Category: Karachi

Karachi: Sindh Assembly on Monday constituted a committee to investigate alleged financial irregularities in the educational boards of Karachi.

The provincial Assembly after thorough discussion by the members of both the sides, formed a committee headed by Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Shah to review the alleged irregularities in the educational boards.

Sindh Assembly session was held here at the Assembly building, with Deputy Speaker Anthony Naveed in the chair.

Sindh Assembly members Sadia Javed, Taha Ahmed, Shabbir Ahmed Qureshi, Yousaf Baloch, Wasim Ahmed and Farooq Ahmed were among the members of the PA committee and it will investigate the matter and submit its report in the House.

Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has appointed eight spokespersons of the provincial government with immediate effect.

A notification to this effect was issued here on Tuesday.

Those who were nominated as spokespersons of the government include Nadir Nabeel Gabol, Sukhdev Assardas Hemnani, Buland Khan Junejo, Syeda Tehseen Abidi, Here Sohu, Syeda Aqraba Fatima and Mustafa Abdullah Baloch.

Karachi: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday visited Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi.

Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah was also accompanying him during his visit to the hospital.

PPP chairman was received by Provincial Secretary Health Rehan Baloch, Medical Superintendent Khalid Bukhari, Chief Executive Officer of Child Life Foundation Ahsan Rabbani and others on arrival at the hospital.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inspected the control room of Childlife Foundation's Telemedicine Satellite Center.

The PPP Chairman also observed the teleconsultation of patients from the control room of the Telemedicine Satellite Center where he was briefed on the contents of the report on the lowest child mortality rate in government hospitals of Sindh.

Bilawal Bhutto was briefed on the fact that the infant mortality rate in Sindh has been halved compared to other provinces of the country. He was also briefed on the extraordinary reduction in the child mortality rate in Sindh and Howard Business School also described it as a test case.

Karachi: The Advanced Studies and Research Board of the University of Karachi awarded 64 PhD, 187 MPhil, four M.S. Course Work (30 Cr. Hr.), and one LLM degree in various disciplines during the recently held ASRB meeting.

A statement on Monday said that the KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi chaired the meeting which awarded PhD degree to Kashif Riaz, and Syeda Kishwar Zehrah Naqvi (Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology), Qaisar Mansoor, Sheeza Sheikh, and Umaira (Biochemistry), Syeda Saima Razzaq (Biochemistry [NCP]), Maham Ghouri (Biotechnology [KIBGE]), Sheikh Muhammad Fakhre Alam Siddiqui, Muhammad Furqan Saleem, Asim Mabashir, and Salman Hameed (Karachi University Business Administration [KUBS]), Abdul Rafiq Khan, and M. Zeeshan Ul Haq (Chemistry), Muhammad Ikram Nabeel, Rubina, Syed Muhammad Zaki Shah, Nurmeen Adil, Sajjad Haider, Naheed Akhtar, Urooj Qureshi, Muhammad Sajid, Azra Akbar, Muhammad Ali Minhas (Chemistry [HEJ]), Muhammad Ali, Saad Uddin Khan, Aysha Zamir, and Afshan Uroos (Economics), Karim Aman (Education), Syed Arsalan Ali (Food Science and Technology), Muhammad Asim, and Muhammad Ali Khan (Islamic Banking and Finance [SZIC]), Anwar ul Haq, Rabia, and Mumtaz Ali (Islamic Learning), Ambrin, Shabana Abdul Waheed, Faiza Shamim, and Shyam Lal (Law), Seharish, and Tayyaba Hamid (Marine Science), Saba Naz (Mass Communication), Shaista Urooj (Microbiology), Sarah Rizwan Qazi Molecular (Medicine), Sidrah Shams, and Syeda Farah Shah (Molecular Medicine [PCMD]), Muhammad Ali (Pharmaceutics), Ghulam Mustafa, Junaid Kareem Khan, and Muhammad Ali Qureshi (Physics), Erum Afaq (Physiology), Syed Asim Ali (Political Science), Mahrukh Amjad (Psychology), Syeda Nabila Hasan Zaidi (Public Administration), Umahani Urf Sindhu (Sindhi), Nadil Shah, Safia Habib, Qurat-Ul-Ain Rana, and Farah Naseer (Sociology), Rabia Tabassum (Space and Planetary Astrophysics [ISPA]), Aamna Shaikh (Special Education), Arshad Mahmood, Rizwan Azam, and Zulfiqar Ali (Teacher Education), Tabinda Shameem Jafri (Women's Studies).

