| April 04, 2007 | Wednesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 15, 1428 |
KARACHI: Eight women members of SHC sit on hunger strike
KARACHI, April 03: The lawyers’ fraternity in Sindh High Court, city courts, labour courts, anti-terrorist courts, and courts of Malir district observed a complete strike and stayed away from courts proceedings...
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KARACHI: Students’ protest turns violent
KARACHI, April 3: Police resorted to aerial firing and baton-charged the protesting students of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan campus, who lit bonfires suspending traffic flow on the University Road on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: PA session starts today
KARACHI, April 3: The Sindh Assembly is meeting again on Wednesday (April 4) after a week in another requisitioned session. This will be the third consecutive requisitioned session which was summoned by Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah....
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KARACHI: New KWSB MD
KARACHI, April 3: The Additional Chief Secretary Local Government Sindh Ghulam Arif Khan has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), said a well-placed source....
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KARACHI: City requires 1,000 more vehicles for waste disposal
KARACHI, April 3: The city needs 1,000 vehicles for lifting and transporting over 8,000 tonnes garbage to landfill sites on a daily basis....
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KARACHI: Citizens question KEE cost, efficiency
KARACHI, April 3: Speakers at a public hearing on Tuesday rejected the proposed construction of an elevated expressway starting from M.T. Khan Road and continuing along Sharea Faisal before ending at...
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KARACHI: ARD holds protest demo for CJP
KARACHI, April 3: The Sindh Chapter of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) staged a peaceful demonstration here on Tuesday and condemned General Pervez Musharraf’s filing of a reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry....
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HYDERABAD: Punjab looting Sindh’s resources, says Qureshi
HYDERABAD, April 3: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Chairman Bashir Khan Qureshi said on Tuesday that Punjab was looting the resources of Sindh and outsiders were ruling the province “but we won''t accept it anymore.”...
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KARACHI: Frequent power cuts irk people
KARACHI, April 3: Shopping centres and various localities across the metropolis suffered intermittent and prolonged power failures on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Baldia promised water supply
KARACHI, April 3: Vice Chairman of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) Mohammad Moin Khan has said that different localities of Baldia Town, including Ghaus Nagar, Shah Faisal Mohalla, Afridi Colony Nos 1,2 and Rasheedabad, will get water very soon....
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KARACHI: Brave cop nabs two dacoits
KARACHI, April 3: The quick reaction and bravery of a constable led to the arrest of two robbers on Tuesday in Mauripur. Constable Ghulam Farid, who was posted at a nearby bank, injured one of the three dacoits during the shootout....
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KARACHI: Labour party demands CJP’s reinstatement
KARACHI, April 3: The Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) leaders condemning the government’s action against the Chief Justice of Pakistan demanded immediate reinstatement of Justice Chaudhry....
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KARACHI: JUP wants investigation report be made public: Nishtar Park blast
KARACHI, April 3: The investigation report regarding the Nishtar Park bomb blast should be made public and all those involved in the gory incident be arrested immediately....
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KARACHI: Iraqi people oppose attack on Iran
KARACHI, April 3: Eminent Iraqi scholar Sayed Ammar Al Hakim, currently visiting Pakistan, said on Tuesday that the Iraqi people opposed a U.S. attack on Iran and were also against the fragmentation of their own country on sectarian or ethnic lines....
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KARACHI: Construction of quality roads ordered
KARACHI, April 3: Shah Faisal Town Nazim Mohammed Imran has called for construction of quality and long-lasting roads in all the union councils of the town....
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KARACHI: Replacement of sewerage lines demanded
KARACHI, April 3: Various roads in the city are inundated with sewage due to choked sewerage lines creating problems for shopkeepers, pedestrians and motorists....
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KARACHI: People urged to follow Bhutto’s ideology
KARACHI, April 3: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Shaheed Bhutto on Tuesday urged the masses to forge unity by following the ideology of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto so that a joint struggle...
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KARACHI: Struggle for democracy stressed
KARACHI, April 3: Asif Ali Zardari, the PPP leader and spouse of former premier Benazir Bhutto, has urged the party workers to renew their pledge to further intensify their struggle for...
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KARACHI: Uplift projects
KARACHI, April 3: The town nazim of Malir, on Tuesday ordered expediting the ongoing projects in the town....
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KARACHI: Exhibition at VM Art
KARACHI, April 3: ‘Contemporary Welsh Printmakers” an Exhibition of painting by 23 prominent artists from Wales opens at VM art gallery on Wednesday 4th April at 5.30pm....
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KARACHI: Home secy, CCPO told to pass reasoned order: Woman’s death
KARACHI, April 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday ordered the Sindh Home Secretary and Capital City Police Officer of Karachi to pass a reasoned order on...
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KARACHI: Dialogue to help solve Balochistan crisis urged
KARACHI, April 3: Jamaat-i-Islami expressing concern over the Balochistan situation has urged the government to refrain from using force and initiate dialogue with Baloch people for lasting peace....
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KARACHI: ‘Indian films won’t get free access’
KARACHI, April 3: The chairman of the Central Film Censor Board of Pakistan, Azfar Shafqat, said the board would not allow unchecked access to Indian movies in the country and only...
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KARACHI: Seminar seeks free press, judiciary
KARACHI, April 3: A seminar titled ‘Role of lawyers, media and scholars in independent judiciary’ was held at the KBA’s Shuhda-i-Punjab Hall on Monday night....
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KARACHI: Strike call withdrawn
KARACHI, April 3: The Pakistan Film Exhibitors Association has withdrawn its call for a week-long strike which was scheduled to begin on Thursday after its leadership received assurances from some top government officials promising that their demands would be met....
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KARACHI: Monitoring team
KARACHI, April 3: The Implementation and Monitoring Team of the Planning and Development Division visited Karachi University and reviewed the executed as well on-going projects on the campus....
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