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WANZ’s BoD endorses for conversion from private to public limited company

KARACHI: Board of Directors of WANZ International group of companies formally endorsed conversion from private to public limited at a meeting presided over by Chairperson Shoaib Ahmed. Vice Chairman Ashfaq Ahmed, President Muhammad Amin Yousuf, CEO o...

Multinational, national cos asked to provide tents, food, clothes for flood-affectees

Karachi: Flood victims will get relief from Army rescue operation. Multinational and national companies should immediately provide tents, food and clothes to help flood victims under corporate social responsibility. A volunteer disaster management fo...

CM Murad orders arrest of agents for fleecing rain-hit families

Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali expressed his outrage over complaints by people affected by rain and flood in Umerkot that they were being fleeced by “agents” who were supposed to transfer financial aid to individuals’ accou...

Shehla Raza, Administrator DMC east inspect flood-affectees camps in Sachal Goth

Karachi: Sindh Minister for Women Development Shehla Raza along with Administrator DMC east Rahmatullah Sheikh and other officers inspected relief camps set up at schools and other places for flood affectees in Sachal Goth during which she reviewed f...

PR suspends train operation for Karachi to protect passenger’s lives

KARACHI: Pakistan Railways has suspended entire train operation for Karachi to protect lives of passengers. PR spokesperson told that due to severe rains and unusual weather conditions across country, track was badly affected thus PR administration...

KMC to set up camps in metropolis to collect donations for flood/rain victims: Murtaza

KARACHI: On directives of Administrator Murtaza Wahab Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) will establish flood relief camps at different places of metropolis to collect donations for flood victims. Relief camps will be set up at KMC Head Office, F...

BHS bags second prize at EDVON Robotics League

KARACHI: Two teams represented Badri High School (BHS) at EDVON Robotics League at Edtech Conference held at Expo Centre Karachi won second prize. On August 24, 2022 BHS teams contested with 45 teams from top schools of Karachi to make it to round...

EU provides 10m euros to Sindh govt to support quality education

KARACHI: European Union (EU) is disbursing Rs 2.2 billion to Sindh government to strengthen implementation of provincial education policies. This is second payment of a Euro 42 million grant made available through budget support by EU under Developme...

Friends of Karachi hosts ceremony to honour journalist Zahid Hussain

Karachi: On behalf of Friends of Karachi Houston, a beautiful ceremony was organized on August 24 in honor of Zahid Hussain, Pakistan's senior journalist and director of a private TV channel. The ceremony began with recitation of the Holy Quran. Naa...

KDA gives Shahzad Behari an additional charge to 'save' Surjani Town

Karachi: Violation of Supreme Court and Sindh High Court orders has been witnessed in Karachi Development Authority (KDA). In a fresh order issued by KDA Secretary Shams-ul-Haq Siddiqui with approval of Director General Muhammad Ali Shah found a shee...

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Govt offering ‘bribes of up to Rs1bn’ for amendment support: Omar Ayub

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Omar Ayub has claimed that government is offering up to Rs 1 billion to individuals in an alleged attempt to secure support for constitutional amendment bill. Speaking to media, Omar alleged that senators ar...

KP govt approves universal life insurance among seven key projects

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved seven major flagship projects, including life insurance for entire population of province. Meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur attended by Finance Advisor Muzammil Aslam and admini...

Constitutional courts ‘dropped’ from proposed amendments

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development regarding judicial reforms in Pakistan, constitutional courts have been excluded from the proposed 26th constitutional amendment. Sources indicate that the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and the Pakistan M...

Urdu University campuses shut down amid staff protests

KARACHI: Teachers at both campuses of Federal Urdu University have boycotted classes, while non-teaching staff also snubbed office work in protest against reversal of salary increase implemented by federal government and suspension of upcoming salary...
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