Furthermore, the MPhil degrees were awarded to Ayesha Abdul Jabbar, and Waqas Shahab (Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology), Amana Maroof, Imrana Saif, Mudassir Abdul Wahid Moorad, Sardar Adil Iqbal, Muhammad Saad Khan, Fatima, and Sameetah Rafique (Applied Economics Research Centre), Farid Alvi (Applied Physics), Rabeet Laeeque, Farhat Deeba, Bisma Farooqi, and Syed Shabib Muhammad Zaidi (Biochemistry), Bushra Syed, Syeda Ailya Batool, Masood Ahmed, and Umme E Hani (Biotechnology), Waseem Ahmed, Arifa Latif, and Syed Meesam Raza Naqvi (Biotechnology [KIBGE]), Urooj, Areeb Anjum, Rida (Botany), Javeeriya Khan, Abira, Zubia Mustafa, Qazi Ghulam Ahmed, Muhammad Ashraf, and Maryam Mehmood (Chemistry), Muhammad Naveed Akhtar, Muhammad Kamran, Muhammad Adnan Akram, Muhammad Talha Fareedi, Naved Iqbal, and Muhammad Asif (Chemistry [HEJ]), Rawan Saleh Abdul Rahman, Maliha Naz, and Yousaf Khan (Clinical Psychology), Sumaira Ahmed (Computer Science), Kanwal Rao, and Farha Zeba (Economics), Nazia Mazher (Educatio n), Rabia Saadi (English [Literature]), Nageen Tayyab (Environmental Studies), Muhammad Junaid Anwar, Syeda Moahida Batool Sherazi, and Hifza Khan (Food Science and Technology), Shahab Uddin (Geography), Iqbal Ahmed Siddiqui, Urooj Ahmed Khan, Hira Aqueel, Sadaf Subhi, Mutraf Un Nisa (Health Physical Education and Sports Sciences), Mukhtiar Ahmed Burdi, and Maryum Urooj Khan (History), Aisha Kiyani (Institute of Clinical Psychology), Hina Bushra (Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics [ISPA]), Syed Nasim Hayder Naqvi, Zeeshan Hyder, and Muhammad Tabish Sarfaraz (International Relations), Mumtaz Fatima (Islamic History), Yasmeen Razzaque, Khalid Kamal, Asma Batool, Muhammad Saeed, Asadullah, Nida Umar, Ali Muhammad Rehmani, Najeeb Ullah, Asif Nawaz, Erum Bashir, and Shahzaib Khan (Islamic Learning), Salah Uddin, Abdullah Ibn e Masood, and Zainab Akmal (Islamic Studies with Computer Technology [SZIC]), Sadia Ishtiaq, Amna Shamim, and Furrukh Hussain Zai (Library and Information Sciences), Ramshah Abrar, and Azka Rafique Malik (Marine Biology), Hina Tariq Iqbal (Marine Science), Noman Ali, and Mehr Feeroze (Mass Communication), Muhammad Junaid, Ayesha Shaikh, Syeda Nameera Akhtar, Areeba Azam Bajwa, Faiza Mukhtar, and Mateen Ahmed Ghaznavi (Mathematics), Mehkar Hussain, Sumaira Bibi, Shazia Fatima, and Allah Rakhya (Microbiology), Dr Shabana, and Dr Sana Tazeen (Microbiology [BMSI]), Muhammad Jahanzaib, Laleen Hammal, Anum Fatima, Syeda Maria Jilani, and Naveera Zafar (Molecular Medicine), Mehka Ruba (Molecular Medicine [PCMD]), Zubair Shah, and Muhammad Shah Fahad (Pakistan Studies), Farah Siraj (Pathology [BMSI]), Iffat Sultana (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Imran Shakir, and Ghazala Rahim (Pharmaceutics), Samina Qadri, Rasikha Naseem, Nazish Mustafa, Wareesha Ateeq Ansari, Haseeb Ur Rehman, Nabeel Ahmed, and Muneeba Aijaz (Pharmacognosy), Maira Iqbal, Sumbul Ausaf, SadiaFeroze, and Syed Uzair Hasan (Pharmacology), Aqsa, and Ayesha (Pharmacy Practices), Bilawal Khan, Shoukat Hussain, Syed Qamar Shujat, Aafree na Nasim (Physics), Aneela Sarwer (Physiology), Muhammad Fareed Ud Din Qadri, Salman Ali, and Muhammad Arsalan Naeem (Political Science), Kiran Sardar Zaidi, Maham, Abdul Karim, Sumeayya Manzoor, Muhammad Sufyan Anis, and Marium Khan (Psychology), Muhammad Osamah Ahmed Makhdoomi, Syed Salman Hassan, Warda Hussaini, Mohsin Mehmood, Zain Aman, Fahad Hussain, and Nayab Noonari (Public Administration), Asma Tufail, Pir Muhammad, Ilays, Bushra, Sana, Hafiz Syed Jalal Uddin, Rashid Ali, Muhammad Tahir Shah, Syed Shahrukh Ali, Sidra Akhlaq, Noaman Imam, Abdul Hafeez, Sayed Riaz Hussain Shah, and Sheikh Muhammad Tanveer (Quran and Sunnah), Syeda Saba Hashmi, Maryam Jan, and Fenantha Sanam (Sociology), Muhammad Huzefa Khan (Space Science and Technology), Sabeen Dossal, Farheen Dossal, and Sharmeen (Special Education), Zobia Mushtaq (Statistics), Rashida, and Muhammad Ali Hasnain (Teachers Education), Syed Hussain Haider Zaidi, and Safdar Abbas (Urdu), Tehmina Mukhtar, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Imdad Ull ah Alabashi, Afshan Rani, NidaSohail, and Muhammad Faraz (UsoolUd Din), Afna Mehtab, Muhammad Shahzaib Abbasi, Rimsha Naseem, Amina Jadoon, Sadia Mukhtiar, Yasir Khan, Asifa Ali Rehmani,, Sehrish Khan, Shaista Aslam, Mueid Ali Khan, Syed Wajahat Hussain, and Muzamil Ahmed (Zoology).

