Anwar Maqsood’s ‘Sadday 14 August’ theatre play staged
KARACHI: Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi organised ‘Media Evening’ to stage Anwar Maqsood’s and Dawar Mahmood’s iconic play ‘Saadhay 14 August’. Anwar Maqsood, President Arts Council Ahmad Shah and other were pres...
SHC seeks report from KE on power outages
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) has sought detailed report from K-Electric (KE) on power outages in Karachi. During hearing on a petition against unannounced power outages and ‘kundas’ (illegal connections), Sindh High Court sought a deta...
Haleem Adil Sheikh arrested in land grabbing case
KARACHI: Opposition leader in Sindh Assembly and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Haleem Adil Sheikh has been arrested by a team of anti-corruption establishment (ACE) on land grabbing charges. Haleem Adil Sheikh appeared before anti-encroachment cou...
Karachi’s road, civic infrastructure to be overhauled: Nasir Shah
KARACHI: Sindh Minister of Local Government Nasir Hussain Shah announced that road and civic infrastructure of Karachi would be rebuilt and overhauled immediately after end of current monsoon season. Addressing concluding session of National Waste Ma...
District Central staff engaged in work at various choking points
KARACHI: Deputy Commissioner and Administrator District Central Taha Salim said that administration of District is active for public service even during monsoon season. Discussing flow of water in rain drains, he said that under rain emergency, Sanit...
Rain lashes parts of Karachi
KARACHI: Weather turned pleasant as parts of Karachi received heavy showers afternoon. Saddar, M.A. Jinnah Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, University Road, Site Area, Sher Shah, Landhi, Orangi, Baldia, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Port Qasim, Gulshan-...
Court annuls decision to conduct Aamir Liaquat’s post-mortem
KARACHI: An additional district and sessions judge in City Court has annulled judicial magistrate (east)’s June 18 decision that ordered TV personality Aamir Liaquat’s post-mortem. Court was hearing petition filed by Advocate Zia A...
IGP for strict security of anti-polio campaign
KARACHI: Inspector General of Police Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon issued instructions to police officers regarding security of a week-long anti-polio campaign in province. He said security measures should be ensured under strong linkages at police statio...
Dr Azra says to engage private providers for immunization, preventative healthcare
Karachi: Sindh Minister for Health and Population Welfare Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho in a meeting with Aga Khan University’s senior project lead, Dr. Shehla Zaidi discuss how to better engage private providers in immunisation as well as preventativ...
Karachiites face agonising electricity loadshedding of up to 14 hours
KARACHI: Duration of electricity in Karachi has exceeded from four hours to 14 hours, making lives miserable for Karachiites. Citizens living in exempted areas are also suffering prolonged power outages. After every three hours, load shedding duratio...
