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KARACHI: Sindh PA returns to legislative business KARACHI, May 13: The Sindh Assembly on Friday, after deferring other items on the order of the day, set out to carry on legislative business and succeeded in getting through with...		KARACHI: Body set up for villages’ uplift KARACHI, May 13: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and Governor Ishratul Ibad on Friday decided to form a committee for making a coordinated plan to develop authentic rural areas and...
KARACHI: Issue of fake pirs echoes in assembly KARACHI, May 13: The issue of fake faith-healers luring simple people to their trap echoed in the Sindh Assembly on Friday when a member drew attention of the chair to the...		KARACHI: Private schools flouting rules KARACHI, May 13: The parents of students have generally expressed their unhappiness about privately managed schools, majority of which care little about rules and resort to make undue demands, particularly during...
KARACHI: Desecration of Holy Quran condemned KARACHI, May 13: Leaders of religio-political parties and people at large voiced strong protest on Friday against desecration of the Holy Quran by the American military personnel at the infamous Guantanamo...		KARACHI: Hearing of appeal in Pearl case put off KARACHI, May 13: The Sindh High Court on Friday adjourned to May 27 the hearing of an appeal filed by Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh and others against their conviction in the...
KARACHI: MQM chief slams gang-rape incident KARACHI, May 13: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Friday deplored the gang-rape of a 14-year-old girl, Shabana Mirani, of Rattodero, Larkana, and urged the president and prime minister to...		KARACHI: SPLA agrees to take part in inter exams KARACHI, May 13: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association on Friday withdrew its call for boycott of upcoming intermediate annual examinations, starting from May 17 all over the province after assurances...
KARACHI: Petrol rationing to check prices urged KARACHI, May 13: Speakers at a meeting of the Shura Hamdard, Karachi chapter, urged the government to introduce rationing system of petrol to bring down oil prices. The moot with the...		KARACHI: Experts present new concept of education KARACHI, May 13: Experts representing city government education and psychiatry departments called for educating all children together regardless of their varying capabilities and assured that it would help them develop a...
KARACHI: ‘All areas to be equally developed’ KARACHI, May 13: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has said uplift works in rural localities of the metropolis were part of the city government’s efforts to equally improve the state of...		KARACHI: Four die in accidents KARACHI, May 13: Four persons died in separate road accidents on Friday. Police said that Vicky Aslam, 15, was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a speeding minibus of...
KARACHI: Ibad orders raise in grants for press clubs KARACHI, May 13: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad Khan has issued directive for provision of grants to all the press clubs in the province, including Karachi Press Club, in accordance with their...		KARACHI: Probe into education dept affairs ordered KARACHI, May 13: The Sindh Education and Literacy Department on Friday announced to constitute four probe committees to investigate illegal promotions, appointments, awarding of selection grades, move-overs and increments, through illegal...
KARACHI: Remand KARACHI, May 13: An accountability court on Friday remanded five high officials of Port Qasim Authority to NAB custody till May 27 in a corruption case. Irshad Ahmed, Sahib Dad Mengal,...		KARACHI: Protest against contract system KARACHI, May 13: On the call given by Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, the fishermen all over the province observed token hunger strike in front of fisheries department office in every district against...
KARACHI: 7 officials of city govt’s tax dept transferred KARACHI, May 13: In a major development, the district coordination officer of the city government has transferred as many as seven officials of the CDGK’s local taxes department in one go....		KARACHI: Rates revision policy criticized KARACHI, May 13: The Tehrik Shehri Hukumat has criticized the petroleum products de-regularization policy under which petroleum prices are revised (usually upwards) after every 15 days. Addressing a press conference at...
KARACHI: KU declares results of BSc exams KARACHI, May 13: The University of Karachi on Friday announced the results of BSc (Pass) Part-I Annual Examinations 2004. According to statistics, some 3,310 candidates registered themselves for the exams, 3,138...		KARACHI: Employees promoted KARACHI, May 13: The Sindh Minister for Commerce and Industry, Adil Siddiqui, on Friday granted promotion to 171 employees of the Sindh Government Printing Press, while another 174 were moved over....
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 13: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi on Saturday. The maximum temperature is expected to remain between 36 and 38 degrees Centigrade, the forecast...		HYDERABAD: Hyderabad to get Rs1b for special projects HYDERABAD, May 13: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on local bodies, Mr Waseem Akhtar, has announced a special package of Rs1 billion for four taluka municipal administrations in order...
HYDERABAD: Nazim demands removal of TMO HYDERABAD, May 13: Taluka Nazim Haji Moinuddin Shaikh has appealed to the president, NRB chairman, Sindh governor and chief minister to immediately remove the taluka municipal officer who, he alleged, was...		HYDERABAD: Confrence planned on national issues HYDERABAD, May 13: The Awami Tehrik has planned a national conference in Bhitshah on May 21 to discuss burning issues confronting the country with special reference to Sindh. At its central...
HYDERABAD: 7 welfare projects approved HYDERABAD, May 13: The District Coordination Officer of Hyderabad has approved seven charitable projects submitted by volunteer organisations of the district at a total cost of Rs10.63 million under the Sindh...		MIRPURKHAS: Probe launched into land grabbing MIRPURKHAS, May 13: EDO revenue Abdul Rahim Soomro has ordered an inquiry on complaint of social worker Abdul Majeed regarding encroachment of a revenue plot in Kot Ghulam Mohammad town. He...