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KARACHI: Steps urged to check violence on women KARACHI, July 27: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday called for efforts to change the cultural and social attitudes...		KARACHI: Entertainment tax cut may not benefit public KARACHI, July 27: Cinema owners are not likely to pass on to cinema-goers the benefit of a tax cut recently offered by the Sindh government. Analysts recall that the cinema owners...
KARACHI: Police officer escapes attempt on life KARACHI, July 27: DIG Investigation Manzoor Mughal escaped an attempt on his life on Wednesday. Bashir Khan, a retired PAF official, allegedly came to see the DIG at his office, and...		KARACHI: SHC reserves order in liquidation case KARACHI, July 27: The Sindh High Court reserved on Wednesday its order on the bidding held for Sindh Alkalis, a government concern under liquidation....
KARACHI: Water shortage as work on pumping station delayed KARACHI, July 27: Various parts of at least four towns – Landhi, Korangi, Jamshed and Shah Faisal — of the city either went without water or received scant supply for the...		KARACHI: Woman and daughter shot dead KARACHI, July 27: A mother and daughter were shot dead by unknown persons in Mohammadi Colony on Wednesday morning. Police said two persons barged into a house in Mohammadi Colony and tortured the two women inside the house....
KARACHI: Rs1m reward KARACHI, July 27: The Sindh government has announced a reward of Rs1 million for every person providing information leading to the arrest of suspected terrorists Yawar Abbas Rizvi and Syed Mohsin Mehdi Rizvi....		KARACHI: MQM asked to let polls be held in fair manner KARACHI, July 27: Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed of the MMA has said that the alliance has no enmity with the MQM, and if its claim about support in Karachi is valid,...
KARACHI: Burnes Road to be made food street: minister KARACHI, July 27: Adviser to the Chief Minister Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday issued directives to develop Burnes Road as a food street and in this regard formed a committee consisting EDO...		KARACHI: CAP admissions from Aug 1 KARACHI, July 27: The process of admissions to the first year classes in the colleges of Karachi will start from Aug 1. The admissions will be carried out in accordance with...
KARACHI: WWF gets its rejected proposal reconsidered: Ramsar Site status KARACHI, July 27: The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) has agreed to consider a project put forward to it by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) although the SWD had rejected the same last year, it is learnt reliably....		KARACHI: Body to review KU master plan KARACHI, July 27: A committee has been constituted to review the master plan of Karachi University. It comprises prominent architect Arif Hassan, Prof Bashir Ahmed, Prof Durriya Kazi, head of Visual Studies, and registrar of Karachi University, Prof Sikander Mehdi....
KARACHI: Pension cheques distributed KARACHI, July 27: Sindh minister for education Dr Hamida Khuhro on Wednesday distributed cheques amounting to Rs three million pertaining to commutation and pension of the retired employees of the Sindhi Adabi Board, Jamshoro....		KARACHI: 76 appeals regarding nominations accepted KARACHI, July 27: Returning officers of the five zones in Karachi accepted 76 of a total of 113 appeals filed against the acceptance or rejection of nomination papers....
KARACHI: MMA doubts govt’s will to hold fair election KARACHI, July 27: Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, a central leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, has stated that although Gen Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and the chief election commissioner have...		KARACHI: Order reserved on bail plea: Arfeen Baig murder case KARACHI, July 27: The district and sessions judge, South, Agha Rafique Ahmed Khan, reserved on Wednesday order on a bail application of Farooq Mengal, an accused in the murder case of his wife Afreen Baig....
KARACHI: Attack meant to sabotage poll: MQM KARACHI, July 27: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Wednesday alleged that the attempt on the life of DIG Investigations was part of a conspiracy directed against the MQM and aimed at...		KARACHI: Wall chalking starts in LB election campaign KARACHI, July 27: Various candidates of local government polls, as well as, political groups have started wall-chalking campaigns in different city areas, including Jamshed, Town, Saddar, Site and Baldia in violation of the polls code of conduct....
KARACHI: Gen Musharraf should get ‘no-go’ areas reopened: Qazi KARACHI, July 27: Chief of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Qazi Hussein Ahmed has said that if Gen Musharraf is against terrorism, he should get the ‘no-go’ areas in Karachi reopened and killers of ulema arrested....		HYDERABAD: PPP hits by row over candidates: Local body elections HYDERABAD, July 27: The People’s Party Parliamentarians is reportedly in a disarray over selection of candidates for the local body elections in the Matiari district and the Qasimabad taluka of the Hyderabad district....
HYDERABAD: Bar president seeks apology from MQM HYDERABAD, July 27: Hyderabad District Bar Association secretary Noorul Haq Qureshi has alleged that threats of serious consequences have been issued to association president Chaudhry Bashir Gujjar....		HYDERABAD: CM accused of running election campaign HYDERABAD, July 27: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has accused the Sindh government of using official machinery in the election campaign. In a joint statement issued here on Wednesday, party leaders MPA...