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KARACHI: People face great trouble in getting passports KARACHI, April 8: Hundreds of people, who took trouble to reach Awami Markaz from different parts of the city on Thursday to submit application forms for the newly-introduced machine-readable passports were...		KARACHI: Dozens hurt as transport workers, police clash: 100 rounded up KARACHI, April 8: Police on Friday rounded up around 100 workers of the Supreme Council of the All Pakistan Transporters and its allied bodies from Shireen Jinnah Colony following hours long...
KARACHI: Sindh govt, CDGK have no powers to fix prices KARACHI, April 8: Both the city and Sindh governments have been stripped of their powers to fix prices of essential commodities, it was reliably learnt on Thursday....		KARACHI: City govt violating SLGO: adviser KARACHI, April 8: Sindh chief minister’s adviser on local government Wasim Akhtar has reiterated that appointments of officers for the city government was the prerogative of the provincial government and the...
KARACHI: Division to benefit MQM: Khuhro KARACHI, April 8: Leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly, Nisar Khuhro on Friday asked the government to reverse what he termed as anti-Sindh decision of fragmenting Hyderabad to suit the...		KARACHI: MMA holds anti-govt rallies KARACHI, April 8: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday staged rallies and corner meetings across the city after Friday prayers as part of its ongoing movement against poverty, unemployment, obscenity and...
KARACHI: KESC asked to do away with power suspension KARACHI, April 8: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has expressed his concern over complaints regarding the unannounced load-shedding and frequent power breakdowns in the city....		KARACHI: Work begins on Fyzee Rahamin gallery in 15 days KARACHI, April 8: The construction work on the Fyzee Rahamin Art Gallery will start within 15 days....
KARACHI: Moot on chest diseases today KARACHI, April 8: Chest physicians from all over the country as well as from India and Bangladesh are arriving in city to attend a two-day regional conference on “Chest Diseases and...		KARACHI: Aalmi mushaira tonight KARACHI, April 8: An aalmi mushaira will be held at the National Stadium on Saturday night at 10pm, says a press release....
KARACHI: Doctors told to help people quit smoking KARACHI, April 8: Speakers at a smoking cessation workshop called upon healthcare professionals especially doctors to play their role in helping people quit smoking, a major cause of lung and oral...		KARACHI: Negligence main cause of high mortality rate KARACHI, April 8: Negligence and delays are the factors, which account for high maternal and infant mortality rate in the country....
KARACHI: Creative writings evaluated KARACHI: At a meeting of the Progressive Writers Association held at the PMA House on Thursday, Noor Mohammad Shiekh presented his short story and Ms Parvin Javed her ghazal....		KARACHI: History moot KARACHI, April 8: The 20th Pakistan History Conference will be held here on April 13 at Karachi University (KU)....
KARACHI: Free shuttle service KARACHI, April 8: The Dow University of Health Sciences has started a free shuttle service for patients and the general public of the Meteorological Department and the Resident Colony....		KARACHI: Admission date extended KARACHI, April 8: The University of Karachi has extended the date for admission to first year classes of BA, BSc (Pass), BCom and BSc Honours (Home Economics) till April 26....
KARACHI: HRCP supports mix marathons KARACHI, April 8: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said on Friday that the government decision to hold marathons for men and women separately was in violation of the constitution....		KARACHI: Boy shot dead in Malir KARACHI, April. 8: A young boy died in a controversial manner in Khokhrapar on Friday. Police said the body of Mohammad Ejaz, 12, was found in a house in Khokhrapar, with...
KARACHI: One killed, 5 injured KARACHI, April. 8: A young man died and five others were wounded when two cars collided on Sharea Faisal on Friday. Police said that accident occurred near Natha Khan Bridge....		KARACHI: Repair of pipeline ordered KARACHI, April 8: The Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brig Iftekhar Hyder, has taken strict notice of the leakage in the 66-inch dia pipeline emanating from Pipri Filter...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, April 8: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi and rest of the region on Saturday. The maximum temperature in Karachi is expected to range between...		HYDERABAD: PPP plans protest movement : Division of Hyderababd HYDERABAD, April 8: The deputy opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly, Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman, has said that the division of Hyderabad into four district is being supported by only by those people...
HYDERABAD: Growers want change in terms of reference: Water seepage downstream Kotri HYDERABAD, April 8: The representatives of growers have stressed the need for changing the terms of references of a three-phased study, to be conducted to ascertain the quantum of water seepage...		SUKKUR: ‘Repair work to be completed soon’: Sukkur Barrage SUKKUR, April 8: Sindh Irrigation Minister Nadir Akmal Leghari has said that rehabilitation work of the Sukkur Barrage will be completed soon....