2016KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Saturday decided to form a grand alliance against the Nawaz-led government, Daily Times learnt on Saturday. It was also decided in the party’s three-day meeting in Dubai that the PPP would never derail democracy. The party has started contacting like-minded political parties to launch an agitation campaign across […]
Firefighters fail to control fire at Kemari terminal on November 28, 2016KARACHI: Fire fighters have failed to douse fire that broke out at a storage terminal filled with a chemical called ‘Methanol’ in the proximity of Keamari, Fire safety experts said on Sunday. “We have used all kinds of foams and extinguishing chemicals to douse fire, but highly toxic fumes being discharged from the flames is […]
Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) observed amid tight security on November 22, 2016 KARACHI: Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) was observed peacefully amid tight security measures in the metropolis on Monday. Over 5000 law enforcers were deployed for the security of the participants, with snipers posted on the rooftops of several buildings along the route of the procession. Pillion riding was already banned in the city […]
Former Karachi PSF chief picked up on November 13, 2016KARACHI: Former President Peoples Student Federation (PSF) Faisal Shaikh has been picked-up by law enforcement agency from his residence during a raid in wee hours on Saturday. Sources told Daily Times that a convoy of more then four vehicles with personal in plain cloths conducted a raid at Faisal Shaikh’s resident in the proximity of […]
KUs Street School, a ray of hope for poor children on November 10, 2016KARACHI: Under the trees on the walkway towards the entrance of Karachi University (KU), there is an informal academy commonly known in students and passerby as ‘KU-Street School’. A group of students opened the small academy at Karachi University’s main entrance called Silver Jubilee gate with only two poor children and started teaching them during […]
FDI shrinks by 38 percent to $249.3m during Q1 on October 18, 2016 KARACHI: The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) witnessed a decline of 38.2 percent during first quarter of the current fiscal year. The FDI shrank by 38.2 percent to $249.3 million during first quarter (July-September) as compared to $403.3 million during the last FY2015-16, showing a decrease of $154 million. According to the FDI figures released […]
TIP objects on tender of VTS for 4000 vehicles on September 28, 2016 KARACHI: Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) has objected on Sindh Police’s tailor-made tender for a Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) and stated it is exclusively designed to favor only one company. TIP has written a letter to the Inspector General Sindh Police A. D. Khawaja regarding a received complaint that Sindh Police has invited tenders in […]
Current account deficit up 92% in 2 months on September 22, 2016KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit has swells to almost double during the first two month of the fiscal year 2016-17. The current account deficit reached 92 percent, or $630 million, mainly due to fall in exports by 7.81 percent and reduction in workers’ remittances by 3.1 percent during the first two months (July-August) of fiscal […]