Five officials including a Tehsildar, DFO and three Head Constables arrested; three Food Inspectors absconding; Anti-Corruption Dept. takes action on Commissioner’s orders Rs.200000/- to Rs.500000/- were received as bribe to allow more than a dozen truckloads of wheat cross Sindh border in a single day Punjab’s grain traders’ leader reveals that wheat is being smuggled […]
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Vehicular traffic often stuck up at roads covered by sand; highway dept. fails to clear the roads – DC apprises Culture Minister Sardar Shah as XEN remains absent from meeting By GR Junejo Mithi: Owing to slackness of highway department, most of the roads in Tharparkar district are blocked, as the sand has covered them […]
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A disease called Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), caused by a tick-borne virus, has killed seven and infected at least 60, setting off alarm bells among health officials in China. By Loveson Lakhani As governments across the world continue to grapple with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has infected more the 18 million people […]
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Sant Hirdaram had to migrate to India from Bhiria, a small town of Sahiti area (Naushehro Feroz district – formerly Nawabshah) of Sindh, as a result of the partition. He left Bhiria in 1948 and settled at Pushkar in Rajasthan, from where he used to visit Bhopal where a large number of Sindhis had settled […]
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South Asian countries have been easing restrictions and reopening their economies, despite increasing coronavirus cases in recent weeks. For developing countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the calculus is even direr as leaders must choose between lives and livelihoods — with few able to strike the right balance. By Nazarul Islam Throwing […]
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By GR Junejo Mithi: The Shifa Foundation Tharparkar and District Health Office Tharparkar jointly organized a rally here on the eve of World Breastfeeding Week on Thursday. The rally was led by the District Health Officer Tharparkar Dr. Gordhan Das, Dr. Nasrullah Thebo and Accelerated Action Plan & Shifa Foundation Tharparkar’s District Manager Ms. Farzana […]
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Around two dozen companies are 60 years old; Sindhi traders setup their business in Philippines in 1930 Sindh Courier Research & Monitoring Desk Born and raised in the Philippines, Ramesh Dargani is the exclusive distributor of the high-end eye-wear brands Oakley and Sun-glass Hut. His father Jiwanlal, an émigré from India, ventured into the optical […]
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MNA Mahesh Malani, Naseer Memon of Thar Foundation and others eulogized the services of professor for improving standard of college and encouraging Thari youths for joining technical fields By GR Junejo Mithi: The services of Prof. Abdul Jabbar Junejo, Principal of Polytechnic College Mithi, who recently passed away after cardiac arrest, were eulogized at a […]
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The legacy of the great imperial power has hounded nations, around the planet. And, this is likely to continue. By Nazarul Islam I remember my grandfather’s remarks, he had made sixty years ago, while he craved for the golden days of his life. “There was a time, when the sun never set on the British […]
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Accumulation of rainwater, falling trees, overflowing drains, internet cables and illegal street-light buttons may cause harm to human lives Power utility writes letter to Commissioner Karachi seeking administration’s support to avoid power outages and other threats Karachi: The K-Electric in a letter to the Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani, has identified 451 locations of the city, […]
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