With offers from both federal and Sindh govts, MQM-P tries to find a middle way on January 3, 2020The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is trying to make both Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) happy, and is eying to enjoy importance in the federal as well as provincial government after being offered positions by both parties. After the MQM-P received an offer from PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Prime Minister […]
People in Thar forced to commit suicide due to lack of facilities on January 3, 2020The suicide rate has been increasing in Tharparkar, as the people don’t have the means to make both ends meet, besides being denied even basic facilities, which is a big issue neglected by the government of Sindh. “Increasing number of suicides committed by women, men, young girls, children and even by couples jointly is alarming,” […]
Educational emergency fails to work for Sindh in 2019 on January 1, 2020Despite the fact imposing the education emergency in Sindh, the department failed to meet the demand of standard education, and 2019 proved to be very sadistic injustice when seeing education. The Daily Times learnt that the dept was kept at bay by Sindh government, no action was taken to do away with the lacking of […]
37,000 new teachers to be appointed in Sindh on December 6, 2019Secretary Education Sindh Ahsan Mangi has declared that education department is going to appoint 37,000 new young and energetic teachers for Sindh province to bring change in Education system. Secretary Education announced this while talking to Daily Times at his office, he explained that every year more than 4000 teachers are getting retired now we […]
Pakistan needs more effective family planning! on November 28, 2019Pakistan needs to control birth rate. Its family planning policies are going spectacularly down. Even though a comprehensive family planning program was launched in the early 60s, the country still has the highest population growth rate in the subcontinent. Pakistan had a population of 33 million in 1950, surprisingly. Today, it is around 210 million; […]
Newborn ‘kidnapped’ from Karachi hospital on November 10, 2019A newborn was abducted on Saturday from the Welfare Hospital in Qayyamabad, Karachi. The parents are seeking to get their baby back. They said that the doctors told them about two babies before delivery on the basis of an ultrasound report, but after delivery, the staff handed over one baby, not twin. The newborn baby’s […]
Promoting Pakistan’s soft image by tourism is one of the best tools: Shehryar Taseer on November 3, 2019Media Times Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shehryar Taseer enthusiastically moderated the session Soft Power, Promoting Pakistan on the Global Stage at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi on Sunday during the 021 Disrupt Technology & Entrepreneurship Conference. In the panel discussion, five iconic celebrities including Pakistan’s legend Wasim Akram, Shaniera Akram, Shehzad Roy, Aamina Sheikh […]
Incidents of ‘honour’ killing increasing in Sindh on October 23, 2019Karo-Kari (Honour Killings) is becoming a big hurdle in Sindh for law enforcement. The province has been facing honour killings for long, and a big number of women and girls have been killed by their kith and kin. The enmities between tribes became the basic reason behind the soaring number of honour killing incidents, while […]
Is there hope for Makli’s stability? on October 1, 2019Makli attracts various people towards its majestic heritage, consisting of a large burial ground with long graves and a necropolis with attractive arts, that need attention to be conserved, restored and preserved. Hence the Culture Tourism and Antiquities Department has taken some very constructive steps to defend monuments from environmental degradation by introducing the Makli […]
PPP reiterates demand for fresh elections in country on September 14, 2019The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has demanded fresh elections in the country in the thick of tensions with the federal government over administrative affairs of Karachi. While addressing a press conference on Friday, former Senate chairman Mian Raza Rabbani and Sindh Minister for Information Saeed Ghani said that after the approval of the 18th Amendment, […]