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KARACHI: APC stresses caretaker govt for free, fair election: End to army’s rule urged KARACHI, Aug 13: Participants of the All-Party Conference organized by the Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh...		KARACHI: Ballot papers dispatched KARACHI, Aug 13: The stage is set for polling in the first phase of local body elections on Aug 18 with the delivery of ballot papers to returning officers in all towns of Karachi on Saturday, the provincial Election Commission sources said...
KARACHI: Sindh govt cooperating with EC, says Arbab: Conduct of polls KARACHI, Aug 13: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the provincial government is cooperating with the Election Commission (EC) for holding local bodies elections in a transparent, free and fair manner....		LAHORE: PML-N leader predicts system will crumble LAHORE, Aug 13: PML-N chief coordinator Ahsan Iqbal has predicted that the existing political system may collapse anytime, ushering in a very serious crisis. In his opinion, the danger can be...
LAHORE: Baab-i-Pakistan foundation being laid today LAHORE, Aug 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will lay the foundation stone of Baab-i-Pakistan being constructed to pay homage to the people, who had stayed at the largest refugee camp here...		KARACHI: Nizam murder case adjourned KARACHI, Aug 13: The district and sessions judge, Central Nisar Ahmed Shaikh, adjourned on Saturday the hearing of the Justice Nizam murder case against Asif Ali Zardari and three others....
KARACHI: On the road to Hub AFTER negotiating crowded Shershah in the SITE area, when you take the RCD Highway to Hub, Baldia Town falls on your right. According to the 1998 census, it is home to more than 4,06,165 working class people of limited income....		KARACHI: Some areas in Karachi declared sensitive KARACHI, Aug 13: The Sindh government has declared some areas in the city as sensitive in context of local body elections where heavy deployment of law enforcers would be made....
KARACHI: Man shot dead by robbers KARACHI, Aug 13: A man was shot dead and his associate wounded when they put up resistance to the robbers in the Korangi Industrial Area on Saturday....		KARACHI: City to get 20 fire engines KARACHI, Aug 13: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad approving the purchase of 20 fire tenders and 20 ambulances for the city directed the city government to take immediate steps in this regard....
KARACHI: Decision to relocate school resented KARACHI, Aug 13: The Young Lyari Welfare Centre, expressing concern over the shifting of Govt Girls Nauabad Sindhi Medium Primary School from Khadda to Moosa Lane, has urged the authorities to...		KARACHI: Witness deposes in convoy attack case KARACHI, Aug 13: An anti-terrorism court put off on Saturday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group after recording statement of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: Airblue starts Dubai flight KARACHI, Aug 13: A private sector airline, Airblue, goes international with the departure of its first flight to Dubai on Aug 14. Carrying 120 passengers in the economy class and 20...		KARACHI: HSC part-I results on Monday KARACHI, Aug 13: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, will declare results of first year (HSC part-I) Home Economics annual examination, 2005, on Aug 15. The BIEK will...
KARACHI: Harassment of minority candidates resented KARACHI, Aug 13: The Pakistan People’s Party and All-Pakistan Minorities Alliance on Saturday criticized the harassment of the members of the minorities and their candidates in the local body elections, and demanded that they be provided security....		LAHORE: ‘Govt uses force against rival candidates’ LAHORE, Aug 13: Watan Dost Group President Hafiz Salman Butt has alleged that the government is trying to spoil the peaceful atmosphere of the city in a bid to change the local election results by force....
LAHORE: ‘Pakistanis are liberal’ LAHORE, Aug 13: A majority of Pakistanis is liberal in their thinking and against all forms of extremism, says Justice Javid Iqbal (retired). Delivering a lecture on “Prospects of true Islamic...		KARACHI: Action against blood banks demanded KARACHI, Aug 13: Senior pathologist and in charge of Jinnah Post Graduate Blood Bank, Prof Syed Abdul Mujib, expressed serious concern regarding the reopening of unregistered blood banks in the vicinity of the JPMC, causing risks to public life....
KARACHI: Celebrations at NICH KARACHI, Aug 13: The SADA Foundation, an NGO working for ailing kids organised an event to celebrate Independence Day at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) on Saturday....		KARACHI: Shopkeepers penalized KARACHI, Aug 13: The Judicial Magistrate Karachi (West) has imposed penalties worth Rs15,000 on five grocers for adulteration in various food items. The Regulation and Quality Control Department (RCQ) of the...
KARACHI: BEd exams KARACHI, Aug 13: The BEd annual examination 2005 of the University of Karachi will commence from Aug 23. This was announced by the Controller of Examinations, University of Karachi, on Saturday....		KARACHI: Fireworks KARACHI, Aug 13: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will hold a display of fireworks to celebrate the 58th Independence Day at Sea View near Village Hotel on Aug 14 at 9pm....
KARACHI: DCET awards KARACHI, Aug 13: The principal of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology will give awards to teaching and non-teaching staff on the occasion of Independence Day....		LAHORE: Archbishop’s Independence Day message LAHORE, Aug 13: The country needs freedom from all kinds of exploitation, poverty and dependence, says Archbishop Lawrence J. Saldanha, the head of the Catholic Church in Pakistan....
LAHORE: A session on Independence Movement LAHORE, Aug 13: Why the Lahore Resolution is called the Pakistan Resolution, what led to bloodshed at the time of partition and several other queries about the Quaid-i-Azam’s secularism were answered...		LAHORE: Dharampura underpass LAHORE, Aug 13: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi inaugurated the Rs781 million Dharampura underpass here on Saturday evening and gave alternate land to 40 families displaced because of the inclusion of their katchi abadi in the project....
LAHORE: IJT holds procession LAHORE, Aug 13: The Islami Jamiat Talaba took out a torch-bearing procession on the New Campus in connection with the Independence Day on Saturday evening. Speaking on the...		KARACHI: Art show KARACHI, Aug 13: An exhibition of Mashkoor Raza’s latest paintings will open at Gulmohar Art Gallery on Monday (August 15) at 5.30pm. The exhibition will continue till Aug 31....