KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that eight more coronavirus patients died overnight in Sindh, lifting the death toll to 2,864 while 1,348 new cases emerged when 12,159 samples were tested. This was stated by Shah in a statement issued here on Wednesday. He added that eight more patients died overnight, lifting the death toll to 2,864 that constituted 1.8 percent death rate. He sRead More…
ISLAMABAD:UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency organizes a number of activities across Pakistan in collaboration with UN agencies, its partners and refugees to mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence – an international campaign that runs from 25 November through 10 December every year. According to a UN Information Centre Islamabad statement, individuals, institutions and organizations across Read More…
Islamabad:UNDP in Pakistan held the second Provincial Project Steering Committee (PPSC) meeting for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to review the progress of the Scaling up of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Reduction in Northern Pakistan (GLOF-II) Project. Chaired by Nauman Afridi, Chief Economist, Planning and Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the agenda of the meeting was to review the progress oRead More…
KARACHI:The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Site Association of Industry (SAI) have agreed to initiate a massive campaign in the social and mainstream media in which the overall pathetic state of the infrastructure in Site industrial zone will be highlighted and also the failure of both, the federal and provincial governments, to provide any kind of relief in this regard. At a meetingRead More…
KARACHI:Two-day International Conference on ‘The Relevance of Iqbal’s Quranic Wisdom on Youth Education and Development” was organized by Bahria University Islamabad Campus. According to a press PN release, the objective of the event was to pay tribute and inculcate the philosophy of Allama Muhammad Iqbal in the young generation. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi graced tRead More…
KARACHI:Mian Anjum Nisar, President of The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) said in a statement on Wednesday that the amendments cover limited industrial raw materials for inclusion in the 12th Schedule through SRO 1240(1)/2020 dated 20″ November 2020. Federal Board of Revenue has allowed a list of industrial raw materials for benefits under the 12 Schedule. The anomalies Read More…
HALA:Twenty people were injured, some of them seriously, when a coach overturned near Bhitshah on Wednesday. According to rescue sources, a fast-moving coach was on its way to Punjab from Karachi when it went out of driver’s control and overturned on the National Highway at Jara Wah stop near Bhitshah. As a result, 20 people, including women and children, suffered injuries, five of them seriously. &Read More…
KARACHI:The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday summoned the secretary local bodies in person on a petition challenging the appointments of Municipal Commissioners (MCs) of District Municipal Corporation (DMC) West and Malir, and other government officials. The high court bench heard a petition filed by a citizen challenging the appointments in local government and asked how appointments were made despitRead More…
KARACHI:A notification issued by Zahid Hussain Khemtio, Chairman, Minimum Wages Board, the Sindh government has fixed minimum wage of Rs17,500 per month for unskilled workers and under the Sindh Minimum Wages Act 2015, all industrial and commercial establishments across the province are bound to pay the fixed wages. The Sindh Minimum Wages Board chairman said in a statement issued on Wednesday that if anRead More…
KARACHI:An anti-terrorism (ATC) court on Wednesday awarded a 32-years jail term to a white Corolla car gang member in robbery, police encounter and attempted murder case. The ATC announced the verdict against Ali Edan, one of the active members of White-Corolla robbers gang looting passengers coming from Karachi airport. The court also imposed a fine of Rs200,000 against the accused and issued a arrest wRead More…