During the ASRB meeting, Safia Bibi received an LLM degree, and Rabiya Mateen (Chemistry), Sufiyan (Genetics), Muhammad Sami (Public Administration), and Muhammad Hashir Nadeem (Zoology) received M.S. Course Work (30 cr. Hr.) degrees.

Karachi: Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi organized the launch of novelette "Zaib-un-Nisa Intizar Mein Hai" by renowned broadcaster, TV artist, and writer Neelofar Abbasi at Haseena Moin Hall.

The event was chaired by Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, and attended by President Arts Council of Muhammad Ahmed Shah, Qasim Jalali, Zaheer Khan, Akhlaq Ahmed, Iqbal Latif, Saadia Rashid, Azra Rasool, Neelofar Abbasi, Maqsood Yousafi, and Sohail Shams, who all shared their thoughts during the event.

In his presidential speech, Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui stated that such an event is rare, and this is all thanks to Neelofar Abbasi.

He shared that Neelofar had no initial connection with literature; she was a student of science. It was Qamar Ali Abbasi who honed this diamond. Qamar Abbasi was a great creative figure, and we must pass on our civilization to future generations.

He further mentioned that the novelette has brought the past to life before our eyes. According to the theme, "Zaib-un-Nisa Intizar Mein Hai" is a significant work, as many have faced similar challenges in difficult times. He congratulated Neelofar on this remarkable novelette.

President Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi Muhammad Ahmed Shah highlighted that achieving fame while maintaining respect is not an easy task. Neelofar Abbasi's book sends a strong message that women are not weak. She has worked extensively in radio and television.

Karachi: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday said 2025 year is the year of development and progress as Sindh Govenment had already started development projects in Karachi and other districts of the Sindh province.

Following the inauguration by Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the first phase of Shahrah Bhutto has been opened to the public. Additionally, work on the Yellow Line BRT is proceeding diligently, with efforts continuing day and night.

Speaking to the media here at the Sindh Assembly Media Corner, Senior Sindh Minister and Provincial Minister for Information, Transport, and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, announced that the Transport Department is also developing bus depots. He added that the Sindh government plans to introduce double-decker buses for the citizens of Karachi this year. Additionally, an EV taxi service will be launched for the youth, with EV taxis made available to the public through easy installment plans.

He said that the Sindh government was undertaking large-scale road development projects across the province. He emphasized that the progress being made by the Sindh government in the health sector is unparalleled in Pakistan. Additionally, rapid work is underway on the Hub Canal to address Karachi's water shortage.

Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that, similar to how journalists from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad were invited to visit the Sindh government's projects, journalists from Sindh will also be given the opportunity to tour these initiatives. He highlighted that significant progress is being made across all departments of the Sindh government. He praised Syed Nasir Shah for his commendable work in the energy sector. Furthermore, the Chief Minister of Sindh has emphasized that efforts are underway on a desalination project, which aims to convert seawater into potable water for the people. Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has directed all ministers to ensure the delivery of facilities promised to the public during the elections.

In reply to a question, Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon stated that the Chief Minister of Sindh has encouraged the entire business community to step forward and invest in various sectors. The Sindh government is in discussions with multiple companies to attract investment in Pakistan. However, due to IMF conditions, establishing new industrial zones is currently not feasible. He highlighted the Dhabeji Special Economic Zone as an excellent opportunity for domestic and foreign investors, traders, and businessmen. He further mentioned that Chinese investors have expressed interest in investing in the Dhabeji Special Economic Zone.

In response to another question, Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon stated that the leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party, including Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister, has made it clear that the PPP's stance on the issue of canals is very firm. The PPP will not accept any canals being constructed on the Indus River.

In response to another question, Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon stated that an appropriate toll is imposed on all public-private partnership projects to ensure that investors who have partnered with the government can recover their investments.

In response to another question, Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon stated that Imran Khan took a watch, sold it, and falsely claimed that the proceeds were used to build a road, which he described as a lie. He asserted that every case against Imran Khan is valid. He added that if the government or the Nawaz League engages in negotiations with the opposition, the PPP would appreciate it.