Zaira Hasan Usmani

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Journalist at Daily National Courier. Covering different beats including Politics, Current Affairs & other news content in a well-versed manner along with handling various tasks related to social media. Also member of Karachi Union of Journalist (KUJ).

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PRC Sindh accelerates flood relief operation

KARACHI: Sindh branch of Pakistan Red Crescent (PRC) started its relief operation in early August has now been accelerated in rain affected areas in Sindh province. PRC Sindh has given relief items in eight districts and is collecting a growing numbe...

Arts Council Karachi comes forward to help flood victims

KARACHI: Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi has decided to take over management of Razaqabad Relief Camp for flood victims. So far more than 14 hundred victims have been shifted to Razaqabad Relief Camp which is managed by Arts Council, President of Ar...

CM Murad orders arrest of agents for fleecing rain-hit families

Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali expressed his outrage over complaints by people affected by rain and flood in Umerkot that they were being fleeced by “agents” who were supposed to transfer financial aid to individuals’ accou...

Polio eradication drive kicks off in 86 districts of country: Minister

KARACHI: Making efforts to curb crippling epidemic, Ministry of Health launched third anti-polio campaign of year across 86 districts of country. Children under age of five years will be administered polio drops during drive. Federal Health Minister...

Sindh could be declared ‘calamity-hit’ after heavy downpours: CM Murad

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said entire province could be declared ‘calamity-hit’ after torrential downpours. At a press conference at Shahbaz Hall of Shahbaz Building in Hyderabad, he apprised that entire province had re...

Madhubala elephant gets relief after years of dental pain

KARACHI: Madhubala a 16-year-old elephant suffering for years from a dental infection and pain caused by a broken tusk, finally got relief after undergoing treatment while under unique standing sedation. Madhubala is one of four African elephants be...

Anwar Maqsood’s ‘Sadday 14 August’ theatre play staged

KARACHI: Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi organised ‘Media Evening’ to stage Anwar Maqsood’s and Dawar Mahmood’s iconic play ‘Saadhay 14 August’. Anwar Maqsood, President Arts Council Ahmad Shah and other were pres...

PMA shocked over medicine shortage, its price rise

KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) at a meeting discussed issue of shortage of essential medicine and increase of medicine price. Meeting presided over through video link by Dr Salma Aslam Kundi, Honourary President PMA Centre was attended b...

US provides mobile lab to Sindh Health Deptt for Covid-19 testing capacity

Karachi: US government presented a mobile biosafety laboratory to Sindh Department of Health to strengthen capacity to diagnose Covid-19 and other communicable diseases, especially in Pakistan’s remote locations where there is limited capacity...

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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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