SR Khan

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Senior Journalist at Daily National Courier. Covering Karachi desk, specifically KMC, KDA, SBCA, Sindh govt, Solid Waste & all DMCs.

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MQM-P gets success to bring its administrator for Karachi

KARACHI: Talks between Pakistan Peoples’ Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leaderships over changes to be made in Local Government Act-2013 finalised. PPP leadership agreed upon to bring MQM-P administrator in Karachi before commencem...

Hafiz Naeem welcomes ECP decision, flays Sindh govt development work

Karachi: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) amir Karachi Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman asked Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to refrain Sindh government from creating hurdles against holding of Local Government polls. He welcomed ECP decision for holding LG election...

Contractors alleges ‘commission’ for poor roads construction

Karachi: Karachi road network is in deteriorated condition for many reasons. Most of roads even after renovated have been broken in short span of time. During monsoon, almost every Karachi road had been destroyed and sewage water overflowed. A huge a...

District South: Two women, an infant die as roof collapsed

KARACHI: Three persons including two women and an infant of a month died when roof collapse on them in Usmanabad South District. According to details, roof of ground floor non-concrete house was collapsed resulting death of three while a man got inju...

Tessori: gift received by MQM-P, parcels it to federal, say party’s senior workers

Karachi: MQM-P veterans, workers and office bearers are not happy with decision regarding appointment of Kamran Tessori as Sindh Governor. One party’s town member (formerly recognised as sector member) of Gulshan-e-Maymar Scheme-33 on condition...

KDA decides to restore Khursheed Begum Memorial Building as medical centre

Karachi: Karachi Development Authority (KDA) decided to restore Khursheed Begum Memorial Hall Building in its original status.  Plot No ST-3/B in Federal B Area Azizabad Block No 8 is reserved for hospital/medical center as per KDA layout plan....

Sindh Building Control Authority officers served with show-cause, explanation notices

Karachi: The supervisory committee of Sindh Building Control Authority-SBCA has made its first action against SBCA officers and officials, who are allegedly involved in conducting illegal constructions in Karachi Central District. The SBCA Director G...

MDA land in jeopardy as grabbing attempts gearing up rapidly

Karachi: Land grabbers are once again attempting to grab government land in Sector 19 of Taiser Town, Scheme 45 in Malir Development Authority. MDA Estate and Enforcement Director Akhtar Meo explained attempts of land grabbers saying that land grabbe...

SBCA forms ‘supervisory committee’ against illegal construction

Karachi: Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has formed ‘9-member supervisory committee’ for monitoring actions of SBCA officers against demolition and sealing of illegal and unauthorised constructions in city. A notification has been...

KMC’s phase-wise anti-encroachment drive kicksoff

Karachi: KMC anti-encroachment department started anti-encroachment drive in Manzoor Colony in Jamshed Division District east. During operation, KMC anti-encroachment team removed and dismantled encroachment from service roads and footpaths. KMC team...

NC Big Stories

All Karachi Urdu Declamation Contest- 2025 held at ICMA on Iqbal Day

KARACHI: Organized by the Youth of Pakistan Foundation, the All Karachi Declamation Contest was held at ICMA University on the occasion of Iqbal Day, in which young speakers from across the city presented the thoughts and message of Allama Iqbal in a...

SHC disposes of petition in Karimabad alleged illegal construction case

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has disposed of a petition filed against alleged illegal constructions in the Karimabad Ismailia Multipurpose Cooperative Society. The court made it clear that construction can only be carried out according to the approv...

Karachi’s New Master Plan 2047 Faces Unseen Urban Hurdles

KARACHI: As Karachi’s planners speak of a vision for 2047 the city’s current state stands as a cautionary tale. Decades of unregulated construction ignored zoning laws and unchecked expansion have left Karachi suffocating under its own ur...

Zohran Mamdani becomes New York City's first Muslim mayor

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, capping a meteoric rise from a little-known state lawmaker to one of the country's most visible Democratic figures. Mamdani will become the first Musli...
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