SHRVC plans to set up committee to inquire into unprecedented suicide cases in Sindh

KARACHI:Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh, Surendar Valasai Thursday said that there was a need to set up a fact-finding committee on unprecedented cases of suicides in Mirpurkhas division and elsewhere to meet the demands of justice. He expressed such views while speaking on the occasion of the first meeting of the Sindh Human Rights […]

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Efforts afoot to resolve problems of people: Minister

KARACHI:Provincial Minister for Industries & Commerce and Cooperative Department, Jam Ikramullah Dharejo said that Sindh government was making all-out efforts to resolve problems of the people at their doorstep. He said this while talking to a delegation of party workers here at his office on Thursday. We believe in solution of people’s problems, he asserted, […]

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No polio case reported in Karachi during a year: Commissioner

KARACHI:Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon Thursday said it is gratifying that the environmental survey in Karachi did not detect polio virus for six months. As a result of joint efforts of city administration and Emergency Operations Center and guidance of global partners no polio case has been reported over a year. He stated this in […]

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No polio case reported in Karachi during the last one year: Commissioner Karachi

KARACHI:Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon Thursday apprised the officials of World Health Organization and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that no polio case has been reported in the last one year due to concerted efforts of Karachi administration and Emergency Operations Center, under the guidance of our global partners. The Commissioner Karachi pointed out that […]

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Hungarian envoy hails Fatima Ahsan for winning ‘Article Writing Competition’

ISLAMABAD:Hungarian Ambassador Béla Fazekas Thursday hailed Fatima Ahsan for winning the Article Writing Competition jointly organised by the Embassy of Hungary and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) to raise awareness among the Pakistani youth about the significance of sustainability. In a joint presser held here at the Embassy of Hungary, Ambassador Béla Fazekas and SDPI […]

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IHC serves notices to PMC in plea against MDCAT

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday served notices to respondents including Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) on a petition challenging the method of national Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT). Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of IHC heard the case filed by MDCAT students regarding the subject. Petitioner’s lawyer Moazam Habib Advocate adopted the stance […]

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