THE PPP continues to trot out the ‘roti, kapra aur makaan’ slogan whenever it wants to project a ‘people-friendly’ image. However, the party that rules Sindh is shamefully dragging its
THE Sindh government recently informed the ECP of its inability to hold local elections soon, citing the shortage of police personnel as the key reason. In the same vein, amendments
ts are not part of any comprehensive, consultative and participatory exercise of the planning of the city, their relevance to the city always remains a question mark. The situation gets
KARACHI: Thar’s groundwater hydrology was rapidly being altered due to the coal mining activities and coal-based power production in the region, a study has revealed. The study found alarmingly high
What will the local governments do if they have no control on vital urban and regional affairs? T he locus standi of the provincial government has prevailed once again. The Election Commission
AKHTAR Hameed Khan, the renowned Pakistani social scientist, and father of the world-famous Comilla Cooperatives, passed away on Oct 9, 1999, in the US. His body was brought back to
F or the past few weeks, the politics of municipal tax collection has taken centre stage in Karachi. Officials of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) are of the strong view that
THE Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has dismissed the Sindh government’s latest request to delay local government elections in Karachi for the third time this year. The Sindh government had
Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday highlighted the cause of the recent flood disaster in the country, especially Sindh that had been hit the most, challenges being faced by the
Large swathes of Pakistan have been affected – including these people in Jafarabad in Balochistan — Rueters As per the official report by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), dated
