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February 05, 2007 Monday Muharram 16, 1428 KARACHI: Over 7,000 take part in ‘walk for a cause’ KARACHI, Feb 4: Ilmathon, a fun filled activity, which started four years ago as a walk for a cause, attracted as many as 7,100 men, women and children, even a couple... KARACHI: Two robbers gunned down by police KARACHI, Feb 4: Two alleged robbers were killed after an exchange of gunfire with police in the Gizri police limits on Sunday, police confirmed.... KARACHI: Consumers suffer as milk retailers keep outlets closed: Price row with dairy farmers KARACHI, Feb 4: Most fresh milk retailers kept their business closed on Sunday in protest against the pressure from the city government to charge the official rate of Rs28 per litre.... KARACHI: Women centre receives 50 complaints daily KARACHI, Feb 4: A women complaint centre operating at the Women Development Department at Nursery in PECHS receives 40 to 50 complaints per month regarding violence and sexual harassment of women.... KARACHI: Govt urged to punish gang-rape culprits KARACHI, Feb 4: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a Hong Kong-based rights group has urged President General Pervez Musharraf and the government to take action against those involved in the... KARACHI: 8,131 inmates awaiting trial KARACHI, Feb 4: In different jails of the metropolis, 8,131 under trial prisoners out of 9,410 have been waiting for their turn to be produced in the courts, but due to... DADU: JSQM suspends membership of senior leaders DADU, Feb 4: The national congress of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) has suspended the membership of senior party leaders Abdul Wahid Arisar, Serai Qurban Khuhawar and Shafi Karnani for... HYDERABAD: SCA seeks action against sugar mills HYDERABAD, Feb 4: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Sunday urged the government to take action against sugar mills which were unscrupulously deducting 15 to 20 maunds of sugarcane from each cane vehicle.... KARACHI: Milk-sellers warned against charging more than Rs28 KARACHI, Feb 4: District Coordination Officer Fazl-ur-Rehman has said that milk will be sold at Rs28 per litre across the city and if the wholesalers or retailers charged more than the specified rate, they will be dealt with strictly.... KARACHI: Koocha-i-Saqafat resumes KARACHI, Feb 4: The Koocha-i-Saqafat, the city’s weekly cultural extravaganza, was held on M.R. Kiyani Road on Sunday after two weeks of suspension due to Muharram.... KARACHI: 20,000 bottles of smuggled liquor seized KARACHI, Feb 4: A Pakistan Navy ship has foiled an attempt to smuggle in a huge quantity of liquor from Oman by apprehending a boat 135 nautical miles southwest of Gwadar,... KARACHI: Detained children exposed to abuses, workshop told KARACHI, Feb 4: There are huge social and infrastructural gaps that need to be filled if we really want to give a future to the ‘future’ of the country.... KARACHI: Revenue dept offers help to plot buyers KARACHI, Feb 4: Sindh Revenue Minister Dr Irfan Gul Magsi has advised people that before booking any plot or farm house in any housing society, they should get it verified from... KARACHI: Save eyes from stress KARACHI, Feb 4: Eyes are most delicate organs and like all other organs their overuse and misuse may lead to serious problems.... KARACHI: Loya Jirga to protest against illegal royalty KARACHI, Feb 4: The Pakhtoon Action Committee (Loya Jirga) on Sunday has warned that if anybody tried to recover royalty more than the official rate from the truck owners they would launch a protest movement from Thursday.... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, Feb 4: The Met Office has forecast fair and partly cloudy weather with hazy morning on Monday with minimum temperature ranging between 17 and 19 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Minister calls for setting up governing body: Sehwan Development Authority KARACHI, Feb 4: Sindh Local Government Minister Muhammad Hussain Khan has directed for early constitution of the governing body for the Sehwan Development Authority so that the pace of various development projects could be accelerated, especially in the housing sector.... KARACHI: Release of Mengal, other nationalists demanded KARACHI, Feb 4: Leaders and activists of the Balochistan Nationalist Party have demanded immediate halt to the alleged torture on interned Baloch leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal and release of all nationalist civilians picked up over the past many months.... KARACHI: PPP candidate insists on polling under army KARACHI, Feb 4: The PPP candidate for NA-250 by-election Nafees Ahmed Siddiqui has said that he had demand polling under the army’s supervision because be believes the country’s armed forces will... KARACHI: Kashmiris’ struggle eulogised KARACHI, Feb 4: Leaders and activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami, addressing a rally on the eve of the Kashmir Day here on Sunday, said that the army generals who had failed to... KARACHI: Ghaffar, Wali remembered KARACHI, Feb 4: The Awami National Party (ANP) held a public meeting here on Sunday to mark the 19th death anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and the first death anniversary of Khan Abdul Wali Khan.... KARACHI: Women’s urological problems largely ignored KARACHI, Feb 4: Urinary problems in women, especially urinary incontinence, is a hugely under reported health concern all over the world. The situation is more serious in developing countries, like Pakistan... KARACHI: Gutka makers arrested KARACHI, Feb 4: The Sharafi Goth police on Sunday raided a house in Mansehra Colony and arrested four men on the charges of making Gutka, a hazardous stuff which has been formally banned by the government, said a police official.... HYDERABAD: Foreign interference may harm N-programme, says Mamnoon HYDERABAD, Feb 4: Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Senior-Vice-President Mamnoon Hussain said here on Sunday that the government had compromised the country''s integrity by succumbing to external pressure, adding that he feared the... HYDERABAD: SUP chief supports PML in by-poll HYDERABAD, Feb 4: Chief of Sindh United Party (SUP) Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah on Sunday announced support for the ruling PML''s candidate Pir Mujeeb Shah Jillani in the by-elections of PS-71 (Dadu-I) seat scheduled for February 10.... HYDERABAD: Growers seek cut in diesel, petrol prices HYDERABAD, Feb 4: The Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded that the government should fix the price of diesel at Rs26 a litre and of petrol at Rs39 a litre to help agriculture and industry make progress.... DADU: Bid to vandaliseParco pipeline foiled DADU, Feb 4: Armed men broke the pipeline of Parco to pilfer oil near Sindhi Butra village in the jurisdiction of Thariri Mohabbat police on Sunday but escaped leaving behind their equipment when they saw a police contingent.... PESHAWAR: Law on educational institutions yet to be implemented PESHAWAR, Feb 4: Even though an ordinance was promulgated more than five years ago to regulate the functioning of private educational institutions in the NWFP, no improvement has been seen because... PESHAWAR: NWFP asks centre to treat it separately from Fata: Anti-polio campaign PESHAWAR, Feb 4: The NWFP health department has asked the federal government to treat it separately from Fata in matters relating to the anti-polio campaign.... MARDAN: ‘New Buddhist site found’ MARDAN, Feb 4: A local archaeologist has claimed to have identified a new Buddhist site in the Bochakan village in the Mardan district’s Palai area. Usman Mardanvi told Dawn here on... GILGIT: Journalist’s recovery demanded GILGIT, Feb 4: Journalists on Saturday took out a procession here to demand quick recovery of Sohail Kalander, a journalist who has been missing for over a month.... MIRAMSHAH: Student loses leg in blast MIRAMSHAH, Feb 4: A student lost one of his legs in a landmine explosion in a rural area near here on Sunday. The youth was identified as Faridullah, son of Dost Ali....

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