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KARACHI: Candidates still busy in seat adjustments KARACHI, Aug 5: With less than two weeks left for polling in the first phase of local government polls, the election campaign has still to pick up in the city while major stakeholders are still busy in seat adjustments and compromises....		KARACHI: All-party conference planned for 13th KARACHI, Aug 5: The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Peoples Party has called an all-party conference of the democratic forces on Aug 13 to deliberate on the regime’s alleged pre-poll rigging and victimization of opposition activists....
KARACHI: SHC moved for inquiry against CEC KARACHI, Aug 5: A lawyer filed a petition in the Sindh High Court on Friday, seeking inquiry into the matter of misconduct by the acting Chief Election Commissioner for resuming to...		KARACHI: 730mw more power supply for city by next year KARACHI, Aug 5: Installation of at least three power plants capable of generating over 730 megawatts on a daily basis will begin here next year. This was announced by the federal...
KARACHI: Centre for treatment of Aids not yet functioning: No staff available KARACHI, Aug 5: The HIV/Aids treatment centre announced by the National Aids Control Programme is still non-functional at the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) despite claims of the concerned officials even after the passage of over one year....		KARACHI: Court issues notice to Urdu university KARACHI, Aug 5: A Sindh high court bench, comprising Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justize Zia Pervez, issued a notice to the registrar of the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science...
KARACHI: Gadap Town: largest, but the least developed KARACHI: Spread over 1,200 square kilometres, Gadap Town is area wise Karachi’s biggest town, with a population estimated at around 300,000. It is also the most sparsely populated unit of the city....		KARACHI: Pappu’s brother released on bail KARACHI, Aug 5: The Sindh High Court released a detainee booked for murder after two months of confinement on bail and ordered quashment of two blind cases in which he was nominated as an accused after his recovery....
KARACHI: Slain girls case takes new turn KARACHI, Aug 5: The double murder case of girls unfolded on Friday with new revelations made by the mother of one of the slain girls before the police....		KARACHI: MQM activist shot dead in Orangi KARACHI, Aug 5: An activist of Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead in Orangi Town early on Friday morning. Police said that Muhammad Nasir, 28, was shot dead by unknown persons...
KARACHI: Conjoined twins die KARACHI, Aug 5: The conjoined twins having separate heads but combined chest and abdomen died around 8.15 am at the National Institute of Child Health on Friday....		KARACHI: Land auction process open to manipulation KARACHI, Aug 5: The city government has made the process of auction of land so complicated and open to abuse that genuine buyers stay away from it, leaving the field clear for brokers and real estate speculators....
KARACHI: Conjunctivitis cases in city despite no rains KARACHI, Aug 5: Karachiites are still awaiting onset of the monsoon season however are experiencing the associated health conditions including conjunctivitis, diarrhoeal episodes and skin infections....		KARACHI: Passing-out parade of recruits KARACHI, Aug 5: The high professional standard has made the army stronger to defend the homeland against any aggression. This was stated by the DG Housing, Pakistan Army, Maj-Gen Zahid Hussain Khan, here on Friday....
KARACHI: Ibad calls for revival of Arts Council functions KARACHI, Aug 5: Important decisions were taken for activating the Arts Council’s auditorium and revival of its theatre at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan here on Friday....		KARACHI: MQM to issue ‘white paper’ on corruption of city govt KARACHI, Aug 5: Sindh Planning Minister Shoaib Ahmad Bukhari and Local Government Adviser Waseem Akhtar on Friday said that a ‘white paper’ on the alleged malpractices of former city district government of Karachi (CDGK) would be released on Aug 9....
KARACHI: HSC practical exams for leftovers KARACHI, Aug 5: Practical examinations of the leftover candidates of HSC part-I and II (pre-engineering, pre-medical) annual examinations, 2005, will commence on Aug 11....		KARACHI: Postponement of SPSC exam condemned KARACHI, Aug 5: The Pakistan Medical Association strongly protests the sudden postponement of Sindh Public Service Commission exam without informing the candidates....
KARACHI: KU fee-concession forms KARACHI, Aug 5: The University of Karachi on Friday extended the date till Aug 18, for submission of applications for the students seeking concession in fee for the new academic year....		KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, Aug 5: The Met office has forecast partly cloudy weather with chances of drizzle for Saturday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 32 and 34°C, the forecast added....
KARACHI: Sale of Sindh Alkalis ordered KARACHI, August 5: The Sindh High Court finally ordered on Friday sale of Sindh Alkalis, a public sector concern, shut down in the year 2000. No step was taken for the...		KARACHI: PPP concerned over CM’s threats KARACHI, Aug 5: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro on Friday alleged that the chief minister had started threatening PPP leaders of sending army to their homes....
KARACHI: Edhi to bury princess who never was KARACHI, Aug 5: After years of lying in cold storage, the mummified body of a young woman once thought to be an ancient Persian princess will be buried later this month by the Edhi Foundation....		KARACHI: Christians urged to participate in polls KARACHI, Aug 5: The Catholic Association President, Herbert Fernandas, has called upon Christians to fully participate in upcoming local body elections. In a statement issued here on Friday, he said...
KARACHI: Journalist gets bail KARACHI, Aug 5: Additional District and Session Judge South Karachi Syed Saeed Hasan on Friday granted bail to a journalist facing charges of allegedly publishing “hate-material”....		HYDERABAD: Need for awareness about hepatitis-C stressed HYDERABAD, Aug 5: Hepatology specialist Dr Sadiq Memon has said that hepatitis-C has infected about 170 million people in the world that is about three per cent of the world’s population....
HYDERABAD: Imran calls for independent election commission HYDERABAD, Aug 5: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman and MNA Imran Khan has said that the gulf between the people of Pakistan and security forces has widened....		HYDERABAD: Meeting of advanced studies board held HYDERABAD, Aug 5: Sindh University vice-chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has called upon scholars of the university to conceive new ideas for incorporation and modification of rules and regulations for research....