No New Uplift Schemes for Karachi Get Little Attention in Sindh’s Budget for 2020-21
Read MoreNo New Uplift Schemes for Karachi Get Little Attention in Sindh’s Budget for 2020-21
Day: June 22, 2020
COVID–19 PANDEMIC CET OF CHINA PROVIDES 10000 KG FLOUR, 10000 KG RICE FOR NEEDY PEOPLE
With the graph of COVID-19 continuing to rise at a fast pace, the state of uncertainty prevailing due to partial lock down and related future of daily wagers, the situation has never gone so unpredictable as is now in Pakistan. In these hard times, the project Management of China Electric Power Equipment & Technology Co., Ltd (CET) decided to support the much needed, poor and underprivileged persons and families of the local community around its two major installations of Balloki and Matiari Converter Stations located in the Province of Punjab…
Read MoreGiven Sindh govt’s history, many transport projects in budget may not see the light of day
Since the past 12 years, the Pakistan Peoples Party-led (PPP) Sindh government seems to be on a mysterious mission to provide a rehabilitation facility to motor vehicle drivers in the province. Since the project has never materialised despite its inclusion in the budget document for many consecutive years, no one knows what kind of ‘rehabilitation’ the provincial government intends to provide to drivers. The proposed project, which has been named ‘Rehabilitation of the Drivers Training School’, is to be completed under a public-private partnership in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana.…
Read MoreQuaid-e-Azam’s ‘grandson’ passes away at 70
KARACHI: Muhammad Aslam Jinnah, who claimed to be the grandson of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, passed away on Monday. He was 70-years-old and died of complications related to old age. Aslam leaves behind a daughter and a wife. His funeral prayers were held today at 1.30pm, and he was laid to rest in Shah Muhammad Shah graveyard in New Karachi, in the presence of friends and family. A resident of North Karachi, Aslam spent much of his life in poverty. It was only in the past eight to 10 years that…
Read MoreScientists Test Plastic Kept Deep Underwater For Over 20 Years, With Depressing Results
Even after more than 20 years in the ocean, everyday plastics can show very few signs of breaking up or degrading, according to a new study examining the effects of deep-sea submersion on this problematic material. Researchers looked at two plastic samples recovered from 4,150 metres (13,615 feet) below the surface of the eastern Pacific Ocean, finding that the majority of the plastic was still fully intact, and had also influenced microbial communities growing on the plastic surface. While it isn’t difficult to find plastic in the oceans, it can…
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