KARACHI – Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the rural areas of Karachi are deprived of basic facilities such as potable water, electricity and basic social utilities, therefore the government has decided to provide drinking water to the underdeveloped areas through RO Plants. Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a water purification technology […]
KARACHI – Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved The Forensic Science Agency Amended Bill 2017 and also adopted two separate resolutions- paying tributes to former president Asif Ali Zardari on his 62nd birthday and condemning the rape incident in Multan. PPP lawmaker Khairunnisa Mughal piloted the resolution, which was signed by members of both sides […]
KARACHI – Veteran journalist and Nawa-i-Waqt Editor-in-Chief late Dr Majid Nizami was remembered on Wednesday at a programme organised by Nawa-i-Waqt group to mark his third death anniversary. On the occasion, the speakers said that Nizami spent his life for the cause of Two-Nation Theory, democracy and journalism. They said that Nizami was the man […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday directed the defence ministry and intelligence agencies to submit a report in a missing person case. IHC Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani sought a sealed report by Sept 11. During the hearing, Justice Kayani said all law enforcement agencies, including the ISI and Military Intelligence (MI) were formed […]
PESHAWAR: Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Wednesday lauded the efforts of the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) Fata team and vaccinators for keeping Fata polio-free for the last one year. He said, “It is a significant milestone achieved for the first time in the history of fight against polio in Fata.” According to an official handout, […]
Islamabad: Most of the glaciers in Pakistan’s geographic limits are debris covered and their melting rate differs according to the thickness and type of debris in addition to the other factors such as their aspect and elevation. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has installed two AWS with the financial assistance of International Centre for Integrated Mountain […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has requested the apex court to announce its verdict in the Panamgate case “as early as possible, so that Pakistan can march forward”. The Supreme Court, after concluding hearings in the Panamagate case, reserved its judgement last week. A date for the judgement has yet to be announced. […]
Today on the third death anniversary of Mr. Majid Nizami we are commemorating his leadership and role of anchor for the whole nation. Nizami Sahib the man who had nerves of iron. He was lover of Pakistan and strong advocate of the ideology of Pakistan, enemy of enemies of Pakistan and man of discipline and […]
HYDERABAD: Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tandojam has recently distributed more than 5,000 seedlings of the nutritious and drought-resistant moringa tree (suhanjana) to different farmers and organisations working in the rain-fed and agriculture areas of the province. Promoting moringa cultivation, especially in the arid and semi arid zones of Thar and Kachho during the fresh monsoon […]
KARACHI: The world of Game of Thrones is a unique and scary one. The unlikeliest of characters survive till the end, and the most lovable ones can die in the most unexpected of moments. One can never tell for sure how many episodes or if you’re lucky, seasons, one can survive in the cruel world of men and […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowed the management of the Jang Group on Tuesday to submit additional replies to a contempt notice issued to the management of the group over a reporter’s phone call to a judge of the apex court and misrepresentation of an earlier court order by The News on June 21. A three-judge […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has adjourned hearing in a contempt of court case against owner of Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, editor Javaid-ur-Rehman and reporter Ahmed Noorani till August 22 in order to grant them more time to submit additional information. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal, on Tuesday took up the contempt of […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to restrain private TV channels from telecasting talk shows on Panama case. Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza held that under the democratic norms the ban could not be imposed on the important issue merely because it was causing mental agony to a citizen. The […]
KARACHI: Mir Shakilur Rehman, the owner of Jang/Geo Group, walked out of the Supreme Court on Tuesday to defend his organisation before the media. As he did so, he termed social media ‘gutter’. “Social media is, in the world, globally 75 per cent of the people say social media [content] is gutter,” he said outside the […]
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