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By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani has said that city  administration would provide all possible support to the Commission  on Status of Women  to achieve  its objective for the  social,  economic, political and legal rights of women  . He appreciated the idea of establishing the Sindh commission on  Women Status and observed that it would help achieve the goals of  the government initiative to provide women equal opportunities in society. He was talking to a 4-member  delegation of Sindh Commission on the  Status of Women headed by Ms. Nuzhat Shirin which met him at his office. The meeting discussed various programs  to be organized by the  Commission in coordination with the city administration. The Commissioner was appreciative  of this initiative and  assured of his office’s full support. He also appreciated the ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) A 5-member World Bank delegation headed by Rajul A Wasthi,  Senior Urban Immovable Property  Tax (UIPT)  specialist,   called on DMC Central Chairman Rehan Hashmi  to discuss   as to how Urban Immovable  Property Tax can be devolved to DMCs and which at present  is being collected by KMC. The delegation members included  Property Tax Consultants Wayaitgrant , William Mcclusskey . The objective of the WB delegation was to explore the tax collection   capacity of  DMC Central and increase the tax collection through Global Information System (GIS) . Earlier Chairman DMC Rehan Hashmi,  informed that because of  paucity of funds the tax collection staff could not be provided required training. The delegation members stressed that departmental efficiency can be enhanced through the use of computers . The  delegation visited D...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The second Haj Balloting of Aligarh Institute of Technology (AIT)  was held on Friday.. The Convener Managing Committee AIT along with other MC members were present on the occasion. Following were the two successful candidates along with two back up candidates. 1.      Muhammad Siraj                           Maintenance Dept., 2.      S.M.  Nasir Ali                                 Sports Officer Back-up Candidates: 1.      Obaid Akhtar                 ...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) Pakistan shares a statistic with India, China and Indonesia: these four countries are home to half the children born with heart defects worldwide. In Pakistan, a child born with a hole in the heart, known as congenital heart disease (CHD), is now healthier and living longer. But survival depends on how severe the defect is, how quickly it is diagnosed and how well it is treated.  With most births taking place in rural communities, the number of babies born with heart defects is unclear – an estimate suggests that more than 60,000 infants with a hole in their heart are born each year. About half of these young patients will have a critical CHD and require surgery to survive one year.  The Aga Khan University Hospital has stepped in to assist these children and their families. Its Mending Kids’ Hearts campaign, now in its fourth year, offers help and hope to those without financial means...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The PIA Chief has assured the PIA's retired employees  that their pension will be increased in near future' This was disclosed by General Secretary PIA Retired Employees Association  (PIAREA) while addressing the  General Body meeting of the association. He informed the members of some of the PIAREA achievements gained after  a long struggle which included increase in PIA pension in 2013, free medical  facilities for disabled sons/daughters of Retirees, abolition of Federal Excise  Duty (FED) on free tickets to issued to Retirees, extension of medical facilities etc.  He said successful efforts were made against proposed  privatization of PIA, Earlier, he informed that no one will be appointed as Association's office-bearer  for whole of life in future whereas efforts while efforts will continue to seek more facilities for retired employees....

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The Aga Khan University celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health (CoEWCH) building on its Stadium Road campus today. The new 149,000-square-foot building will consolidate the role of the CoEWCH as a focal point for the University’s research and policy advocacy efforts that aim to generate new insights into Pakistan’s interconnected health challenges in support of national development priorities for women and child health. “The Centre will be the first of its kind in low and middle income countries,” said Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, founding director of the CoEWCH and co-director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health in Toronto, at the groundbreaking ceremony. “It will enable us to expand and enhance the University’s study of the social determinants that shape and impact the well-being of children and women: the underlying conditions in which pe...

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi (Pakistan News & Features Services) The  sixth edition of Hub Rally Cross 2019 saw two new champions  Asif Imam and Salma Khan emerging on the horizon after sensational and intriguing competition  at the Max Dirt Arena in Hub on the border of Sindh.  Asif from Karachi, who had been managing and developing the Max Dirt track won the "A"  Prepared Class event. He  clocked 8 min 33 sec to grab the major title while veteran racer  Nadeem Khan finished second with Irfan Mian clinching third position in the field of seven racers.      "It was bit surprise for me that I drove well despite little practice on the track and for this my  thanks to Almighty that I achieved this," Asif told reporters after the presentation ceremony.       " May be absence of few top racers like Nadir Magsi,  Sahibzada Sultan Muhammad Ali and  Asad Khoro helped me to take away the title wh...