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KARACHI: President for efforts to develop Karachi KARACHI, May 28: The President, Pervez Musharraf, on Saturday directed that concerted efforts be made for the development of Karachi, an important industrial hub of the country. At a presentation on...		KARACHI: Imran wants rulers’ thorough accountability KARACHI, May 28: Chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Imran Khan has accused the present military-led regime of mortgaging the country’s sovereignty to the United States by denying its people the unbridled...
KARACHI: MQM wins president’s nod on water plant KARACHI, May 28: President Pervez Musharraf has in principle agreed to the idea of setting up a desalination plant of 50-100 mgd capacity in Karachi to meet the growing water needs...		KARACHI: Freedom for research scientists urged: KU chemistry dept’s celebrations KARACHI, May 28: While assigning great value to the scientific and technological uplift, speakers at an academic session observed that scientists...
KARACHI: $0.1m donation for Lyari hospital KARACHI, May 28: Abdul Sattar Edhi has announced that the US-based Bilquis Edhi Foundation would donate $100,000 for the establishment of a diabetic centre in the Lyari General Hospital (LGH). Speaking...		KARACHI: Kidnappers shot dead, hostage released KARACHI, May 28: Four alleged kidnappers were gunned down in what police claimed to be an encounter early on Saturday morning when the police raided a bungalow in Gulistan-i-Jauhar to rescue...
KARACHI: Teacher among four killed KARACHI, May 28: Four people were killed at different areas on Saturday in separate incidents, the police said. A teacher was shot dead by unidentified motorcyclists in Baghdadi while a passer-by was wounded. Police said Salman Mohammad Hingoro, 35, used to teach at a seminary in Baghdadi....		KARACHI: Bohras celebrate Syedna’s birthday KARACHI, May 28: The Dawoodi Bohra community in the city, like everywhere else around the globe, celebrated the 94th birthday of their spiritual leader Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin on Saturday. Syedna...
KARACHI: Literary sitting at Goethe KARACHI, May 28: A literary sitting, chaired by Dr Hanif Fauq, was held at Goethe Institut on Friday. A poem by German poet Karl Krolow (1915-1999) titled ‘Fear’ was presented by...		KARACHI: West considering Islam a threat to capitalism: Israr KARACHI, May 28: Dr Israr Ahmad, chief of Tanzeem-i-Islami, has stated that incidents of desecration of the Holy Quran by the US soldiers were an attempt to discredit the Holy Quran...
KARACHI: Imprudent use of ventilators emerging as health hazard KARACHI, May 28: Proliferation of ventilators in the hospitals is registered to be giving false hope to patients while factually compounding the problems of infections. The observation was made by the...		KARACHI: School for children of fishermen planned KARACHI, May 28: A model school for the children of fishermen will be set up to train them on modern techniques of education. This was stated here by the managing committee...
KARACHI: SHC adjourns hearing of private schools’ plea KARACHI, May 28: The Sindh High Court adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by private schools challenging validity of certain provisions of the Sindh Private Educational Institutions, 2001 as counsel...		KARACHI: Workers seek raise in wages KARACHI, May 28: The National Labour Federation (NLF) took out a procession and staged a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Saturday against price hike, and demanded a suitable raise...
KARACHI: Boundary wall KARACHI, May 28: The Sindh Home Minister, Rauf Siddiqui, donated Rs10,000 from his own pocket for the construction of a boundary wall to separate the City Government’s Boys‘ and Girls‘ Elementary...		KARACHI: Model park inaugurated KARACHI, May 28: The Nazim Gulshan Iqbal Town, Abdul Wahab, on Saturday said the town administration had spread a network of roads, sewerage and water in the town, and had rooted...
KARACHI: Bari Imam blast Arrest of terrorists sought KARACHI, May 28: The Tehreek Nifaz Fiqha Jafria has demanded arrest of terrorists responsible for the tragedy of Hazrat Bari Imam Kazmi Al-Mashhadi at Noorpur Shahan, Islamabad, in which 19 precious...		KARACHI: 1,000kg hashish seized, 5 held KARACHI, May 28: The anti-narcotics force arrested five drug smugglers and recovered 1,000kg hashish and 2kg heroin powder in separate raids. ANF Commander received an information that a huge quantity of...