Sind, Pakistan News

ISLAMABAD: Five more persons were killed in overnight firing and violence incidents in different parts of this mega-metropolis city, Pakistan's Geo News reported Wednesday morning.

KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company has rejected a news item published in a section of press KESC, saying that power utility pays all the expenses and staff salaries while its police deal with offences under the Electricity Act 1910 only, as notified by Sindh Home Department.

Govt to reject tariff raise condition for fresh IMF loan * Islamabad to get $3bn to $5bn fresh loan if two sides agree on terms Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The government has decided not to accept the condition of quarterly increases in power and gas tariffs to qualify for a fresh International Monetary Fund loan programme during the six-day...

Afghan national forces will lead all military operations in the country from 19 June, President Hamid Karzai has said.

Mahgul for Nasreen Shaikh launches debut pret a porter retail line Following the brand's debut showcase at the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week in April with The Archive Collection, creative director Mahgul Rashid launches a retail pret a porter version of the same collection in Lahore at the PFDC, Ensemble and L'atelier, in Karachi at Labels and One by ... (more)

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One of the biggest art events of the year, it has been going on since 2003, when the gallery director Riffat Alvi came up with the idea.

A PIA Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A310-300, registration AP-BEG performing flight PK-340 from Karachi to Faisalabad , had lined up on runway 25L and was cleared for takeoff at 05:39L , when the crew applied TOGA thrust without permitting the engines to stabilize at an intermediate power setting.

Punjab cuts expenses; focuses on development * 10 percent raise proposed in salaries of govt servants * Minimum wages for labourers raised to Rs 10,000 By Kashif Hussain LAHORE: The Punjab government of the PML-N on Monday presented a development focussed budget of Rs 871 billion with a cut on its expenses.

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has called for a three-day referendum for a decision on joining the Sindh government.

LAHORE: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has stressed upon the federal government to immediately convene an All Parties Conference with the cooperation of the governments of Balochistan and Khyber P. to devise a strategy against the menace of terrorism.

Staff Report KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has announced the provincial budget, allocating Rs 48.63 billion to law and order for the next financial year of 2013-14.

Among the more 200,000 Pakistanis living in London is Altaf Hussain, leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.

Investment in higher education in Pakistan continues to reap dividends. According to the QS World Universities Rankings 2013, seven universities of Pakistan have won its place in the list of top 250 Asian universities and 3 Pakistani universities are now among the Top 200 World universities in agriculture and forestry.

It has been a year since the death of Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan but the promises to build a mausoleum and museum in Pakistan in his memory are a distant dream with his first death anniversary even being apparently overlooked.

ISLAMABAD: Criticising the federal budget for 2013-14, opposition senators on Sunday said the government had failed to present any proper policy on handling terrorism, which had badly affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Karachi.

A low-intensity blast outside naval airbase Faisal in Karachi left at least three officials wounded on Sunday evening, officials said.

Staff Report KARACHI: International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences , Karachi University trained 37 foreign students in different research disciplines during the last educational session.

Staff Report KARACHI: Ten people including alleged commander of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan , cop and three political workers were killed in separate incidents of target killing in the city on Sunday.

As per details, police station of KESC was established in 1980, when shares of government were 97 percent in the power utility and it ran under governmental supervision till November 30, 2005.