Tag: Karachi

  • ‘No smog in Lahore for last two years’: PTI’s Muhammad Rizwan

    ‘No smog in Lahore for last two years’: PTI’s Muhammad Rizwan

    Provincial Minister of Punjab for Environment Protection Muhammad Rizwan claimed that there has been no smog in Punjab, including Lahore, for the last two years.

    According to the minister, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Lahore which is being observed nowadays is different and the actual rating as per Pakistan Meteorological Department is 134.

    Muhammad Rizwan, while speaking to City 42 News, said that people don’t know how to install air quality monitors. He announced that the administration is starting a plan in which people will be given education and training related to this.

    Furthermore, while maintaining his stance, he stated: “Today our department has recorded AQI 134 mark while Town Hall has 192 and Model Town has 186.”

    After this, the host of the programme said that today (Friday) the city’s quality index was at 337 and previously Lahore was on the list of the most polluted cities.

    To which he replied, ”I can say with full confidence that there has been no smog in the last two years in Punjab, including Lahore.”

    He said that even if there is no fog, the presence of smog was not possible.

    On November 13, Lahore recorded a particulate matter (PM) rating of 364, which classifies the city under the “hazardous” category of air quality.

    However, today Lahore stands at second place after Delhi and has recorded AQI 209 mark while Karachi is at fifth place with the 175 mark.

  • Hidden cameras found in Karachi private school’s female washrooms

    Hidden cameras found in Karachi private school’s female washrooms

    Hidden Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras were found in a private school’s female washrooms in Karachi, reports Geo News.

    Videos of women were being made with the hidden cameras, officials from the Sindh Education Department confirmed.

    The Education Department issued a notification according to which the cameras were secretly installed in the female washroom as well as the men’s washroom used by both teachers and students.

    However, the school administration has maintained that the cameras were installed in the washrooms for “monitoring purposes”.

    According to the Sindh Educational Department, “Hidden CCTV cameras were installed behind a sheet with holes in the area of the washbasins situated with the toilets of girls and boys/washrooms, so that one can easily watch the movements of male and female students and staff,” as per Dawn.

    An inquiry committee of the inspection directorate later in the day served a notice to the school administration, asking its principal or a senior official to appear before the department on November 4.

    However, no official from the school turned up in disregard of the orders.

    After that, the Sindh Education Department on Friday suspended the registration of the said private school and asked its administration to furnish a show-cause notice.

    According to the notice, the registration of the school will remain suspended until the completion of the investigation.

    According to the notice, the registration of the school will remain suspended until the completion of the investigation. 

  • PCB announces schedule of West Indies tour of Pakistan

    PCB announces schedule of West Indies tour of Pakistan

    The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced the schedule of the upcoming West Indies tour of Pakistan.

    As per the schedule, the Windies will arrive in Karachi on December 9 to play three T20Is and an equal number of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League matches in Pakistan.

    The series will kickstart from December 13 and will last till December 22, as per the cricket board.

    The December ODIs will form part of Pakistan’s fourth series in the Super League, which will see the top seven sides and the event host India qualify directly for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 with the remaining two sides progressing from the qualifying event.

    “After missing out on home internationals in September and October, the West Indies tour will formally kick-off of an exciting and entertaining season of men’s international cricket in Pakistan with HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 and Australia’s first full series to follow,” said PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja.

    “The West Indies have always remained one of Pakistan cricket fans’ favourite sides. I am hopeful that the NCOC will support this series by allowing maximum crowds so that the fans can watch live in action their favourite players and back both the sides,” he added.

    Schedule:

    Dec 9 – West Indies arrival in Karachi

    Dec 13 – 1st T20I, Karachi

    Dec 14 – 2nd T20I, Karachi

    Dec 16 – 3rd T20I, Karachi

    Dec 18 – 1st ODI, Karachi

    Dec 20 – 2nd ODI, Karachi

    Dec 22 – 3rd ODI, Karachi

    Dec 23 – Departure

  • Lahore number one, while Karachi fifth for poor air quality in the world

    Lahore number one, while Karachi fifth for poor air quality in the world

    Lahore ranked number one while Karachi ranked fifth among the top five cities with bad air quality in the world.

    The second on the list is Croatia’s Zagreb while India’s Delhi is on third, Mumbai fourth, and Pakistan’s Karachi is the fifth city, according to air pollution data released by the United States (US) Air Quality Index.

    Screen-grab of the latest IQAir website world air quality ranking

    Lahore suffers from high levels of air pollution, with the city regularly ranking at the top of IQAir AirVisual’s live pollution rankings of the major global cities.

    According to environmental experts and an earlier report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the cause of smog remains years-long pollution caused mostly by the transport sector and industries, and not just crop burning.

  • Supreme Court orders demolition of Nasla Tower in a week

    The Supreme Court has ordered to demolish Nasla Tower in Karachi within a week and has sought a report on it, Geo News reported.

