Gas supply disruption persists in Balochistan as repair work awaits security clearance – Newspaper
QUETTA: Despite the passage of three days, repair work on the damaged gas pipeline could not begin as several cities and towns in Balochistan, including parts of the provincial capital, remained without gas supply on Friday. The 18-inch-diameter main gas pipeline was blown up by unidentified people using explosives in the Bolan riverbed in Kachhi […]
‘Work is work, it has to be done’: Brickmakers in Pakistan scorched by sun above and fire below – Pakistan
Climate change makes summers even hotter in a country already used to temperatures well over 40°C . As dark plumes billow from overhead smokestacks, brickmakers at a kiln in Sheikhupura district crush coal through small holes beneath their feet into the fiery chambers below. Workers already have to endure extreme conditions at traditional brick kilns, […]
Pakistan’s leading artists display their work at Karachi expo
‘Handle With Care’ features creations that present a deeply personal, fearless exploration of the human experience KARACHI: A new group exhibition, Handle With Care, has opened in Karachi, bringing together ten of Pakistan’s leading figurative artists in what curator Scheherezade Junejo describes as a deeply personal and fearless exploration of the human experience. Featuring works […]
Sindh schools, colleges to have six-day work weeks from Aug 1 – Pakistan
KARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Thursday that schools and colleges in the province would have six-day work weeks from August 1 until further notice. The decision was announced in two separate notifications issued by the Sindh Education and Literacy Department and the College Education Department. In its notification, seen by Dawn and dated July […]
PM Shehbaz launches first AI-based digitisation platform to replace paper-based work in PMO – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based digitisation platform for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), designed to replace paper-based working in governance. According to a statement by the PMO on social media, the premier described the Prime Minister Office System (PMOS) as a transformative digital platform that would “modernise governance” […]
‘Likes have replaced work’
KARACHI: Pakistani actor and writer Mohammad Ahmed has criticised what he described as the growing trend of seeking online fame by attacking others instead of focusing on meaningful work, saying social media has turned criticism into a shortcut to popularity. In a video message, the actor used satire to question the mindset of people who, […]
Mayor Wahab says construction work near Karachi’s Hill Park halted; MQM-P demands probe into ‘NOC’ – Pakistan
KARACHI: Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Sunday said construction work around Karachi’s Hill Park had been halted, while the opposition Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) demanded that the PPP-led Sindh government investigate the matter. Spread over 62 acres and located in PECHS, Hill Park was built in the early 1960s and is one of the largest parks […]
Development work in Islamabad’s E-12 sector finally comes under the radar – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The incomplete development work in E-12 sector has caught the attention of the current management of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) as its engineering wing has been tasked with taking steps to complete this sector on priority basis. Sources told Dawn that recently CDA Chairman retired Lt Sohail Ashraf directed the engineering wing to […]
‘Flurry of missiles’: Indian sailors risk work at sea as Middle East war grinds on – World
Born to landless Indian farmers, Sunil Pooniya thought a job at sea would be his ticket out of poverty, instead his first voyage saw him diving into the ocean to escape a deadly attack driven by the US-Israel war on Iran. For hundreds of thousands of Indians, merchant shipping jobs are a lucrative proposition despite […]
Emergency funding approved to accelerate work on Red Line – Newspaper
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet on Thursday approved off-budget emergency funding to TransKarachi, enabling the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to accelerate construction on the long-delayed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Red Line project. The FWO was awarded the contract for Lot 2, a 12.85-kilometre stretch from Numaish Chowrangi to Mosamiyat, after the previous joint-venture contractor was terminated […]