Governor to open Global Health Conference in Karachi on Dec 24 on December 23, 2019Sindh Governor Imran Ismail will inaugurate a global health conference here at a hotel in Karachi on 24th December, which is expected to be attended by over 1,000 medical practitioners from all over the world. Medics International (MI), a US-based non-profit organization with its main focus on global relief and health care having footprint of […]
Four persons had died due to gas suffocation in a factory in Kalivia: FO on December 22, 2019In response to media reports about the death of Pakistanis in Greece, the Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that according to available information four persons had died on December 19, 2019 due to gas suffocation in a factory in Kalivia, a place 50 kilometres from Athens. According to local authorities, one deceased has been […]
Court issues show cause notice to NAB IO in Sharjeel Memon reference on December 22, 2019An accountability court in Karachi on Saturday ordered to issue show cause notice to the Investigation Officer (IO) of assets reference against former Sindh minister Sharjeel Memon over his failure to submit report about the proclaimed offenders of the case. Sharjeel Memon’s mother Zeenat Inaam Memon and his wife Sadaf Sharjeel have been among the […]
Earthquake rattles different parts of country on December 22, 2019An earthquake rattled Islamabad and other parts of the country on Saturday. Met Office sources said the earthquake rattled Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore, Chitral, Abbottabad, Kohat, Siaklkot, D I Khan, Toba Tek Singh, Jang and other cities and town. However, no loss of life was initially reported. It intensity was 6.4 of Richter scale and its […]
Pakistan’s economic reforms programme on track: IMF on December 21, 2019The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan’s economic reforms programme is on track and has started to bear fruit. According to a report, the Executive Board of the IMF made this observation following completion of its first review of Pakistan’s economic performance under the Extended Fund Facility. The world lender said that decisive […]
Nation observes fifth anniversary of APS terrorist attack today on December 16, 2019The nation will observe the fifth anniversary of Army Public School (APS) tragedy today (Monday) with the pledge that nefarious design of the enemies will never be allowed to succeed. On this day in 2014, more than 150 people, including 134 children and staff members lost their lives in a blatant act of terrorism in […]
Two new polio cases surface in Sindh on December 15, 2019The Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for Polio Sindh confirmed on Saturday that two new polio cases had emerged in Mirpurkhas district. One case was reported from Tehsil Digri of the district, where a 36 months old boy contracted polio on 17 November 2019. The child had seven doses of polio vaccine during campaigns according to […]
Low cotton production to affect textile exports: Agha Shahab on December 13, 2019President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan has said that keeping in view the projections of US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and other independent estimates, Pakistan’s cotton production was likely to descend further by around 19 percent to somewhere close to 8 million cotton bales during FY20 which would […]
Leaders demand provision of fundamental rights, freedoms on December 11, 2019Human rights, labour rights and civil society activists on Tuesday called upon the government to make serious efforts for provision of fundamental human rights and freedoms, especially freedom of association and expression, enshrined in the Constitution of the country and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Addressing a joint press conference at Karachi Press Club to […]
Another 44 dengue cases surface in Karachi on December 11, 2019As many as 44 more dengue fever cases were detected in Karachi city in the last 24 hours, taking the reported cases toll to 15,021 since 1st Jan 2019. Spokesman, Prevention and Control Program for Dengue (PCPD) Sindh, while talking to PPI, confirmed that at least 51 new dengue fever cases emerged across the Sindh […]