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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…
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) 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) 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…
Administrator Karachi Laeeq Ahmed on Tuesday directed Medical and Health Services to establish oxygen plant to ensure timely provision of oxygen to Karachi Metropolitan Corporations hospitals. COVID-19 special ward at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital should remain functional around the clock. The doctors and paramedics should be provided personal protection equipment and other preventive kits as their…
Administrator and Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani on Wednesday cancelled allotments of all petrol pumps at Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s land and Land department will issue cancellation orders to petrol stations’ owners. The land would be auctioned as per market value in the future and it would increase revenue of the KMC. The Administrator said the…
British Deputy High Commissioner Mr Mike Nithavriankis has said that youth aspirants for civil service should expand their knowledge so that they could pass CSS examination and serve their country. “Civil service is a great profession and the one could succeed through commitment. The candidate should not get disappointed in case of non selection but…
As part of its phase-wise plan to transform and improve its entire transmission and distribution network, K-Electric (KE) has planned the upgradation of its existing transmission network from Hub Chowki to Bela Grid. These plans will ensure greater availability and reliability of power through enhancement of transmission capacity from 66 kV to 132 kV of…
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) during its campaign of inspection of vehicles at various busy places and roads of the city during the last two months found that 22% of the vehicles were violating the provincial environmental law, which were penalized on the spot through Traffic Police. On the directives of Sindh Government Spokesman…
By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Prof Dr Ghani-ul-Akram Sabzwari, one of the pioneers in the field of Library & Information Science in Pakistan, is celebrating his 85th birthday on December 2. The Founder President of the Library Promotion Bureau (LPB), established in 1966, and the founding Chief Editor of Pakistan Library…
Administrator and Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani on Sunday said that renovation works of Teen Hatti bridge are on the verge of completion. Keeping in view importance of the bridge, Victorian sort of street lights are being installed while tiles are also fixed. The area would be made even more beautiful as plants would be…
By Naeem-ul-Haq in USA (Pakistan News & Features Services) Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Alex Hales, Chadwick Walton, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sherfane Rutherford, Imad Wasim, Umaid Asif, Mohammad Aamir, Waqas Masood and Arshad Iqbal. This was the playing eleven of Karachi Kings which overpowered Lahore Qalandars in the final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL-2020) at the…
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…