Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Laeeq Ahmed, while responding to the hardships being faced by displaced shopkeepers whose business premises were razed in the anti-encroachment drive, announced to form a committee comprising KMC and KCCI representatives so that the issues…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Today humanity is straddling on the cross, at the crossroads of unfolding expanses of sciences and humanities, increasingly mutilating the very complexion of human being and ‘being human, the Houston-based Prof…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Letters written to and from famous personalities to their contemporaries have often been most sought after ones and the publication of its collection in book form is welcomed warmly by the…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The National Library Association (NLA), during its Executive Committee meeting held in Karachi on March 13, has decided to organize felicitation ceremony for Asma Hassans book Mayar-e-Zindagi, later this month. After…
Commandant Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Brig. Syed Waqar Haider Rizvi has said that ANFs examination procedure can be expedited if it was given access to WEBOC system which was being demanded since last three years but unfortunately Customs authorities were reluctant…
The majority of child abuse cases in Pakistan go unreported, according to child protection experts speaking at a seminar Safeguarding Children: Communities, Schools and Online organised by Aga Khan Universitys Institute for Educational Development, IED. Even though Pakistan has a…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The English Speaking Union of Pakistan (ESUP), headed by Aziz Memon, organized a hybrid meeting for the first time on March 11 as besides hosting a function at the Beach Luxury…
Pakistan and other countries around the world can still achieve targets under the sustainable development goals despite challenges posed by the pandemic, said researchers and development experts at an online seminar organised by Aga Khan Universitys Institute for Global Health…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD), having a large number of women members in its folds, organized a ceremony to celebrate International Womens Day in Karachi on March 8. Engr Asim…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Capacity building of its human resource has become a priority with Pakistan Railways these days. Under its approved Triple Helix Model Project, Pakistan Railway has gone into an understanding with Pak…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Society for Protection of Rights of Children (SPARC) is organizing a one-day workshop for media dialogue journalists and representatives on March 10. The seminar, expected to be attended by some…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The widely respected figure of Aziz Memon, an eminent entrepreneur and philanthropist, earned another singular honour as he has been elected as Vice President of the English Speaking Union (ESU) International…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Lancet today published the latest Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress, including three new papers that build upon findings from the previous 2008 and 2013 Series, which established an…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A former General Manager of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has urged the Prime Minister to take action on maltreatment with the retired employees by the national airline. The national airline has…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The 15th edition of Adab-o-Kutub Khana has been published by the Bazm-e-Akram during the first month of the current year (2021) and its being delivered to its various contributors and subscribers…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Pakistan Library and Information Science Journal (PLISJ), a quarterly publication of the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), arrived in time once more even though life and businesses were affected due to…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) As the coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions are being eased by the authorities in Pakistan, the National Library Association (NLA) has chalked out major events which it has planned to hold during the…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the Jinnah University for Women (JUW) in Karachi will be organizing an event by the name of JTECH at their campus, located…