Upcoming PSL final will prove Karachi is terror-free city: CM on February 19, 2018KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that terrorism has been eliminated from Karachi with the support of the people and law enforcement agencies. While delivering his presidential address at Karachi Kings send-off ceremony at Naya Nazimabad on Sunday, he said that terrorism was an international issue and it was still prevalent […]
10 historical sites recognised as Sindh’s cultural heritage on February 15, 2018KARACHI: The Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department has recognised 10 sites as cultural heritage of the province. The decision taken on recommendation of the Advisory Committee of Sindh Cultural Heritage under sub section 1 of section 6 of the Sindh Culture Heritage (Preservation) Act was communicated to the media through a notification issued this week. […]
Karachi mayor meeting underlines turf wars on February 14, 2018KARACHI: A meeting of union council members called by the Karachi mayor took place on Tuesday in the absence of any representative from 51 UCs in District Central and several in Districts West and East. The only other District Municipal Corporation under the MQM-Pakistan’s control, Korangi, was fully represented at the meeting. The meeting started […]
Finding method in MQM-P madness on February 13, 2018KARACHI: Notwithstanding claims made by the two factions in the Mutahhida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), support for Farooq Sattar-led PIB group and Bahadurabad group of the Rabita committee members are evenly split among district municipal committees. Of the four DMC held by MQM-Pakistan, the chairmen of Central and West DMCs, Rehan Hashmi and Izharul Haq, respectively, […]
‘Parents still prefer boys to girls when it comes to education’ on February 12, 2018KARACHI: The mega literature celebrations ended on Sunday as the 9th Karachi Literature Festival concluded with various interesting sessions. Former Indian Ambassador Mani Shankar Aiyar, Amit Chaudhry and Anwer Maqsood were keynote speakers at the final day of the festival. Speakers at a panel discussion on ‘Education of Girls: Perceptions & Realities in a changing […]
MQM-P divided over Tessori’s name for Senate elections on February 7, 2018KARACHI: A recent entrant in the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has been at the centre of the ongoing debate among the party’s senior leadership over the selection of four names for Senate tickets. On Tuesday, the huddle of the coordination committee of the party continued till the filing of this report over differences between MQM-P […]
Army-judiciary ‘nexus’ damaging democracy on February 3, 2018KARACHI: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday deplored what he called a nexus between military and judiciary against democracy in the country. Addressing a seminar titled ‘The Future of Democracy in Pakistan’, the former prime minister said that the courts validated martial laws in the country on the basis of the ‘doctrine of necessity’, […]
Girls more into education than boys on January 28, 2018KARACHI: The 28th annual degree awarding ceremony of the Karachi University was held on Saturday at the Valika Ground Karachi University where Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair was a Chief Guest of this biggest educational function in Karachi. The number of PhD for the year 2018 was 73, meanwhile, 1962 students were awarded with degrees in […]
Siraj seeks callous sentence for ex-SSP Rao Anwar on January 22, 2018KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Sirajul Haq intimidated the Sindh government with a big rally on January 31 if concrete steps are not taken to ensure justice in the Naqeebullah extrajudicial killing. Sirajul Haq was talking to media outside Naqeebullah’s home in Karachi where he demanded a judicial commission to be formed to investigate the case, the […]
Judges ‘playing politician’ will hurt country: Bilawal on January 22, 2018KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Sunday said that Pakistan will suffer if the judges in the country continue to ‘play politician’. In a post on Twitter, the PPP chief noted that the Law Reforms Commission constituted under the supervision of chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) with chief justices of all high courts […]