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KARACHI: MQM dubs Hasba bill political stunt KARACHI, July 16: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Saturday dismissed the NWFP government’s Hasba bill as another political stunt of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), and claimed it was not Islamic, was...		KARACHI: Six teaching hospitals to be given autonomy KARACHI, July 16: A high-level meeting held at the Governor’s House here on Saturday decided to accord autonomy...
KARACHI: Super Highway to get motorway status KARACHI, July 16: The Super Highway was being turned into a motorway at a cost of Rs 7 billion. The work on this six-lane road would start in December and it would complete within next three years....		KARACHI: SC decides 681 cases in a week KARACHI, July 16: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry presided over a session of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, at Karachi and decided a record number of cases within a week to provide justice to the people....
KARACHI: Secretaries agree on CPA draft KARACHI, July 16: The secretaries of senate and national and provincial assemblies at a meeting, held here at Sindh Assembly building on Saturday, unanimously agreed on the draft of CPA Asia Region Constitution....		KARACHI: Landhi Kidney Centre KARACHI, July 16: The Federal Cabinet has decided to hand over 50-beded Kidney Centre Hospital located in Landhi to the Sindh government. The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (Sessi) will take over the hospital and run it....
KARACHI: Work on drain starts in Orangi KARACHI, July 16: The Provincial Minister for Planning and Development, Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, laid the foundation stone of a covered drain in Orangi Town on Saturday....		KARACHI: Creation of AKU-EB clarified KARACHI, July 16: The spokesman for the Education and Literacy Department Sindh has said the Agha Khan University Educational Board (AKU-EB) had been established in conformity with national requirements and it already had a large number of schools affiliated with it....
KARACHI: Poster contest KARACHI, July 16: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, is holding a poster making and painting competition for special students on August 6. The subject of the competition is environment....		KARACHI: Use of boiled water stressed KARACHI, July 16: Medical professionals have strongly advised the public to strictly avoid consumption of un-boiled tap water, semi-cooked food and semi-ripe fruits to prevent outbreak of diseases....
KARACHI: Camps to be set up KARACHI, July 16: The Aurat Foundation, a non-governmental organization working for women rights, will set up information camps at Malir as well as the City Courts, from July 18 to assist...		KARACHI: PPP complains of harassment: Kidnappings, arrests alleged KARACHI, July 16: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Saturday alleged that its supporters were being detained, arrested, kidnapped and threatened in order to stop them from receiving and filing their nomination papers....
KARACHI: 15th foreign convict gets aid to return home today KARACHI, July 16: Yet another African woman is being repatriated to her country of origin with the assistance of philanthropists and NGOs on Sunday. Marian Kwarteng, a Ghana national, was convicted...		KARACHI: Culture dept asked to work with greater dedication: Protection of heritage KARACHI, July 16: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman on Saturday exhorted officials of the department of culture, sports, youth affairs and social welfare to fulfil their responsibilities with full dedication towards...
KARACHI: Training of teachers stressed KARACHI, July 16: There is an urgent need to train teachers especially from the public sector schools, colleges and varsities in the latest English Language Teaching (ELT) approaches and methodologies....		KARACHI: Fire breaks out in godown KARACHI, July 16: A fire broke out in a congested building in the old city area on Saturday morning, which was extinguished by the fire fighters in an hour....
KARACHI: Shopkeeper stabbed to death KARACHI, July 16: A man was stabbed to death by unidentified men on his shop in Nazimabad here on Saturday. Police said Shafiq Ahmed, 22, opened his grocery shop near his...		KARACHI: Three cellphone robbers, buyer arrested KARACHI, July 16: As many as 12 cellphones were snatched at gunpoint and 29 were stolen in various areas of the city on Saturday. The police arrested three men for their...
KARACHI: Bus owners endorse call for strike on 21st KARACHI, July 16: A meeting of Karachi Bus Owners Association on Saturday endorsed the proposed transport strike in the city on July 21. According to the press release issued by the...		KARACHI: National college KARACHI, July 16: The principal of Government National College has announced that all the classes of second year at the college would begin on August 3....