KARACHI: Plea of former KBCA chief in corruption case rejected
KARACHI, Sept 22: The Special Anti-Corruption Judge, Karachi, Syed Gul Munir Shah, on Saturday rejected the application of former controller of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) Brig (Retd) A.S....
KARACHI: Pagara reaffirms support for GHQ, president
KARACHI, Sept 22: Pir Pagara, the president of the PML-F and spiritual head of the Hurs, on Saturday announced his full support to the re-election of President Pervez Musharraf....
KARACHI: Mystery over gang-rape victim’s case deepens
KARACHI, Sept 22: Mystery surrounding the alleged gang rape of a young woman on the premises of a government hospital in Landhi has deepened with the Civil Hospital denying that the...
KARACHI: Rs8bn sewerage project being launched
KARACHI, Sept 22: The city government is launching a project called Greater Karachi Sewerage Plan (S-III) with an estimated cost of Rs8 billion to maintain the ecological balance of marine life...
KARACHI: Two JPMC colleges unlikely to open soon
KARACHI, Sept 22: The two colleges of medical training run by the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, which were closed after two incidents of violence on the hospital premises about a month...
KARACHI: Labourer strangles wife to death
KARACHI, Sept 22: A man strangled his 20-year-old wife early Saturday morning in Kashmir Colony. The suspect, a labourer by profession, has been arrested....
KARACHI: Liquor death toll still rising
KARACHI, Sept 22: Two more victims of toxic bootleg liquor died in the early hours of Saturday, taking the total death toll to 41....
KARACHI: Traders seek end to outages
KARACHI, Sept 22: People in different parts of the city continued to suffer power outages on Saturday and complained about the indifferent attitude of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation which failed to keep its promise of uninterrupted power supply during Ramazan....
KARACHI: Witnesses testify in kidnap case
KARACHI, Sept 22: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday recorded the depositions of three defence witnesses in the kidnapping for ransom case of Haji Abdul Ghaffar, a chicken dealer....
KARACHI: Ban imposed
KARACHI, Sept 22: The city nazim on Friday imposed a ban under section 144 CrPC on any type of gathering within a radius of two hundred yards of the SSC exam...
KARACHI: Mufti Ateeq case hearing adjourned till 24th
KARACHI, Sept 22: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the murder case of Mufti Ateeq-ur-Rehman and his brother Irshad, who were killed in the limits of Preedy police station on June 23, 2005....
KARACHI: Lawyers plan strike on 29th
KARACHI, Sept 22: The leaders of the Karachi Bar Association on Saturday condemned the political parties which are supporting President Pervez Musharraf and said they would decide their strategy on Sept...
KARACHI: Tabish Dehlavi
KARACHI, Sept 22: The third death anniversary of Urdu’s great Ghazal poet, Tabish Dehlavi, will be observed at the Arts Council of Pakistan on Sunday (today) at 3pm....
PESHAWAR: Attack on ANP leader condemned
PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The Awami National Party (ANP) has condemned the murder attempt on Mohammad Afzal Khan Lala, an octogenarian politician from Swat Valley, and accused secret agencies of being behind the attack....
TIMERGARA: Housewife shot dead
TIMERGARA, Sept 22: A woman was shot dead in Lower Dir’s Talash area on Friday night reportedly over a domestic dispute....
PESHAWAR: ADP meeting next month
PESHAWAR, Sept 22: The first quarter review meeting of the ADP 2007-08 will be held in the third week of October under the chairmanship of additional chief secretary here at the civil secretariat....
SWABI:Assailant killed in shootout
SWABI, Sept 22: One person was killed and another injured when two rival groups traded fire at Masoodabad in Doubian area....