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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Chief Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of Pakistan Railways, Nisar Ahmed Memon, and the Divisional Superintendent, Karachi, Muhammad Hanif Gul, held an important meeting with freight transporters to resolve pending issues. Business Advisor Planning, Farooq Haider Sheikh, Deputy DS Operations, and a few other…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The National Library Association (NLA), a forum of working librarians in Pakistan, has hailed the election of one of their advisors, Syed Khalid Mahmood, as President of Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, a chapter of Rotary International, District 3271, comprising of Pakistans provinces of Sindh and…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Syed Khalid Mahmood, a famous journalist and author, has been elected as President of Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan, a chapter of Rotary International, District 3271, covering Pakistans provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. Alongwith other elected and nominated office-bearers of 13 zones, he was formally inducted…
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 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,…
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) 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. …
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Much in line with the envisaged doubling of freight revenue by incumbent federal minister of Railways, the different freight-related parameters have shown upsurge during the last three months (February to April) this year. Multiple indicators have climbed to unmatched levels thereby ensuing significant increase in freight…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Lady health workers in Badin will provide mental health services at the doorstep of communities as part of a pilot study launched by researchers from the Aga Khan University (AKU). Badin has the second-highest suicide rate in the province, according to a 2021 report by the…
All the world, including Pakistan, is shut on May 01 every year, lip-servicing workers or laborers by speeches, functions, seminars, parties and fanfare. However, child labor continues to haunt on May Day and laboring kids continue to abound in the streets and slums of our country. May Day is the International Workers’ Day, day…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Federal Minister for Railways, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, has sought proposals for upgradation of Marshalling Yard in Pipri (MYP) and container loading facilities at Jumma Goth during his recent visit. “The proposals must entail best provision of facilities and be in line with the demands of…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Society of Asian Civilization (SAC) has decided to start a Ramazan Lecture Series by renowned scholar Prof Justice Shahzado Shaikh with the opening session to be held on April 18. According to details, the opening lecture of the series by Prof Justice Shahzado Shaikh will…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Azra Qureshi, one of the seasoned medical librarians of the country, has debuted as author with the publication of her maiden travelogue by the name of Barah-e-Safar under the auspices of the Karachi-based Library Promotion Bureau (LPB). Author Azra Qureshi has dedicated the 176-page book to…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Rotary Club of Karachi Darakhshan (RCKD) has had the knack of making its presence felt on the scene with its various projects and activities aimed at serving the community and fulfilling other obligations of Rotary. Chartered in 2004, RCKD has been in the news on a…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistans legendary playwright and dramatist, Haseena Moin, who passed away recently, had lavishly praised Jumbo Karachi Guide, the first-ever travel guide of its kind launched by Jumbo Infomedia in 2011. Any effort aimed at promoting Karachi has to be appreciated and its very thoughtful of those…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Versatile actor Sajid Hasan has felt devastated and heartbroken with the demise of the legendary playwright and dramatist, Haseena Moin, on March 25. Words fail me. In deep mourning. Please dont call me to say anything, was his instant response on twitter soon after the tragic…