Karachi—Five Pakistanis released from detention
in Saudi Arabia for a fake narcotics smuggling
case arrived here from Islamabad by a special
plane in late hours on Saturday. Sindh Chief
Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Deputy Convener
MQM Rabita Committee, Dr. Farooq Sattar, Sindh
Law Minister, Ayaz Soomro and relatives of the
released Pakistanis received them.
Karachi—City district government taking measures
to expedite additional supply of 100 million
gallon water from Indus river of the approved
quota for Karachi. City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal
has directed Karachi Water & Sewerage Board
Officials to submit the detailed feasibility
report on bringing remaining 100mgd water of the
approved quota from Indus River to city within a
week so that work on this project could begin
immediately.
Karachi—The Civil Aviation
Authority officials returned a heavy amount
forgotten by the owner in a trolley basket at
Airport here. CAA porter, Kaleemullah during his
duty on Sunday found 100000, Saudi Riyal equal
to (Pak Rs 2200,000/-) from a trolley basket in
Concourse Hall Level-II at Jinnah International
Airport, Karachi.
Karachi—The Government of Sindh will soon
enhance the scales of the teachers. This was
announced by the Adviser to the Sindh chief
Minister, Ms. Sharmila Faruqi. In a message on
the eve of the World Teachers Day, said that the
teachers’ BPS seven would be enhanced to nine
and that of nine to 11 whereas the BPS scale 11
would be increased to 13.
Karachi—The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS)
is geared to start liver transplant within two
years. In this respect a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) was signed here on Sunday
between the DUHS and the Parkway Health
Singapore on the occasion of the First Dow
University Health Expo 2009 for Liver Transplant
Programme.
