karachi The government officials and European Union observers also visited the re-polling in 43 polling stations of NA-250 on Sunday. During their visit, Chief Secretary Sindh Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry alongwith IG police Sindh Shahid Nadeem Baloch reviewed the polling arrangements in ...

KARACHI (PR): Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, Chairman Pakistan Textile City along with CEO Zaheer Hussain and Textile Commissioner Farooq Khan met Chief Secretary Sindh Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry, Secretary Planning & Development Govt of Sindh Naveed Ahmed and Mrs. Naheed Shah of Chief Secretariat Sindh ...

karachiMembers of the Sindh Medical College Alumni Association of Pakistan has congratulated all the medical students, teachers and staff of the Jinnah Sindh Medical University for the notification of affiliation of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), the National Institute of Cardio ...

ISLAMABAD Chief Minister Sindh, Justice (Retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi, called on Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at the Prime Minister's House on Friday and briefed him about the arrangements made by the provincial government to maintain law and order during the election ...

KARACHI   - Dr Muhammad Ali Sheikh, the Vice Chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU), has said the government agreed to provide Rs7 billion for the construction of a new campus in the Education City and a 15-floor SMIU Tower in the old campus.Speaking at the ...

karachiIn a bid to woo independent candidates in Sindh, a delegation of PML-N met anti-PPP Sherazi brothers of Thatta and invited them to join the party.Sources said that PML-N leaders Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar and Rana Mashood contacted Shafqat Sherazi and his colleagues who have won NA and PA seats ...

karachiThe caretaker government of Sindh has set up Sindh Human Rights Commission, said Mrs Anis Haroon, minister for women development and human rights.She said that a law was passed by the Sindh Assembly in 2011 which came into force since May 1, 2013 after the approval of caretaker Chief ...

KARACHI - The Sindh government has said that it cannot hold repolling on certain polling stations in NA-250 of Karachi on May 19 due to security reasons, reported a private TV channel on Wednesday night.The provincial government wrote a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan, excusing from ...

karachi - SSGC management has decided to observe shutdown of CNG stations for Tuesday and Friday during the current week. All CNG Stations in whole Sindh region will remain closed from 8 am on Tuesday 14 May to 8 am on Wednesday 15 May 2013.  The second shutdown will commence from 8 am on ...

KARACHI - Although the outgoing ruling PPP has received a crushing defeat in other three provinces, it has somewhat managed to secure the vote to retain its power bastion of Sindh province by winning 69 seats, clearing the way to a coalition government. According to unofficial results, the PML-N ...

  karachi The Muttahida Qaumi Movement by winning 15 national and 33 provincial seats has succeeded in retaining its hold on urban pockets of Sindh province. According to unofficial results, MQM candidate Iqbal Muhammad has been winning from NA-256, Nabil Gabol from NA-246, Rehan Hashmi from ...

karachiDespite ongoing violence in Karachi during polls, the outgoing ruling PPP has succeeded in securing its old fort of Lyari for the next five years.According to unofficial results, PPP candidate Shahjahan Baloch has secured 62,000 votes on NA-248 Lyari to defeat MQM’s Nabeel Gabol. ...

karachi - The Sindh Finance Minister Shakaib Qureshi has said that priorities of the Finance Department are to improve provincial revenue receipts from its own resources, leveraging the strength of government land holdings for project financing; and to create a more ‘enabling’ ...

Lahore - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) – a joint venture of Engro Powergen Limited (EPL) and government of Sindh, for purchasing power from SECMC’s 600MW mine mouth power plant at Thar Block ...

Islamabad - Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Pakistan Wednesday signed an agreement to invest $99.1 million for improving water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management facilitates of 8 smaller cities in Sindh province of Pakistan.Werner E Liepach, ADB’s Country Director for Pakistan, ...

lahore - After taking notice of the tax experts’ fear that lack of coordination between federal and provincial revenue departments could lead to oozing of taxes from the national exchequer, the Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi sent his adviser on Tax and Finance to visit Sindh to settle the ...

ISLAMABAD :-Ministry of petroleum Friday claimed that a new gas reservoir was discovered in the Kirthar Foldbelt Sukhpur and during the production testing gas flowed from this reserve was at 33 million cubic feet per day. Petroleum ministry in a statement informed that Eni Pakistan in joint venture ...

KARACHI :-Excise and Taxation Department Sindh, during a motor vehicle tax recovery campaign, has initiated steps to nab tax defaulters. On first day of the campaign as many as 2,123 vehicles were checked out of which a sum of Rs.421,646 was collected. According to details, during tax recovery ...

Karachi - The leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party has formally requested the Awami National Party to withdraw its candidates in favour of PPP in interior Sindh.  Sources close to the parties confirmed to The Nation that provincial president of ANP, Senator Shahi Syed on Tuesday evening met ...

KARACHI - The All Parties Conference convened by the caretaker government will be held on Tuesday (today). Caretaker Chief Minister Zahid Kurban Alvi and Governor Dr Isratul Ebad will jointly chair the moot which would be attended by the representatives of political parties contesting the ...

KARACHI :-Due to the improved gas supply position, SSGC’s management has decided to withdraw closure notice for 27 April. There will be no shut down for CNG stations in Sindh on Saturday, as announced earlier. However CNG stations will remain closed from 08:00 am on Tuesday 30 April 27, 2013 ...

ISLAMABAD  - Just a few days after an administrative reshuffle in Sindh, the electoral body has again taken exception to the activities of allegedly partisan babus in the province while announcing to ban the transfers and postings of the government officials to and from Sindh.It has termed the ...

KARACHI - The Sindh caretaker government will host an All Parties' Conference on April 30 to share and consult administrative, logistic and security arrangements made for the forthcoming elections.Interim Chief Minister of Sindh Justice Retired Zahid Kurban Alvi informed the caretaker Prime ...

KARACHI - For the second time in a week, City and other parts of Sindh came to a standstill on Friday as all business and educational institutions were shutdown, a day after six people were killed and 12 others injured in a blast targeting the MQM election office.Schools, businesses, shops and ...

KARACHI - Awami National Party Senator Shahi Syed has announced his party candidates in Sindh for upcoming polls.Addressing a news conference at Mardan House here on Sunday, Syed said the ANP is contesting elections form 17 National and 36 Provincial constituencies of Sindh. He said his party has ...

Karachi - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has announced its candidates for the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly seats of Sindh for the upcoming elections here on Sunday.After consensus among the 10-party alliance, the tickets have been awarded to the party’s candidates in the province ...

karachi - Election Commission Sindh has announced the names of 127 women candidates of different political parties here on Wednesday.According to details, the EC have approved the nomination papers filed by the women candidates after the scrutiny for the upcoming general election for 29 reserved ...

KARACHI Interesting electoral contests are expected in Khairpur, Tharparkar, Ghotki and Dadu districts as four former Sindh chief ministers Qaim Ali Shah, Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Sardar Ali Muhammad Mehar and Liaquat Jatoi have thrown their hats into the provincial ring - eying to regain the chief ...

karachi  The Pakistan Peoples Party while questioning the neutrality of the Election Commission of Pakistan has said that with the disqualification of former prime minister and other leadership, the ECP is trying to snatch the party’s success in the upcoming election.PPP Sindh president ...

ISLAMABAD - Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has started construction work on Darawat dam and Nai Gaj dam in Sindh province.According to an official of WAPDA, the dams would irrigate over barren land of Hyderabad and Dadu. The construction of site camps is completed including soil ...