| April 29, 2007 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 11, 1428 |
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KARACHI: Govt withdraws police guards from VIPs
KARACHI, April 28: The Sindh government has decided to withdraw police guards from high-flying VIPs in an attempt to overcome a shortage of manpower.... 
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KARACHI: Hepatitis treatment at JPMC suspended
KARACHI, April 28: A number of patients registered under Prime Minister’s Programme for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre are faced with a break in the treatment...
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KARACHI: Lawyers slam detention of PBC vice-chairman
KARACHI, April 28: Various associations of lawyers on Saturday condemned the detention of Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Bar Council Ali Ahmed Kurd in Quetta, who is also a counsel of Chief Justice...
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KARACHI: Returning PhD scholars being placed in varsities
KARACHI, April 28: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has processed the cases of 60 fresh PhD scholars who are returning from abroad after completing their studies for placement in universities as well as degree-awarding institutions countrywide....
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KARACHI: Akram Lahori acquitted, two awarded death
KARACHI, April 28: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday acquitted the chief of the banned outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Mian Mohammed Ajmal, better known as Akram Lahori, in a murder case and awarded death sentence to two other accused in the same case.The...
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HYDERABAD: Hospital ransacked after boy’s death
HYDERABAD, April 28: Angry friends and relatives maltreated paramedics and doctors and ransacked furniture at the Liaquat University Hospital after a young boy, who was seriously injured in a road accident...
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KARACHI: City govt’s draft budget presented amid uproar
KARACHI, April 28: A draft budget of Rs43,602.16 million for the year 2007-08 for the City District Government Karachi was presented before the City Council on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Through camera’s eye
KARACHI, April 28: A dynamic balance of riotous colours and more sombre shades, in a nutshell, sums up the range of photographs on display at the ClickArt ’07 exhibition....
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KARACHI: Performance to mark dance day
KARACHI, April 28: Popular dancer Sheema Kirmani will join her students on Sunday to present a 100-minute nonstop performance at the Arts Council Theatre to celebrate the World Dance Day....
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KARACHI: Parties urged to help protect child rights
KARACHI, April 28: Speakers mainly comprising healthcare professionals here on Saturday urged the political parties to include the prevention of diseases and foolproof mechanism of child rights protection among the top priorities of their election manifestos....
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KARACHI: 2.5m children in Pakistan out of school
KARACHI, April 28: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) held several programmes at different schools of the city last week to celebrate ‘Global Campaign for...
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KARACHI: APTMA concerned over power breakdowns
KARACHI, April 28: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) on Saturday joined in the verbal protest against the country’s two major power utilities — Wapda and KESC — for their...
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KARACHI: City govt blamed for lack of cleanliness
KARACHI, April 28: A three-tier system comprising the city government, town administrations and union councils is said to be responsible for the dissatisfactory state of cleanliness in the metropolis where the...
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KARACHI: 19 Afghans sent to jail
KARACHI, April 28: The court of Additional District and Session Judge West Gulshan Ara Chandio on Saturday sentenced 19 Afghan nationals to one-year rigorous imprisonment for illegally entering into Pakistani borders and staying at various localities of the metropolis....
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KARACHI: KTI demands compensation
KARACHI, April 28: The leaders of Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) on Saturday condemned the murder of a transporter at the hands of police at Saeedabad Motor Vehicles Fitness Centre and asked for registration of case against the DSP and sub-inspector concerned....
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KARACHI: Condolence reference
KARACHI, April 28: A condolence reference is being organised on May 3 at a local hotel to pay homage to three prominent intellectuals and writers of the province namely Syed Hussain Shah Rashdi, M.H....
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HYDERABAD: Sudden closure of hostels irks students
HYDERABAD, April 28: Students of the Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design affiliated to the Mehran University found themselves in a fix on Saturday when college director required the hostellers...
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NAWABSHAH: Hunger strike against DCO continues
NAWABSHAH, April 28: Activists of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and elected representatives of Awam Dost Panel (ADP) continued their token hunger strike on the second consecutive day on Saturday outside the local press club calling for the transfer of the DCO....
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NAWABSHAH: No pressure to join LUMHS: secretary
NAWABSHAH, April 28: Newly-appointed vice-chancellor of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Prof Noshad A. Shaikh said on Saturday that he had willingly accepted the responsibility as vice-chancellor and...
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HYDERABAD: Man appeals for recovery of son
HYDERABAD, April 28: One Qurban Ali Solangi said on Saturday that his son Waheed Ali had been missing since police raided his house in Gulshan-i-Mehran Phase-II Qasimabad and arrested him on the night of April 21....
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SANGHAR: Chotiari canal develops breach
SANGHAR, April 28: Irrigation authorities on Saturday stopped water supply by lowering the gates of Khipro canal due to the occurrence of more than 50 feet wide breach at the RD-1 of Chotiari branch of Bakhoro sub-division....
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NAWABSHAH: Lawyers’ rally
NAWABSHAH, April 28: Members of District Bar Association staged a rally and demonstration on Saturday outside the sessions court building against the arrest of vice-chairman of Pakistan Bar Council, Ali Ahmed Kurd....
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