KARACHI:The Centre of Excellence for Women’s Studies (CEWS), University of Karachi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Rights organized a workshop on awareness raising and sensitization on Human Rights at Arts and Social Sciences Auditorium on Monday. Deputy Director, Ministry of Human Rights Muhammad Arif informed the audience about the importance of human rights […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that a candle manufacturing factory caught fire in Ibrahim Haidari Block F Korangi on Monday, which was successfully extinguished by the fire brigade of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) on time. Murtaza, in a statement on Monday, said that as soon as the fire was reported, six fire tenders […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD:The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) is facing around 50 percent power shortfall as the national grid is supplying 423 megawatt (MW) electricity to the company against its demand of 797 MW. The company’s spokesman informed here on Monday that HESCO was facing a shortage of 374 MW power. He said that owing to the […]
Read MoreMIRPURKHAS:The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent on Monday established a tent city in Jhudo area of Mirpurkhas district. According to the sources, flood-hit people had been shifted to tent city where relief volunteers were providing food and ration to the flood-stricken people. Director Red Crescent Hamd Bakheet Alrometi on the occasion said that more […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: A 10 member delegation of representatives of Punjab Bar Council on Monday headed by Syed Jaffar Tayyar Bukhari, Vice Chairman, Punjab Bar, paid a courtesy call on the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial. The chief justice welcomed the delegation and lauded the efforts of the Punjab Bar Council for making the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Monday said the Transgender Rights Bill 2018 should be forwarded to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) for review. In an exclusive talk with reporter, Ashrafi who is also the Chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council said all religious organizations […]
Read MoreReaffirming its full support to the Palestinian people’s struggle for self-determination and against foreign occupation, Pakistan Monday urged the international community to help them establish an independent State of their own with Al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital. “The festering wound of Israeli occupation and atrocities in occupied Palestine is the principal source of instability, tensions […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Department of Population Welfare (PWD), Punjab Monday started an entertainment and awareness programme in the name of village theatre/putli tamasha in a phased manner with the support of Rafi Peer Theatre workshop across the Punjab. In this regard, a short skit on the topic of family planning was presented in the areas of Jhand […]
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