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SHC issues notice over breach in Tori Bund
Sindh govt officials, chief engineers to appear before the court on Oct 18.
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SHC issues notice to Jamia Binoria chief
SHC issues notice in case pertaining to alleged abduction of a Hindu teenage girl, who converted to Islam.
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SHO suspended after 2 banks robbed
Robbers escape with Rs3.6 million from two banks on Friday in the limits of Sharae Faisal.
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12 injured as UN helicopter goes down
Technical fault in engine forces helicopter to carry out emergency landing near Lachi village in Johi.
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One hall for all
Students of Qazi Sultan Boys High School do not sit shoulder to shoulder in the classroom. They sit back to back.
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NGO starts typhoid awareness work
Trust for Vaccines and Immunisation has launches its school-based typhoid awareness programme.
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Three flood survivors injured in stampede
Three flood survivors are injured when police baton charge a mob of protesters outside the Public School Sukkur.
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Towering relics of Sukkur
The minar is a sanctuary, watch tower, a suicide hotspot and now a neglected but determined mark of Islamic heritage.
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Five dengue deaths in 10 days
Dr Mullick says that 57 patients are being treated for dengue in Karachi, of which 27 were admitted on Thursday.
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Capturing all the shades of nature
Photographer Asif Raza takes a leap of faith when he decides to work with natural landscapes.
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Former CMs take current CM to court
Petition is being filed against CM Qaim Ali Shah over the controversial Tori bund breach.
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SSUET graduates prep for battlefield of a workforce
Graduates discuss biased behavior of prospective employers.
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KGS parents plan protest
The school and other stakeholders plan to submit a petition to the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency on October 4.
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Court summons secretary to explain
SHC summons secretary to justify provincial govt’s decision to end AIDS Control Programme launched in prisons.
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ATC sentences 3 men to death for killing Shia cleric
Men are charged with masterminding suicide attack on the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal leader Allama Hassan Turabi.
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ACE to follow up on embezzlement case
SHC directs ACE Sindh chairman to look into inquiry carried out against the suspended reader of the ATC-II, Karachi.
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Jeay Sindh founder’s son bids to unite factions
Ameer Hyder Shah revs up efforts to launch a potent struggle from a single platform.
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KU scientist assists 50 PhD scholars
Dr Choudhary is the youngest scientist in Pakistan to receive national and international honours and awards.
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Campaign against power company from Oct 1
A public awareness campaign against the “atrocities” of Sukkur Electric Power Co will be launched from October 1.
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Police steal goods in illegal raid
SHO Rohri Tahir Mughal raided and ransacked his client’s house with a team of policemen.
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Blast destroys house in Orangi
Mominabad police say the exact cause of the blast was unclear.
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Aitzaz Ahsan rules out in-house change
Govt functionaries can avail immunity only in criminal cases but can be summoned in civil cases: Aitzaz Ahsan.
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Red light, red light what do you say?
The only warning that a tanker is headed your way is the dim glow of the red light in its driver’s cabin.
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9,000 tons of wheat damaged
Govt has to focus on reviving economy of the province, says Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah.
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Local bureaucracy identified as key to flood relief
Govt needs to set up administrative units at taluka level to combat devastation caused by floods, says Arif Hasan.
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Dengue grossly underreported
There is a gross discrepancy between govt and private hospital statistics.
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Body to probe bund breaches left ‘headless’
The judges who are to head the committee have refused since Memon is going to perform Hajj and Esani is unwell.
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No Baloch group out to crash into your car
People in Karachi are being forwarded a more sinister SMS for the past few days.
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‘No need for dinosaurs’
Residents agree that local govt system has been driving a phenomenal amount of development in a short period of time.
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Walk for health
A walk was organised by the health dept to create awareness of pre- and post-natal care.
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2 patients die of dengue
Two persons suffering from dengue fever die in Liaquat National Hospital, bringing total death toll from virus to 4.
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Children in slums want to know who let the dogs out
According to the WHO, dogs are behind 99 per cent of deaths in humans by rabies.
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MQM slams US for Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sentence
Altaf Hussain deems the US responsible for the unrest in the world, and demands the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
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Bill indefinitely postpones LG polls
Sindh Assembly passes the Local Government Bill, postponing local govt elections for an indefinite period.
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Karachi Grammar School plans to petition SEPA
The petition is against the construction of ‘Noman Castello’ near the school’s junior and kindergarten section.
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Fishermen families rally for freedom
Families of fishermen languishing in Indian jails hold a rally on Monday to demand their release.
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Whose jurisdiction is it, anyway?
Sukkur Town Planning Department says Sukkur City TMA has no authority to approve building plans
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Drawing parallels across party lines
Sindhi nationalist parties and the MQM don't see eye-to-eye on flood victim registration.
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35 dengue cases reported over 24 hours
Most of the cases have been reported in Karachi, while at least two people have died because of the virus in 2010.
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Govt passes bill to fight land grabbers
Sindh Assembly unanimously passes bill on the measures to be taken to remove squatters from public property.
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KGS parents, ex-students meet to fight 22-storey project
KGS set to take on Noman Builders in a tooth-and-nail battle to avoid the construction of Noman Castello.
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SMS service to speed up Watan Card distribution
SMS service will handle recurring complaints about Watan cards distribution and will help reduce crowding at centres.
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629 teachers granted higher scale
The promotions takes place in compliance with the finance department’s notification dated June 7.
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PSQCA team confiscates items from store
Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority team raids the CSD store near Kala Pul and confiscates 8 food items.
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Culture may be traded for commerce
Sukkur’s Mehran Cultural Centre becomes the centre of a dispute over whether it has been given on lease.
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Citizens and state officials collaborate for a cause
A report envisaging the role of the Sindh Home Dept’s collaboration with NGOs highlighted relief activities.
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Animals digging into graves
A child’s body is dug out of his resting place by a dog that made its way into a graveyard in Hyderabad.
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All smiles amid testing times
Fourteen people were married off in a communal ceremony at a relief camp in Sukkur.
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Bus driver killings take a backseat to city’s violence
The lynchings of bus drivers are footnotes in the history of rioting in Karachi.
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Putting no heart into it
Sukkur’s doctors appear to have more important matters at hand than observing World Heart Day.