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KARACHI: 3,500 NIC staff declared ‘surplus’ KARACHI, July 10: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has recommended to the federal government a ‘golden handshake’ for about 3,500 ‘surplus employees’ who were appointed in the district registration office of the old national identity cards system....		KARACHI: PML-N chief rules out deal with govt KARACHI, July 10: The Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has reiterated his stand that there could be no bargain on the constitution, parliament...
KARACHI: Forensic laboratory victim of neglect KARACHI, July 10: The long neglected Sindh Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL), despite its poor state of affairs, has sent a record of 27,000 finger prints of offenders to the Automated Finger Print Index System (AFIS) being developed by federal agencies....		KARACHI: 16 dealers held, 250 cellphones seized KARACHI, July 10: Police launched a crackdown on elements involved in trading of stolen mobile phones, and picked up 16 shopkeepers from the Saddar Electronics Market besides seizing 250 unclaimed cellphones from their possession on Sunday....
KARACHI: Man burns wife to death KARACHI, July 10: A housewife was burnt to death allegedly by her husband in Lines Area on Sunday. Police said Gurya, 22, wife of Muhammad Yousaf lived in Jamhooria Colony near...		KARACHI: Early completion of projects ordered KARACHI, July 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directive for an unhindered progress in the implementation of development schemes throughout the province....
KARACHI: CFO placed under suspension KARACHI, July 10: The fire department is going through a command crisis after the Chief Fire Officer was put under suspension on the verbal orders of the District Officer (Civil Defence & Fire) the other day. Subsequently, verbal orders were issued by the DO instructing the deputy chief fire officer...		KARACHI: Facilities for cancer patients stressed: Conference on oncology concludes KARACHI, July 10: The first international conference on paediatric oncology concluded here on Sunday with formation of the Pakistan Society of Paediatric Oncology aiming to provide improved diagnosis and treatment facilities...
KARACHI: Illegal bus termini irritate people of old city areas KARACHI, July 10: Flouting all types of traffic rules by the transporters at the roundabout of Lea Market is now a common sight and a nuisance to general public, who have...		KARACHI: Heap of garbage annoys residents KARACHI, July 10: Mounds of filthy and rubbish material taken out from a nullah has been dumped on either sides of a bridge that bifurcates Federal B’ Area with North Nazimabad,...
KARACHI: Free telecom service for charities KARACHI, July 10: The central leader of the PML and former information minister, Senator Nisar Memon, has called on the PTCL and other telecom companies to provide free service to charity...		KARACHI: KWSB, PTA sign deal for sewage treatment KARACHI, July 10: The Pakistan Tanneries Association (PTA) and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on Saturday struck a deal under which the KWSB will supply 6 million gallons per...
KARACHI: 17 KU students to get PhD degrees KARACHI, July 10: Seventeen students of various faculties of the University of Karachi will be conferred with PhD degrees. And twelve more students to be given MPhil degree, one to get...		KARACHI: KU second semester begins KARACHI, July 10: The second semester of the University of Karachi will begin from today. This was announced by the Adviser for Students’ Affairs, Prof Dr Mohammad Ahmed Qadri, here on Sunday....
KARACHI: Population Day programmes chalked out KARACHI, July 10: The Sindh Population Welfare Department has chalked out programmes for the World Population Day 2005 with the theme of “Equality”. The day will be observed on Monday....		KARACHI: Filter plants at pumping stations ordered KARACHI, July 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the KWSB to install filter plants at all the local pumping stations, numbering around 131, so as to ensure that the...
KARACHI: ‘Govt violating EC directives’ KARACHI, July 10: The leader of the opposition in Senate, Mr Raza Rabbani, who is also Deputy Secretary General of the PPP, has deplored that not a single transfer/posting order issued...		KARACHI: Assassinations Ulema warn govt of protest KARACHI, July 10: An ulema convention has warned of ‘direct action’ through nationwide street protests if the government fails to stop the killings of religious scholars, and to expose the killers and those patronizing them within 15 days....
KARACHI: MQM slams killing of religious scholar KARACHI, July 10: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, condemning the killing of a religious scholar, Maulana Shamsuddin, in Orangi Town recently, has demanded that the killers be brought to the book and tried and punished according to the law....		KARACHI: Rally against lawlessness, price-hike KARACHI, July 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Sunday staged a protest rally outside the Karachi Press Club against target killings of many ulema, most recently of Mufti Shamsuddin and Mufti Attiqur...
KARACHI: GN group to take part in LB polls KARACHI, July 10: The Gharib Nawaz Group (GNG) has decided to actively participate in the forthcoming local body election at the national level. An announcement in this regard was made by...		HYDERABAD: Army may be called to supervise polls: CM HYDERABAD, July 10: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said the option of calling the army to supervise the local bodies’ election cannot be ruled out altogether as the...
HYDERABAD: Kotri downstream study to be ready by September: minister HYDERABAD, July 10: Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi has said that a study regarding below Kotri discharges is being conducted by foreign consultants....		HYDERABAD: Demand to end water rotation programme HYDERABAD, July 10: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has criticized the closure of canals and water rotation programme during the flood season. At a meeting held here on Sunday, participants said...