1,000 trees around Quaids mazar to be relocated for BRTS on May 26, 2016KARACHI: The provincial capital is going to experience massive relocation of as many as 1,000 indigenous trees in the coming days. These trees would be relocated in peripheral parts of Quaid-e-Azam mausoleum, Daily Times has learnt.This practice is being taken in line with Karachi’s Green Line Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), as these trees are […]
Newborn quintuplets die at DS Hospital on May 17, 2016KARACHI: Quintuplets, three girls and two boys, born at the Darul Sehat Hospital (DSH) Karachi last week died on Monday. According to a Darul Sehat official statement, “Quintuplet born to Waheeda Javid on Friday, May 13, 2016 has expired due to pre-mature birth (26 weeks) and low birth weight and lung complications.” While talking to […]
Sindh govt plans bed space for 12,752 people for possible heat wave victims on May 15, 2016KARACHI: In connection with the preparations of much anticipated heat wave in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city with estimated population of 24 million people, authorities have allocated bed space for 12,752 persons in major hospitals, official document said. As per arrangements by the Sindh government along with commissioner of Karachi for possible heat wave emergency, the […]
Sindh doctors call for resolution of PMDC-related issues on April 27, 2016KARACHI: Several doctors’ associations in Sindh have called upon Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to call a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) at the earliest to resolve the issue of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). The Joint Action Committee of the Sindh Doctors Forum, People’s Doctors Forum and Sindh Doctors Welfare […]
The sanitation woes of Karachiites on April 23, 2016 KARACHI: In the routine hustle bustle of Murad Khan Road near Khori Garden Market, Sakina is the only female roadside vendor, selling “pulse-made ‘paapar’. She does not face any difficulty carrying her roadside business but feel hardship when it is time of call of nature. She has to bear and wait until work is […]
Rs 16.85b Green Line BRT project lacks proper public facilities on April 19, 2016KARACHI: Rs 16.85 billion worth Karachi’s Green Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project would not possess adequate and proper public toileting facilities, Daily Times learnt. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the stone-laying ceremony of the Green Line on February 26. The project objectives include improving the quality of traveling of estimated 300,000 commuters a day […]
Pakistan carries out captive breeding of endangered vultures on April 7, 2016KARACHI: Two endangered white-backed vultures have been successfully bred at the Changa Manga conservation facility in Pakistan. This is the first successful captive breeding of the endangered species in Pakistan, said the Worldwide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan). White-backed vultures were declared an endangered species last year by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). […]
Clean drinking water: Noor Muhammad residents pin hopes on LG representatives on January 22, 2016 KARACHI: Situated at around 35 km away from the provincial capital in Kemari along with River Hub, Khaliq’s slum village Noor Muhammad is deprived of drinking water since its existence. The settlement, with the population of around 1,000 people is also the city’s largest garbage dumping ground. For Muhammad Khaliq, recently held local government […]
Rain-harvesting ponds a solution to water woes in Tharparkar on August 30, 2015KARACHI/MITHI: Tharparkar’s drinking water issues may remain long but there are solutions as well to decrease the sufferings of the locals. Like the one that residents of Dedh Sar of Diplo tehsil and Haryar village of Mithi tehsil have found in the form of building huge-size concrete ponds as part of rain water harvesting. Built […]