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KARACHI: HR bodies urged to monitor LB polls: JI holds all-party moot KARACHI, Aug 3: The participants of an All Parties Conference (APC) on Wednesday appealed to human rights organizations and international institutions...		KARACHI: Nadra to install new system in city: Car theft and smuggling ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is all set to launch a hi-tech, anti-car smuggling and anti-car theft system in Karachi next month at a cost of Rs578 million....
KARACHI: SLGO to be amended: Rural, urban distinction KARACHI, Aug 3: Senior Minister of Sindh for Finance and Cooperation, Syed Sardar Ahmed, said on Wednesday the government was going to amend the Local Government Ordinance 2002 this month....		KARACHI: Ibad asks deptts to simplify procedures KARACHI, Aug 3: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that all government departments should make their working procedures simple and bring changes towards betterment...
KARACHI: DUHS to raise stipend for PG trainees KARACHI, Aug 3: The vice-chancellor of Dow University, Prof Masood Hameed, on Wednesday emphasized the postgraduate trainees to work with dedication and sincerity to achieve their goals....		KARACHI: Builder restrained from constructions KARACHI, Aug 3: The Sindh High Court restrained a builder from further construction on a Gulshan-i-Iqbal plot behind the National Stadium. The order was passed on an application moved by the...
KARACHI: Witness deposes in convoy attack case KARACHI, Aug 3: An anti-terrorism court adjourned Wednesday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....		KARACHI: Liaquatabad: a sensitive area – Town Profile KARACHI: Liaquatabad Town has a middle class and lower middle class population, estimated at 649,091 in the 1998 census. Registered voters number 336,083, of whom 184,301 are men and 151,782 women and 9,146 who belong to the minority communities....
KARACHI: Two killed girls identified KARACHI, Aug 3: The bullet-riddled bodies of the two girls which were found in the Defence Housing Authority on Monday, have been identified, and the police apprehend that the double murder might be a cause of some family dispute....		KARACHI: Notices issued to officials on candidate’s plea KARACHI, Aug 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to the election authorities for Aug 8 in a petition moved by a candidate for the office of...
KARACHI: MQM briefs diplomats KARACHI, Aug 3: The Muttahida Quami Movement on Wednesday night briefed a group of diplomats and businessmen about its vision of a true democratic and egalitarian society, says a press release....		KARACHI: Basic facilities for fishermen demanded KARACHI, Aug 3: Hundreds of fishermen at a ‘Fisher people’s Assembly’ on Wednesday demanded the government to provide basic facilities to fishing villages of the coastal areas....
KARACHI: Dawood college exams KARACHI, Aug 3: The Dawood College of Engineering and Technology has announced that first term second year regular examination of 3rd batch BE/B Arch programme will commence on Aug 8....		KARACHI: Family park opened in Landhi KARACHI, Aug 3: Muttahida Quami Movement MNA Farooq Sattar inaugurated a ‘family park’ in 26-B Area of Union Council-9, Landhi Town, on Wednesday. Addressing at the inaugural ceremony, he said that...
KARACHI: Road project inaugurated KARACHI, Aug 3: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad laid the foundation of rehabilitation and renovation project of University Road near Quaid-i-Azam mausoleum on Wednesday evening. Earlier, the governor was given a briefing about the project and the progress of other ongoing projects....		KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, Aug 3: Partly cloudy weather with chances of drizzle in the morning has been forecast for Thursday. According to meteorological department, the maximum temperature would range between 32 and 34ºC....
KARACHI: Mark sheets KARACHI, Aug 3: The mark sheets pertaining to the SSC Part-II (Class X) Science Group Annual Examination 2005 will be ready for collection from Aug 8....		KARACHI: SHC asks Harkat man to engage new counsel: Conspiracy to assassinate president KARACHI, Aug 3: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday asked an activist of the outlawed Harkatul Mujahideen Al Alami convicted of conspiracy to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf to engage a new counsel or argue his appeal in person....
KARACHI: EC still ineffective, says PPP leader KARACHI, Aug 3: Secretary General of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Sindh Chapter Nafees Siddiqui said on Wednesday that Chief Election Commissioner’s writ was still not effective as the regime had allegedly...		KARACHI: Big quantity of narcotics destroyed KARACHI, Aug 3: A huge quantity of narcotics, including 24 tons hashish, 240kg heroin, as well as 11 tons betel nuts, worth millions of dollars in the international market was destroyed by Collectorate of Customs (Preventive), at Neelam Point on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Campaigning begins in 11 distts KARACHI, Aug 3: With the allotment of election symbols in 11 districts of Sindh, where polling is to be held on August 18, campaigning has taken off in all the constituencies where elections are being held in the first phase....		HYDERABAD: MQM accused of harassing opposition candidates HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The MMA and the ARD have made frontal attacks against the Sindh governor, chief minister and the MQM and alleged that the Hyderabad city is being held hostage...
HYDERABAD: Court seeks report about encroachment HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, has directed the Additional Advocate-General to seek report from the taluka municipal officer (TMO) and the SHO of the Market police...		DADU: Protest against power failure DADU, Aug 3: A large number of residents of Dhamali Chowk, Madina mosque and Sabzi Mandi areas of the town staged a demonstration outside the press club on Wednesday to protest against power failure for three days....
HYDERABAD: Four welfare activists held HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The Cantonment police have arrested four protesters belonging to a Badin-based welfare organisation following registration of a case against them for inciting a large number of children to...		HYDERABAD: Joint efforts urged to eradicate polio HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The EDO, community development, has urged NGOs and opinion leaders to come forward and join hands with the government in its efforts to eradicate polio....