Public libraries, e-lending, eating out and rasgullas
COLONEL Muhammad Khan, one of Urdu’s celebrated 20th century humorists, once wrote that when a librarian complained that the number of visitors to the library was dismal and rarely did a book get...
View ArticleCM seeks report on blasts
KARACHI, June 16: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah took notice of bomb attacks in the Landhi and Karsaz areas, a statement issued here by the press secretary to the chief minister of Sindh on...
View ArticleShowers forecast for today
KARACHI, June 16: The Meteorological department forecast on Sunday cloudy weather possibly accompanied by light showers in the city.The temperature is still expected to remain between 36 and 38 degrees...
View ArticleFederal health budget termed insufficient
KARACHI, June 16: Describing the provisions for the health sector in the federal budget as insufficient, the Pakistan Medical Association’s Sindh chapter has demanded 100 per cent increase in the...
View ArticleMetro MailBag
Criminals’ presenceSir, I am a resident of Qasim Gabol Goth, near Safoora Chowk, Scheme 33. We built our houses in this goth with our hard-earned money. Various ethnic communities have been living here...
View ArticleTharis call for conservation of peafowl habitats
UMERKOT: Alarmed by large-scale deaths of peafowl, which has a mythological status among birds because of its sublime beauty crowned with a plumage and gorgeous tail, Tharis have called for...
View ArticleSecurity of Quaid’s House Museum, Kharadar birthplace tightened
KARACHI: In the wake of the attack on the Quaid-i-Azam’s Ziarat residency, provincial authorities in Sindh on Sunday enhanced security at the Quaid’s two residences in the metropolis.Police and Rangers...
View ArticleThree vehicles torched during protest over land dispute
KARACHI, June 16: A group of armed men set on fire three vehicles and dumped heaps of sand and gravel on the Superhighway to block it for traffic in the wake of a dispute over a large piece of land...
View ArticleQuetta, Ziarat attacks condemned
KARACHI, June 16: A series of attacks in Quetta and at the Quaid-i-Azam’s Residency in Ziarat on Saturday shocked the governments, political parties, professionals and students who condemned the...
View ArticleSindh Assembly budget session today
KARACHI, June 16: The stage is set for the presentation of over Rs652 billion Sindh budget for the fiscal year 2013-14 with Rs165 billion annual development programme (ADP) in the Sindh Assembly on...
View ArticleNine drown in sea, lake and canal
KARACHI, June 16: At least five Karachiites drowned off Hawkesbay beach and three others in the Keenjhar lake while a local boy drowned in the Rice Canal on Sunday.Two of the incidents took place early...
View ArticleNisar presents preliminary report on Ziarat attack in NA
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday presented a preliminary report on the attack on Jinnah’s Ziarat residency in the National Assembly.Speaking on the floor of the House, the...
View ArticleMay 11 remarks: SC wants to know Altaf’s legal standing
ISLAMABAD: During Monday's hearing of a petition relating to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's statement of May 11, the Supreme Court directed the submission of a response on the...
View ArticleKerry calls PM, assures cooperation with new govt
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assuring him of America’s continued cooperation with Pakistan and with the new government in the country.Kerry...
View ArticleKP govt presents budget with outlay of Rs 344 billion
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf-led provincial government was presenting its maiden budgetary plan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with an outlay of Rs 344 billion for the 2013-14 financial year, of...
View ArticleCM Sindh presents budget with Rs 617 billion outlay
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Monday presented the provincial budget for the 2013-14 financial year with an outlay of Rs 617 billion.The budget session was being presided over by...
View ArticleImran Khan to take oath as MNA on June 19
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will take oath as member of National Assembly on Wednesday, June 19.In a message on social networking website Twitter on Monday, the...
View ArticleFederal budget violates 18th Amendment: Rabbani
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Senator Raza Rabbani on Monday declared the federal budget 2013-14 in opposition to provincial autonomy and therefore, in violation of the Eighteenth...
View ArticlePunjab govt presents budget with outlay of Rs 897 billion
LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman presented the budget having a total outlay of Rs 897 billion, before the provincial assembly’s special session, with Speaker Rana Iqbal in the...
View ArticleMalala denounces 'cowardly' Quetta attack
LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, on Monday denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as “cowardly”.At least...
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