KARACHI: Body proposed to review ombudsman’s decisions
KARACHI, Sept 2: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed on Saturday proposed constitution of an independent board authorised to review the decisions announced by the Office of Sindh Ombudsman....
KARACHI: DHA, KPT projects along beach criticized
KARACHI, Sept 2: Speakers at a workshop criticised the civic agencies for carrying out beach development projects, which they feared would deny access to the poor masses to the seashore....
KARACHI: HSC toppers see lack of proper facilities
KARACHI, Sept 2: The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) Karachi has planned strict action against those affiliated colleges which have failed to show good results or maintain the minimum number of admissions as per the board’s criterion....
SUKKUR: Govt days are numbered, says Fazl
SUKKUR, Sept 2: Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has warned that countdown for the government has begun as people have launched a no-confidence campaign after the no-trust motion in the assembly....
KARACHI: Prosecution closes side in Mengal case
KARACHI, Sept 2: Prosecution in army personnel hostage-taking trial against four employees of former chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal rested its case before anti-terrorism court in Karachi after deposition of investigation officer on Saturday....
KARACHI: Think-tank to monitor uplift schemes
KARACHI, Sept 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Saturday called for enhancing the performance of the CM’s inspection team. In a meeting with the chairman of the team,...
KARACHI: Teaching of Pakistan Studies, Islamiat in colleges opposed
KARACHI, Sept 2: Participants of an interactive educational workshop on Saturday suggested introducing more optional subjects at high school and intermediate level, and giving more choices to students from a wide...
KARACHI: Pre-medical result statistics
KARACHI, Sept 2: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Saturday declared the results of HSC Science (Pre-medical) Part II annual examination, 2006, with a pass percentage of 54.90,...
KARACHI: Shelter home
KARACHI, Sept 2: The community development department of the city government is establishing a shelter home for street children at Korangi No.5 in cooperation with the social welfare department and various NGOs....
KARACHI: No new project
KARACHI, Sept 2: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has asked the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) not to initiate new uplift projects before Ramazan and try to complete the ongoing ones before the holy month to facilitate citizens....
NAWABSHAH: Accused shifted to Karachi jail: Brohi case
NAWABSHAH, Sept 2: Accused in the Rasool Bux Brohi murder case were shifted to the Karachi central jail on Saturday. Nawabshah jail superintendent Syed Afaq Shah said that the case was...
HYDERABAD: Relief package for rain-hit areas urged
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Expressing concern over widespread devastation wreaked by recent heavy rains in lower Sindh, the Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded that the federal government should announce a relief package of Rs50 billion for rehabilitating affected people....
BADIN: Compensation demanded
BADIN, Sept 2: People affected by breaches in the Left Bank Outfall Drain and members of the Save Coast Action Committee on Saturday staged a sit-in on the Shah Latif road....
HYDERABAD: Cleanliness of graveyards ordered
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has directed taluka nazims to ensure cleanliness and lighting arrangements in all the graveyards of Hyderabad before Shab-i-Barat....
DADU: Protest against road tax imposed in Sehwan
DADU, Sept 2: Over 1,000 people took out a procession in Sehwan on Saturday in protest against imposition of road tax and removal of shops from the roads of Sehwan....