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Sindh Bar Council: polling to take place tomorrow as scheduled
KARACHI: The bar council of Sindh has rescinded on Friday its earlier notification of postponing bar polls in view of Covid-19 second wave and has announced it will conduct its polling as per schedule.
According to the Sindh Bar Council…
Impostors identifying as NAB DG demand kickbacks from officials
SUKKUR: National Accountability Bureau Sindh chapter has shared on Friday details on bogus phone calls wherein the callers impersonate themselves as NAB officials to blackmail government officials.
When the impostors phone their…
Sindh reports 1,423 new COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths
KARACHI: The novel coronavirus claimed 12 more lives and infected as many as 1,423 people during the past 24 hours in Sindh.
In a statement on the daily COVID-19 situation in the province, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said…
Umerkot minor bride rescued as father forcefully ‘transported’…
UMERKOT: The local police have taken a 13-year-old bride in custody after her father tried to send her on Friday off to her possible in-laws.
According to the details of the incident, a father was trying to covertly send her minor…
State counsel seeks time for arguments in Arzoo Fatima case
KARACHI: The counsel of Ali Azhar, a suspect in Arzoo Fatima forced conversion case has completed his arguments.
Arzoo Fatima, a Christian girl, was allegedly abducted and forced to convert and marry Ali Azhar 44.
The case was taken…
1,14,500 tons of imported wheat arrives in Karachi
KARACHI: Two more ships carrying wheat imported by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has arrived in Karachi on Friday.
According to Chairman TCP, Dr Riaz, vessels with 1,14,500 metric ton of wheat has arrived at the Karachi Port…
‘Dacoits’ killed in Karachi shootout involved in various cases:…
KARACHI: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) South Javed Akbar Riaz has said that men killed in Karachi shootout were members of an inter-provincial dacoits’ gang and its head was also killed in the police action today.
The men killed in a…
Aseefa to share stage with PDM leaders at Multan rally
MULTAN: PPP stalwart and former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani said on Friday former president Asif Ali Zardari’s daughter Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari will address the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) Multan rally slated for November 30.…
Pakistan desires peace in Afghanistan: FM Qureshi
NIAMEY: Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan desires peace in Afghanistan and the dignified and honorable return of Afghan refugees to their homeland.
He was talking to Afghan counterpart Mohammed Haneef Atmar on…
Five Indian fishermen arrested by PMSA
KARACHI: The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) has arrested five Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters and doing illegal fishing in Pakistan’s waters.
According to PSMA spokesman, the personnel took action against an…