Nurses stage protest outside Karachi Press Club on October 24, 2018KARACHI: Hundreds of nurses from various hospitals of the province have announced a strike and are protesting for the acceptance of their 10-point demand agenda outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC). According to the protestors, the Sindh government has been ignoring them. Ghulam Dastagir, a member of the Nursing Action Committee (NAC) said, “we presented […]
ATC indicts mayor, Farooq Sattar and other MQM-P leaders in hate speech cases on October 24, 2018An anti-terrorism court (ATC), on Tuesday, indicted Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar, Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar and other party leaders in 21 cases pertaining to hate speeches. An ATC in Karachi heard 26 cases pertaining to hate speeches as Sattar, Akhtar, Amir Khan, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Rauf Siddiqui, Qamar Mansoor, Rehan Hashmi and […]
Government to recruit 1,500 doctors without written test on October 20, 2018The provincial government announced that doctors will now be recruited without written tests in order to overcome the shortage of medicals practitioners in Sindh. Reportedly, Sindh Chief Minister (CM) advisor Murtaza Wahab said that the decision was made by the government in order to overcome the shortage of doctors. He said that doctors would be […]
PTI eyeing an easy win in NA-247 on October 19, 2018The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is eyeing an easy win from NA-247 on October 21, since most bigwigs have already surrendered before the poll day. Karachi’s NA-247 was vacated by PTI’s Dr Arif Alvi after he assumed office as the country’s 13th president. Now, the ruling party is fielding Aftab Hussain Siddiqui from the constituency. Since […]
‘Dark times ahead for the MQM-Haqiqi’ on October 18, 2018The Muhajjir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi’s (MQM-H) founder Afaaq Ahmad’s attempted resignation, which was later rejected shook the party claiming to be the true representatives of the Urdu-speaking community. On 25th July Ahmad, who was considered to be a strong candidate lost to MQM-P’s Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan by a margin of over 46,000 votes. The loss […]
The PTI needs time on October 16, 2018Every good thing to happen, healthy fruits to grow, to change to the old bad system of any society take time, Imran Khan after his early 100 days slight failure in some aspects has been talk of the town, especially on the tongues of opponents who did not do such kind of work for the […]
PTI, PPP clinch victory in by-polls on October 15, 2018KARACHI: By-polling in two constituencies of Karachi, NA-243 and PS-87 ended with a very low turnout on Sunday. According to unofficial by-poll results, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s(PTI) candidate Alamgir Khan Mehsud took the lead in NA-243 against Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Amir Waliuddin Chishti. In Malir’s PS-87, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ticketholder Muhammad Sajid Jokhio secured victory […]
Farooq Sattar breaks silence on October 12, 2018KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Dr Farooq Sattar broke silence over party failure saying that the MQM-P suffered collapse and an inter-party election should be held soon. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Sattar said that he had submitted his resignation from the party’s Rabita Committee on September 13 due to […]
A brief summary of four constituencies up for grabs in the metropolis on October 12, 2018KARACHI: Representatives of all major political parties have expressed optimism about winning the national and provincial seats up for grabs in Karachi’s by-elections scheduled to be held on October 14. Political parties and independents set to contest in the upcoming by-polls have also begun their campaigning. In Karachi, candidates will be contesting for two National […]
PTI’s decision to seek IMF assistance garners criticism from opposition on October 11, 2018Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government’s decision to seek loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been criticised by several lawmakers. Reportedly, even the ruling party’s coalition partners have lambasted it for deciding to approach the IMF for more loans. This includes politicians from Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). According to MQM-P leader Amir Khan, the party […]