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KARACHI: WWF for halt to hunting permits amid bird flu risk KARACHI, Oct 28: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has suggested that the movement of the migratory birds be watched closely for some time before issuance of shooting permits as the hunting season is approaching fast....		KARACHI: Over 22 camps working in Muzaffarabad: Edhi office KARACHI, Oct 28: At the moment more than 22 medical camps are functioning in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. This was stated by a spokesman of Edhi head office on Friday....
KARACHI: Rally held to mark Al-Quds Day KARACHI, Oct 28: The expression of solidarity with the Muslim brethren, particularly Palestinian people, struggling for the liberation of Al-Quds by observing Al-Quds Day on Jummatul Wida is a referendum against the Zionist state of Israel....		KARACHI: Airline asked to clear Rs30 million dues KARACHI, Oct 28: The Civil Aviation Authority has asked Shaheen Airways to pay off its current dues till November 8 to keep its operations continue....
KARACHI: Altaf urges parties to join hands KARACHI, Oct 28: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has urged all religious and political parties to forget their differences and join hands to provide relief to the earthquake survivors who, if...		KARACHI: Rs1.4bn Zakat donated to survivors KARACHI, Oct 28: The Sindh Zakat Council has decided to donate Rs1.4 billion to the President’s Relief Fund for the earthquake victims. This was decided in meeting held here on Friday...
HYDERABAD: PPP sent Rs700m relief goods: Qaim HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Sindh PPP President Syed Qaim Ali Shah praised the efforts of local office-bearers of the PPP in colleting relief goods for earthquake victims....		KARACHI: Hearing in sectarian killing case adjourned KARACHI, Oct 28: The Sindh High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of the state application seeking the shifting of the sectarian killing case against the activists of the Lashkar-i-Jhangvi to the Anti-Terrorism Court till Nov 22....
KARACHI: Kamal calls for improving road network KARACHI, Oct 28: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has said that designing and planning of the Gharibabad Underpass, Hassan Square Flyover and the M.A. Jinnah Road (Extension) had been carried out in haste without meeting requirements of traffic improvement....		KARACHI: City police chief transferred KARACHI, Oct. 28: The City Police Chief Tariq Jamil on Friday was transferred and made OSD. A notification issued by the Establishment Division Islamabad, said that Mr Tariq Jamil, a grade...
KARACHI: Cleanliness drive in three towns begins KARACHI, Oct 28: The Liaquatabad Town Administration removed more than 23,000 tons of garbage from UC-7 of the FC Area near railway line. According to a statement of the Liaquatabad Town...		KARACHI: Toll tax on relief goods lifted for two weeks KARACHI, Oct 28: The ministry of communication, on the request of Sindh government, has decided to provide toll-free passage for two weeks on the National Highway and Motorway to goods transport carrying relief goods to earthquake-hit areas....
KARACHI: Transporters told to fulfil fitness criteria KARACHI, Oct 28: The Provincial Transport Minister, Adil Siddiqui, on Thursday gave one-month time to transporters directing them to modify the condition of their vehicles as per fitness certificates....		KARACHI: Lankan CG presents two relief cheques KARACHI, Oct 28: Consul General of Sri Lanka M. N. De Silva on Thursday called on Sindh Minister for Excise & Taxation and Coordination Syed Sardar Ahmed at the Sindh Secretariat...
KARACHI: Govt slammed for failing to deliver KARACHI, Oct 28: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Sindh on Friday criticised the government of what it called its failure to deliver relief goods to earthquake victims even after 20 days of the catastrophe....		KARACHI: Jumatul Wida observed with fervour KARACHI, Oct 28: Jumatul Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan, was observed with due solemnity and religious fervour. A big congregation was held here at the New Memon Masjid, Bolton Market....
KARACHI: Apwa to hold fund-raising function KARACHI, Oct 28: The All Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA) will organize a fund-raising function for the quake-hit people on Nov 10. This was announced by the chairperson of APWA Karachi, Begum Sajida Soomro, on Friday....		KARACHI: BS admission KARACHI, Oct 28: The process of admissions to Bachelor of Science (four-year) in Actuarial Science and Risk Management has started at the University of Karachi....
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 28: Hot and dry weather would prevail in Karachi on Saturday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to range between 36°C and 38°C....		KARACHI: ATC records statement of victim in ransom case KARACHI, Oct 28: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case after recording the deposition of the victim....
KARACHI: Jamaat starts ‘Jholi Fund’ campaign KARACHI, Oct 28: The Jamaat-i-Islami has launched a “Jholi Fund” campaign in the city for relief and rehabilitation of quake victims. Former City Nazim Niamatullah Khan, Central Coordinator of the Al-Khidmat,...		KARACHI: PTA avoids action against PTCL for poor service KARACHI, Oct 28: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority baulks at taking action against the Pakistan Telecommunication Company. Sources told Dawn that the telecoms regulator had never sought to get significant market players...
KARACHI: Timely help to quake victims stressed KARACHI, Oct 28: The Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, Youth Forum, has urged both the governments to start a coordinated relief operation in quake-hit areas to provide timely assistance to the survivors....		KARACHI: Young man shot dead KARACHI, Oct. 28: A young man was shot dead by his business partner over a petty dispute in Lee Market on Friday. Police said Rozi Khan, 35, and Gul Mohammad, 30, used to sell Chinese goods in Lee Market area....
KARACHI: KESC not to raise power tariff KARACHI, Oct 28: The KESC will not increase electricity tariff as the required raise due to increase in fuel prices is being picked by the federal government, a KESC spokesman said here on Friday....		KARACHI: Conciliatory bodies KARACHI, Oct 28: Federal Local Government Minister Justice (Retd) Abdul Razak Thaheem discussed functions of Masalehati Anjumans with the Sindh Chief Minister’s Adviser on Local Government, Wasim Akhtar, on Friday....
HYDERABAD: Sindh University admission test on Oct 30 HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The entry test for admission to bachelor’s degree programmes at the University of Sindh will be held on Oct 30 at the university’s Allama I. I. Kazi campus....		SUKKUR: 210 TMA employees sacked SUKKUR, Oct 28: Taluka Nazim Naeem Siddiqui has sacked 210 contract employees for their alleged negligence of official duties and having taken up private jobs....
HYDERABAD: Jiji Zarina’s Soyem held HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The Soyem of renowned political activist and folk singer Jiji Zarina Baloch, wife of Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo, was held at the residence of her son Ayaz Latif Palijo here on Friday evening....		MIRPURKHAS: ACLC officials accused of corruption MIRPURKHAS, Oct 28: Transp-orters and vehicle owners expressed concern here on Friday over extortion of money by officials of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell, Mirpurkhas, on various pretexts....
HYDERABAD: STPP leaders among eight get bail HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Justice Moosa K. Laghari of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Friday granted bail before arrest to eight people, including Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir...		HYDERABAD: Demand for release of JSSM leaders HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz and the Jeay Sindh Students Federation, including women and children, marched from the sessions court to the press club here on...
SUKKUR: Austerity on Diwali urged SUKKUR, Oct 28: Spiritual leader of the Hindu community, Saeen Satram Das, has appealed to the people of his community to observe the upcoming Diwali festival with austerity in the wake of the earthquake disaster....		MIRPURKHAS: Power theft detected MIRPURKHAS, Oct 28: A team of Hesco deputy directors of intelligence, Hyderabad, inspected Shadi Palli feeder of the Satellite town subdivision and found power theft by many consumers....