For a healthier environment: ‘People lack knowledge about planting trees’
KARACHI: The reason why most people fail in obtaining the desired results while planting trees is because they lack proper knowledge about plantation, said renowned ecologist Rafiul Haq on Saturday. He...
View Article‘No to dictation’: Rabbani lambastes Donald Trump at Labour Day event
KARACHI: Senate chairperson Mian Raza Rabbani lashed out at United States (US) presidential candidate Donald Trump for his remarks pertaining to the release of Dr Shakil Afridi, saying that Pakistan is...
View ArticleStudents bag Rs0.5m at AmanClinics competition
KARACHI: The Aman Foundation hosted the finale of the AmanClinics Accelerator at Aman Tower, IBA City Campus on Saturday afternoon. Team Alchemy was selected as the winner out of a total of a 112 teams...
View ArticlePuma gives birth to three cubs
KARACHI: The birth of three cubs at the Karachi Zoological Garden on Friday cheered the staff mourning the demise of the 16-year-old Bengal tiger the same day. According to Karachi zoo deputy director...
View ArticleCapital punishment: SHC rejects appeals of three death row convicts
KARACHI: Three death convicts who had sought commutation of their sentence into life imprisonment for being ‘young offenders’ lost their appeals before the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday. An...
View Article‘TTP militant’ killed in encounter
KARACHI: An alleged member of a banned militant outfit was killed and three law enforcers were wounded during an encounter in Manghopir on Saturday afternoon. The shoot-out took place when the...
View ArticleReaching out: Police facilitation centres to be set up across city
KARACHI: To ease the problems of citizens, the police will establish police facilitation centres (PFC) across the city. The first PFC is being constructed in Korangi and will soon start functioning,...
View ArticleGDA to hold rallies against provincial govt
KARACHI: The leaders of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) have demanded the Supreme Court to take notice of Sindh government’s alleged corruption. Opposition leaders criticised the Sindh and federal...
View ArticleEducation woes
Yet another report has been published bemoaning the lack of funds for education in Pakistan. The Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS) presented its report regarding the financing of...
View ArticleWork for a cause, not applause
KARACHI: Volunteer work not only helps society but also develops personality, said Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation and Indus Hospital volunteer Seep Akhtar Channar. She was speaking at...
View ArticlePerformance review: Police nab 718 offenders in a month
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police arrested 718 proclaimed offenders in April, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. SSP (Operations) Sajid Kiani on Sunday chaired a meeting of all zonal SPs, sub-divisional...
View ArticleCrackdown: Four clinics sealed
TAXILA: The health department on Sunday launched a crackdown on drug manufacturing companies, sealing four quack clinics in different parts of the cities. A team of the health department, led by Malik...
View ArticlePosing threat: Man, son booked for land grabbing charge
ISLAMABAD: Bhara Kahu police have booked a man and his son for allegedly threatening another man and trying to grab his land. Dr Abdul Rauf told the police that Parvez along with his, who has not been...
View ArticleAttack: Woman booked for beating up another woman
ISLAMABAD: Police have booked a woman for attacking and injuring another woman in Sector G-7/4. Zafar lodged a complaint with the women police station that Robina pelted her daughter Humera Zafar with...
View ArticleCase registered: Two booked for fraud, forgery
ISLAMABAD: The Kohsar police have booked two persons on charges of fraud and forgery. Muhammad Mukhtiar told the police that Ihsamuddin Shah and Raftaj sold his plot on forged documents. Police have...
View ArticleBachelor’s: Over 20 AJK students to get scholarships
MUZAFFARABAD: The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK) has approved 22 awards for four-year bachelor’s programme under the Pakistan-USaid scholarship scheme. A UAJK spokesperson said that 22...
View ArticleResisting police: Inmates booked for suicide attempt
ISLAMABAD: Police have booked four prisoners for resisting police and allegedly trying to commit suicide by hitting their heads against walls. Police said the suspects were being brought to the...
View ArticleMystery: Missing woman’s body recovered
KALLAR SYEDAN: Volunteers and police recovered body of a woman from River Jhelum in Kallar Syedan on Saturday. The body was handed over to the family on Sunday. Noor Zaman, the woman’s brother, said...
View ArticleMicro-insurance: Protecting against risks
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved a new micro-insurance plan that will cover the health costs of clients of microfinance institutions who fall in the...
View ArticleGruesome : Mutilated body found
ISLAMABAD: The body of an unidentified man was found on a roadside within the Golra police jurisdiction on Monday. The incident came to light when a passerby spotted a mutilated body and informed the...
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