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Relief camp: Flood survivors forced to retreat from last functioning camp
Govt tries to remove people by cutting off amenities, claim camp is on private property.
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Vacancies: 1,800 govt jobs open up for doctors
Promotions and departures leave health department short on personnel.
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Qua[C]King Boots: PMDC to go after fake hair transplants
PMDC decides to initiate legal action against 'fake' clinics selling hair transplants, liposuction and other services.
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Reaction to target killings: Lawyers to be discouraged from representing ‘terrorists’
Sindh Bar Council calls for a weekly strike.
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KU blues
KU is not only one of the most depressing universities of Pakistan; it is also perhaps one of the most testing.
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Inferno: Fire at private bank
The fire department has yet to ascertain the cause of the fire.
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Asthma : Your cough may be more than just a chest infection, say experts
Doctors get together to discuss asthma’s causes, treatment and management.
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Domestic violence: Woman allegedly killed by husband
After the post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family and an FIR had been registered.
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PNS Mehran attack: Petitioner prays court to order judicial probe
The people responsible need to be punished, maintains petitioner.
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Unannounced power outages: KESC put on notice for late night load-shedding
Under the Electricity Act Section 24, the KESC cannot resort to unannounced load-shedding.
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Security concerns: ‘Commercial activities of the PAF base are not a threat’
However, police and other officials claim base is still insecure, open for surveillance.
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‘KESC to resolve issues with workers legally’
CEO Tabish Gauhar meets MQM delegation.
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No place to stay: ‘Home ownership a pipe dream for the urban poor’
Expert suggests rental housing as a solution to escalating problem.
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Old meets new: Digital preservative: Scan. Repair. Save.
E-library to have historic records on Karachi’s architecture, heritage and origin.
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Forex scam: Judge seeks record of deposition
The SHC division bench issued a notice, amongst others, to the Interior Ministry secretary and the DG of the FIA.
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Freewill marriage: AG, PG put on notice
They petitioner Hamida accused the police of harassing her and her husband.
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Water shortage: Residents protest illegal connections
They blocked the road to Korangi No. 1 for three hours and burnt tyres and tried snatch a Ranger's rifle.
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Nab inquiry: Two companies accused of fraud
Affected people are advised to submit their claims against the companies, with evidence, at NAB Sindh.
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Last rites: Hakim Ali Zardari laid to rest
He was laid to rest in Balo-jo-Qubbo, the ancestral graveyard. Hakim Ali died at the age of 81.
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Public Sector Development Programmes: Sewage treatment plant goes down the drain
Sindh will complain to the federal government that its development projects were not included.
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Lawyers’ protest: National Highway blocked for 30 minutes
Legal fraternity unites to condemn target killings.
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Altaf Hussain reconciles with MQM-H leader Amir Khan
Khan was released from the central jail on 23 May after the Sindh High Court revoked his life term.
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Pakistan seizes $44 million worth of heroin
The heroin was smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan through Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Navy contemplates relocating PNS Mehran base
Pakistan Navy considers relocating PNS Mehran base after the attack that left 10 security personnel dead.
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Devolution: Sagheer calls federal minister’s statement ‘his personal opinion’
Dr Sagheer Ahmed said the federal health minister Riaz Husain Pirzada’s claim was not a parliamentary decision.
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Girls’ colleges: Only one canteen with female staff
The Sindh education department has ordered girls’ colleges to only have one canteen with female staff.
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Contempt of court: Prisons IG, jail official, summoned
Justice Muslim had passed order to release prisoners suffering from HIV AIDS after informing doctors treating them.
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Missing student: SHC seeks report from federal, provincial interior secretaries
Federal and provincial interior secretaries given 10 days to look into the case of the missing seminary student.
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School scuffle: Chairman, ex-principal at loggerheads
The Public School chairman refuses to accept education secretary’s decision to reinstate principal.
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Local bodies: ‘Elections to be held during present tenure’
Local government minister says floods delayed polls.
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For a cold that’s common, parents need to use just the same kind of sense
Runny nose is a good sign it means the illness is just viral.
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Examination team attacked by armed men
Board team saw armed men passing materials to candidates.
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Poultry farmers refuse to pay the ‘looming’ 15% GST on feed
Farmers fear paying an additional Rs1 billion to purchase poultry feed.
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Murdered lawyers: City courts deserted as boycott continues
Representative organisations hold rally, stage sit-in on MA Jinnah Road.
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Post-PNS Mehran: A day after disaster, barbed wire goes up
Repairs and surveillance start at the back of the navy airbase.
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Around the battlefield: A bus ride around PNS Mehran base
Had Lt Abbas not called out to the terrorists, there would have been more damage.
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Target killings: Lawyers demand removal of CM, Malik
Extend protest by two more days, say CM Shah ignored them.
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Shoe-string budget: Health worker fuel compensation cut in half to 35 litres
Petrol reimbursements have not been made since August 2010.
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Preservation: ‘Country’s plantation should be protected’
Environmentalist says authorities are woefully negligent.
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Strike ends: Paramedics, admin meet midway
The workers had boycotted their duties in the OPD for the past 10 days.
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A moribund craft: One man’s crusade to keep Ajraks on the shelves
With demand plummeting the number of printing units have gone down from a heady 150 to just one — his unit — today.
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If it ain’t broke: New ministry proposed to keep certain entities from devolving
Uniform pay structure across provinces ‘not possible’.
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Behind the scenes: How to tell the story when the action was taking place elsewhere
Some of the journalists were on duty for 17 hours.
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‘I want to be just like Federer’
13-year-old in Balochistan aiming to take part in foreign events.
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Hanging in the balance: Pirates extend deadline till Monday
The pirates have closed down the ship’s communication system.
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Health resources: Chandka needs new hepatitis testing machine
Chandka is the largest teaching hospital in upper Sindh and serves people from Shikarpur to Mirpur Mathelo.
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Larkana asked to share malaria tablets
Malaria Control Programme complains stock due to expire in October.
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Substandard medicine: Multinational firm recalls Paracetamol
Popular cure for fever found to be substandard upon testing.
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Ballerinas, kick-boxers, jivers and folk dancers break a leg at ActOne’s studio launch
In just five years, the dance studio has grown from 20 to over 4,000 students.
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‘Less than 1,000 turtles left on Pakistan’s shores’
WWF and wildlife department continue to work on conservation and awareness.