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October 20, 2007 Saturday Shawwal 7, 1428 KARACHI: Pall of gloom envelopes city KARACHI, Oct 19: A complete and entirely voluntary shutdown was observed on Friday as citizens chose to remain indoors to mourn Thursday’s carnage in which, according to the Sindh home department,... KARACHI: Survivors recall the horror of blasts KARACHI, Oct 19: Umeed Ali was busy collecting tiny parts of limbs and broken bones mixed with dust along the footpaths and safety island near Karsaz Road, where a suicide attack... KARACHI: FIR registered KARACHI: The Bahadurabad police have registered an FIR of the suicide attack on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s motorcade that left over 134 people dead and more than 400 others injured on Thursday.... KARACHI: Govt says attack on PPP motorcade wasn’t last one KARACHI, Oct 19: The Sindh Home Secretary, Brigadier (Retd) Ghulam Mohammed Mohtaram, warned on Friday that threats from various quarters remained alive across the country and attacks such as that on Benzair Bhutto’s welcome convoy was not the last one.... KARACHI: Victims still in need of hospital treatment KARACHI, Oct 19: As many as 120 dead bodies and 361 injured persons were brought to five major government and private hospitals as a result of the twin bomb blasts targeting... KARACHI: Controversy over off streetlights KARACHI, Oct 19: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, land-controlling authorities along Sharea Faisal and the city government on Friday became embroiled in a controversy over the operational control and responsibility for maintenance of streetlights along one of the city’s major arteries.... KARACHI: Attack on PPP procession condemned KARACHI, Oct 19: Leaders, activists and prominent figures belonging to political, religious and civil society organisations have strongly condemned the attack on the jubilant crowd taking part in the rally to... KARACHI: Criminal petition filed in couple’s murder case KARACHI, Oct 19: Shaikh Abdul Majeed, the father of the deceased Hafiz Shaikh Mohammed Azeem, filed on Friday a criminal petition in the court of district and sessions judge, Central, Abdul... KARACHI: Lyari mourns victims of Thursday blast: Wave of shock as eight bodies arrive KARACHI, Oct 19: Eight bodies have been brought to Lyari Town since late Thursday night when twin blasts hit the procession of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto leaving more than a hundred dead on Sharea Faisal.... KARACHI: Courts wear a deserted look KARACHI, Oct 19: The City Courts and District Courts Malir wore a deserted look for the second consecutive day on Friday due to the deteriorating law and order situation in the city.... KARACHI: Demand for judicial probe into blasts KARACHI, Oct 19: The Labour Party of Pakistan (LPP) on Saturday demanded setting up of a judicial commission headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to conduct an inquiry into the bombing of the PPP rally on Thursday.... KARACHI: Lock-up at city courts awaits expansion KARACHI, Oct 19: The Sindh government is yet to comply with the Supreme Court directive asking it to initiate work on the expansion of the police lock-up in the City Courts.... KARACHI: Delays hit expressway opening KARACHI, Oct 19: Work on the Lyari Expressway, which has been already delayed by more than two years, is still progressing at a snail’s pace mainly owing to non-availability of a... KARACHI: NED exam schedule cancelled KARACHI, Oct 19: The NED University of Engineering and Technology on Friday cancelled all the examinations scheduled to be held on Oct 20. New dates will be announced later.... KARACHI: KUJ condolence KARACHI, Oct 19: The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) has expressed grief over the death of a large number of people, including cameraman Arif Khan of the ARY TV channel, in... KARACHI: SSC suppl exams from 30th KARACHI, Oct 19: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi on Friday announced that the SSC supplementary examinations 2007 pertaining to Science and General groups (both regular and private) would begin from Oct 30.... KARACHI: Conference on Quaid-i-Azam today KARACHI, Oct 19: The Institute of Business and Technology (BIZTEK) has organised an international conference on Saturday on “Quaid-i-Azam’s vision of Pakistan.”... KARACHI: Utility bills KARACHI, Oct 19: The Karachi Eelectric Supply Corporation (KESC) and the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) have extended the due date of the bills for the month of September.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 19: The Met Office has forecast fair weather with hazy/misty morning on Saturday in Karachi with minimum temperature expected to range between 18 and 20 degrees centigrade.—PPI... HYDERABAD: Sombre Sindh observes black day HYDERABAD, Oct 19: A pall of gloom hung over Sindh on Friday following the attack on PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto’s caravan in Karachi which resulted in deaths of at leat 140 innocent people.... HYDERABAD: STP calls for mourning HYDERABAD, Oct 19: Expressing profound grief and sorrow over the killing of nearly 140 people killed in an attack on caravan of the PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Karachi on Thursday,... HYDERABAD: Six PPP activists injured in accident HYDERABAD, Oct 19: Six activists of the Hala chapter of the People’s Party were injured in a head-on collision between a hi-roof and a coach on Super Highway in the jurisdiction of Gadap police station on Friday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Court sends SI to prison NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 19: The Additional Sessions Judge Kandiaro sent a sub-inspector of police to jail in a sodomy case on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Nazim seeks action against tree chopping in forest HYDERABAD, Oct 19: The cutting of 7,000 trees in the Gondi forest prompted a strong reaction from the district nazim, Kanwar Naveed Jamil, who directed the authorities concerned to lodge an... HYDERABAD: MBA pre-entry test postponed HYDERABAD, Oct 19: The University of Sindh has postponed holding of pre-entry test for admissions in MBA evening programme as well as all disciplines of Masters degree programme (morning) for academic... MIRPURKHAS: Woman kidnapped MIRPURKHAS, Oct 19: A woman was kidnapped and her husband injured when he offered resistance in Deh 351 village Mohammed Qasim Bhurgari, taluka Kot Ghulam Mohammed on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Political parties condemn attack on PPP motorcade PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Political parties on Friday strongly condemned bomb attacks on the Pakistan People’s Party rally in Karachi and blamed intelligence agencies for the bloody incident.... PESHAWAR: University launches research in farming PESHAWAR, Oct 19: The NWFP Agriculture University has launched a number of research and development schemes and training programmes in agriculture and livestock sectors in the NWFP and Fata.... MANSEHRA: Winter haunts quake-hit students MANSEHRA, Oct 19: Thousands of students will be affected in winter as hundreds of schools are still running under tents in quake-affected zones of the NWFP, Dawn has learnt.... PESHAWAR: ‘Govt not involved in Karachi blasts’ PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Saleem Saifullah Khan has rejected allegations that the government was behind the bombings on the PPP motorcade in Karachi.... LAKKI MARWAT: Judicious distribution of funds sought LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 19: Office-bearers of citizens’ community boards (CCB) have asked the caretaker Chief Minister of the NWFP, Shamsul Mulk, to take measures for ending political interference in disbursement of development funds among the boards.... PESHAWAR: ‘730,000 children vaccinated against polio’ PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Health authorities have claimed success in polio-eradication drives with more than 50 per cent families in Peshawar district who previously refused vaccinations for various reasons.... UPPER DIR: Compensation paid UPPER DIR, Oct 19: A South Korean construction company Sambu has announced compensation for the heirs of four workers who died in a road accident at Nehargah in Upper Dir, while going to work at the Lowari Tunnel project.... PESHAWAR: Reporting of livestock diseases urged PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Speakers at a workshop here on Friday stressed the importance of reporting diseases in livestock so that they could be diagnosed and treated in time and the animals could be vaccinated against them....

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