Oonib Azam is a Karachi-based journalist covering civic, environment, minorities and transport issues
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March 31, 2025
Sindh energy dept has used only 2.87pc development budget since 2015
Most of energy department’s development projects since 2015-16 have focused on renewable energy and village electrification
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March 21, 2025
‘Provinces now primary policy executors for climate targets set by Centre’
Former federal minister for climate change Sherry Rehman addressing an event on March 14, 2023. — APPFormer federal minister for climate change...
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March 15, 2025
China monitoring situation after Jaffar Express attack, says consul general
Chinese Consul General in Karachi Yang Yundong addresses an event. — APP/FileChinese Consul General in Karachi Yang Yundong has said China is...
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February 01, 2025
Germany eyes investment in Sindh’s 350MW solar-wind hybrid project and Thar coal
Sindh Minister for Energy, Development, and Planning Syed Nasir Hussain Shah in a meeting with a German delegation regarding the solar-wind hybrid...
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January 25, 2025
If not checked, climate change may cause $1.2tr losses to Pakistan by 2050, says British envoy
British Deputy Head of Mission Martin Dawson addresses an event. — APP/FileIf Pakistan fails to take urgent action to curb the impact of climate...
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January 22, 2025
KU adviser says guidelines issued to make new students aware of dress code
University of Karachi's Silver Jubilee Gate. — APP/FileThe University of Karachi’s notification, issued on January 14, 2025, setting guidelines...
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October 22, 2024
Conference for Biodiversity kicks off under UN’s aegis in Colombia
Cultural opening ceremony showcased close relationship between humans and nature, with Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendant communities, and rural...
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September 22, 2024
Rotary Foundation chair calls for addressing malnutrition to eradicate polio
Chairman of Rotary Foundation and former President & Director of Rotary International Mark Daniel Maloney meeting with Mona Khan on Rotary's ongoing...
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September 12, 2024
Speakers discuss Quaid-e-Azam’s strategic vision
Lieutenant General Moinuddin Haider speaks about "Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah" , Ikram Sehgal and other seen in this image on September 11,...
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August 30, 2024
Schools to remain closed in Karachi, Hyderabad as heavy rain likely today
Schoolgirls rush outside their class in an undated picture. — INP Karachi/Hyderabad: In view of the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s ...
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August 19, 2024
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June 23, 2024
SBCA sets up emergency centre to deal with adverse situations during rain
Vehicles passing through rainwater during the heavy rain in Karachi. — INP/FileThe Sindh Building Control Authority has established a rain...
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June 17, 2024
Sindh PDMA budget cut by 35.9pc despite heatwaves, flood forecasts
Budget document shows a decline despite the unprecedented heatwaves in the province and the forecasts of massive monsoon rainfall
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June 15, 2024
Rs74.37bn earmarked for local govt department
The screenshot shows Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presenting budget speech on June 14, 2024. — Facebook/ShahzadMemonPPPThe Sindh...
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May 20, 2024
Delays on KE, SSGC’s part in Malir Expressway project anger CM
KE and SSGC had been paid for the relocation of their infrastructure but still the work was being delayed
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April 10, 2024
Punjab Urban Unit helping KMC develop Climate Action Plan
C40 is a global network comprising nearly 100 mayors from leading cities worldwide united in addressing the climate crisis
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February 19, 2024
A underwhelming session featuring Mayor Wahab at KLF
It has been observed in recent years that incumbent mayors of Karachi are rarely visible in public discourses and panel discussions due to the fear...
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February 18, 2024
All — political parties, military, judiciary — responsible for current mess: Shahid Khaqan
At a session of the Karachi Literature Festival on Saturday evening, journalist Shaheen Salahuddin recalled former prime minister Shahid Khaqan...
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February 11, 2024
MQM-P reclaims lost stronghold of District Central as per unofficial results
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan reclaimed its lost ground of District Central that was snatched from it by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in...
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February 10, 2024
No upset in NA seats of District Keamari with Qadir Patel, Mustafa Kamal winning
The results for Karachi’s District Keamari’s two National Assembly seats have aligned exactly with predictions. This combo shows Pakistan...
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February 09, 2024
Elderly people exercise right to vote despite all constraints
There was a long crater on a service road outside the HS Schooling System in District Central’s NA-247 constituency, along with numerous large and...
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February 08, 2024
No clear favourite in District Central due to many strong contenders
Karachi's District Central is poised to be a fiercely contested battleground in today's elections. Commuters move past the election banners...
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February 07, 2024
Tough competition likely between MQM’s Mustafa Kamal, PPP’s Qadir Khan Mandokhail in NA-242
District Keamari’s NA-242 presents an intriguing contest between the Pakistan Peoples Party’s candidate, Qadir Khan Mandokhail, and the...
