KMC Administrator Rauf Akhtar Farooqui said CNG Bus Service was run in the city to provide a better and cheap travel facility to citizens of Karachi and therefore efforts were on to resume this bus service as soon as possible.…
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Association for female journalists launched
At an event where the audience comprised mostly women, an exclusive association for female journalists was launched at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. The Association for Women Journalists promises its members day care centres and life insurance. Its president,…
Police Bus attacked in Karachi, 11 cops killed 40 injured
Atleast Eleven policemen were killed and more than 40 injured when a suicide blast occurred near a police vehicle in Razzaqabad area of Karachi Thursday morning, Geo News reported. According to the initial report, the incident occurred in Razzakabad near…
Sindh High Court upholds death sentence in Afreen Baig murder case
Sindh High Court’s division bench headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah dismissed the appeal of accused Mohammad Baksh, car driver of Afreen Baig against his conviction by a sessions court. Baksh was found guilty of killing of Afreen Baig in…
Salahuddin elected president, Khalid Mumtaz General Secretary of KBA for 2014
The city’s legal fraternity elected Barrister Salahuddin as president of the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) and Khalid Mumtaz as KBA secretary on Saturday. According to unconfirmed results, Zahooruddin was elected as vice president, Amir Haider Shah as joint secretary, Musarrat…
Rauf Akhtar Farooqui made new adminstrator KMC
Rauf Akhtar Farooqui took over charge as KMC Administrator on Thursday. Administrator Karachi Rauf Akhtar Farooqui after taking over his charge met with heads and officers of various departments and said that work for development of the city would be…
MQM Chief Felicitates Newly Elected President Mamnoon Hussain
The Chief of Muttahida Quami Movement Mr Altaf Hussain has extended heartiest felicitation to PML(N) candidate Mr Mamnoon Hussain to get elected as new President of Pakistan with heavy majority during presidential elections. In a statement Mr Hussain expressed the…
Shoaib Siddiqui appointed new commissioner of Karachi
Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui has been appointed Karachi Commissioner and a notification in this regard was issued here on Tuesday. Shoaib Siddiqui, an officer of grade 21, was earlier performing duties as additional secretary at Aiwan-e-Saddar. Earlier, Karachi Administrator Hashim Raza…
Shiraz Azfar Laid To Rest in Shuhada Graveyard Yasinabad
Former organizer of APMSO Sector B Syed Shiraz Azfar was laid to rest today in Shuhada Graveyard in Yasinabad. He was gunned down by armed terrorist near Payala Hotel. The funeral prayer was offered in Jama Masjid Gulberg FB Area…
Special teams to be formed for investigation of High profile cases
IG Sindh police Shahid Nadeem Baloch on Thursday presided over a meeting at Central Police Office in the city and reviewed progress of investigation conducted by police officers in registered cases. Additional IG Karachi Gulam Shabbir Shiakh, Additional IG CID…
Karachi Business Community condemns industrialist’s murder
The industry representatives have condemned the target killing of industrialist Asghar Rajani in SITE area last evening saying it an act to once again suspend the business and industrial activities in the city. The Patron In-Chief Korangi Association of Trade…
Illegal use of electricity: KESC asks Ajmer Nagri defaulters to stop using kundas, pay outstanding dues
Karachi Electric Supply Company has asked the defaulters of Khawaja Ajmer Nagri to stop the illegal use of electricity and pay their outstanding dues accumulated to the tune of Rs. 9 crore 81 lakh instead of creating undue law and…
Prof Sibt-e-Jaffar shot dead in Liaquatabad
Unidentified armed men shot dead college principal within the vicinity of Liaquatabad police station, Geo News reported. Sources said college principal Sibt-e-Jaffar was on his way from the college to his home on motorcycle, when unidentified armed men intercepted him…
Director OPP Parveen Rehman shot dead near Banaras flyover
Prominent social activist, educationist and director of Orangi Pilot Project (OPP), Parveen Rehman was shot dead near Banaras flyover within the jurisdiction of Pirabad police station on Wednesday. According to police, gunmen riding motorcycles shot her while she had been…
Governor of Sindh always given a sense of protection to builders: Anwar Gagai
The Chairman ABAD, M. Anwar Gagai said in a statement that Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan’s departure had created a situation of uncertainty and doubt in the business community in general and in the builders’ community in particular. …
Khushnood Sheikh killed in ‘hit and run accident’
Senior journalist Khushnood Ali Sheikh of the Associated Press of Pakistan was killed in a hit and run accident in Karachi Monday although some circles said he was targeted. The scene of the incident was Gulistan-e-Johar, where Khushnood purchased a…
Pakistani Doctors to knock court’s door
Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has unanimously condemned and rejected the idea to start evening classes in medical colleges in the country. In a joint press conference, the leaders of PMA and PIMA warned the…
ABAD SEMINAR ON VIABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMMES
Chairman ABAD, M. Anwar Gagai, Presenting ABAD Seminar Shield to Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi, Consultant on Housing Infra Structure to State Bank of Pakistan & Secretary General of Asia Pacific Union for Housing Finance with Nusrat Mirza Chughtai, Vice Chairman ABAD,…