Islamabad, April 9 (IANS) People in Pakistan’s Karachi continue to pay increased fares while using public transport as bus owners have been ignoring a Sindh government order to freeze fares in return for a fuel subsidy, local media reported on Thursday. Transporters, including operators of buses, minibuses, Qingqi rickshaws, school vans and goods carriers, continue to ask for higher fares. After the government issued subsidy orders, many people in Karachi were expecting that transport owners wou…
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New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Assurances made in 2019 by PPP Co-chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah that 100 per cent of the royalties generated by the Thar Coal project would be dedicated to the development of Tharparkar district in Sindh remain unfulfilled, a report in the Karachi-based Business Recorder publication has highlighted.Between 2023 and 2025, the provincial government collected an estimated Rs 50 billion (Pakistani rupee) in royalties from coal e…
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Monday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) against the alleged detention of more than 180 party workers during raids conducted in Karachi and other parts of Sindh under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, local media reported. On Sunday, PTI accused the Sindh police of conducting pre-dawn raids at the houses of party workers and leaders and picked up around 180 of them. Sindh government has rejected the allegations ma…
Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) The Human Rights Council (HRC) of Pakistan staged a protest outside Karachi Press Club, demanding the immediate resignation of Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab and strict legal action against those responsible for the Gul Plaza shopping mall fire that claimed at least 60 lives and left many injured.The massive fire that erupted at Gul Plaza on the night of January 17 triggered public outrage, with people slamming the Sindh government and the Karachi Mayor for the delayed act…
Islamabad, Jan 19 (IANS) The death toll in the Gul Plaza shopping mall fire in Pakistan’s Karachi climbed to 14 on Monday after the rescuers found eight more bodies from the site, local media reported.The search for over 70 missing people is still underway.The massive fire that erupted at Gul Plaza on Saturday night.People have slammed the Sindh government and the Karachi Mayor for the delay in the action.According to a report by the leading Pakistani daily Dawn, the blaze could have been contai…
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers were detained by police on Sunday at Numaish Chowrangi in Karachi after clashes erupted near Bagh-e-Jinnah before the party’s public gathering, local media reported. Police officials stated that over 30 workers were detained after the clashes, during which protesters allegedly beat up a police officer. The police said that the detained PTI workers were shifted into a prisoners’ van following their arrest at the intersection,…