Sindh
More News
-
Decided at last?: Govt allots ‘coalition’ portfolios to PPP ministers
All departments, except Jam Madad Ali's science and technology portfolio transferred to PPP ministers.
-
Forget the fairy godmother, Noor Sons in Saddar will fix you up for the ball
The tailoring store has been in business since the early 1970s.
-
Deadly September: Baldia fire doubles Karachi’s ‘normal’ monthly death toll
HRCP tally based on newspaper reports observes 2,291 people have lost their lives since the beginning of the year.
-
Coalition resignation: After nearly six weeks, fate of ‘opposition members’ still hangs in the balance
The legislators had resigned in protest against the new system of local government.
-
Sukkur’s municipality staff on the brink of starvation
Like Karachi, the SMC is fighting for more funds.
-
On call: In Hyderabad, city staff’s salaries hang by a thread
Nearly 3,000 employees had not been paid for six months.
-
Karachi: Beast of burden
‘Poor’ Karachi buckles under strain of expenses despite earning the lion’s share.
-
Sindh governor orders issuance of arms licences to business community
Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan also orders additional mobile phone locators for Karachi police.
-
These unmarked maps of Karachi are no better than wallpaper, say judges
The government has failed to also survey state lands and keep records over the years, leading to land grabbing.
-
Floods 2012: Sindh government to hurry up relief effort
Zardari directs CM that provisions must be given to relief camps before winter.
-
One question from judge decimates long-winded police report
Have you seen any decline in crime, asks Justice Khilji.
-
Long route buses jack up fares for Eid journeys
The fare of an air-conditioned coach from Karachi to Peshawar is now Rs2,500.
-
UN reports that 30 govt schools in Qasba shut down since 2011
Children turn to madrassas for more than an education.
-
Wrongly implicated: ATC clears up mistaken identity case
The complainant verified that the detained man was not the one who committed the crime.
-
Karachi violence: SC links unrest to illegal immigrants
Calls it a major trigger point for lawlessness in city.
-
Some future doctors afraid of needles, sight of blood, Karachi study finds
More non-medical students donate blood than their counterparts in medical colleges.
-
Holy calling Eidul Azha prayer timings
Eidul Azha prayers timings across Karachi.
-
Witness protection programme: Promises, promises...
The judges were told, however, that a new law - Witness Protection Bill - had been prepared.
-
Bambino to reopen this Eid: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Historic movie theatre was one of six destroyed on September 21’s riots on Ishq-e-Rasool day.
-
Karachi violence: Prayer leader among five gunned down in Gulberg
Four armed men riding on two motorcycles approached the store and opened fire.
-
Farooq Sattar inquires after Malala in Birmingham
Sattar hands over bouquet and passes on good wishes from MQM chief.
-
Meet Sukkur’s Shahrukh Khan ahead of the slaughter
Buyers were also upset that they had to pay a fee, which ranged from Rs500 to Rs1,000 per animal.
-
Bomb found in North Nazimabad Block A defused
DPO North Nazimabad Latif Siddiqui says locally manufactured bomb recovered outside bungalow in area's block A.
-
‘If govt doesn’t execute court orders, crime will stay’
Court notes if the death penalty law was not required in society, why had parliament not legislated to end it?
-
‘Officers are more loyal to politicians than the police force’
Police going over records to verify again the character, political affiliations, criminal records of officers.
-
‘Stop showing suspects on TV’
Showing the suspects arrested on TV affects the suspects as well as legal procedure.
-
This is not a battlefield, stresses SC justice
The body counts, motives, cross-border movement of criminals all offered as explanations for crime rate.
-
Unverified weapon licences should be cancelled, urge judges
Waseem Ahmed, one million arms licences had been issued in Sindh, including 200,000 in Karachi.
-
We arrested 1,600 suspects but let them go as we can’t charge them: Rangers
The suspects are released as the Rangers have the power to arrest, but it cannot draw up a list of charges.
-
We have a lower homicide rate than Mumbai, Mexico: home secretary
Home Secretary Waseem Ahmed said that Lahore and Karachi had an equal average rate of 8.5 killings, lower than Bombay.
-
Karachi violence: As long as you bend the law to protect the kursi, nothing can be done, says SC
AG Malik directed to submit in writing the point made by the Election Commission on de-limitation of the city areas.
-
Fatal Incident: Robbers gun down bank security guard
No FIR had been registered till the filing of this report.
-
World Polio Day: ‘Sindh soon to be free of this crippling disease’
This year Karachi has been polio free till now as compared to nine cases which were reported in six towns last year.
-
Tandojam toll plaza: Agri varsity staff toils to cut toll tax
Hyderabad commissioner sets up committee to consider tax exemption proposals.
-
Asghar Khan case: Nawaz no longer saadiq or amin, says Sharjeel Memon
Information minister requests Election Commission of Pakistan to disqualify Sharif from contesting future elections.
-
Armed with degrees, graduates step into the ‘real world’ with a bit of trepidation
College to be upgraded to a university, says Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad.
-
In search of miracles: Canadian evangelist soothes Karachi’s troubled souls
Peter Youngren will hold sessions at Bagh-e-Jinnah for the next four days.
-
Karachi violence: Police more loyal to politicians than force, says SC
Says failure to execute orders causing increase in crime.
-
From Lahore to Islamabad: Karachi police nab conmen who swindled over Rs270m
Police say the men lured investors with promise of hefty return.
-
German firm to compensate Karachi factory fire victims
Kik has agreed to pay initially 500,000 euros, would soon pay another half-a-million euros, says NTUF head.
-
Eidul Azha: Court summons officials over illegal cattle markets in city
City administration has designated only six places for selling sacrificial animals.
-
Four killed in Karachi, IG says not all murders are 'target killings'
IG Sindh Fayyaz Leghari says media should not 'label every killing as target killing.'
-
Family tragedy: Woman allegedly commits suicide with children
Neither police nor residents of the area could identify any reason for the woman’s actions.
-
Lost, not found: Warn children not to wander off, says helpline
"More children get kidnapped during holidays and festive occasions," says Madadgaar’s founder.
-
Slow and steady: Anti-local government movement gains strength
Organisations representing Sindhi expatriates in US and UK have also joined in.
-
Better safe than sorry: Karachi tops the list in Sindh for HIV+ cases
Amount of cases registered show that awareness campaigns are doing their job.
-
Legacy remembered: Nusrat Bhutto’s first death anniversary
She saw her husband, sons and daughter become martyrs for their country and still carried on.
-
Baldia factory fire case: Court extends deadline for final list of charges to Nov 2
Investigating officer says police still waiting for reports from organisations, data from factory.
-
Clearing encroachments: Additional home secretary, 7 SHOs booked in murder case
Sacchal SHO says men, for whose murder policemen were implicated, died when they were shot at by their companions.
-
Children’s creativity suffers when they fear their environment, say experts
SPARC laments that the relevant Pakistan Penal Code law is ‘vague’.