Man gets death sentence in murder case

KARACHI:A local court on Saturday awarded death sentence to a man in a murder case. The court of south Karachi announced its judgment as the crime was proven against accused Babar Ali Ansari. It also imposed a fine of Rs300,000 against the

KUJ denounces notices to 14 TV channels

KARACHI:Karachi Union of journalists has strongly condemned the issuance of notices to the 14 news channels by PEMRA, demanding their withdrawal immediately. Expressing its concerns, the KUJ in a statement said that the government was strangulating the free voices of the media

Computer education has huge job opportunities: moot told

KARACHI:President, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, (MAJU) Karachi Prof. Dr. Zubair Shaikh has said that computer science education had become most important throughout the world presently. “According to a Job Out Look survey published by World Economic Forum, recently a large number of

One killed, two injured in separate firing incidents

KARACHI:A nine-year-old boy was killed and two others injured in different firing incidents in the metropolis on Friday. According to rescue sources, a nine-year-old boy, Yaseen, was shot dead during a scuffle between two groups over parking issue in Karachi’s Sikandarabad area

Expanded section of Leprosy Hospital awaits govt attention

KARACHI:The construction of new block of Leprosy Hospital Manghopir, run by Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), could not be completed despite passage of almost 10 years. A senior official at KMC on condition of anonymity said Leprosy Hospital is sole and first hospital

Minor found dead in Qatar Hospital

KARACHI:A five-month old minor was found dead in mysterious circumstances in Qatar Hospital in Orangi town area of the metropolis on Friday. According to rescue sources, the body of a five-month old child was recovered from a washroom of the hospital. The