Planning ahead: Arrangements in Jhang being finalised
FAISALABAD: The district administration, the Election Commission of Pakistan and the Police Department have finalised security and administrative arrangements for the third phase of local government...
View ArticlePakistan-Australia: Focus on engaging private sectors
KARACHI: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson said her country was keen on engaging the private sectors of Pakistan and Australia for the benefit of both countries. “It’s the...
View ArticleCurrency: Rupee weakens against dollar
KARACHI: The rupee weakened against the dollar at 105.3/105.5 in the inter-bank market on Monday compared to Friday’s close of 105/105.2. The currency market has remained stable for the past few weeks...
View ArticleBalochistan: PARC to train 1,000 farmers
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Parc), under a special project of ‘Skill Development of the Farmers of Balochistan (SDFB) would train 1,000 farmers to improve agriculture...
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Horror story: A bloody Monday
KARACHI: Pakistan equities took a major beating on Monday, feeling the heat of several triggers to end negative for a ninth successive time.The benchmark-100 index last ended positive on November 17,...
View ArticleConsumers expect higher inflation in future
KARACHI: Consumers expect inflation to inch up in coming months, according to a survey jointly conducted by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA),...
View ArticleRemaining static: Contrary to proposal, diesel and petrol prices unchanged
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to leave petrol and high-speed diesel prices unchanged for the month of December despite a recommendation by the regulator for price revision in line with...
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Looking for the kick: Sialkot’s sports industry looks to regain glory
LAHORE: The 2014 FIFA World Cup had the entire audience caught in football frenzy. Pakistan, on the other hand, had a different stake in it as well.Sialkot made it to the headlines, delivering...
View ArticleWasting away: Seven years on, heart facility still waiting for doctor to open...
SUKKUR: Each time the Sindh government is questioned about the miserable state of the public health sector, it manages to come up with a barrage of excuses starting from the lack of funds to...
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Let’s empower every child: A child on the streets lives an average life of 30...
KARACHI: According to a recent study, a street child who has been addicted to drugs lives an average life of a maximum 30 years.Shafiq Ahmed, programme manager at DevCon, shared these statistics at an...
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In Karachi West, few women challenge male hegemony at the grassroots
KARACHI: In Pakistan’s predominantly patriarchal society, the stove is generally associated with the kitchen. On the streets of Karachi’s Mawach Goth, however, it has become a symbol of change.It is...
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Among the clouds: MQM’s symbol flies high above Karachi
KARACHI: For a change, the atmosphere at a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) event was calm and no one spoke about workers being arrested or raids by law enforcers. For a change, the grim faces were...
View ArticleSHC restricts DUHS VC’s authority till Dec 14
KARACHI: One of the country’s major private medical universities, the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), continues to face administrative crises, as the Sindh High Court (SHC) restrained its...
View ArticleCourt seeks Amir Khan’s comments on appeal against bail
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered on Tuesday the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Amir Khan, to file comments on an application filed by the Rangers authorities challenging the release...
View ArticleCM distributes 39 vans among special education schools
KARACHI: Thirty nine vans were distributed among special education schools in Sindh by Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Monday. He announced that 100 computers will also be provided to these schools.He...
View ArticleBlame game: Federal govt ignoring Sindh, says Khursheed Shah
SUKKUR: Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, has accused the federal government of ignoring Sindh and said that not a single mega-project has been initiated in...
View ArticleShort-circuit : Minor killed, two injured in fire
KARACHI: A two-and-a-half year-old child died and two of his siblings received burn injuries when a fire broke out inside their home in Federal B Area on Tuesday afternoon.The fire broke out at their...
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Parties demand Rangers deployment inside and outside polling stations
KARACHI: Over a dozen political parties demanded the federal government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to deploy army and Rangers personnel inside and outside all polling stations during...
View ArticleImran aghast at Nawaz-Modi ‘Kathmandu meeting’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday expressed shock at the revelation that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had held a secret “deniable” meeting with his Indian...
View ArticleWorkshops at seminaries: Students urged to work for promoting harmony
CHAKWAL: Religious scholars have urged seminary students to play their role in promoting harmony and countering rising intolerance and sectarian extremism in the country.They, while addressing a series...
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