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Response: ‘Daewoo-govt bus agreement inked in Mar’
Company says they inked an agreement for ‘Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Intercity Bus Project’ with Sindh govt in March 2015
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No major changes: Sindh budget is business as usual, says PTI Karachi president
Ali Zaidi says lack of bold measures shows PPP is not conforming to its ideological foundations
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On the backburner: Neglected environment sector sees share slashed by 59%
Only Rs900 million earmarked for environment, wildlife and forests departments
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Unequal distribution: Opposition leaders claim only corrupt bureaucrats will benefit
MQM insists Karachi has been neglected, PML-F says most money earmarked for port city
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Projects in the pipeline: Improving healthcare seems to be govt’s focus in Hyderabad
A sum of Rs614 million earmarked for health projects in Sindh's second largest urban centre
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Suspect sentenced, two others acquitted in kidnapping case
Case will be reopened against an escaped fourth suspect when he is rearrested
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‘Economic terrorism’: NAB arrests five officers
These officials, part of the Lines Area Redevelopment Project, have been accused of fraud
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Pakistan's fishing practices leave 12,000 dolphins dead annually
Almost all dolphins entangled in the tuna gillnet operation die and are later discarded, WFP report reveals
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Crossfire: Three gangsters killed in Lyari
Sources reveal gangsters were involved in the attack on Minister for Kutchi Abadis Javed Nagori
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Sukkur action: Law enforcers raid seminaries, arrest six suspects
The officials checked the rooms of the facility but did not find anything objectionable
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At odds: Hiring of chairman drug court challenged
Govt terms SHC suo motu action as an improper exercise of judicial powers.
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A new age in urban planning
Pakistan is rapidly urbanising. It is estimated that by 2030, Pakistan will be predominantly urban
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Panic grips Iqra University as new campus’ roof caves in
Academics director claims the roof collapsed as it could not 'bear the weight' of men fixing the AC.
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Local bodies’ elections: A vicious cycle of usurping power
The problem is that a lot of financial powers and finances are available at the local level
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Reuniting families: Edhi Foundation brings missing boys home
The organisation embarks on a bus trip to return 40 children to their families.
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Sabeen remembered
Sharing a dream of speech as free as Sabeen's spirit.
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Exploring opportunities: Students throng education expo on second day
Hall 3 hosts business ideas competition as well as battle of bands among other performances.
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Repeating rhetoric: Nothing new to offer minorities
Each year, funds are allocated for them but no work is done on the projects
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Rediscovering the city: No place like Karachi
The ‘I Am Karachi’ museum displays extraordinary moments captured by ordinary people in the city.
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Sindh jails to spend Rs52m on cameras, signal jammers
The development budget for prisons for 2015-2016 has seen a decrease
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Laying blame: Minister decries non-disbursement of funds by Centre
Says the province utilised a record 75 per cent of its development budget in the current fiscal year.
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The road to prosperity? Local govt to spend most funds on roads
Next largest slice of the pie allocated to water and sanitation schemes.
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Reflection on numbers: Sindh’s indifference towards human rights
No new development schemes have been proposed for the department in the upcoming year .
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Transgender persons in jail
The mistreatment of women, of transgender people, of differently-abled people points at a scathing lack of empathy
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The death of a fly
Without evidence, without fleshing out bones of the report, any ‘counterterrorism operations’ are utterly worthless
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Business activities resume as MQM cuts short strike
MQM chief had earlier called for a shutterdown strike to protest against a 'discriminatory' Sindh budget
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Safoora attack: Judge sends three accused on physical remand
The bus attack suspects were finally implicated on Saturday in the main case after a lapse of three weeks
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The peacemaker: Altaf extends hand of friendship to Nawaz, Zardari
MQM chief urges government to pay attention to plight of stranded 'Pakistanis' in Bangladesh
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Where does the axe fall? Sindh loses focus in budget
Govt misses allocations for safe drinking water, public transportation.
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Sindh to run deficit and cut development
Budget filled with populist measures designed to increase size of the public sector.
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Sindh Budget 2015-16: Province sets aside Rs16.5 billion for energy projects
Thar infrastructure schemes get most of the funds.
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Sindh Budget 2015-16: Tax on agriculture income 0.4% of Sindh’s estimated revenue
Indirect taxes, as a result, form 91.9% of total projected receipts.
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Sindh Budget 2015-16: Saving Rs1 on a recharge of Rs100
Sindh budget proposes to cut GST on telecom services to 18%.
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From Karachi to Mastung, students share gut-wrenching stories
Thirty young men and women project social issues on the screen at IDSP Film Festival, 2015.
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Ground-breaking: Sindh Basic Education Programme begins
The Sindh government and US Agency for International Development are working together to implement the SBEP
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Milestones: First Pakistani law university to offer PhD
SZABUL is the country's first law varsity recognised by Pakistan's Bar Council and the HEC.
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Raid: CTD arrests blast suspect
A bag containing improvised explosive devices weighing around 15 kilogrammes was also found in his possession
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Suspect commits suicide in police custody
Khairullah, 25, was arrested by the ACLC on Friday for motorcycle theft.
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Police action: Two robbers gunned down
The police were alerted by the neighbours and managed to arrive there
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The road to nowhere: Five years on, unfinished project scrapped from budget
Millions of rupees were being allocated to the inter-city bus project but no work had been done.
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Misplaced priorities: Preventive care finds little space in health budget
77% of the development budget has been allocated to the ongoing schemes.
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Education talk: Express Expo displays stalls of 40 institutes
Recruitment firms offering jobs collected contacts and curricula vitae of people.
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‘Developing a nation’: Education budget split into four heads, development funds go down by Rs0.7b
he claimed that the government is going to spend more on the department - Rs13.2 billion to be exact
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Law and order: 10,030 more police personnel to be hired this year
Public safety and order budget increased by 19.5%.
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Financing terrorism: CM forms task force to probe Rangers report
The Rangers report estimated the volume of the criminal economy to be over Rs230 billion a year
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Failed attempt: Four militants killed as Rao Anwar escapes another attack
Suspects opened fire when former Malir SSP's convoy tried to intercept them.
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Opposition rejects ‘anti-poor’ budget
Protests from opposition benches began soon after finance minister Murad Ali Shah started his speech
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Budget 2015-16: Sindh presents Rs739b budget
Sindh follows centre's direction, raises minimum wage from Rs12,000 to Rs13,000
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I Am Karachi Museum: A step towards 'owning' the city of lights
Some 320 students photograph sights around the city to document its incredible diversity and to promote tolerance
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Siblings drown in Karachi's Hawkes Bay
Deceased have been identified as 40-year-old Danish and 30-year-old Sadaf