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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Mehran Express between Karachi and Mirpurkhas was handed over to RASS Logistics, under public-private partnership, on July 5. On this occasion, a grand ceremony was held at Karachi City Railway Station. The chief guest of the function was Muhammad Hanif Gul, Divisional Superintendent, Karachi, while all…
Society is paralyzed, immobilized or procrastinated at its worst when celebrities of the showbiz world, or for that matter, political, social and educational leaders, are blind-folded and dumb-founded on the importance of soul-searching and self-appraisal in personal and practical life. Imagine the kind of trends set for the society by the so-called trend-setters! The…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Passenger safety remains the supreme priority of the Pakistan Railways and this was emphasized during recently conducted safety workshops in Karachi Division last month and lately in Sukkur Division during a session on the subject of safety of train operations. Sukkar: An important workshop on Safety…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Chairman of the Pakistan Railways, Habib-ur-Rehman Gillani has reckoned that the 55-kilometre long dual-track freight corridor from Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to Marshalling Yard Pipri would drastically curtail traffic congestion from Karachi city. “The project’s estimated cost is Rs. 70 billion and will be completed…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Rotarians in Pakistan continued the tradition of celebrating new Rotary year by visiting the Mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah as a formal ceremony was held in Karachi on the morning of July 1 to mark start of the year 2021-22. A large number of…
By Parvez Jamil Canada Pakistan relationship witnesses many turning points right from the debatable KANUPP nuclear power interaction to the so-called Islamophobia in many a Western- Canadian mind. However, this relationship assumes highly-positive dimensions, especially in the social sector development cooperation during the then Canadian PM Jean Chretien and Pakistani PM Late Benazir Bhutto’s regimes….
By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) A pilot project of chili farming spreading over 100 acres is completed while another 3,000 acres of land would be brought under chili cultivation that would ensure enhance production in the country. “Pilot project of Chili Farm with 100 acres is completed, the Chairman of the…
By Masood Sattar Khan (Pakistan News & Features Services) China is a big market of Pakistani Cherry that is grown in abundance at the foothills of the Himalayas and Karakoram mountain ranges in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region. Nourished by fresh glacial water, and ripened by golden sunbeams coupled with the gentle breeze that whirls around…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Chief Executive Officer of the Pakistan Railways, Nisar Ahmad Memon, has pointed out that the frequency of train incidents could be drastically curtailed through frequent inspection of tracks and the rolling stock. “Though diligent and periodic inspections from the lowest to the highest level of…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Barrister Sarah Asim Khan was praised for her creativity and artistic talents during her recently organized solo painting exhibition at the Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP), the hub of cultural activities in Karachi. The event was attended by diplomats and dignitaries from Oman, Britain, Sri Lanka,…
MashaAllah our so concerned experts can comment best on important budget focus as on military, agriculture, industry, energy, infrastructure, education, health and, above all, inflation etc. Seldom shared yet vital budget points here: First point: How can a nation embark on the course to economic development when its overwhelming majority of masses are not…
Come any budget anytime and anywhere in the world, booming “budgetactics”, devised here as a first-hand term.”Budgetactics” is an attempted tact and technique of so-called planners and technocrats to bamboozzle masses with a bull’s eye blue. For example, crafting alarming price hike of items of daily use just before the budget, manipulating little relief…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) In recognition of his services, Asim Murtaza Khan, President, Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, has been nominated for the COVID-19 Hero Awards, instituted by Rotary Internationals Zone 1-B. Past District Governors of Rotary International, Jahangir Moghul (Pakistan) and Sam Showket Hossain (Bangladesh), sharing top slots in…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications, will be the keynote speaker in the webinar on the subject of positive youth development, being organized by Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan on May 30. According to details, the webinar, commemorating Rotary Internationals month…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Railways authorities, following a midnight land retrieval operation carried out at Auto Bhan Road in Hyderabad, successfully retrieved land measuring 2.88 kanals or 15,500 square feet where a petrol pump had been built illegally without taking any permission or entering into an official agreement with…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The United Kingdom (UK), at 4 am on May 17, lifted restrictions on the green list countries and territories as the travellers from the listed 12 countries will not have to isolate upon arrival. They have started implementing a traffic light ranking system for resuming international…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistans nurses and midwives are playing a vital role on the frontlines of the COVID-19 third wave despite the ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals in the country, policymakers and academics reckoned at a seminar at the Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi, held to celebrate the International…
What an inspiring or invigorating enlightenment is Eid, “Masha Allah”! It is so very divine and alluring in all its spiritual and traditional ways. Feeling of a devoted “rozedar” is divinely so very inexpressible; thanking Allah the beloved most; greeting family with love and cheers; caring for the less-privileged with heart, soul and sanctity. …