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News for Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011

Politicians need to come clean

After a rather long hiatus, the Sindh Assembly is now expected to return to session in the near future. Much has happened since the last time the Assembly...

8 kgs of hashish seized, vehicle recovered

The city police on Tuesday arrested 20 outlaws from various areas of the city and recovered a total of eight kilogrammes of hashish, a stolen vehicle and a pistol from...

ERRA’s services acknowledged globally

Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) Deputy Chairman Lt General Sardar Mehmood Ali Khan said on Tuesday that the organisation stood by its commitment to reconstruct and rehabilitate the affected...

Man arrested for kidnapping uncle for ransom

Shehzad Town police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested a man who along with his six associates had kidnapped his uncle for ransom. The police said they also recovered the...

Burying head in the sand

The institution of police is considered to be the most corrupt in Pakistan and probably the most disliked by the citizens also.

Although the police have proven...

CDA without electricity for second consecutive day

The electricity supply to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) offices could not be restored on the second consecutive day on Tuesday after the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) had suspended...

Rs 200m utilised without planning

The first ever Liver Transplant Centre, worth over 200 million rupees, at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) proved fruitless when a team of foreign surgeons did not made...

Dengue fever: things to know

Dengue is a widespread mosquito-borne infection in the human beings, which in recent years has become a major, international public health concern. The disease is a serious problem...

Industrial unemployment

The fact of unemployment is somewhat hidden by the joint family system where everyone is supported out of a common pool of income, and the religious institutions which...

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