| February 18, 2007 | Sunday | Muharram 29, 1428 |
KARACHI: Enrolment in schools may be linked to vaccination
KARACHI, Feb 17: Senior health officials on Saturday said the federal and provincial (Sindh) governments have agreed in principle to make production of vaccination card mandatory for admissions to primary schools....
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KARACHI: Dawn Education Expo gets under way
KARACHI, Feb 17: A two-day Dawn Education Expo 2007, the 4th of its series organised by Dawn Group of Newspapers, started at the Expo Centre on Saturday....
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KARACHI: PPP demands probe: Attack on Sherry Rehman
KARACHI, Feb 17: The Pakistan People’s Party has demanded an independent investigation into what it alleged “an attempt to murder” the party’s central information secretary and MNA, Sherry Rehman, during a...
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KARACHI: Ibad orders formulation of strategy for sanitation
KARACHI, Feb 17: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that the basic objective of the Solid Waste Management is to have ideal sanitary conditions in the city....
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KARACHI: Theatre in Karachi in the doldrums
KARACHI, Feb 17: While some quarters are trying to revive serious theatre in the city, commercial theatre generally regarded as stand up comedy, which was at a peak a decade ago is facing decline....
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KARACHI: Licences of four security companies cancelled
KARACHI, Feb 17: Sindh Adviser to Chief Minister for Home Wasim Akhtar on Saturday cancelled licences of four private security agencies due to their involvement in illegal activities....
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KARACHI: Security tightened
KARACHI, Feb 17: Police and Rangers tightened up security across the city on Saturday following the blast in Quetta....
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KARACHI: Quetta blast condemned
KARACHI, Feb 17: Various political parties condemned the bomb blast at a Quetta court on Saturday afternoon that killed more than 15 people and wounded many others....
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KARACHI: Attack on Sherry deplored
KARACHI, Feb 17: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Saturday deplores the attack on PPP MNA Sherry Rehman, also the party’s central information secretary, during a political rally on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Rehabilitation of special children
KARACHI, Feb 17: One can never realise what sound health truly means until one comes across those a lot less fortunate, struggling against all odds. Confronted with many physical and mental...
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KARACHI: Release of Moazzin urged
KARACHI, Feb 17: The Jamaat-i-Islami has demanded immediate release of a Moazzin and stern action against those who had allegedly beaten him up at a mosque in New Karachi....
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KARACHI: Midnight raids slammed
KARACHI, Feb 17: The Markazi Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, condemning the midnight raids at the houses of people who had participated in protest demonstrations against demolition of mosques, has warned the government to refrain from such illegal acts....
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KARACHI: Troops leave for Congo
KARACHI, Feb 17: More Pakistani troops on Saturday left for peace keeping duties in the Democratic Republic of Congo under the aegis of the United Nations....
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KARACHI: Protest rally
KARACHI, Feb 17: The Karachi Union of Journalists has planned a protest rally on Monday to register its concern and protest over mysterious disappearance of the Peshawar-based resident editor of daily...
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KARACHI: Cantonment boards must be run by city govt
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s new MNA, Akhlaq Hussain, wants the cantonment boards of Clifton and Saddar in the administrative control of the Karachi city government....
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KARACHI: Power cuts continue unabated
KARACHI, Feb 17: Frequent power failures continued in various localities across the city on Saturday due to what the power utility claimed to be upgrading of the local power supply distribution network....
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KARACHI: ANP preparing for election
KARACHI, Feb 17: The Awami National Party will actively participate in the ensuing elections so that the rights of the Pakhtuns residing in the province could be protected....
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KARACHI: Murder condemned
KARACHI, Feb 17: The All Pakistan Shia Action Committee on Saturday condemned the murder of Jawad Hussain in Dera Ismail Khan and demanded immediate arrest of the killers....
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