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SHC prevents revenue dept from dismissing its employees
KARACHI:Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday prevented the relevant authorities from dismissing revenue department employees.
A two-member bench of SHC, headed by Justice Aqeel Abbasi, heard a petition filed by Hameer Bhatti and others against the revenue department for not confirming jobs of hundreds of is employees.
The bench sought a reply …
One injured in armed attack in Orangi town
KARACHI:A man was injured in an armed attack in Orangi town area of the metropolis on Tuesday.
According to rescue sources, unidentified armed men opened fire on a 50-year-old man, Toheed Khan, in Orangi town area. As a result, he sustained severe bullet injuries.
He was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for …
Woman her minor son crushed to death by train
KARACHI:A women and her one-year-old child were crushed to death by a train in Malir area of the city on Tuesday.
According to rescue sources, a 38-year-old woman, Faiza, wife of Muhammad Fayyaz, along with her two kids were trying to cross the railway track in Malir’s Kala Board and hit …
Adviser: (Dawood stresses for removing non-tariff barriers between Pakistan, Iran)
ISLAMABAD:Adviser on Commerce Razaq Dawood has stressed for removing non-tariff barriers between Pakistan and Iran for promotion of bilateral trade.
He was talking to the Iranian parliamentary friendship delegation led by Dr Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani here on Tuesday.
The Adviser said both Pakistan and Iran should take maximum benefit from the preferential …
IOK: (Two more youth martyred in Occupied Kashmir)
ISLAMABAD:In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two more Kashmiri youth in Islamabad district on Tuesday.
The youth were martyred by Indian troops during violent cordon and search operation at Waghama in Bijbehra area of the district.
Earlier, an Indian soldier was killed and two other …
Another SHC judge will not join next hearing of Durrani plea
KARACHI:Another judge of Sindh High Court (SHC) bench on Tuesday said that he would not join next hearing of bail plea of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani, Agha Masihuddin and Gulzar Ahmed in a corruption case of Rs1.4 billion.
A reconstituted bench of SHC comprising Justice Muhammad Saleem Jaiser heard …