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KARACHI: Caretakers to replace nazims after poll schedule: SLGO amended KARACHI, June 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Monday issued an ordinance effecting amendments in the Local Government Ordinance-2001 — paving the way for the appointment of caretakers of...		KARACHI: No consensus yet on air fares KARACHI, June 6: The Pakistan International Airlines and three private airlines on Monday could not reach a consensus on ending their war of fares. Sources told Dawn that the meeting, chaired...
KARACHI: APC holds Sindh govt responsible for killings: Immediate removal urged KARACHI, June 6: The all-parties conference, held here on Monday under the auspices of the Jamaat-i-Islami, held the Sindh government responsible for the ongoing wave of terrorism and target killings in...		KARACHI: Power breakdowns persist KARACHI, June 6: Power breakdown complaints noted by the customer service centres of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation registered a sharp rise on Monday when a punishing heatwave dealt a debilitating...
KARACHI: Heatwave in city intensifies KARACHI, June 6: The heatwave that has currently gripped the city intensified on Monday and pushed temperatures to over 37 degrees Centigrade, making Monday the hottest day of the month. According...		KARACHI: Awareness of environmental issues urged KARACHI, June 6: The dream of green cities across the globe cannot be fulfilled unless the countries formulate thoughtful policies on environment and allocate sufficient resources to solve the related problems,...
KARACHI: Work on KMDC building inaugurated KARACHI, June 6: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has said that the city government has included education and health sectors in the list of its priorities as no nation can achieve progress...		KARACHI: Survey of katchi abadis along rail tracks soon KARACHI, June 6: The Director-General of Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority, Mir Nasir Abbas, said that a joint survey of the katchi abadis along the railway track existing prior to and after...
KARACHI: Pakistani, Chinese experts to help herbal industries KARACHI, June 6: The Institute of Chinese Materia Medica (ICMM) in collaboration with the International Centre for Chemical Sciences (ICCS), University of Karachi will help Pakistani and Chinese herbal pharmaceutical industries...		KARACHI: Illegal bus terminal KARACHI, June 6: The Karachiites have already inherited so many problems yet another factor is adding to their miseries in the form of illegal bus and taxi terminals and that too...
KARACHI|: Financial constraints hit Lyari’s uplift KARACHI, June 6: Financial constraints have remained a constant problem in Lyari Town during the current fiscal year as a result that the town failed to perform its day-to-day municipal functions....		KARACHI: Guard of police official kidnapped, shot dead KARACHI, June 6: A gunman of slain police official Bahadur Ali was killed after being kidnapped by unknown persons in New Karachi. His body was recovered from a New Karachi graveyard...
KARACHI: Turkish Airlines increases flights KARACHI, June 6: The Turkish Airlines will increase its weekly flights between Karachi and Istanbul from two to four from June 12. The airline has also announced promotional rates between June...		KARACHI: Educationist dies KARACHI, June 6: Abdul Rehman Farooqui, controller of examination, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, died here on Monday. He was 70. Before joining the SSUET, Mr Farooqi served the...
KARACHI: Shah Latif’s urs from 24th KARACHI, June 6: The Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism, Shabbir Qaimkhani, on Monday chaired an important meeting to review arrangements for the three-day golden jubilee urs celebrations of Shah Abdul...		KARACHI: Three-day workshop at KU KARACHI, June 6: A three-day workshop entitled “Science in Mass Media” will commence at the Karachi University campus from today. The moot is being organized by the Department of Genetics, University...
KARACHI: Emergency centre project approved KARACHI, June 6: An accident and emergency centre along with a special block will be constructed adjacent to the Civil Hospital at a cost of Rs1,500 million in two and half...		KARACHI: Advani leaves for home KARACHI, June 6: The Indian opposition leader, L. K. Advani, left for New Delhi on Monday after a week-long visit to Pakistan. At the Quaid-i-Azam International Airport, Mr Advani, who was...
KARACHI: Water shortage in many areas perturbs citizens KARACHI, June 6: Various parts of the city are either without water or getting scant supply for the last one week, forcing the residents of the affected localities to either consume...		KARACHI: Governor, CM review law, order situation KARACHI, June 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, reviewed law and order in the province and the steps being implemented in education and health...
KARACHI: Arbab orders upgrading of two schools KARACHI, June 6: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has called for collective efforts to make the PML more active and stable in the province. Addressing a public meeting in...		KARACHI: Budget reporting workshop at KPC KARACHI, June 6: The Karachi Press Club is organizing a workshop on “Budget Reporting” on Tuesday. The workshop, which opens at 11am, will be addressed by senior journalists....
HYDERABAD: Parties threaten to launch protest drive: Cases against Jam Saqi, wife HYDERABAD, June 6: Leaders of various political and nationalist parties and social welfare and human rights organizations have condemned registration of what they called false cases against Jam Saqi and the...		HYDERABAD: Protest against aliens soon HYDERABAD, June 6: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Junejo group) has decided to launch a protest movement from June 12 against granting citizenship to foreigners. The decision was taken at the two-day...
SUKKUR: Withdrawal of health officials cancelled SUKKUR, June 6: Sindh Irrigation Minister Sardar Nadir Akmal Laghari has said that the theft of water would not be allowed....		HYDERABAD: PFF leaders freed HYDERABAD, June 6: Leaders of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, who were detained under the MPO for 30 days on May 19, were released by the government on Monday evening. The Nara...
HYDERABAD: High court reinstates four bank employees HYDERABAD, June 6: Mr Justice Muhammad Moosa K. Leghari of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, has re-instated four employees of the Muslim Commercial Bank with all consequential back benefits...		BADIN: Repeated power failures, detection bills hit Badin BADIN, June 6: Life of the people of Badin has become miserable with a soaring temperatures coupled with frequent power breakdowns and a Hesco crackdown on consumers through imposition of heavy...
SUKKUR: Water theft will not be allowed, says minister SUKKUR, June 6: Sindh Irrigation Minister Sardar Nadir Akmal Laghari has said that the theft of water would not be allowed. He said that in this connection Rangers, police and irrigation...		SUKKUR: Four bandits killed in encounter SUKKUR, June 6: A most wanted and hardened bandit Ali Gul Junejo was killed along with his four accomplices allegedly in an encounter with Rangers and police in Fakir Goth near...
LARKANA: 4 rape accused remanded in custody LARKANA, June 6: The judicial magistrate of Ratodero on Monday remanded four people in police custody for eight days for allegedly assaulting two girls. Rafiq Lashari, Aijaz Lashari, Attaullah Lashari and...		LARKANA: Demand for local polls under judiciary LARKANA, June 6: The district council on Saturday termed amendments to the Sindh Local Government Ordinance uncalled-for and rejected the proposed appointment of administrators in place of district, taluka and union...
THATTA: Highway blocked after robbery THATTA, June 6: Hundreds of residents of Chuhar Jamali, led by taluka Nazim Hafeez Memon, blocked the Chuhar Jamali-Sujawal highway by staging a sit-in to protest the looting of passengers of...		THATTA: Contractors want renewal of certificates THATTA, June 6: A group of A-class government contractors carrying out various development schemes under nation building departments in the district have complained about the delay in renewal of their...