Low Graphics Site

September 24, 2007 Monday Ramazan 11, 1428 KARACHI: Smooth sailing likely for Musharraf in Sindh PA KARACHI, Sept 23: If polling is held tomorrow for the presidential election, Gen Pervez Musharraf may easily get over 60 per cent of the votes from the Sindh Assembly.... KARACHI: Monitoring cell’s revival stressed: Dengue cases on the rise KARACHI, Sept 23: Health practitioners have urged the provincial health department to reactivate its dengue monitoring cell as a large number of people have been reporting to the city hospitals with viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes.... KARACHI: Revival of KCR demanded KARACHI, Sept 23: The Railway Workers Federation on Sunday expressed its concern over the suspension of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) for the last eight years and demanded revival of the KCR project at the earliest.... KARACHI: PPP slams crackdown on APDM activists: Welcome rallies held KARACHI, Sept 23: The Pakistan People’s Party supporters, workers and leaders vowed on Sunday to accord a befitting welcome to their party chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Oct 18 and warned the... KARACHI: Security tightened for today’s hearing: May 12 mayhem KARACHI, Sept 23: As the Sindh High Court resumes hearing of the May 12 mayhem after two weeks on Monday, the city police have been put on alert with 600 personnel... KARACHI: Liquor victim loses eyesight KARACHI, Sept 23: The after-effects of toxic bootleg liquor are still being felt from across the city as a new case was brought to the Jinnah Hospital from Cattle Colony on Sunday.... KARACHI: Woman, two children killed in Saeedabad KARACHI, Sept 23: A woman and her two children were slaughtered by a suspected group of rivals in Saeedabad on late Saturday night, police said on Sunday.... KARACHI: Work on museum, gallery in full swing KARACHI, Sept 23: Work on the establishment of a museum and art gallery in the State Bank of Pakistan is going on in full swing and the facility is expected to... KARACHI: Concern expressed over rising political violence: HRCP calls for strict measures KARACHI, Sept 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, expressing concern over the escalation of political and criminal violence in the city, has urged the authorities to take firm steps against... KARACHI: Free technical training to 18,000 youth planned KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Minister for Labour and Industries Mohammed Adil Siddiqi on Saturday inaugurated a short-duration technical training center as part of the Prime Minister’s Employment Programme.... KARACHI: Altaf and Ibad discuss political developments KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad called on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain at the MQM’s International Secretariat in London and discussed with him the current political developments in Pakistan, particularly in Sindh.... KARACHI: Placement lists KARACHI, Sept 23: The Centralised Admission Policy (CAP) Committee is set to announce on Monday the lists for the placement of Commerce (female) and Humanities (male) candidates in colleges.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Sept 23: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy weather with chances of dusty winds to blow in Karachi on Monday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees centigrade.—PPI... KARACHI: Tabish Dehlavi termed ‘epitome of culture’: Third death anniversary observed KARACHI, Sept 23: Intellectuals and poets paid rich tributes to eminent poet Tabish Dehlavi at a programme organised at the Arts Council here on Sunday to mark his third death anniversary.... KARACHI: Rs1m reward for clue to killers of protocol officer KARACHI, Sept 23: The Sindh government has announced Rs1 million reward for a clue leading to the arrest of the killers of Iqbal Hussain, one of the protocol officers of the prime minister.... KARACHI: Attendance records of colleges to be monitored KARACHI, Sept 23: The provincial college education department has plans to monitor all the 239 colleges across Sindh to improve students’ attendance and also the overall examination results.According... KARACHI: Many Lyari, Saddar roads in bad shape KARACHI, Sept 23: Many of the major thoroughfares in the Lyari and Saddar towns are in a dilapidated condition, causing immense difficulties not only to the motorists but also to pedestrians.... KARACHI: CM’s aide KARACHI, Sept 23: Senator Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi has been reinstated as the political secretary to the chief minister, an announcement made here on Sunday said. The decision to this effect was... LARKANA: Confusion over two mathematics textbooks LARKANA, Sept 23: Publication of two mathematics textbooks for class IX and X by the Sindh Text Book Board against the backdrop of composite examinations idea floated by the federal education... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Rally against rising crime, prices NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 23: Activists of the Sindh United Party took out a rally from Obedullah Sindhi Chowk to the press club in Tharushah on Sunday to protest against deteriorating law... JACOBABAD: Minor girl missing for seven months JACOBABAD, Sept 23: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz took out a procession here on Sunday to mount pressure on police to recover six-year old girl Fazila Sarki, who had... MIRPURKHAS: Protest against Hesco continues MIRPURKHAS, Sept 23: Protest against the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company continued in different parts of Sindh on Sunday as people had to face unannounced power loadshedding.... HYDERABAD: Farmers demand early sugarcane crushing HYDERABAD, Sept 23: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has rejected the decision taken at a joint meeting of government and Pakistan Sugar Mills Association representatives, held at Islamabad, to start sugar... HYDERABAD: Over 4,500 take test for LUHMS admission HYDERABAD, Sept 23: Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, here on Sunday conducted pre-entry test of the candidates who applied for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses for the year 2007-08.... HYDERABAD: Move to scrape project opposed HYDERABAD, Sept 23: The Sindh chapter of All Pakistan Clerks’ Association, has expressed concern over the proposed scrapping of the project, “Decentralised Elementary Education Project” (Deep) and the transfer of all its funds to the Karachi city government.... HYDERABAD: Displaced villagers block highway HYDERABAD, Sept 23: Residents of Halepoto village off the National Highway blocked a section of the highway on Sunday to protest against alleged demolition of their houses by police.... NOWSHERA: Two shot dead in attacks by rivals NOWSHERA, Sept 23: Two people were killed and one person suffered injuries in two incidents here on Sunday, residents and police said.... SWABI: Relatives kill man in dispute over woman SWABI, Sept 23: A man was killed allegedly by his relatives in the Sukhta area of Doubain on Sunday.... KARAK: Clerks association’s elections on Sept 29 KARAK, Sept 23: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (Apca) will elect office-bearers for the next three-year term in Karak district on September 29th.... SWABI: Five alleged robbers arrested SWABI, Sept 23: Police claimed to have arrested five men allegedly involved in robberies and seized from their possession a Kalashnikov and a pistol on Sunday.... TIMERGARA: Outages, low voltage affect water supply TIMERGARA, Sept 23: People in different parts of Lower Dir district are facing shortage of drinking water as many government-run water supply schemes are not functioning due to low voltage and frequent loadshedding.... MANSEHRA: Thousands of quake victims still without shelter, say protesters MANSEHRA, Sept 23: Hundreds of people staged a demonstration here on Sunday and blocked the Mansehra-Naran road for over three hours in protest against non-installation of prefabricated houses for earthquake victims in Balakot....

Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2007