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  • PM forms committee to address Karachi’s misery

    ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan constituted a high-level committee on Sunday to work out plans to address issues being faced by the residents of Karachi...

    The committee has been asked to suggest short-, medium- and long-term measures for the betterment of Karachi...

  • Centre comes under fire over formation of body to address Karachi’s problems

    KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the federal government has constituted a strategic committee for Karachi without consulting or taking him into confidence...

    The CM says he was not consulted; the governor explains the body will examine the job of various civic agenciesIn response to a question, the chief minister said he was neither consulted nor taken into confidence on the formation of the committee on...

  • PM asks aides to meet KE management to address Karachi’s power woes

    KARACHI: Growing protests by political parties, heightening anger among consumers and persistent poor performance of the K-Electric finally attracted the attention of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who on Thursday directed his team to meet the KE management and fix the problems being faced by the Karachiites...

    The intervention from the top came during a meeting of Sindh Governor Imran Ismail with the prime minister who flew to Islamabad...

  • Maryam will address PDM rally in Karachi, says Abbasi

    KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz is set to address the October 18 rally of opposition parties in Karachi in what is expected to be her first public appearance in the business capital of the country, a senior party leader said on Saturday...

    “She will address the rally,” said Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in his brief reply to a question during his interaction with a group of journalists at the Muslim...

  • Imran Khan to address PTI power show tonight at Karachi's Bagh-i-Jinnah

    PTI Chairman Imran Khan is expected to address a much-anticipated rally of the party tonight (Saturday) at Karachi's Bagh-i-Jinnah...

    MPA Shahzad Qureshi said that the stage — set up in the shadow of the Quaid’s mausoleum — "has been built using 100 containers”, adding that “we have never seen such a huge stage for any rally in Karachi...

  • Karachi University assistant professor goes missing

    An associate professor employed by the University of Karachi's Department of Islamic Studies has been missing for the past 18 days, Dawn learned on Tuesday...

    She said that she had sought help from the university administration but had not received any response so far...

  • 'Missing' Karachi University professor returns home

    A faculty member of the University of Karachi (KU) who had gone missing and was believed to be in custody of law enforcement agencies returned home on Wednesday, his family and KU officials told Dawn...

    Dr Ismaeel Aarfi, an assistant professor in the university's faculty of Islamic Studies, had been whisked away from Gulshan-e-Maymar in the early hours of September 15...

  • IBA Karachi, Shanghai University to collaboratively offer finance program

    The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shanghai University China, agreeing to collaboratively offer a Master of Finance program between the universities in Karachi and China, a notification posted on IBA's website said...

    The MoU was signed by Dean and Director of IBA Dr Farrukh Iqbal and President of Shanghai University Dr Jin Donghan, the notification added...

  • Bomb hoax at Karachi University causes panic

    KARACHI: Karachi University was partially evacuated on Wednesday after police received reports of three bombs on campus, DawnNews reported, but was declared clear after a sweep by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS)...

    Police control received reports of the bombs on their emergency 15 number, after which the BDS was called in to secure the university, police sources said...

  • Former Karachi University VC Dr Abdul Wahab dies

    KARACHI: Former vice chancellor of the University of Karachi and head of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Dr Abdul Wahab passed away here on Tuesday after a prolonged illness...

    Afterwards, he got his doctoral degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada...

  • BDS, Rangers comb Karachi University amid security concerns

    KARACHI: As the federal authorities ordered a sudden closure of Army Public and Bahria schools and colleges across the country for four days amid a terror threat, the Karachi University (KU) administration with the help of a law enforcement agency and a bomb disposal squad combed some areas of the campus for security reasons on Wednesday...

    Sources told Dawn that eateries and tuck shops within the university and plant nurseries along...

  • Cracker explosion near private university in Karachi triggers panic

    KARACHI: Two persons were injured when unknown miscreants resorted to firing and hurled crackers near a private university in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Johar area Monday evening, triggering fear and panic...

    “Unknown miscreants threw two crackers, which landed near the boundary wall of Habib University,” said Gulshan Superintendent of Police, Abid Qaimkhani...

  • Karachi University acknowledges services of Dr Jaffar Ahmed

    KARACHI: Speakers at a farewell event for the retired director of Karachi University’s Pakistan Study Centre, Dr Jaffar Ahmed, on Tuesday called him a precious asset for the KU whose services for research and academia would always be cherished...

    “He [Dr Ahmed] is a great asset to the University of Karachi and his services will be remembered forever,” said KU Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ajmal Khan, who presided over the event...

  • Karachi University staffer found dead in varsity

    An employee of University of Karachi (KU), who was suspended from duty two years ago, was found dead on Sunday within the varsity's premises in what police officials believe to be a suicide case...

    Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) President Shakeel Farooqi told Dawn that whenever an employee is suspended, an inquiry is launched to look into the case...

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