Category: Pakistan

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the federal government has backed out of its commitment to share 50 percent of the total expenditures of Greater Karachi Sewerage Plan (S-III) which is an injustice with the people of Sindh. He said that he would fight out to get committed share from […]

BADIN: A woman, mother of three, recorded her statement in the court of the second additional sessions judge of Badin on Friday in an alleged forced conversion case. She stated that she had been abducted about three months back and forced by her abductors to convert to Islam. The woman stated in court that the […]

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Autho­rity (Pemra) served a show-cause notice to 14 news channels for failing to act upon its advisory to avoid commenting on references filed in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against senior judges, a press release by the regulatory authority said on Saturday. The channels that received the notices are Geo News, DawnNewsTV, Dunya […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mehmood Khan on Saturday announced a compensatory package for the affectees of the Khar Qamar incident which took place at a check post in North Waziristan earlier this week. The chief minister said Rs2.5 million will be given to the families of the deceased and Rs1 million to those injured in […]

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr has awarded 60 days remission to all the prisoners undergoing life sentence and in other cases.  He also ordered release of the prisoners qualifying for remission before Eid so that they could celebrate it with their families. The 60 days remission awarded […]

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has provided 150 tons of dates to government of Pakistan as a gift in the Holy month of Ramazan. On behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Al Qahatani, representative of the government of Saudi Arabia formally handed over the consignment to cabinet division, Islamabad. On behalf of the Government of […]

KARACHI: K-Electric has announced that all residential power consumers will remain exempted from load-shed during the Eid-ul-fitr holidays. In line with its commitment to provide maximum relief to its customers, KE spokesperson said, “As part of summer preparedness, we have strengthened our network and system and have beefed up the on-ground work force through capacity […]

Karachi: Sindh government has announced four public holidays on account of Eid-ul-Fitr 2019, said a notification issued here. The notification issued here Friday says “the government of Sindh has been please to declare 4th to 7th June, 2019 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) as public holidays on the occasion of Holy Festival of Eid-ul-Fitr throughout […]

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has assured Pakistan that the international community will help ascertain the source of the recent HIV outbreak and work with local authorities to curb it. A team of experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has arrived in Pakistan following an HIV outbreak in Sindh, where more than 600 cases […]