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Sindh ups health’s share

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | June 18, 2013

KARACHI- Sindh government has allocated as many as Rs 17 billion for development budget of Sindh Health Department with a claim that in recent years health services have been improved in the ...

UMCs reported in Karachi exams

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | May 17, 2013

KARACHI -  The BIEK  special vigilance teams and deputy commissioners caught dozens of candidates using unfair means in the first paper of Higher Secondary Certificate Part-I & II ...

NA-256 not a walkover for MQM

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | May 04, 2013

KARACHI - The MQM may face difficulty in clinching the NA-256 (Karachi-XVIII) as terrorist attacks have barred the party from campaigning freely in the City.Around 16 candidates belonging to various ...

TTP becomes nightmare for liberal candidates in NA-253

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | April 25, 2013

Karachi - After the incident of Abbas Town bomb blast in the constituency of NA -253, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other banned Jehadi outfits have become a nightmare for the candidates ...

Education dept heavy defaulter of KESC

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | April 16, 2013

KARACHI – Inefficiency of previous government has taken the electricity bill of various government educational institutions, running under Directorate of Colleges (Central), Directorate of ...

Cheating mafia rules the roost

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | April 10, 2013

KARACHI – Cheating mafia has become active in the city during the Secondary School Certificate Examinations, begun on April 8, and started threatening the administration of the Board of ...

Torrential rain becomes ‘nightmare’ for students

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | April 09, 2013

KARACHI – Torrential rain has turned the first day of Secondary School Certificate Examinations into a ‘nightmare’ for the students and invigilating staff on Monday.Board of ...

48 centres declared sensitive

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | April 07, 2013

KARACHI – No-go areas in the city have become a headache not only for the government but also for Board of Secondary Education Karachi, as the School Secondary Certificate (IX and X classes) ...

Citizens uncertain about elections

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | April 06, 2013

KARACHI – The uncertainty about the upcoming elections 2013, “whether it would be held or not,” is increasing among the citizens of Karachi despite the fact that Election Commission ...

ECP staff suffers ‘hectic work load syndrome’

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | April 03, 2013

KARACHI – The staff at the provincial headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan is facing massive work load related to the upcoming general elections 2013, scheduled to be held on May ...

KU Education TV to offer 16,000 courses

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 29, 2013

KARACHI – International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University and PI Pakistan on Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a internet and ...

Mush homecoming becomes talk of town

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 25, 2013

KARACHI – The homecoming of former president and retired army general Pervez Musharraf has become the talk of the town, as the citizens see this development as an indication of a positive ...

Come to KU, learn POLITICS

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 22, 2013

KARACHI - Political flags and ‘welcoming’ banners fixed at the shaky gates of the Karachi University tell the ambitious newcomers that the varsity is not just an educational institution ...

Challenges ahead as new NED VC takes charge today

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 18, 2013

KARACHI – After serving 17 years at the Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (NED) University of Engineering and Technology, Engineer Abul Kalam will step down as vice-chancellorship today (Monday), as the ...

Renal failure takes 20,000 lives every year

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 15, 2013

KARACHI – Experts on the occasion of World Kidney Day urged the citizens to take preventive measures against the spread of kidney diseases in the country. They said that regular medical checkup ...

Blast victims eyeing Malik Riaz for rehab

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 08, 2013

KARACHI – Losing confidence in government’s tall claims, the Abbas Town bomb blasts victims have urged upon business tycoon Malik Riaz to support the rehabilitation work.The victims told ...

Mesquite plants can reduce energy crises: study

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 04, 2013

KARACHI – A team of Pakistani scientists, belonging to Karachi University, has discovered the vital role of an alien plant of Prosopis Juliflora, which is called as Babbul in Urdu language, ...

SJMU fails to get university status

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | March 02, 2013

KARACHI – The doctors’ community have expressed serious concerns over the amendments in the Sindh Jinnah Medical University Bill made by the PPP’s Sindh government. They said that ...

PPP-MQM tussle delays SJMU bill approval

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | February 25, 2013

KARACHI – Differences between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have further delayed the approval of a bill meant for renaming the Sindh Jinnah Medical ...

Sit-in protest continues in City

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | February 20, 2013

KARACHI - Thousands of Shia Muslims continued their sit-in protests at more than 30 spots here on Tuesday to express solidarity with the bereaved families of Quetta bomb blast victims and those who ...

Questions arise over execution

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | February 15, 2013

KARACHI – Experts have praised the provincial government’s decision to pass the law to ensure implementation on Article 25-A of the Constitution, which provides free and compulsory ...

Schools misuse practical journals: BSEK

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | February 12, 2013

KARACHI - Taking notice of complaints about the misuse of practical journals of the matriculation classes’ students, Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has decided to collect the ...

Srinagar will be part of Pakistan soon: JI

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | February 06, 2013

KARACHI – Like other parts of the country, Kashmir Solidarity Day was also observed in the metropolis on Tuesday with zeal and enthusiasm to express harmony and solidarity with Kashmiri people, ...

Govt to preserve largest whale

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | February 05, 2013

KARACHI - For the first time in the world, government of Pakistan has planned to preserve 40 feet long and 30 ton heavy dead whale, taken to the Karachi harbour in February 2012.Karachi Fish Harbour ...

15 feet whale dragged to harbour

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | February 02, 2013

KARACHI – Around 15 feet long and four ton heavy whale was taken to the harbour by the Karachi Fish Harbour Authority (KFHA) on Friday.The KFHA has asked the marine research institutions to ...

City wears blanket of ‘curfew’

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | January 15, 2013

KARACHI – On the call of multiple Shia organisations, complete strike was observed in the metropolis against the genocide of Shia Muslims across the country, especially killing of 115 people in ...

Army deployment in Balochistan demanded

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | January 13, 2013

KARACHI – Thousands of people staged stage sit-in at five points in Karachi on Saturday to express solidarity with the bereaved families of Quetta bomb blast victims and those who are staging ...

Measles affects over 14,587 children yearly

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | January 11, 2013

KARACHI – Pakistan Medical Association has warned the government that the measles is turning into an epidemic that may cause huge fatality in Sindh. A preventable disease like measles has taken ...

Vaccines disappear from market

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | January 09, 2013

KARACHI – Despite fatal outbreak of measles in various districts of Sindh, Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccines have been disappeared from the market which raised questions over the ...

KU shuts corruption doors on cheating mafia

By: SYED JAFAR ASKARI | January 02, 2013

KARACHI – Karachi University has closed the doors of corruption on cheating mafia in the admission procedures by making its degree and certificate verification system functional. Karachi ...

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