Month: June 2021

KARACHI: Sindh government on Tuesday announced the increase in the minimum wage rate from Rs.17500 to Rs.25000 per month for the next financial year 2021-22. The announcement has been made for the welfare of the labour class and in line with increase in pay of the government employees.

KARACHI: Sindh government has allocated Rs.2.7bn for Environment, Forests and Wildlife. In the current financial year, Rs.0.84 billion were kept for the purpose, whereas, for the next financial year 2021-22 Rs.2.7 billion has been earmarked. Tree plantation and enhancing green cover will be the major focus of Forest Department in next financial year.

KARACHI: The Environment, Forests and Wildlife sector in Sindh has been given an allocation of Rs 2.7 billion in next financial year 2021-22. Syed Murad Ali Shah in his budget speech 2021-22, before the Sindh Assembly here on Tuesday said that our policies always have a component measuring the impact of development on the environment. […]

KARACHI: As many as 17 more patients of Coronavirus died overnight lifting the death toll to 5, 273 and 616 new cases emerged when 13, 992 tests were conducted. This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement issued here Tuesday. He added that 17 more patients of COVID-19 lost […]

KARACHI: Steel cutting ceremony of fourth MILGEM Class Corvettes for Pakistan Navy was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW), Pakistan. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi graced the occasion as chief guest, said a news release on Tuesday. The event marked an important milestone in the construction schedule for […]

KARACHI: Sindh government has earmarked Rs.329.032 billion for the development expenditure of the province for the FY 2021-22 The development grant include Rs.222.5 billion for Provincial ADP and Rs.30 billion for Districts ADP, foreign project assistance of Rs.71.16 billion and Rs.5.4 billion from Federal PSDP Grant for schemes being executed by government of Sindh.

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Laiq Ahmed on Tuesday said that COVID-19 vaccination centres have been set up in five hospitals of KMC, asking the citizens to come to these centres with their original identity cards and get vaccinated immediately. The hospitals in Karachi where these centres have been set up included Sarfraz Rafiqi Shaheed Hospital New […]

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, who also holds the portfolio of Sindh Finance Minister unveiled Rs.1.477 trillion tax-free budget for the next fiscal year 2021-22 here amid protest by the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly. The development expenditure of the province is estimated at Rs.329.032 billion. The total receipts of province for […]