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KARACHI: Survivors in AJK need stronger shelters: Sultan Chaudhry says... KARACHI, Oct 30: Leader of the opposition in the Azad Kashmir Assembly Sultan Mehmoud Chaudhry has stated that in this transition phase, quake victims immediately required tin sheets to raise temporary...		KARACHI: People still living in abject poverty KARACHI, Oct 30: As the fruits of economic growth claimed by the government remains limited to a few rich of the country, the poor has become poorer to such an extent...
KARACHI: Fate of survivors hangs in balance: JI KARACHI, Oct 30: Many of the four million helpless people in quake-hit areas are fighting for survival in the absence of tents, blankets, medicines, food and other essential commodities....		KARACHI: ST, MQM men killed in separate incidents KARACHI, Oct 30: An activist of Sunni Tehreek was gunned down in Arambagh area on main M.A. Jinnah Road by unknown persons just before Iftar on Sunday....
KARACHI: Suparco team to assess damage to environment KARACHI, Oct 30: Mohammad Noman Saigal, Adviser to the Chief Minister on Environment, has said that he would leave for northern areas of the country along with a team of Suparco...		KARACHI: 70 cellphone thefts reported daily KARACHI, Oct 30: Police had launched a crackdown on the robbers of the cellphones in June this year, but, no significant improvement has been witnessed so far....
KARACHI: MQM chief appeals for generous donations KARACHI, Oct 30: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain on Sunday made an impassionate appeal to well-to-do people to come forward and contribute generously towards the cash relief for quake victims....		KARACHI: High alert declared till Eid KARACHI, Oct 30: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that security high alert had been declared by imposing Section 144 in all major cities of Sindh till Eid....
KARACHI: Kenyan woman deported KARACHI, Oct 30: A Kenyan woman, who had completed her prison term, was deported to her country with a ticket arranged by a local non-governmental organization late Saturday night....		KARACHI: Visitors being overcharged at Quaid’s Mazar KARACHI, Oct 30: The contractors appointed by the government at the mausoleum of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, are fleecing people by charging more than the prescribed entry as well as parking fees, it is learnt....
KARACHI: BIEK staff protest against chairman KARACHI, Oct 30: The protesting employees of the Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Saturday vowed to continue their campaign till the board’s present chairmen was removed and senior in-service personnel...		KARACHI: Residents want road repaired KARACHI, Oct 30: Residents of Lyari have urged the city government to resume the suspended repair work on a major commercial route in the town as the dilapidated condition of the road is causing problems for people....
KARACHI: Bazaars to be removed from playgrounds, says nazim KARACHI, Oct 30: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has said that playgrounds being used illegally for holding discount bazaars would be vacated to promote healthy sports activities in Karachi....		KARACHI: Nisar urges people not to donate old clothes KARACHI, Oct 30: Coordinator of the Federal Relief Commission Senator Nisar Ahmed Memon has appealed to people not to donate old/used clothes for quake victims who, he said, badly needed tents and medicines....
KARACHI: Saudia Colony treated as katchi abadi KARACHI, Oct 30: With the establishment of the new city government setup, the bureaucracy in Malir Town has started misguiding people that Saudia Colony, a 20-year-old KDA-approved locality, does not fall in the jurisdiction of the city government....		KARACHI: KU holidays KARACHI, Oct 30: The University of Karachi and its offices would remain closed on Nov 1. However, designated branch of the United Bank Limited, Silver Jubilee Gate, would continue to sell...
KARACHI: Ibad orders immediate release of funds: Salaries of HDA employees KARACHI, Oct 30: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad, taking notice of the delay in payment of salaries to the employees of Hyderabad Development Authority, asked the finance department to immediately release the...		KARACHI: ‘Pakistan, India should coordinate relief work’ KARACHI, Oct 30: The Pakistan India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy and its youth forum have appealed to Islamabad and New Delhi to carry out coordinated relief activities in the areas struck by the massive earthquake....
KARACHI: Unity during calamity lauded KARACHI, Oct 30: The president of Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, Sadia Rashid, said that Shab-i-Qadr was the occasion when the first ever verses of the Holy Quran were revealed to Our Holy...		KARACHI: Warrants issued KARACHI, Oct 30: Arjun Ram, judge, Provincial Anti-Corruption Court on Saturday issued non-bailable warrants of arrest of Inspector Saeed Ahmed Shaikh, SHO Nuashehro Feroz and ordered District Police Officer Khamiso Khan...
HYDERABAD: Reduction in Sindh’s target of wheat production criticized HYDERABAD, Oct 30: Sindh Abadgar Board president Abdul Majeed Nizamani has welcomed the decision of the federal government to enhance the production target of wheat from 21.5...		HYDERABAD: 7,815 take SU admission test HYDERABAD, Oct 30: The University of Sindh here on Sunday conducted admission test for bachelors degree programme for the academic session of 2006....
HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Taj Sehrai HYDERABAD, Oct 30: Trib-ute was paid to services of late archaeologist and research scholar Taj Sehrai on his third death anniversary, at a function held at the Sindh Educational Trust here on Friday....		HYDERABAD: Man killed, four kidnapped HYDERABAD, Oct 30: Around one dozen bandits on Sunday raided the property of a landlord in the Salamat Keerio village, Matiari district, killed his son-in-law and kidnapped four villagers....
HYDERABAD: Jam Datar’s Urs on Nov 7 HYDERABAD, Oct 30: The Urs of Hazrat Syed Asghar Ali Shah alias Jam Datar will be held from Nov 7 to Nov 10 at Jam Datar, Nawabshah district....		SUKKUR: Karo-kari case registered SUKKUR, Oct 30: A man and a woman were gunned down on the pretext of karo-kari in the Rahim Boohar village, near Ubauro, Ghotki district, on Saturday night....