Farmers being given a subsidy of Rs24,700 per acre for the purchase of urea and DAP fertiliser KARACHI: The Sindh government has called on the Centre to announce a national-level wheat support price to safeguard the interests of farmers facing mounting financial pressure. In a statement issued on Saturday, Sindh Agriculture Minister Sardar Muhammad Bakhsh…
KARACHI: Like the rest of the country, the Hindu community in Karachi will celebrate their religious festival Diwali today, Monday. According to social leader and scholar Professor Dr Manoj Chauhan, the main Diwali celebration will be held at the Governor House, with Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori attending as chief guest. The event will include…
Deceased reportedly shot self in the chest in friend’s room; incident follows 2019 suicides in same university HYDERABAD: A student allegedly committed suicide in the boys’ hostel of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro. The body of Abdullah Soomro, a fourth-year MBBS student enrolled at Bilawal Bhutto Medical College, was found…
Wheat prices hit record Rs10,000 per 100kg, flour at Rs130 per kg as govt sits on stocks HYDERABAD: Wheat prices in Hyderabad’s open market have surged to an unprecedented Rs10,000 per 100kg bag, triggering another round of increases in flour prices that have now reached between Rs125 and Rs130 per kilogram. According to market dealers,…
JARANWALA: A man accused of harassing and abusing a domestic worker has been booked. According to the FIR lodged at Saddar Police Station by Ayesha Riaz, a resident of Noor Pur, she was employed by the accused Hamza. She stated that he used to harass her under various pretexts. When she tried to confront him,…
While some celebrate the encounters as justice served, critics argue lasting protection for women lies in strengthenin LAHORE: After every high-profile rape case, popular sentiment often incites the authorities to take extreme punitive measures against the culprits. While such extrajudicial encounters might temporarily placate public fury, they nevertheless jeopardize the rule of law. In Punjab,…
Faisalabad conference seeks to highlight the philosophical, literary, and cultural dimensions of the figure’s poetry. FAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) plans to host a grand ‘Waris Shah Conference’ on October 21 to pay tribute to the legendary Sufi poet. The conference, organised under the directives of Vice Chancellor Dr Zulfiqar Ali and the…
University of Peshawar. PHOTO: FILE PESHAWAR: Once considered the pride of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the University of Peshawar, one of the province’s oldest and largest higher education institutions, is now facing one of the worst admission crises in its history. Due to administrative inefficiency and the government’s neglect, admissions in several departments have dropped sharply this year,…
Tensions freeze dealings between Pakistan, Afghanistan; thousands of trucks stranded Trucks loaded with refugees’ belongings queue at the Torkham border ahead of their return to Afghanistan. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: PESHAWAR Ongoing border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have brought all forms of bilateral and transit trade to a standstill since Sunday, October 12, causing severe…
Zoos in Pakistan are no less than torture cells. The recent observations of the Sindh High Court on the deplorable state of Karachi Zoo have reignited a long-overdue debate about the moral and practical justification for maintaining zoos anywhere in the country. Across Pakistan, from Lahore to Karachi, animals languish in cramped cages, deprived of…
