GUJRANWALA: During the month of June, the Rescue 1122 department received 4,274 emergency calls while the teams rescued 4,286 people in total. According to the statistics revealed by the district emergency officer Umer Ghuman, 1,430 calls were related to traffic accidents, 2,244 people called during medical emergencies, 72 incidents were related to fire outbreaks, 108 […]
Man crushed to death
GUJRANWALA: A man succumbed to his wounds on Monday during an accident at Qilla Chand bypass in Gujranwala. Reportedly, Abdul Rehman was crossing a road when a speeding bus ran over him. He died while he was being rushed to DHQ Hospital. Published in Daily Times, July 3rd 2018.
PPP’s loyalist continues protest for meeting party’s leaders
LARKANA: An old comrade of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Allah Bux Sheikh on Monday continued his protest in front of Larkana press club for demanding to meet the party’s leadership for sharing his grievances. Reportedly, he claimed that during the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD), he suffered four years in jail for being a […]
PML-N’s leaders warn of dire consequences if party gets de-notified
HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders of Hyderabad division on Sunday denounced the singling out of their party and asserted catastrophic consequences if party’s gets de-notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the upcoming general election-2018. While addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, the PML-N leaders including Raja Ghaznafar Ali, Jamal Arif […]
Affected families plead with UNO to assist for recovering missing persons as hunger strike ends
HYDERABAD: The Voice for Missing Persons of Sindh on Saturday concluded a seven-day hunger strike pleading with United Nations Organisation (UNO) for assistance regarding recovery of missing persons of Sindh. Reportedly, the hunger strike camp, held in front of Hyderabad Press Club, was joined by disappeared persons’ relatives, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), nationalist leaders, […]
PPP Nisar Khuhro challenges his rejection for PS-11 in Sindh High Court
LARKANA: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh Chief Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Saturday challenged appellate tribunal’s decision in the Sindh High Court (SHC) for rejecting his nomination forms to contest the election for provincial assembly seat PS-11 constituency of Larkana. Reportedly, Khuhro appeared before the SHC after his lawyers filed a petition rejecting accusations of […]
Four candidates withdraw in favour of PPP’s Sanam Talpur in PS-65
HYDERABAD: On the last day of submission of party tickets, the returning officers (ROs) on Friday compiled a final list of candidates contesting election for the national and provincial assemblies of Pakistan. During a press conference held by Pakistan Peoples Party’s women wing’s Chief Shugufta Jumani, she revealed that four candidates for provincial assembly seat […]
SNT begins election campaign in Hyderabad, criticises Sharjeel Memon
HYDERABAD: The Sindh National Tehreek (SNT) chairman Ashraf Noonari on Friday took a whirlwind tour of provincial constituency PS-63 (Hyderabad-II) and held corner meetings while visiting union councils of Tando Fazal, Tando Hyder, Tando Jam and Bahwal Zanour. Meanwhile, SNT’s candidate Lala Qurban Sodhro was also present on the occasion. Reportedly, to acquire public’s support […]
USAID inaugurates school building in Larkana
LARKANA: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) deputy mission director for Sindh and Balochistan, John Smith-Sreen and Sindh interim education minister Dr Saadia Virk Rizvi on Thursday inaugurated a newly constructed Government High School Vikya Sangi funded by USAID. Reportedly, notables, community elders, teachers, students and their present were present on the occasion. […]
Defying stereotypes: Liaqut Meerani runs election campaign on a donkey cart
DOKRI: Liaqat Meerani an independent candidate from PS-13 Dokri constituency has been campaigning from June 10, on a donkey cart with a megaphone in hand. Meerani, an ordinary teacher has resorted to lower level tactics of mobilization visiting local hotels to fields on his cart to introduce himself ahead of elections. The independent candidate has […]