    During the hearing, the apex court ordered to use the latest technology in the process and take all the expenses from the owner of Nasla Tower.

    The court said that within a week, the Nasla tower should be demolished by a controlled ammunition blast and no damage should be done to buildings or people near the site.

    The court directed the owner of Nasla Tower to return the money to the residents.

    The court also directed the concerned authorities to submit a report within a week.

    The district administration has issued notices to the residents of Nasla Tower to vacate the building on a court order.

    Earlier, a resident can be heard in a video saying, ‘’I will commit suicide if Nasla Tower is demolished.”

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  • Private university in Karachi announces holiday to celebrate Pakistan’s win

    Private university in Karachi announces holiday to celebrate Pakistan’s win

    After Pakistan’s amazing victory against India in the T20 World Cup, a private university in Karachi announced a holiday to celebrate the win.

    Sir Syed University announced that the university will be closed on 25th October, following a historic victory for Pakistan.

    Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology took to social media to announce the news.

    Pakistan defeated India for the first time in a World Cup match by 10 wickets last night, making history.

  • VIDEO: Minor driver cries after hitting a car in Karachi

    A 12-year-old boy, driving a car in Karachi, hit another vehicle at the city’s Memon Goth Road, ARY News reported.

    The video shows a teenage boy along with four other kids, riding an expensive car and smashing it into another vehicle due to overspeeding.

    The boys can be seen crying and apologising when they were caught by the owner of the other vehicle.

    The owner in the video alleges that the boy said that his father is a policeman and they are coming from Memon Goth. The owner of the damaged vehicle informed the police as well, which arrived and caught the children.

    The police said the children were released, later, after warning as the parents had assured not to let them drive again and keep an eye on them

  • ‘Human rights activist’ yells at restaurant chef who asked for her vaccination certificate

    A woman at Okra Test Kitchen in Karachi yelled at a chef who reportedly asked her for her Covid vaccination certificate.

    The video shows the woman, who was not even wearing a mask, filming the chef and arguing with him. The woman can be heard saying, “Who are you to ask me about my medical record?” She also accused the chef of being in violation of the Constitution of Pakistan because he was asking for her medical records.

    The woman called herself a “human rights activist” while exiting the venue.

    Twitterati were quick enough to call out the woman for misbehaving with the chef.

    https://twitter.com/road_runner1234/status/1446009881404772356?s=20

  • IBA reinstates expelled student who spoke out against alleged harassment on campus

    IBA reinstates expelled student who spoke out against alleged harassment on campus

    The Insitute of Business Administration (IBA) reinstated Mohammad Gibrail, a student who was expelled by the university administration a week ago for speaking out against the alleged harassment incident on social media.

    The decision was taken by IBA’s Executive Director (ED) of the institution S Akbar Zaidi after hearing the appeal against the Disciplinary Committee’s decision, which took place on September 29. Zaidi reinstated Gibrail as a student with immediate effect, as per Geo News.

    Jibran Nasir, the lawyer for Gibrail, confirmed that the student had been reinstated. He tweeted, “Congratulations to all students! Gibrail’s admission on appeal to [IBA, ED] has been restored unconditionally,” adding that the ED had also “committed reforms to make IBA safer, give students representation in admin affairs and expeditious and transparent inquiry into the harassment case”.

    During the hearing, Gibrail reaffirmed his respect for the IBA and the Executive Director and reportedly withdrew those parts of his appeal which were unrelated to his expulsion.

    On August 25, Gibrail had reported the alleged sexual harassment incident on a public Facebook post. He stated, “This was actually the incident of workplace harassment that took place in front of my eyes in IBA’s Finance Department where I saw a person whom, I inquired his identity late, named Tanveer yelled at a female employee of IBA in that Finance Department and burst on her.”

    After this, students of IBA started protesting against the administration to take notice of this issue. Despite looking into the matter, IBA’s Disciplinary Committee expelled Gibrail a few days after the incident.

  • Cyclone Gulab: Karachi on high alert as storm nears

    Cyclone Gulab: Karachi on high alert as storm nears

    The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued a warning to Karachi residents as a cyclone named Gulab nears the Sindh-Makran coast.

    People are advised to keep at a distance from trees, billboards and polls, Director Met Office Sardar Sarfaraz told ARY News.

    Earlier, as per the official notification, the coastal belts had also been warned as the sea conditions would remain very rough with high surge at times till October 3.

    The department also suggested that there will be urban flooding in Karachi, Badin, Thatta, Hyderabad, Dadu, Mirpurkhas, Shaeed Benazirabad, Lasbela, Sonmiani, Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar, Turbat and Jiwani.

    The notification said: “The system is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours and move northwestwards.”

    However, the Met Office said that the PMD Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre, Karachi is closely monitoring the system.

    Currently, Hashtag #CycloneGulab is one of the top trends on Twitter Pakistan as heavy rainfall has caused electricity poles to fall in different parts of the city.