Aftab Channa

Aftab Channa

The writer is a member of Pakistan Today's Karachi Bureau.

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As many as 7,376 absent doctors continue to receive salariesKARACHI

As many as 7,376 absent doctors continue to receive salaries

KARACHI: As many as 7,376 doctors who are working in the Sindh government’s health facilities under the administrative control of health department have been ‘missing’ since past couple of years, while they<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/15/as-many-as-7376-absent-doctors-continue-to-receive-salaries/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 15, 2018
Police officers reluctant to work under ‘junior’ IGPKARACHI

Police officers reluctant to work under ‘junior’ IGP

Senior officer Ghulam Qadir Thebo goes on 30-day long leave KARACHI: With the appointment of Dr Kaleem Imam as Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led federal government,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/14/police-officers-reluctant-to-work-under-junior-igp/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 14, 2018
Sindh becomes only province to have 50 functional small damsKARACHI

Sindh becomes only province to have 50 functional small dams

KARACHI: Sindh has become the only province to possess as many as 50 operational small dams that aim to meet the water needs of far-flung areas. As many as 31 new dams<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/12/sindh-becomes-only-province-to-have-50-functional-small-dams/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 12, 2018
PQA appoints Babar Ghouri’s close aide on key postKARACHI

PQA appoints Babar Ghouri’s close aide on key post

Eyebrows raised as decision taken despite on-going departmental inquiry against him KARACHI: Port Qasim Authority’s (PQA) management has reportedly given what the sources claim ‘most lucrative’ post to Muhammad Nauman Khan, a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/03/pqa-appoints-babar-ghouris-close-aide-on-key-post/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 3, 2018
Sindh faces shortage of 5,307 doctors, paramedicsKARACHI

Sindh faces shortage of 5,307 doctors, paramedics

KARACHI: Sindh has been facing the worst health crisis as the provincial healthcare facilities face a shortage of at least 5,307 doctors and paramedical staff, thus disrupting the functioning of the district headquarters<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/29/sindh-faces-shortage-of-5307-doctors-paramedics/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 29, 2018
Sharjeel, Lawai receive VIP treatment in finest hospitals as prisonersKARACHI

Sharjeel, Lawai receive VIP treatment in finest hospitals as prisoners

KARACHI: Two high profile prisoners including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former provincial information minister Sharjeel Memon’s and Asif Zardari’s close aide Hussain Lawai are receiving medical in treatment in two<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/24/sharjeel-lawai-receive-vip-treatment-in-finest-hospitals-as-prisoners/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 24, 2018
Murad Ali Shah takes oath as 29th CM of SindhKARACHI

Murad Ali Shah takes oath as 29th CM of Sindh

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Murad Ali Shah on Saturday took oath as the 29th chief minister of Sindh at the Governor House while hosting a lavish dinner for the guests<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/18/murad-ali-shah-takes-oath-as-29th-cm-of-sindh/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 18, 2018
Both contenders for SA speaker tainted by corruptionNATIONAL

Both contenders for SA speaker tainted by corruption

–Newly-elected Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani has been indicted in three corruption references while his rival, MQM-P’s Javed Hanif is already in jail on graft charges KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Agha<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/15/nab-indicted-durrani-wins-against-convicted-javed-hanif-as-sindh-assembly-speaker/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 15, 2018
Sindh Assembly inaugural session marred with traffic jam, mismanagementKARACHI

Sindh Assembly inaugural session marred with traffic jam, mismanagement

The Sindh Assembly inaugural session suffered a delay in its commencement as mismanagement at the entrance gates could not allow the 164 newly elected members to enter the assembly hall before the scheduled time of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/13/sindh-assembly-inaugural-session-marred-with-traffic-jam-mismanagement/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 13, 2018
Jam Shoro’s brother under NAB watch in illegal appointments caseKARACHI

Jam Shoro’s brother under NAB watch in illegal appointments case

KARACHI: Whereas the Sindh Local Government (LG) Department seems reluctant to remove 13,000 illegally appointed officers during the tenure of former Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) minister Jam Khan Shoro, the National Accountability<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/08/jam-shoros-brother-under-nab-watch-in-illegal-appointments-case/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 8, 2018
As many as 132 anti-corruption inquiries remain in cold storageKARACHI

As many as 132 anti-corruption inquiries remain in cold storage

KARACHI: The lethargic attitude of the Sindh’s anti-corruption authorities have put as many as 132 open inquiries of at least nine departments into cold storage, seriously affecting the accountability of the corrupt<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/06/as-many-as-132-anti-corruption-inquiries-remain-in-cold-storage/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 6, 2018