The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) food department has served 156 different food outlets with notices for selling substandard food items. According to the RCB food department’s monthly progress report, 40 cases of unhygienic conditions in different food outlets had been referred to the Senior Judicial Magistrate (SJM) while Rs 61,200 had been collected by […]
PTI-backed man wins from NA-13 after recount
After seven days of recounting of votes in NA-13 Manshera, the PTI-supported independent candidate once again won the general elections against the PML-N candidate. Saleh Khan won the elections by securing 108,850 votes while the PML-N candidate of Sardar group, Sardar Shahjahan, got 106,688 votes. Saleh is a resident of NA-14 Mansehra but he contested […]
Sindhi Sahafi Sangat demands journalists’ rights to be secured by Sindh govt
LARKANA: Sindhi Sahafi Sangat’s members on Sunday carried out a rally in which they presented charter of demands to the provincial government of Sindh concerning rights of journalists. Reportedly, the journalists from Nasirabad, Warah, Wagan, Sujawal Junejo, Miro Khan, Garello, Bakrani, Dokri and other areas participated in the rally which initiated from the senior superintendent […]
Education minister pledges to support SU, admires uplift initiatives by VC
HYDERABAD: The Federal Minister for Education, Health Services and Religious Affairs Muhammad Yousif Shaikh on Sunday held a consultative meeting with Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat, the vice-chancellor of the Sindh University (SU), a public research university in Jamshoro in Sindh. Reportedly, matters pertaining to academic, research and development came under discussion. The Federal Minister […]
Fed up with poverty, a hairdresser tries to commit suicide
LARKANA: A 28-year-old hairdresser on Sunday tried to commit suicide by consuming poisonous pills in Larkana. Reportedly, Wazir Ali Agani, a father of five children, was saved by the doctors at Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Meanwhile, his relative Majid Ali Agani informed the media that Wazir had been under stress due to poverty, and […]
SNT condemns MQM-PTI coalition, terms it against Karachi’s peace
HYDERABAD: The Sindh National Tehreek’s (SNT) representatives on Saturday termed the ‘specialised conglomerate’ of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as ‘an insult to the voters of Karachi’, who confided in the leadership of Imran Khan, during a joint press conference in the Hyderabad Press Club. Reportedly, SNT leaders including Ashraf Noonari, Lala […]
PPP’s Faryal Talpur assures quick resolution of water scarcity, contamination issues
NAUNDERO: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and MPA-elect for PS-10, Faryal Talpur on Saturday assured PPP’s delegation from Ratodero led by its president Aijaz Laghari to resolve their critical issues, particularly water scarcity and high-level contamination of groundwater leading to fatal diseases. Reportedly, during a meeting at Bhutto House, PPP’s delegation including advocate Inayat […]
Why are retired government employees not vacating their allotted residences?
The Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi (MCR) administration has failed to vacate government residences by retired and transferred employees. Sources privy to the development revealed that a large number of Municipal Corporation quarters are occupied by the employees who are either retired, transferred to any other station or by those who are not entitled to hold these […]
MMA’s Soomro protests against ECP over ‘mismanaging’ the general elections
LARKANA: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal’s (MMA) leader Rashid Mahmood Soomro, who fought for NA-200 in the recent general elections, said on Friday that his mandate was stolen by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on July 25 by favouring another political party. Reportedly, he addressed a large public gathering at Jinnah Bagh roundabout after carrying out […]
FIA arrests 16 human traffickers during several raids
GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested 16 human traffickers including 8 proclaimed offenders from Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat. The FIA deputy director Mufakhir Adeel said that FIA raided on several suspected hideouts and arrested the accused including Ali Abbas, Abdul Hameed, Tariq Waqas, Mian Riaz, Qaiser Abbas, Anayat, Asif, Mian Altaf and […]