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World Health Day : ‘Humans at risk of returning to time before medical advances’
Doctors urge medical students to avoid prescribing antibiotics.
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Mining marbles : Businessmen go to court against fake FIRs
Court issues notices to Sindh prosecutor general.
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SHC bench order : Transfer 210 inmates back to central, Nara jails, officials told
Central jail superintendent urged to hurry up with repairs .
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Taken in: Reporter’s alleged killers arrested
Those arrested have confessed to killing reporter Wali Khan Babar on January 13.
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Mirza dares traders to name the extortionists
Says he applied for leave earlier and will go meet his daughter.
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Men lob grenade at Rainbow Centre, killing 1, injuring 20 others
5 victims were Awami National Party workers.
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Load-shedding to increase up to 14 hours
Electricity produced through oil furnaces will cause an increase the power tariff by four rupees.
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Missing utility bills: Hostel students turn hostile for gas, water, electricity
Medical students protest three days without basic amenities .
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Good samaritan: Citizen saves schools from possible demolition
Petition filed by a citizen bears fruit as SHC informed that city set aside money to repair threatened schools.
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NGO takes transport authority to court
Petition submitted against the Regional Transport Authority for its alleged failure to check on traffic violations.
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Polio campaign: Three areas in Karachi vulnerable, says CM
Three towns of Karachi and nine districts in the province are at high risk for polio.
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Antibiotics overuse: Germs, bacteria behind over half of our sicknesses
Hospitals need to have a policy on medicine use.
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Diesel price hike: Owners threaten to bring oil tankers to a standstill
Give the govt 10 days to either lower prices or allow them to increase fares.
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Milk prices: City government called to court — again
CDGK, which sets the prices of groceries, called in to court over a petition challenging higher milk prices.
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Transitions: Scholar Dr Nabi Bux Baloch, who compiled the first Sindhi-English dictionary, dies at 93
Former Sindh University VC earned a doctorate from Columbia University.
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Making better journalists: Think like the land mafia when you report on them, advises NGO Shehri
‘Reporting on trends, and not specific events, is better’.
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Extortion mafia ‘Govt failed to protect people so they went on strike’
Altaf Hussain has lauds traders for their “peaceful strike”.
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Economic downturn: Teen Hatti florists fight their ‘Queen of the Night’ handcuffs
Event managers say they pay them “just right”.
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Information portfolio: Sharjeel Inam Memon takes charge
This is the fourth time the portfolio has changed hands in a three-year period.
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Zulfiqar Mirza goes on ‘indefinite leave’
Chief minister takes charge of home ministry, denies rumours of Senate position for Mirza.
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Committee to monitor extortion activities to be formed
According to sources, the committee has been formed on direct instructions of President Asif Ali Zardari.
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Doctors' strike: More deaths, more protests
The protests that started in Punjab have had a ripple effect, with doctors in Karachi, Hyderabad joining in.
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‘We are helpless in front of seniors, politicians’
Police, people share grievances in discussion on the city’s problems.
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40 enslaved farm hands freed by circuit bench
High court police raided farm on SHC orders.
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Development : HESCO inaugurates five new panels
Five new 11 kilovolt panels were inaugurated at Hyderabad Electric Supply Company’s (Hesco) main grid station.
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In court: Murdered allama’s mother wants compensation
The petitioners said that Naqvi was standing in front of his house when some unidentified assailants shot him down.
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Local government : Former nazim files petition against delay in polls
Petitioner claims ordinances, amendment acts give ‘legal cover’ to delay.
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Anti-Car Lifting Cell: 19 car snatchers held with stolen vehicles
ACLC also found fake licence plates, govt stamps and weapons.
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Posting: Court orders dept to appoint petitioner
The planning and development department has been ordered to issue posting orders of petitioner.
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Explain link between world, local rates: SHC
Both petitioners had questioned the authority of the Ogra to determine and enforce the prices of petroleum products.
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Young doctors protest peacefully — for now
Jinnah and Children’s hospital walk-in clinics boycotted for a ‘short time’.
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Population growth: Prove your majority in the census, Sindhis urged
First house listing in Karachi held at Governor House.
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Watchdog hauls up government over church land given to shops
Standing committee believes board of revenue officials forged the church’s record of rights.
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21-chair salute: ‘This chair’s too big, this one’s too soft, but this chair is just right’
From bathtubs to the Black Swan, IVS architects try making chairs for a building fund.
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April 10 rally: MQM chief appeals for support
Altaf calls upon traders, businessmen and transporters’ associations to ensure full participation in the programme.
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Education: Examination centres increased
Chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi, Anwar Ahmed Zai, announced ‘one candidate-one desk’ policy.
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Human Smuggling: Special branch staff suspected
FIA arrests two men on charges of travelling to Canada on forged passports.
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Tribal clashes: Suspects booked in murder cases
Police arrest 16 men accused of killing four others.
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Road crash: Four dead, six injured in collision
Two men and two women killed in a car accident and six others injured.
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Transport fares: Union demands increase
Karachi Transport Union has given a deadline of April 9 for the government to meet their demand.
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Accident: Two men drown in river
Two unidentified men drown while swimming in the Hub river on Monday.
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In charge: Census commissioner appointed
Population Census Organisation has appoints Noor Ahmed Laghari as the Census Commissioner.
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Misdiagnosed: Experts warn against diabetes subgroup
Experts have warned about misdiagnosis for a group of diabetics.
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Police raids: Suspects arrested, drugs seized
Police arrest four drug peddlers as well as a notorious criminal in several raids.
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Operation: Police rescue seven kidnapped people
Kashmore police conducted operation in Lanjo Pat at the Sindh-Balochistan border.
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HESCO: Power shutdown notice for today
A six-hour-long power suspension will also be carried out on April 7 between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm.
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Bureaucracy: Restoration of magistracy system
Sindh Government asks for recommendations from all members on which the Home Department will base a working paper.
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Contract employees : Education department lower staff spend day 23 outside the press club
Protesters say govt promised to meet their demands but hasn’t taken any steps yet.
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PEPCO privatisation : Union employees march to Islamabad
Employees oppose sale of power distribution companies.
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Human rights: Child labour rose in the 1960s with economic boom
We’ve just accepted that children working is part of the economy: KU expert.