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KARACHI: 24 more file nomination papers for Senate poll KARACHI, Feb 13: A total of 33 candidates are in the run against the 11 Senate seats from Sindh for which election is scheduled to be held on March 6....		KARACHI: APC backs March 13 strike against blasphemy KARACHI, Feb 13: An all-parties conference held under the aegis of the All-Pakistan Organization of Small Traders and Cottage Industries (APOSTCI), Sindh, here on Monday appealed for a boycott of all...
KARACHI: Catholic schools also to remain closed on 17th KARACHI, Feb 13: The Catholic Board of Education (CBE) has decided to keep its affiliated schools closed to register protest against the publication of blasphemous sketches in some European newspapers. ...		KARACHI: City to host WSF mega event next month KARACHI, Feb 13: The six-day World Social Forum, a gathering of civil society organizations from around the world, will be held from March 24 to 29 in Karachi to reinforce the...
KARACHI: Kamal orders recovery of Rs5 billion land revenue KARACHI, Feb 13: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal directed the revenue department to work in coordination with the town and UC nazims to ensure recovery of Rs5 billion land revenue during the current year....		KARACHI: Body on new Sabzimandi criticizes management: Rangers’ role sought KARACHI, Feb. 13: The advisory committee of the New Sabzimandi, comprising representatives of stakeholders, has asked the government to acquire services of ranger personnel for security, and to check encroachment and...
KARACHI: City govt’s plan may cause sufferings to commuters KARACHI, Feb 13: Commuters may face hardships from Wednesday as the city government has declared I I Chundrigar Road a bus-free zone to, what it says, ease the traffic congestion....		KARACHI: Woman, young man shot dead by bandits KARACHI, Feb 13: A woman and a young man were shot dead by unknown suspects in Lyari on Monday night. TPO Lyari Omar Shahid said Rahid, 22, was intercepted by bandits at Maula Madad Chowk....
KARACHI: Singer restrained KARACHI, Feb 13: The Sindh High Court on Monday restrained folksinger Shaman Ali Mirali from recording songs to other production companies except plaintiff NAZ production in lawsuit against singer for breaching agreement....		KARACHI: Ibad praises MQM’s relief activities KARACHI, Feb 13: Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Monday credited the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and its founder Altaf Hussain for mounting swift relief operation for Oct 8 earthquake....
KARACHI: Awards given to Lyarians KARACHI, Feb 13: Best performance awards were given to students, singers, sportsman, artistes, educationists, writers, social workers of Lyari in recognition of their services in their respective field....		KARACHI: Imtiaz’s production ordered KARACHI, Feb 13: An anti-terrorism court directed on Monday the defence counsel for sacked provincial revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh to produce his client before the court on Feb 16....
KARACHI: Probe into ‘attack’ on PPP MPA demanded KARACHI, Feb 13: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the alleged attack on MPA Rafique Engineer, General Secretary of the party’s Karachi chapter, and described it as “an act of state terrorism aimed at suppressing political dissent.”...		KARACHI: Four boys held for stealing motorcycles KARACHI, Feb 13: The Nabi Bukash police arrested on Monday a group of minor boys for their involvement in motorcycle thefts in the old city areas....
KARACHI: PIA completes Haj operation KARACHI, Feb 13: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has successfully completed Haj operation for 2006. According to a press release, the PIA carried 125,000 Hajis back to Pakistan on 336 flights, 20 from Medina and 318 from Jeddah....		KARACHI: Officials’ apathy makes citizen to suffer KARACHI, Feb 13: A citizen who had purchased a flat in Karachi is running from pillar to post only to know about the fate of his plea for the verification of...
KARACHI: Fire station inaugurated in Liaquatabad Town KARACHI, Feb 13: The nazim of the Liaquatabad Town, Osama Qadri, inaugurated a fire station established under the Liaquatabad Flyover over. Speaking on the occasion, the town nazim said that the...		KARACHI: Consensus urged for national unity KARACHI, Feb 13: The spirit of national unity is voluntary and should be advanced through consensus; however, the diversities and difference of opinion should also be given due importance....
KARACHI: CDGK workers threaten to launch protest KARACHI, Feb 13: Various trade unions of the municipal workers, criticizing the proposed privatization of the solid waste management system in the city, has said that if the proposal was not...		KARACHI: ‘Workshops for councillors to be held regularly’ KARACHI, Feb 13: The naib nazim of the city, Nasreen Jalil, has assured holding series of workshops for union, town and city councillors to help improve their understanding of the Sindh Local Government Ordinance (SLGO)....
KARACHI: Setting up of public liaison cell ordered KARACHI, Feb 13: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro on Monday directed the authorities concerned to establish a public liaison cell with a view to address the public grievances pertaining to schools....		KARACHI: SPLA plans protest drive KARACHI, Feb 13: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Monday condemned what it called delaying tactics of the Sindh education department to solve the problems faced by the teacher’s...
HYDERABAD: Moves to resolve issues between districts HYDERABAD, Feb 13: The Sindh chief secretary will chair a meeting of officials of Dadu and Jamshoro district governments in his office on Thursday to resolve issues between the two districts....		HYDERABAD: Ministers blamed for sugar crisis HYDERABAD, Feb 13: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has held federal ministers responsible for the sugar crisis in the country. In a joint statement issued here on Monday, MPA Zahid Bhurgari, Syed...