CDGK to deduct workers’ salary for uplift fund
* ‘Donation’ to help CDGK complete development projects including SFC-IV
By Irfan Aligi
KARACHI: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has adopted a new strategy, which makes it mandatory for its employees to contribute from their salaries to the Karachi Development Fund... 
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‘SFC-IV to be completed within four months’
KARACHI: Despite the poor financial condition and other difficulties, all four flyovers of Signal-Free Corridor-IV would be completed in less than four months, said City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday while overseeing the ongoing construction work of SFC-IV flyovers. Kamal later convened a high...
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Youth dies in road mishap, mob torches bus
Staff Report
KARACHI: A young man was run down by a bus at Nasir Colony jump in the Korangi area on Monday. Later, an enraged mob torched the bus.
The Zaman Town police said a bus of route no 1-D and Abdullah Coach were trying to overtake each other, when the 1-D bus hit the 22-year-old,...
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KESC issues disconnection notice to police dept
It may be lights out for cops
Staff Report
KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has issued a 24-hour disconnection notice to the police department over a payment of Rs 300 million as outstanding dues, and has also sent a final warning to four town administrations...
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Section 144 imposed at II Chundrigar Rd
KARACHI: Sindh Home Secretary Arif Khan has issued a notification on Monday whereby Section 144 has been imposed at II Chundrigar Road for an indefinite period of time. While confirming the imposition of the ban on the busiest thoroughfare of the city, Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman said that the...
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SHC summons Sindh accountant general
Staff Report
KARACHI: A division bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan ordered the Sindh accountant general on Monday to appear before the court in person on November 23 with an explanation regarding inordinate delay in payment of pension...
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KBCA’s inspection body starts functioning
Staff Report
KARACHI: The Karachi Building Control Authority’s (KBCA) Inspection Committee for under-construction building projects has officially started functioning.
KBCA Controller of Buildings (Vigilance) Engr Muhammad is is the head of the committee.
The committee collected...
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DHA Executive Board approves Rs 6.6bn budget for 2009-10
Staff Report
KARACHI: The DHA Executive Board in a meeting on Monday approved a record budget of Rs 6.6 billion for undertaking development works in the DHA for the fiscal year 2009-10.
The development works include infrastructure development of Phase-VIII, construction of a flyover...
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SBC to observe ‘black day’ today
Staff Report
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan would undo any act like the National Reconciliation Ordinance, as it is repugnant to the provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, said Vice President of the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) Mehmood-ul-Hasan on Monday, while announcing...
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Early computerisation of revenue records ordered
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah on Monday directed the officers of the Board of Revenue to accelerate the pace of computerisation of revenue records on war-footing basis, so as to protect and preserve the old records that may be damaged with the passage of time.
The chief minister...
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DT staffer passes away
KARACHI: Abdul Razzaq Parekh, Assistant Administration Manager of Daily Times, passed away on Monday. He was 65. Mr Parekh was a very hardworking person and true to his profession. He was one of the earliest members of the Daily Times team in Karachi. He was buried in the Mewashah graveyard after Zuhr...
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First-ever World Pneumonia Day observed
‘Pneumonia kills more children than measles, malaria and AIDS combined’
By Amar Guriro
KARACHI: Health experts of the Aga Khan University (AKU) have said that pneumonia is one of the most lethal diseases in the world and it kills more children, under five years of age, as...
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Gora Qabristan | The loss of a loved one
Christians mourn at the grave of a loved one on the occasion of the All Souls’ Day on Monday. online
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