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MQM-H ready to talk to MQM about de-weaponisation plan
MQM’s Irfan Khan defects to join Afaq’s party with other associates.
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Target killings: SC will monitor govt, Sindh CJ warned on violence
Problems of shortage of judges, licences, facilities addressed.
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L’ecole hosts FIFA Street to help underprivileged children study
Around 14 teams take part in the Futsal tournament, another version of football.
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Accident: Out of the rickshaw, into the canal
Two drown as seven passengers fall into the Akram Wah Canal.
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Two judges relieved: SHC in deep crisis with strength at record low
Daily adjournments annoy litigants and lawyers.
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Focus on South Asia: ‘If terrorism is here to stay, how will we fight it’
The madrassa factor and weak police budgets highlighted as two key drawbacks.
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Mass conversions: For Matli’s poor Hindus, ‘lakshmi’ lies in another religion
Hundreds of them are being rapidly converted by Deobandi and Barelvi preachers in exchange for better lives, benefits.
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Sindh Assembly: MQM's move for creation of more provinces opposed
Legislators fear it will lead to a break-up of Sindh.
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Sindh University: Faculty members continue to demand VC’s resignation
Faculty members demand the Vice Chancellor to resign after Professor Channar was killed.
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APML allowed to hold a rally on Saturday
Musharraf may address rally to be held in Khadhar, Sakrand Taluka on January 21.
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‘War against judiciary’ meant to pocket $60m: Nawaz
PML-N chief asserts cases against president Zardari are ‘genuine’.
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SHO replaced as truck drivers protest against urea theft
Police promises to catch the suspects and recover fertilizer.
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Amendments: Negotiations still underway on old system
Durrani said that the commissionerate system in Sindh was enforced in consultation with the coalition partners.
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Unhappy Wapda and Sepco employees take to the streets in protest
Protestors demanded that the govt should restore Wapda to its former glory.
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Court hearing: SHC seeks comments in petitions challenging milk price hike
Milkmen accused of exploiting citizens.
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Child-spacing project wraps up after giving birth to new public-private coordination
FALAH was launched in 16 districts across Pakistan.
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Minority senators: Candidates start lobbying for party ticket
PPP candidate from Sindh likely to return unopposed.
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Ambushed: Cop who took part in 1990 operation killed
Unidentified men on two motorcycles opened fire on his vehicle near Hyderi Imambargah.
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SU politics: SU vice chancellor must step down, demand protestors
Teachers association calls for an end to political appointments.
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No-go to go-between: MQM-H chief parleys with PPP polars
Afaq Ahmed meets Zulfiqar Mirza and Manzoor Wassan.
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Between threats and iPads, MPAs try to chat up the CM
While many MPAs chimed calls of ‘shame, shame’, ministers on the front benches were far busier talking to each other.
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Protest: Lawyers boycott proceedings at city’s courts
Lawyers boycotted the proceedings at the City and Malir courts as well as the Sindh High Court and no case was heard.
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Bad baggage: Woman caught at airport for smuggling heroin
ASF apprehended a woman, Shumaila, from Jinnah Terminal at Quaid-e-Azam International Airport.
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Floods: Red Cross staff meet for update on relief work
According to Waseem, health operations and activities organised by the PRCS will continue till the end of March.
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Filter plants: Litigation puts the squeeze on ambitious water project
After signing a contract, the government invited fresh bids, says firm.
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Manto was severely affected by Partition and struggled quite a bit in Pakistan, says scholar
Anthropologist talks about the harsh realities that ‘exile’ the writer.
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New provinces: Nationalists see Sindh’s division in MQM’s new bill
The bill seeks the creation of new provinces in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
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Weapons of choice: Wassan offers top notch police officers to investigate revenue official scandal
MPAs debate complaints from Dadu.
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Franchise attack: Warid sales officer shot dead
Kamal resisted when the men tried to loot the shop, and was shot thrice.
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Workers rights: OGDCL labourers promised direct contracts after five-day siege
The Kunar, Tando Alam and Bobi, Pasakhi, Qadirpur and Daru oilfields were surrounded.
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Administrative change: Terrorism courts empowered to decide remand, charge sheet
Top lawyers issue joint statement issued on threat to judge.
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VIP movement: ‘Punishment’ for being on time puts spotlight on IG
PIA staffer picked up, detained and threatened for not holding flight for Mushtaq Shah.
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Wasan suspends DSP on illegal arrest of PIA officer
PIA deputy shift station manager spends night in lock-up for not delaying flight for IG Sindh.
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Sindh Assembly passes pro-democracy resolution
The resolution, supporting democracy, passed unanimously.
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The Queen’s English, lost in transcription in the house
Khuhro confronted with a prime example of how Queen’s English can go horribly awry when used by government offices.
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Toxic liquor: Three die from drinking poisonous ‘kuppi’
Javed Masih, 32, Ashraf Masih, 55, and a 30-year-old man died in Azizabad after they drank poisonous alcohol.
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Homeopathic medicine : ‘Govt should set up hospitals’
An injustice with homeopathic doctors, said the former acting president and the chairman of NCH Dr Syed Javed Shah.
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Abductions: Dentist, factory owner kidnapped
Investigators suspect ring behind other disappearances as well.
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Passing the test: 101 teachers go to court for posting orders
The court issued notice to the government officials.
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Self control: JSQM demands sovereign status for all provinces
The gathering was held at the Karachi Press Club to commemorate the 108th birthday of founder Saeen GM Syed.
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Graffiti: Five arrested on blasphemy allegations
Abid Hussain, Mohammad Hussain, Tasawar Hussain, Asghar Abbas and Mirza Hussain were brought to Karachi and arrested.
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Illegal detention: With arrest despite court orders, top cops face contempt action
Ex-MPA’s former son-in-law tells court of 23-hour ordeal from Karachi to Khairpur.
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Remembering Ghulam Rabbani Agro amid tales of Sindh’s glory and guts
The scholar recalls the cruelty of waderos and the man who taught him about their reality.
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Policy change: Ex-diplomat joins MQM
'Altaf Hussain is the only leader who is following the ideology of ‘Realism and Practicalism’, says Sherzai.
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Amid an outcry over CNG deaths, a shortage of checking stations
The culprit is not the cylinder but the substandard pipes, say experts.
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Gloom and doom: CM defends government’s disaster management skills
Ghotki, Sukkur, Jamshoro are the only districts that have paid compensation for lives lost.
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Foundation Public School wants mandatory charity at A-Levels
At the campus, you aren’t promoted to 2nd year without 30 hours of service.
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For our megacity, a vision that takes a bird’s-eye view of its problems
We must make Karachi’s growth sustainable, notes anthropologist.
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Monday blues and antidisestablishmentarianism
There were less than 40 MPAs out of 168 in the house when Speaker Nisar Khuhro started the session at around 11 am.
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Power breakdown: Fog causes cables to snap in Sukkur
The high and low-tension cables in the city are worn out and need to be replaced.