They told the court that they had decided to withdraw charges against the accused officials of the mining firm after reaching an out of court settlement with them on certain preconditions.... He admitted that before appearing in the court they had received Rs2 million and would get the remaining amount as per agreement after the suspects were exonerated of murder charges.... He said that according to the settlement, seven of their youths would be given jobs in coal fields and the officials wou

, Mithi and Turbat where maximum temperature recorded on Saturday was 40°C. The Met department indicated

; followed by Khairpur( 46°C), Larkana and Rohri( 45. 5°C); Sakrand( 45°C); Mithi and Sukkur( 44. 5°C

Thursday.... — Dawn MITHI: Senator Sirajul Haq, emir of Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan, has said that his party

KARACHI: The Met department has warned that the heatwave currently gripping Sindh may become severe again from Wednesday( today) onwards with temperature soaring to 40-42 degrees Celsius in Karachi, Thatta and Badin. Daytime maximum temperatures may rise to 48-50°C in Dadu, Jacobabad, Larkana, Sukkur, Khairpur, Nawabshah, Shikarpur, Qambar Shahdadkot and Ghotki districts while 44-46°C in Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Sanghar and Tharparker districts. The maximum temperature recorded on Tuesday

The first operation took place at Chhachhro and the other at Hyderabad’s Liaquat University Hospital( LUH).... The woman is currently admitted in the gynaecology unit of LUH under the care of Prof Dr Raheel Sikandar of Liaquat University of Medical Health Sciences, Jamshoro.... The doctor in the unit didn’t opt for normal procedure to retrieve the baby’s head as the mother’s uterus had been ruptured after the procedure at the Chhachhro hospital, Prof Sikandar added....

Join our Whatsapp channel KARACHI: The cold wave turned a bit intense late Sunday night as the mercury dropped to 7.9 degrees Celsius in parts of the city under the influence of a westerly wave. The Met department’s data released on Monday showed that while the city’s average minimum temperature recorded was 9°C, mercury dropped to 7. 9°C at the Airport area, followed by 10. 4°C in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, 11°C in Mauripur, 11. 3°C in Bin Qasim and 11. 5°C on Sharea Faisal. The maximum temperature rec

Lashing out at the Imran Khan government over rising inflation, economic catastrophe, unemployment and other issues, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz( PML-N) stressed that the current government needs a complete holiday and has asked the people to get out of their homes to participate in nationwide protests against the" tyrannical" government to give a final push to the" falling walls". Stressing that the country and the nation are being punished for inflation, economic catastrophe and unemployment,

Play Video Pause Loaded: 4.61% 0: 00 Remaining Time--:-Unmute Fullscreen This is a modal window. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported.... The participants included Abdul Haq Khoso, Prof Ali Raza Gaad, Manzoor Kalhoro and Comrade Zulfikar Brohi. Meanwhile, office-bearers and other members of the Larkana Chamber of Commerce and Industry( LCCI) called on Khair Mohammed Shaikh and conveyed to him their opposition to the ca

The directorate, which had invited bids for the auction through advertisements published in Monday’s newspapers, issued a notification as well as a public notice the same day, announcing cancellation of the controversial move.... Leaders of Karoonjhar Sujag Forum warned of re-launching a strong movement against the ‘greedy elements’ who wanted to defile the picturesque hills, which were the major tourist attraction in Thar, especially after rains.... The forum’s chief Allah Rakhio Khoso, Thar