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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Aga Khan University will launch a clinical trial of a portable, low-cost ventilator that aims to make lifesaving treatment such as assisted breathing available to patients before they reach the hospital. Ventilators are currently only available in hospitals even though most patients with critical breathing problems…
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and former provincial minister Sindh Muhammad Adil Siddiqui passed away on Monday due to complications caused by the novel coronavirus. Adil Siddiqui who had arrived in Islamabad earlier this month was admitted to hospital after contracting coronavirus. The politician was on a ventilator at a private hospital in Karachi, where…
Governor Sindh Imran Ismail inaugurated the renovated Haji Rehmatullah Park in Federal B Area on Saturday. Member National Assembly Aslam Khan, Member Provincial Assembly Khurram Sher Zaman, Omar Omari, the Deputy Commissioner and Administrator Central District were also present on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, the Governor Sindh Imran Ismail said that we want to…
Chief of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Shariq Vohra has urged shopkeepers and small traders that instead of demanding to enhance business hours from 6:00PM to 8:00PM, it was high time to change the habits of opening businesses belatedly and start all types of business activities early in the morning upon sunrise…
K-Electric (KE) held its 110th Annual General Meeting (AGM) for FY 2020. With the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the AGM was hosted virtually. The meeting was chaired by Shan Ashary, Chairman of the KE Board, with Moonis Alvi, Chief Executive Officer, KE also in attendance, along with Aamir Ghaziani, Chief Financial Officer, Rizwan Dalia, Company Secretary…
In view of the growing public concerns regarding air environmental degradation of the urban and rural areas of the Sindh province, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) is planning to conduct an extensive air quality assessment survey of the whole province through its regional offices and with the help of certified private laboratories. Spokesperson of…
The discussion was held in a first of its kind conference on climate change risks to the future of children in Pakistan, organized at a hotel in Karachi on Tuesday. The conference was organized by the Research and Development Foundation (RDF) in collaboration with a German International Child Focused Development Organization Kindernothilfe (KNH), co-financed by…
The LADIESFUND hosted an insightful virtual MomBoss workshop featuring dynamic women leaders who are also mothers featuring MPA Sharmila Faruqui, Actor/Humanitarian Sarwat Gilani and CEO of Fulcrum Rukhsana Asghar. Moderated by LADIESFUND President Tara Uzra Dawood at The Buraq Center and broadcast globally live, these three women deliberated the realities and shared insight on how…
President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) M. Shariq Vohra and President Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) Wasiq Hussain Khan have expressed deep concerns over the awful state of Native Jetty Bridge which, if not promptly addressed, may anytime result in completely collapsing all the import-export operations of the country as this important bridge…
Commissioner and Administrator Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani said that Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is providing equal opportunities to youths belonging to middle class to replace the current bureaucrats by establishing CSS Corners in different parts of the city. People of every locality are being given opportunity to prepare for the CSS which would give fruiftul results…
Seldom in our whims and fancies, hearts and feelings, eyes and vision, talks and tales do we have some such unheard and unheeded females dragging and laboring helpless and hapless from dawn to dusk in wretched human conditions as sole bread-earners of a big family each. Walking long early morning and returning hard late evening…
The global Disease Control Priorities Project estimates that nearly half of deaths and over a third of disability in low- and middle-income countries can be addressed by the implementation of effective emergency care. The solution is to establish integrated emergency and trauma care systems with pre- and post-emergency department care nationwide, said Dr Junaid Razzak,…
The Expo Pakistan 2017 was jointly inaugurated by Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khurshid Shah, Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah at the Karachi Expo Centre on Thursday. The event is organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP)….
The Dolmen Shopping Festival over the past few years has earned the reputation of bringing tremendous bargains to Karachites, at least twice a year. Being in full swing since December 20, 2014 this time it was real crowd puller and brought in throngs of people to the three Dolmen Mall locations in Karachi, Clifton, Tariq…
Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has said that 35 more CNG buses would operate on the city roads very soon. “Transport and Communication Department (TCD) should scrutinize system of looking after the buses so that they could not become out of order again,” he said while addressing a meeting at his office in the metropolis to…
BOL, Pakistan’s mew media group, has welcomed on-board globally acclaimed journalist Kamran Khan as the group’s President and Editor-in-Chief. This is a major milestone for BOL which has meticulously acquired a dream-team of highly experienced professionals with decades of experience to their credit. Mr. Kamran Khan is one of the most respected, experienced and celebrated…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Tuesday hinted that the police were responsible for the disappearance of thousands of prize bonds on May 8 while being transported from Lahore to this metropolis. Quoting the Federal Treasury Rules, the SBP said the Lahore remitting office was to hand over the treasure to the police escort. “It…