Afghan garbage picker boy injured in Karachi

KARACHI:Afghan garbage picker was injured on Saturday during scuffle with private company security guard near Kamran Chowrangi in Gulistan-e-Johar, Karachi. According to a private news channel report, the incident took place in Kamran Chowrangi when three Afghan garbage picker boys entered in street and involved in scuffle with security guard. During the scuffle, the security […]

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Diwali celebrations begins across northern Sindh

SUKKUR:Diwali Festival (the festival of light) celebrations begun with religious fervor, traditional zeal and enthusiasm across northern Sindh. People of the Sukkur and its adjoining areas also illuminated their worship places on the eve of Diwali Festival. All celebrations would end at Sunday late night, the people visited friends, relatives and exchanged sweets and gifts. […]

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LUMHS Jamshoro organizes breast cancer awareness programme

HYDERABAD:The Department of Surgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro on Saturday organized a breast cancer awareness programme at Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad. Addressing the participants, the Vice Chancellor LUMHS Prof. Dr Ikram Din Ujjan informed that Pakistan had the “highest rate of breast cancer in Asia” and the latest demographic trends suggested […]

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3-day int’l conference held at IBA University

SUKKUR:A three-day international conference on business, economics and education management was organised at the Sukkur IBA University on Saturday, attended by researchers and experts from different countries, including America, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Italy, India, France, China and Cambodia in the fourth international research conference. Speaking on the occasion, Sindh Minister for Universities and Boards Ismail […]

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Indian cluster shells still threaten civilians in AJK: Ali Raza Syed

MIRPUR (AJK): Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Ali Raza Syed has said that cluster shells fired by the Indian forces in recent years on the remote areas of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) along the line of control (LoC) are still dangerous for the civilian population of these areas. Chairman of KC-EU Ali Raza Syed accompanied […]

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Dengue fever cases continue to grow in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The number of dengue fever cases has continued to grow in Pakistan amid an outbreak due to floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains. In the last 24 hours, 306 more people were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the provincial health department reported on Friday evening. The number of […]

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Arafat Minhas named captain of Team of Pakistan Junior League

LAHORE:Gwadar Sharks all-rounder Arafat Minhas has been named the captain of the Pakistan Junior League Team of the Tournament. Arafat, who was adjudged the best all-rounder of the tournament last night following the final, had a truly memorable event. With the bat he scored 178 runs (seventh most, average 35.60, strike-rate 130.88) while with his […]

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DC directs anti-dengue teams to carry out surveillance

SARGODHA: Deputy Commissioner Capt (retd) Nadeem Nasir on Saturday directed the anti-dengue staff to carry out indoor and outdoor surveillance and negligence in this regard would not be tolerated at all. Chairing a meeting to review anti-dengue arrangements, he underlined the need for effective utilization of all available resources to eliminate dengue larvae, particularly in […]

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