CM, US consul general inaugurate USAID-funded school on April 7, 2016KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Unites Sates Consul General Brian Heath in Karachi inaugurated a state-of-the-art school constructed under the USAID-funded Sindh Basic Education Programme (SBEP) at Kouro Goth, in Khairpur district. The consul general along with daughter of former president Asif Ali Zardari, Bakhtawar, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali […]
Nawaz bigger threat to democracy: Bilawal on April 4, 2016KARACHI/GARHI KHUDA BUX: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday called Nawaz Sharif a bigger threat to democracy. Speaking on the 37th death anniversary of former premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in Ghari Khuda Bakhsh, Bilawal criticised Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif over the policies and departure of former president Pervez Musharraf. He […]
Zardari decides not to attend ZAB’s death anniversary events on April 3, 2016KARACHI: Asif Ali Zardari and provincial minister Sharjeel Inaam Memon along with PPP leader Qadir Patel are not attending the 37th death anniversary of PPP founder and former PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) in Garhi Khuda Bux due to the fear of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and arrests over ongoing enquires. The death anniversary of […]
CM orders inquiry into bogus recruitments in police on March 12, 2016KARACHI: Expressing his serious displeasure and dismay over the misappropriation of funds, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has ordered Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) to conduct brief investigation and inquiries into access and bogus recruitments made in police department. In a statement issued on Friday, the chief minister expressed his displeasure on over-and-above recruitments in […]
SC orders removal of billboards from citys roads on March 12, 2016KARACHI: Supreme Court has ordered immediate removal of all kinds of billboards on footpaths and roadsides of the city within a month, terming them a threat to human life. A three-member bench ordered Additional Attorney General Salman Talibuddin to summon representatives of institutions responsible, which included Cantonment, Civil Aviation Authority, KMC and DMC. The court […]
Sindh Assembly condemns killing of PIA workers on February 4, 2016KARACHI: Sindh Assembly passed a resolution condemning the killing of three workers of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Wednesday, while members attended the session with black bands tied to their arms. The session offered fateha for the deceased persons and prayed for the recovery of the injured health. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah […]
Incentive for girls to complete schooling through stipend on January 28, 2016KARACHI: Senior Minister for Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro announced that every girl enrolled in government schools would receive Rs 3,500 from January 29th and the total sum of Rs 950 million would be disbursed through ATM card and Easy Paisa for the academic year 2014-15 scheduled in February 2016. Talking in a press conference on […]
Sindh to set up 10 more military courts on January 20, 2016KARACHI: As many as 10 military courts will start functioning in Sindh within a few days, Chief Minister’s Adviser on Information Maula Bux Chandio told a press conference after the Sindh Apex Committee’s meeting on Tuesday. He said 25 cases have been referred to military courts and the government is planning to send more. […]
No famine-like situation in Thar, says minister on January 10, 2016KARACHI: Provincial Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that the ground reality in Thar is comparatively better than it was in previous years, and the Sindh government has focused on upgrading the civic and health facilities in Thar and thus there is no complaint about paucity of required medical facilities in Mithi Civil Hospital, […]
Ruckus in Sindh Assembly over extension to Rangers on December 14, 2015KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly session on Monday was adjourned till 10 am Tuesday amidst chants and sloganeering by opposition MPAs, who were protesting against the PPP-led government for not taking up the critical issue of extending Rangers’ special powers in the province. PML-N, PTI and PML-F members chanted slogans against the PPP-led government for […]