‘Our Sindhi symbols – ibex, black partridge’

The Sub-Committee of Indus Ecoregion Steering Committee (SCIESC) has recommended the provincial government to nominate Sindh Ibex (Capra aegagrus blythi) and Black Partridge (Melanoperdix...

Famous Qawwal Amjad Sabri gunned down, TTP says they killed him ‘for blasphemy’

Earlier in 2014, the Islamabad Hight Court (IHC) had issued a notice in a blasphemy case to Amjad Sabri along with two TV channels for the playing of a Qawwali during a morning show.

Graveyard caretaker held for necrophilia

A man who used to dig up bodies of recently deceased women and defile them was arrested from a graveyard in Paposh Nagar on...

Shahrah-e-Faisal to remain closed today

The traffic police announced on Monday that Shahrah-e-Faisal will be closed for vehicular traffic on Tuesday (today) from 6 pm till late night due...

The Sufi in red

760th Urs of Shahbaz Qalandar starts today Urs celebrations of Sufi saint Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar will start in Sehwan Sharif from today (Monday). Thousands...

Police arrest five-member dacoit gang in Karachi

KARACHI: Police on Monday arrested a five-member dacoit gang involved in robbing people coming out of banks. Addressing media, senior superintendent of police central...

Govt takes steps to grow forest cover

The Climate Change Ministry has initiated a project at a cost of Rs 3.652 billion in all four provinces through which plantation of 100...

603 fake housing societies fleecing Karachi residents

KARACHI: As many as 603 cooperative societies in the port city have been non-functional since day one and a majority of them are allegedly...

Fakhra Younus: a struggle lost?

“It was a Sunday afternoon and I was asleep in my drawing room when I heard Bilal’s voice, ‘Fakhra … Fakhra wake up!’...

Man arrested for impersonating police officer in Karachi

KARACHI: Karachi police arrest a man on Tuesday for impersonating a police officer and robbing people in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal area. “The suspect, Gul Muhammad, committed...

Karachi’s Tuesday begins with seven people dead before noon

KARACHI- Seven people were killed in different incidents of violence in the metropolis. Two brothers were gunned down near Football Chowrangi area of Orangi Town. The victims,...

‘Papercuts’ rekindles joie de lire*

Marquise de Sévigné, a French noblewoman known mostly for her letters sent to her daughter, once wrote, “When I step into this library, I...

Sindhi separatists announce comeback

Taking strength from the Baloch freedom movement, the Sindhi separatists have also started their own struggle for the eventual separation of Sindh province from...

Celebrating 75 years of dedicated service

St Lawrence’s Convent Girls’ School, Karachi is celebrating its Platinum Jubilee this year. Seventy-five years of dedicated service to thousands of young girls of the...

Sindh govt losing millions for not implementing car registration policy

The Sindh government is losing millions of rupee monthly as its excise department could not implement the new registration policy for motor vehicles announced...

SIUT refutes reports declaring Dr Adib Rizvi’s death

KARACHI: Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on Saturday rejected reports that the centre's founder and philanthropist Dr Adib Rizvi had passed away. The urology and...

Illegal business of snakes, scorpions thriving in interior Sindh

Some business agents have employed local people to catch poisonous snakes and scorpions in Thar Desert and other areas of interior Sindh to make...