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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) AKUs Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research (CRM) has won Rs 14.5 million grant to develop new, targeted therapies for a common form of blood cancer in adults, Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) leukaemia. The chromosomal defect known as Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) is a characteristic…
Consul General of Turkey Tolga Ucak has said that as the coronavirus situation was likely to improve after April 2021 therefore, the Karachi Chambers business community should immediately start online interactions with their Turkish counterparts and subsequently look into the possibility of sending a business delegation to Turkey in the post COVID scenario to explore…
Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Friday said that Karachi Metropolitan Corporations revenue would be increased after making municipality charges collection better and the citizens would be provided more facilities. Printed MUCT bill should be sent to the people every month as three-month was a burden for them. The use of Information and Technology would help…
Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Zubair Motiwala has stressed that the pending Income Tax Refund Claims of small traders, shopkeepers and the SMEs must be calculated out of the turn and the claims of around Rs50,000 to Rs100,000, whose assessment has been completed, should be…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Federal Minister for Railways, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, visited the Qasim International Container Terminal (QICT), a major container loading and unloading facility, under the auspices of the Dubai Port World where he was given a detailed presentation there. The Dubai Port World, commonly called as…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Federal Minister for Railways, Muhammed Azam Khan Swati, has declared that annual freight revenue of Pakistan Railways will be doubled in few months from PKR 11 billion at present to PKR 22 billion. He made the pledge while talking to the media at the office…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) “The establishment of a marshalling yard in Wazir Mansion will prove immeasurably beneficial. The facility, if constructed, will be advantageous in terms of significantly enhancing port efficiency, drastically declining turnaround time for containers, massively curtailing the port area congestion and substantially escalating the freight service of…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The newly inducted Minister for Railways, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, has called for utilizing all resources to overcome losses and transforming the organization into a profitable entity. He was chairing a meeting at the office of Divisional Superintendent, Karachi, which was attended, among others, by the…
Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Tuesday directed concerned officials to make Al Markaz e Islami more beautiful and complete the renovation works at the earliest. After construction of auditorium, Islamic, educational and other events would be arranged here to apprise the youth about our rich civilization, the Administrator passed these remarks while talking to concerned…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Eight Pakistani nurses and midwives have been honoured in the global 2020 100 Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives. All eight nurses and midwives from Pakistan happen to be faculty or alumni at the Aga Khan Universitys School of Nursing and Midwifery (SONAM). One hundred nurses and…
Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) & Former President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Zubair Motiwala, while appreciating ECCs endorsement to Rs739 billion Karachi Transformation Plan (KTP), stressed that although KTP covers some desperately needed projects for Karachi but the extension of Lyari Expressway and Northern Bypass must also be included in KTP which would…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Literary Committee of the Karachi Press Club, one of the iconic institutions of the country, organized the launching ceremony of Asma Hassans recently published book Mayar-e-Zindagi at its own purpose-built auditorium on December 24. Shariq Vohra, President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), was…
By Syed Sajid Aziz (Pakistan News & Features Services) Mian Nasir Hayatt Maggo, the presidential candidate of the Businessmen Panel in the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), for the upcoming annual elections of 2021, has expressed his full confidence over group’s victory as they have received overwhelming support from chambers and…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) In a major land-retrieval operation, the Pakistan Railways got back the possession of a petrol pump’s land in Karachi as the licensee had been declared defaulter for a long time. The operation was carried out, after midnight, by the Pakistan Railways police on the orders of…
Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Tuesday said that hundreds of thousands of residents of Korangi would be facilitated through construction of 7000 road in Korangi. Before the construction, sewerage line was also laid which would resolve the issue of over flowing. Our priority is to uplift the infrastructure. We are trying to complete the road…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistan Railways, in view of the public demand, has resumed the operations of the Karachi-Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas Mehran Express from City Railway station Karachi on December 20. Sabir Qaimkhani, a federal lawmaker from NA-226 Hyderabad-II, saw off the passengers of this much-desired public facility. During the annual DS…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The rehabilitation work of China Creek Bridge, located near Karachi Port Trust (KPT) connecting City Station with the port directly, is in full swing these days. The direct and the easiest connectivity between the two places is a major facility towards achieving a smooth and sustained…
All felt, seen, said and done about our moral, social, economic and political degradation, co-existing with conflicting views and clashing interests is the only option and glimmer of hope as salvage and salvation of a bewildered nation. Dead sure fighting or infighting, conflicts and crises, mud-slinging and leg-pulling, rallies and“dharnas” aggravate issues. As the…