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January 28, 2024
Stay order shatters Defence View residents’ water hopes
The Defence View locality of Karachi is owned neither by the Defence Housing Authority nor the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation when it...
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January 03, 2024
Call for resuming issuance of CNICs to transgender persons
Despite the existence of a significant number of Khawaja Siras in Sindh, only around 3,000 of them are registered to vote, leading to a lack of...
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November 25, 2023
Call for supporting victims of sexual abuse at home
Sexual abuse at home has lifelong implications and it creates a hopeless situation for victims, said psychologist Dr Asha Bedar.She was speaking in...
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October 26, 2023
Show-cause notice issued to Malir Expressway project director for failing to disclose information
This still taken from a video released on July 5, 2023, shows an under-construction bridge under the Malir Expressway project. —...
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October 13, 2023
‘Karachi has lost over 235 acres of mangrove cover in 12 years’
Major reasons for the decrease are illegal allotments of land in mangrove areas and cutting of mangroves for land reclamation
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October 05, 2023
KMC finally makes 2023-24 budget details available to public
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has finally made the details of its 2023-24 budget of Rs38.198 billion, which was passed on June 14, available...
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August 30, 2023
Avenues being explored for trade in IT sector with Pakistan: British HC
British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott has said that the UK-Pakistan trade has nearly tripled now to 4.4 billion pounds, and avenues...
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August 25, 2023
What is so secret about KMC budget 2023-24?
Opposition members of the KMC City Council have no access to the budget documents, which are supposed to be in public domain
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August 22, 2023
Wahab criticises Sepa for inaction over violations of environmental laws as he inaugurates Jauhar underpass
Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab inaugurated the Gulistan-e-Jauhar underpass on Monday at a cost of Rs1 billion in violation of key...
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August 05, 2023
‘Govt reappropriated Rs200m from Gujjar Nullah rehabilitation project’
The Sindh government has reappropriated Rs200 million from the project of the rehabilitation of the Gujjar Nullah and Orangi Nullah affectees to a...
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July 27, 2023
UNDP suspends transgender HIV programme with GIA
KARACHI: The United Nations Development Programme Pakistan has temporarily suspended its HIV effective prevention and treatment programme in Sindh,...
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July 10, 2023
Families affected by anti-encroachment drive demand rehabilitation
Razia Bibi, 50, a resident of the Gujjar Nullah area, was already hardly able to make ends meet when her home was demolished for the project to...
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July 03, 2023
Are Murtaza Wahab’s mayoral powers different from his predecessor Wasim Akhtar’s?
The Pakistan Peoples Party got its first elected mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab, through an election last month. Before Wahab, the Muttahida Qaumi...
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June 24, 2023
Non-DHA residents banned from entering Nisar Shaheed Park
In what looks like a discriminatory policy, the Defence Housing Authority has banned non-DHA residents from entering the Nisar Shaheed Park located...
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June 24, 2023
With ADB not financing Malir Expressway, it’s mystery how project will be financed
Although Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah recently issued directives to get one of the tracks of the Malir Expressway functional by December, The...
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June 20, 2023
Wahab promises to bury politics of hate as he takes oath as Karachi’s mayor
With the promise to work with true faith and allegiance to Pakistan and strengthen its solidarity and prosperity through good governance, the first...
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June 16, 2023
History made as PPP’s Murtaza elected Karachi mayor
Salman Abdullah becomes deputy mayor, both bag 173 votes each
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June 11, 2023
Local government, housing budget raised to Rs62.5 billion
The Sindh government has increased its local government department’s budget from Rs62 billion to Rs62.5 billion for the incoming financial year...
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May 25, 2023
Shehzadi Rai submits nomination papers in Karachi council
KARACHI: Transgender rights activist and Gender Interactive Alliance member Shehzadi Rai on Wednesday submitted her nomination papers for the...
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May 25, 2023
Shehzadi Rai submits nomination papers in city council
Transgender rights activist and Gender Interactive Alliance member Shehzadi Rai on Wednesday submitted her nomination papers for the Karachi...
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May 21, 2023
NGOs decry Federal Shariat Court verdict against transgender law
The Federal Shariat Court’s decision against the Transgender Persons Act, 2018, is not only against the transgender community but also against...
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May 01, 2023
Karachi’s population growth rate yet to exceed Sindh’s after multiple census extensions
After multiple extensions in the census date, the population count of Karachi has finally crossed the figure of 2017 census and reached 17.819...
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April 29, 2023
Malir Expressway project in limbo as ADB backs out from financing
The Malir Expressway project seems financially unviable as the Asian Development Bank has backed out from financing it and struck down it from its...
