KARACHI, Feb 5: The standards of a majority of the libraries run by the Sindh Directorate of Culture are in continuous decline for want of funds and attention. These are the findings of a report prepared by the directorate. The directorate runs 14 libraries in Sindh including the Liaquat Memorial Library of Karachi and a […]
PESHAWAR: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (Retd) Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai has directed the political authorities of the Khyber Agency to recover kidnapped journalist Sohail Qalander and his colleague Niaz Muhammad without any further delay. He issued stern directions in this regard during a meeting with Secretary Law and Order Fata Arbab Muhammad Arif and Political Agent […]
KARACHI, Feb 5: The City District Government of Karachi has completed 90 percent work on mega projects costing Rs21 billion in eight months and Karachi will soon emerge as a modern and beautiful city. This was stated by Project DirectorTaameer-e-Karachi programme Rauf Akhtar Farooqi. He said the programme’s total outlay stands at Rs29 billion and […]
“The city is fast developing under the dynamic leadership of Nazim Mustafa Kamal and he introduced a new development vision by completing mega projects like flyovers and under passes within 6-8 months which otherwise take years to complete”, he said. He said that total outlay of Taameer-e-Karachi programme, which spans over the period 2005Â07, stands […]
He was speaking at a public meeting here after inaugurating a gas supply project for Qutbal and Hattar villages, besides laying the foundation stone of a basic health unit. The gas project has been completed at a cost of over Rs4 million and it will benefit about 20,000 people. The prime minister said construction work […]
He added that after completion of the survey, the aliens would be sent back to their countries.He was talking to journalists at the residence of former MPA Haji Amir Bux Junejo in Khanpur village of Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka on Saturday after condoling with him on the death of his son, Abdul Rahim Junejo, Nazim, […]
Chairing a meeting to discuss the ongoing development projects on Saturday, he said all development projects were initiated keeping in view the needs of citizens in the next 25 years.The nazim said experts from the private sector also examined these projects and expressed their satisfaction over the quality of work. He said the city government […]
Talking to APP here Saturday, Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education, Zobaida Jalal said the prime objective is to reform the regulation process, improve the programme delivery financial transparency and non-sharing of registration details amongst provinces. “A Code of Ethics will explain how the government will support, advise and regulate NGOs and how NGOs […]
RAWALPINDI: The government has offered to facilitate a visit by foreign media representatives to tribal areas so as to reach Taliban-sponsored tribal and Pakhtoon leader Baitullah Mahsood to ascertain ground realities. The offer came from President General Pervez Musharraf at a news conference here on Friday while responding to a question by a foreign journalist […]
ISLAMABAD – Parliamentarians belonging to the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have invited the attention of Speaker National Assembly towards the alleged physical assault by intelligence officials of Carlotta Call, a representative of Herald Tribune,in Quetta. The magazine claimed that the journalist was manhandled by the intelligence officials and kept for five hours along […]
KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has revived the Larkana Development Authority and the Sehwan Development Authority. The governor has promulgated the “Revival and Amendment of Development Authorities Laws Ordinance 2007,” reviving both the authorities. They will be headed by the executive district officers (revenue) instead of commissioners and deputy commissioner, and their […]
KARACHI: The Sindh Finance Department has taken note of indifferent attitude of officials toward audit reports and their apathy to reminders issued from the department asking them to expedite compliance of audit objections. Finance department officials said that the ‘most disobedient departments’ include forest and wildlife, fisheries, agriculture, health, works and power and irrigation departments. […]
SUKKUR: District Nazim Sukkur Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and Taluka Nazim Sukkur city Muhammad Naeem Siddiqui said on Friday that second phase of the beautification of Lab-e-Mehran and a drainage scheme for the wholesale vegetable and fruit market and its enhancement had been started. Addressing a joint press conference here on Friday, they said that […]
ISLAMABAD – Parliamentarians belonging to the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have invited the attention of Speaker National Assembly towards the alleged physical assault by intelligence officials of Carlotta Call, a representative of Herald Tribune,in Quetta. The magazine claimed that the journalist was manhandled by the intelligence officials and kept for five hours along […]
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