Sindh considers halting train services to stop coronavirus spreading
Minister says Eid travel might increase infections like last year SAMAA | Health - Posted: May 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 8 hours ago SAMAA | Health Posted: May 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 8 hours ago
A worker disinfects a passenger train amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at Karachi Cantonment railway station in Karachi on March 20, 2020. Photo: AFP
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The Sindh government is considering halting railway services for the next 7 to 10 days to stem the spread of the coronavirus.Â
The decision to allow 70% occupancy in railway carriages would also be revisited, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho said in a meeting Wednesday.
Sindh’s struggling varsities yearn for funding
VCs write to CM, federal finance minister, seeking budget increase
KARACHI:
For the first time, vice chancellors of Sindh s public varsities have joined forces to pinpoint the massive financial crisis faced by their institutions.
In separate letters to Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, they outline budget deductions over the last two fiscal years. The VCs highlight rising expenditures and demand an immediate increase to maintain/run the varsities.
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood is addressed in the letter sent to Tareen. A copy has also been dispatched to the Higher Education Commission in Islamabad, the federal finance secretary and the federal HEC secretary. In addition, a copy has also been sent to Sindh Higher Education Commission Chairperson Dr Asim Hussain, additional chief secretary, universities, their boards, and the provincial finance secretary.
Karachi East reports highest Covid-19 infection rate
143 people died from the virus in May SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: May 17, 2021 | Last Updated: 5 hours ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: May 17, 2021 | Last Updated: 5 hours ago
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The highest number of coronavirus cases in Sindh were reported in Karachi s District East, according to the Sindh government.
In a meeting of the Coronavirus Task Force on Monday, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that in the month of May, 143 people died from the deadly virus.
One hundred and twenty-three patients are on ventilators of which 19 are at home. There are 664 ventilator beds in Sindh and presently 58 of them are occupied.
Karachi s storm water drain cleaning in full swing: NDMA
Statement comes amid impending threat of cycle Tauktae hitting Pakistan s coastal regions in coming days
Pedestrians use wooden planks to cross over an open drainage. PHOTO: EXPRESS
KARACHI:
The cleaning of storm water drains in Karachi is in full swing, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) claimed on Sunday following the looming threat of cyclone Tauktae hitting Balochistan and Sindh in the coming days.
According to the authority s spokesperson,14,900 tonne of garbage had been removed from the Mahmoodabad drain so far, whereas 153,031 tonne of garbage had been disposed of from the Orangi drain and 73,550 from the Gujjar Nullah.