| August 19, 2007 | Sunday | Sha’aban 5, 1428 |
KARACHI: Next PM to be from PML-F, says Pagara
KARACHI, Aug 18: Syed Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara, spiritual leader of Hur Jamaat, has been re-elected as president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) for the next five years....
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KARACHI: Kazmi gets bail in another case
KARACHI, Aug 18: The judicial magistrate, East, Shamsuddin Junejo, granted bail to civil rights campaigner Iqbal Kazmi in a dud cheque case on Saturday. Riaz Hussain Shah had lodged the FIR...
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KARACHI: Addicts denied anti-HIV drugs
KARACHI, Aug 18: ''''I’ve been running temperature for the past 25 days and lost about five kg in the last one month... just feel so weak every day,'''' says Mohammad Sohail,...
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KARACHI: Experts demand ordinance on organs trade
KARACHI, Aug 18: The director of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and president-elect of the Transplant Society of Pakistan (TSP), Professor Adibul Hassan Rizvi, has appealed to President...
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KARACHI: Ministry certifies turtle parts as ‘dry fish skin’
KARACHI, Aug 18: A huge consignment of body parts of highly rare freshwater turtles, which was caught at the Karachi airport a few weeks ago, had been certified by the federal...
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KARACHI: PSQCA without electricity for a week
KARACHI, Aug 18: In the aftermath of the recent heavy rains in Karachi, the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority has been without electricity for the past one week, says a PSQCA press release issued on Saturday....
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KARACHI: CM for steps to end illiteracy
KARACHI, Aug 18: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Saturday said he would not tolerate corrupt elements in the education department, and warned of stringent action against inefficient, negligent...
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KARACHI: OPDs at JPMC closed for fourth day
KARACHI, Aug 18: Patients continued to suffer at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday as its out-patient departments remained closed for most of the day....
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KARACHI: BSEK issues marks sheets
KARACHI, Aug 18: Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, officials said on Saturday that they had issued consolidated marks sheets to all schools and asked students to contact the Board if they could not collect the same....
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KARACHI: ANP workers remanded in police custody
KARACHI, Aug 18: The judicial magistrate-6, Malir, Afzal Ahmed Durrani, on Saturday remanded five activists of the Awami National Party in police custody till Aug 22....
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HYDERABAD: Landowner appeals for protection
HYDERABAD, Aug 18: Ghulamullah Bhurgri, a landowner, appealed to the higher authorities on Saturday to provide him protection and order the arrest of people accused of committing theft in his guest...
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KHAIRPUR: Villagers protest against police
KHAIRPUR, Aug 18: Scores of people belonging to Ahmedabad Bari village of Kotdiji taluka staged a procession in Kumb town on Saturday in protest against police....
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HYDERABAD: Hard-working teachers to be rewarded: VC
HYDERABAD, Aug 18: The vice-chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Dr Bashir Ahmed Shaikh, has called upon teachers to work hard to improve quality of education and to concentrate on research activities....
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MIRPURKHAS: Notices issued to policemen
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 18: The DIG of Mirpurkhas, Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari, on Saturday issued show cause-notices to the police officials who had let some accused go without going through prescribed procedure and...
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PESHAWAR: Increase in stipend of nazims sought
PESHAWAR, Aug 18: The Mardan district government has sought the provincial government’s approval for increasing by 100 per cent the monthly honoraria of the elected representatives....
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PESHAWAR: Revival of cases against Nawaz slammed
PESHAWAR, Aug 18: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has said reopening of ‘dead’ cases against Nawaz Sharif by the National Accountability Bureau represents a fresh move by the ‘beleaguered’ regime to harass political parties struggling for ‘genuine democracy’ in the country....
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CHITRAL: Educational institutions’ performance assailed
CHITRAL, Aug 18: The district nazim has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of government schools and colleges, saying they have failed to impart quality education....
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SWABI: Petty dispute leaves 2 dead
SWABI, Aug 18: Two men were killed following a ‘gunbattle’ between two families here on Saturday. In Beka, a village situated 16kms from here, two families opened fire on each other after quarrelling over a petty dispute....
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