Daily City News - Newspaper from Karachi

Karachi (Press Release) :Keeping in line with the directions of Member-Customs (Operations), Federal Board of Revenue and the Chief Collector of Customs Appraisement (South), Karachi to curb the menace of misdeclarations and submission of fake documents for the clearance of old & used vehicles under Personal Baggage (PB) scheme, the Collectorate of Customs, Appraisement (West), Karachi tightened the controls and kept extra vigilance on the clearance of vehicles.  In this regard, Car Group of the Collectorate was directed…

Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday declared PPP led provincial government Democratic Terrorist, Sindh and its capital Karachi are the worst victims of PPP's democratic terrorism, announcing that from today PSP is waging jihad against the PPP's corrupt and biased government.  The ugly manner in which the Local Government Act has been passed is a disgrace to the democratic history of the world. All the revenue generating institutions created by KMC have been taken over by the Sindh government. The…

International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi (UoK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Sumatera Utara (USU), Indonesia. The Memorandum of Understanding aims to promote education and academic exchanges between the two institutions. The ICCBS Spokesman on Thursday said that the MOU was signed in an online meeting held recently. Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, and COMSTECH…

Unmanaged solid waste deteriorates urban quality of life, ruining the landscape, filling oceans, and harming the poorest of poor in the shape of vector diseases, malaria, asthma issues, and ultimately affecting environment & damaging marine life expressed Sumayya Sajjad, Project Director Tearfund during a study launch event held in Karachi by Tearfund under solid waste management & recycling project funded by UKAID. During the event, Jonathan Johnson, Country Director Tearfund Pakistan expressed that, generates…

Chairman KDA Employees Union said that due to confrontation between Sindh government and DG KDA, KDA officials are suffering from severe mental stress.  He shared these views while chairing a  meeting of KDA Employees Union which held at the union office which attended by President Nadeem Khokhar, General Secretary Dilawar Khan and Deputy General Secretary Qamar Abbas. As a result of this confrontation, many officers were removed from their seats and as a result, the work of the department came to a standstill and the…

The 4th meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Human Rights Government of Sindh was held under the chairmanship of Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for Human Rights Surendar Valasai at the Sindh Assembly Committee room today. The meeting was attended by Secretary Human Rights Department Sindh Javed Sibghatullah Mahar, senior officials of Home, Police, Education, Health, Minority Affairs, Planning and Development and other relevant Departments. Addressing the meeting, Surendar Valasai said that the main…

After all fall in Japanese export scrap prices last week, sellers have diverted their focus on local sales where domestic steel mills are competitively paying higher prices. Market prices in the Kanto Area during November have been quoted at levels around ¥56,000/t, up by ¥3,000/t from October as demand from EAF steelmakers remains robust, while mills in the Kansai region have been purchasing at a weekly price of ¥56,000-57,500/t Delivered. Following the polarization between Japan's domestic and export markets, Kanto…

Installation and repair work of street lights is underway on the directives of Administrator D.M.C East Rahmatullah Sheikh and Municipal Commissioner Faheem Khan. Under the supervision of Executive Engineer Imtiaz Bhutto,PIB Colony UC 19 High Mast Pool has been repaired and street lights have been installed and repaired in different areas of UC 24, 25 and 31after working in different areas condition of street lights has improved. Also Roads have been cleared in Azam Basti Mahmoodabad by removing debris and soil.…