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3 weeks ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Umair Javed
KARACHI: As citizens continue to face acute water shortages in many parts of Karachi, the suspension of water bowser service during first two days of Eidul Fitr is bound to add to their woes.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Jawed Naqvi
• Says authorities are empowered to auction seized goods under anti-profiteering law to prevent market manipulation • Four non-custom paid vehicles used by customs officers impounded by excise officials, meeting told KARACHI: Amid the ongoing price hike, which occurs during every Ramazan, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday ordered a crackdown on profiteers and directed the administration to seize and auction hoarded goods in accordance with the existing anti-profiteering laws...
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Abbas Nasir |Muhammad Amir Rana
KARACHI: Expressing helplessness and concern over the inaction of the provincial government in addressing the issue of dumper-related accidents in the city, Governor Kamran Khan Tessori on Saturday announced that he would provide the victims’ families with residential plots as financial assistance.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Arifa Noor |Jawed Naqvi
• Sindh govt hosts ‘Uraan Pakistan’ workshop at CM House• Planning minister warns against ‘misuse’ of social media for harassment and hate speech• Murad vows to fight for Sindh’s water rights through legal, constitutional meansKARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday announced that work on the much-delayed Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway project along with the reconstruction of the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway would start next year.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Abbas Nasir
• Sharjeel says bill to allow non-PhD bureaucrats to become VCs to be presented in Sindh Assembly tomorrow for legislation • Civil Courts Bill returned by Tessori also approved for lawmaking KARACHI: Rejecting the governor’s objections to the Sindh Universities and Institutes Laws (Amendment) Bill that enabled non-PhD bureaucrats to be appointed as vice chancellors of universities across the province, the Sindh cabinet on Saturday once again approved the controversial bill in its original...
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Rafia Zakaria
KARACHI: As the traffic police remain under fire over unabated killings of people by reckless driving of truck drivers in the city, Governor Kamran Khan Tessori has sought the Sindh High Court’s intervention to address the growing crisis of fatal accidents by heavy vehicles. In a letter to the SHC chief justice, the governor expressed grave concern over the increase in accidents involving heavy vehicles in the city.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Rafia Zakaria
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has called upon the federal government to not allow the sale of oil and gas extracted from Sindh without the provincial government’s consent. Mr Shah said this while presiding over a meeting of the Sindh Energy Holding Company Ltd (SEHCL), a subsidiary company of the energy department, on Saturday.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Mahir Ali
KARACHI: Days after a Karachi trader joked about exchanging the Sindh chief minister with the chief executive of Punjab, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told the city’s businessmen that they should come to him with their grievances. On Tuesday, Mr Bhutto-Zardari hosted a lunch for the city’s prominent businesspersons on Tuesday and invited them to form a sustainable partnership with the Sindh government.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Jawed Naqvi
• Ghani says Karachi water woes will end after completion of K-IV in July 2026• IGP sought 20 days to resolve traffic issues, house toldKARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Monday echoed with the opposition members’ concerns over the acute shortage of water and frequent traffic jams across the city. Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani told the house that the city’s water issue would be addressed to a large extent after the completion of K-IV project.
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Jan 21, 2025 | dawn.com | Tahir Siddiqui |Jawed Naqvi
• Ghani says Karachi water woes will end after completion of K-IV in July 2026• IGP sought 20 days to resolve traffic issues, house toldKARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Monday echoed with the opposition members’ concerns over the acute shortage of water and frequent traffic jams across the city. Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani told the house that the city’s water issue would be addressed to a large extent after the completion of K-IV project.
