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KARACHI: Karachi to have four desalination plants KARACHI, May 27: The city government has concluded agreements for installation of two desalination plants in Karachi while two more are in the offing, after which Karachi will get additional 150...		KARACHI: City govt sets up central IT centre KARACHI, May 27: The city government has established a state-of-the-art ‘IT Main Nerve Centre’ at the Civic Centre, which will provide centralized IT services to all the 18 town offices and...
KARACHI: Japanese plan for city discussed KARACHI, May 27: A delegation comprising representatives of the Japanese government and financial institutions, met the City Nazim Niamatullah Khan, on Friday. The delegation included Takehiro Okubo, head of the Economic...		KARACHI: Suicide attack widely condemned KARACHI, May 27: The suicide bomb attack at the Bari Imam shrine near Islamabad on Friday has been widely condemned by a cross section of society across the country. Leaders of...
KARACHI: Hearing of appeal in Pearl case put off KARACHI, May 27: The Sindh High Court on Friday adjourned hearing of an appeal filed on behalf of Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh and others against their conviction for the kidnapping and...		KARACHI: Peace activists urged to play role KARACHI, May 27: Speakers at a discussion on Friday urged the peace activists of India and Pakistan to continue to put pressure on their respective governments regarding on-going peace process so...
KARACHI: Three killed in accidents KARACHI, May 27: Three persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Friday. Twenty-five-year-old motor mechanic Mohammad Ali was crossing the main Mauripur Road when an...		KARACHI: PPP slams ‘Centre-Punjab plot’ KARACHI, May 27: Expressing concern over isolation of Sindh on the NFC award and the alleged Centre-Punjab conspiracy to deny the province its due share in the resources of the country,...
KARACHI: Tax official, wife get 10-year RI KARACHI, May 27: An accountability court sentenced on Friday a sales tax official and his wife to a 10-year term for amassing wealth beyond known means of their income. Judge Mrs...		KARACHI: Most modern facilities at all schools within two years KARACHI, May 27: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro said the government was trying hard to provide quality education to the children of government schools. Within couple of years all government...
KARACHI: First European documentary film festival begins KARACHI, May 27: The second smallest continent of the world, Europe plays host to people belonging to different cultures, speaking different languages and espousing different religious ideas. By embracing such religious...		KARACHI: Local govt dept warns DCOs KARACHI, May 27: The Sindh Local Government Department has taken serious notice of inviting tenders by certain district governments and town/taluka municipal administrations beyond their resources. A spokesman for the department...
KARACHI: Quaid-i-Azam House being cleaned today KARACHI, May 27: The Quaid-i-Azam House Museum is the next destination of the ‘Karavan Pakistan’ which has launched a series of heritage cleaning events under an organized programme. The museum...		KARACHI: Industrial unit in DHA annoying residents KARACHI, May 27: Residents of the 6th Zam Zama Commercial Lane, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, has drawn the attention of the concerned authorities towards unlawful functioning of an industrial unit in...
KARACHI: No-tobacco Day on 31st KARACHI, May 27: Pakistan stands poised to observe the ‘World No-Tobacco Day’ on May 31 for the first time after recently ratifying the WHO Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. Tobacco consumption...		KARACHI: VVIP duty leaves few for mosques security KARACHI, May 27: The security, beefed up at mosques and imambargahs in Karachi in the backdrop of the Bari Imam bombing in Islamabad, turned out to be a difficult task for...
KARACHI: Fishermen observe hunger strike KARACHI, May 27: A large number of men, women and children from the fishing villages of Karachi observed a token hunger strike in front of the Karachi Press Club on Friday...		KARACHI:Hearing of plea against arrests adjourned KARACHI, May 27: The Sindh High Court on Friday adjourned hearing of petition against detention of Chairman, Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Mohammad Ali Shah and others under Maintenance of Public Order on...
KARACHI: Free bicycles distributed KARACHI, May 27: The Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim, Abdul Wahab, on Friday announced distribution of 125 cycles among deserving labourers free of cost. Speaking at a Labour Day function on Friday, he...		KARACHI: Pirated CDs seized KARACHI, May 27: The FIA’s corporate crime circle seized over 10,000 pirated CDs on Friday, which were being sent to Rawalpindi and Lahore. Sources said that an FIA team, headed by...
KARACHI: PIA records Rs1.6bn increase in revenue KARACHI, May 27: The Pakistan International Airlines reported an increase in revenue by Rs1.6 billion during the first quarter of the year 2005, which is an 11 per cent increase as...		HYDERABAD: Islamabad blast condemned HYDERABAD, May 27: Activists of the Shia Ulema Council and Imamia Students Organizations staged demonstrations here after Friday congregation to condemn the bomb blast at the Mazar of Bari Imam in...
SUKKUR: Two traders kidnapped SUKKUR, May 27: Two traders of Qadirpur town in Ghotki district were kidnapped by armed men near Khadoo Dhandh village on Friday. The traders, Sarwanand and Karori Mal, were on...		NAWABSHAH: Protest against privatization of PTCL NAWABSHAH, May 27: On the call of the Unions Action Committee, PTCL employees of the Nawabshah Telegraph Division closed all the offices, including 45 exchanges in Nawabshah and Naushahro Feroze districts...