OUR government would do well to remember that social deprivation stokes disillusionment and conflict in communities without basic rights. Poor sanitation services and unsafe and unsustainable water supplies condemn millions to live with disease and poverty. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court intervened in this regard, reminding the Sindh government to provide access to clean drinking […]
KARACHI: Seven million persons with disabilities do not have access to wheelchairs in Pakistan and are therefore forced to remain within the confines of their homes, said Shafiqur Rehman, president of Milestone – a movement for persons with disabilities. The government is trying to deny us our constitutional rights by registering the population of persons […]
Supreme Court Thursday observed that instead of promoting the teachings of Islam and observing the existing laws, the national media created chaos and failed to play responsible role in Islamabad sit-in. Resuming the hearing of suo motu over weeks long sit-in at Faizabad Interchange by a religious group, a two-member bench led by Justice Mushir […]
ISLAMABAD: Visiting Chinese journalists and communication experts have applauded the pace of progress under multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and urged the two countries to engage media more frequently to dispel misinformation about the $56 billion corridor. “Two years ago, I visited Islamabad along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and observed power outages every two […]
KARACHI – Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Tuesday praised the efforts of districtcentral administration and Bahria Town management for lifting tonnes of garbage from different areas of the district and thus getting rid of the backlog which had been causing immense trouble to people. He was speaking at a ceremony held at the office of district central administration on the completion of cleanliness drive in the district . The […]
KARACHI – Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar on Monday asked the law department to play an effective role in the disposal of cases in the favour of KMC so that illegal activities like encroachments, land grabbing and food adulteration could be stopped in the city. He was presiding over a meeting held here at his office […]
PESHAWAR: The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), which had raised global concerns over frequent cases of polio a couple of years ago, has been freed from the virus of the crippling disease during the past one year. “Fata completed one year without any polio case on July 27, 2017 as the last polio case from […]
KARACHI: Out of the around 6,000 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) registered in Sindh, as many as 4,500 have been revealed to be dummies. The provincial government has decided to cancel the registration of all such NGOs after issuing them a final notice. Two years ago, the government had directed the NGOs working in the province to have […]
KARACHI: The Sindh government is set to make it mandatory for bikers to install tracking devices in their motorcycles by introducing necessary legislation — a decision which many stakeholders believe is “ambitious” and “technically impossible” for a host of reasons. “It has become hugely important for us to make this happen,” a senior official in […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought reply from the Punjab government on an application challenging the undue increase in prices of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes. Justice Shahid Karim was hearing an application moved by Judicial Activism Penal (JAP) through its chairman advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique into his already pending petition against increase […]
It saddens me to point out that suicide incidents in Pakistan have reached a burning stage. According to experts around five thousand to seven thousand people commit suicide every year in Pakistan. The most common reasons behind it are unemployment, poverty, homelessness, deprivation of civil rights but the main reason in unemployment because no job […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday allowed 70 paisa per unit increase in the proposed seven-year tariff it had determined for K-Electric in March this year, apparently to facilitate the sale of majority stakes from Abraaj Capital to Shanghai Electric of China. In its determination released on Tuesday, the regulator determined […]
The provincial government finally notified Khateebs and marriage officiates to not solemnise a marriage unless a written declaration stating the bride and groom are not thalassaemia minors is submitted to them. This was stated by Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan at a presser on Monday. Four years after the Sindh Prevention and Control of Thalassaemia Act, […]
The Punjab government has decided to establish model graveyards in every district of the province under the arrangements of “Punjab Shehr-e-Khamushan Authority”. This was announced by Secretary Auqaf Punjab Abdul Jabbar Shaheen during the visit of under construction model graveyard at Satiana road near Bypass chowk. Divisional Commissioner Momin Agha, Deputy Commissioner Salman Ghani, Mayor […]
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