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October 25, 2007 Thursday Shawwal 12, 1428 KARACHI: LJ man’s conviction in Haideri case set aside KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh High Court acquitted on Wednesday a terrorism convict sentenced to death 23 times over for aiding and abetting the suicide bomber who exploded a device in... KARACHI: Police bungle twin blasts probe : Crucial evidence lost KARACHI, Oct 24: Police seem to have acted in haste by removing from the scene of crime crucial evidence hours after the Oct 18 twin bomb attacks on the motorcade of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, it emerged on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Heavy reliance on ocular evidence weakens prosecution’s case KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh High Court’s acquittal of Gul Hasan, the alleged mastermind of the twin suicide attacks on Haideri Masjid and the Imambargah Ali Raza, is clear evidence of... Top investigator removed Deputy Inspector-General CID Saud Ahmed Mirza was notified as head of the special investigation team tasked to probe the Oct 18 midnight blasts. The notification was issued on Wednesday night.... KARACHI: PPP leaders, CM trade barbs KARACHI, Oct 24: As the exchange of venomous words between leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party and the ruling Muslim League intensified on Wednesday, Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly... KARACHI: Jail chief ordered to produce accused : Boiler explosion case KARACHI, Oct 24: The Additional District and Sessions Judge-II (Central), Nelofer Shahnawaz Azmi, on Wednesday directed the superintendent of the Central Prison Karachi to produce Akhtar Hussein Baloch, owner of a... PESHAWAR: PPP will resist moves for controlled politics: Badr PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The Pakistan People’s Party has said that it will not allow the rulers to impose a ‘permanent dictatorship’ by introducing ‘stage-managed and controlled politics’ in the country.... HYDERABAD: Benazir should stop dreaming of premiership: Rashid HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Wednesday that Ms Benazir Bhutto should stop dreaming of becoming prime minister for the third time because the constitutional... KARACHI: Road caves in KARACHI, Oct 24: A wide-crater developed in the middle of the PIDC House section of Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road on Wednesday when a 72-inch diameter sewer caved in, causing overflowing of sewage all around.... KARACHI: Two killed, one hurt as tripod falls on truck KARACHI, Oct 24: Two men were killed and another was seriously injured when a tripod mounted with a heavy drilling machine fell on their truck on Rashid Minhas Road on Wednesday afternoon.... KARACHI: Officialdom looks on as rape victim seeks justice KARACHI: The suffering of Kainat Soomro was only beginning when, on January 10 this year, four men of Jatoi clan raped her. Heinous as that crime was, no less atrocious was... KARACHI: FSC seeks experts’ advice on Zakat plea KARACHI, Oct 24: The Federal Shariat Court issued fresh notices to legal and economic experts for Oct 31 to assist it in resolving issues pertaining to the imposition and distribution of Zakat.... KARACHI: Court reserves order in ASI’s murder case KARACHI, Oct 24: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the final arguments in the case of an assistant sub-inspector’s murder and reserved the order for pronouncement on Oct 27.... KARACHI: Judgment in doctor’s kidnap case on 29th KARACHI, Oct 24: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded final arguments in the kidnapping for ransom case against Dr Mohammad Abrar Younus and his wife Huma, who had allegedly kidnapped Dr... KARACHI: Warrants issued for two cops, witnesses KARACHI, Oct 24: The Additional District and Sessions Judge-II (Central), Nelofer Shahnawaz Azmi, on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of two policemen, one of them an investigation officer of... KARACHI: HRCP slams Oct 18 attack KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh Council of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed its deep concern over the escalation in terrorist attacks in the country and the authorities’ continued failure to ensure safety of citizens.... KARACHI: Govt wants sale of drugs under generic names KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh government wants marketing and sale of medicines under their generic names to check drug prices.... KARACHI: PPP slams ‘harassment’ of security team member KARACHI, Oct 24: PPP leaders have strongly condemned the police raid and harassment of a security team member of Benazir Bhutto, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, and his wife Dr Fehmeeda Mirza, accusing... KARACHI: Cabinet okays sale of SRTC assets to district govts : Debt retirement KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh government has decided to hand over all properties, including land, workshop and depots, belonging to the defunct Sindh Road Transport Corporation to the district governments after... KARACHI: Journalist Hamdan Amjad Ali dies KARACHI, Oct 24: Senior journalist and former Dawn staffer Syed Hamdan Amjad Ali, 68, died at a local hospital on Wednesday. He leaves his wife, a son and two daughters.... KARACHI: Rashid reckons railways on track KARACHI, Oct 24: Drawing long and heartily on his stout trademark cigar and exchanging quips with newsmen before the beginning of the press conference at a hotel here on Tuesday, Federal... KARACHI: City Council pays homage to slain member KARACHI, Oct 24: Condemning the Oct 18 midnight carnage at Karsaz, a gloomy City Council on Wednesday recalled the services of Rukhsana Faisal Baloch for her commitment to the welfare of poor rural people.... HYDERABAD: SCH issues contempt notice to VC HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the vice-chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tandojam to appear in court on Thursday to face... HYDERABAD: Girl complains of criminal assault HYDERABAD, Oct 24: A teenaged girl Nasreen Bhatti has stated in her statement under section 164 Cr.PC before judicial magistrate and civil judge-VII here on Wednesday that she has been subjected... HYDERABAD: Hesco plans one-hour loadshedding HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) has chalked out a load management schedule due to the shortage of power generation in the country which will be enforced from Oct 28.... HYDERABAD: JUP calls for caretaker govt HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Senior vice-president Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and central MMA leader, Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad Zubair has demanded the formation of an interim government in consultation with all the political parties... PESHAWAR: CM urged to look into ‘unjust’ funding by MMA govt PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A federal minister belonging to the NWFP has asked the caretaker chief minister Shamsul Mulk to take notice of what he calls the ‘uneven’ allocation of development funds... ABBOTTABAD: ISI should be barred from political activities: Asghar ABBOTTABAD, Oct 24: Veteran politician Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan has said that without first checking the role of ISI in politics holding of elections will be a futile exercise.... PESHAWAR: Secret agencies blamed for lawlessness PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The Bajaur Agency chapter of the Jamaat-i-Islami has held the secret agencies responsible for what it calls lawlessness across the tribal belt.... PESHAWAR: Hazara DIG relieved, called to Islamabad PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Reversing the decision of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government, the caretaker set-up in the NWFP has relieved Rao Amin Hashim, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police for Hazara region, of his command, according to officials.... SWABI: Nazims of 56 union councils seek plots SWABI, Oct 24: The nazims of 56 union councils have demanded of the district government to grant them plots in the Shahmansoor Township, Dawn has learnt.... PESHAWAR: Hospital planned for Darra Adamkhel PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The government plans to build a D-type hospital in Darra Adamkhel.... HYDERABAD: Consumers owe Rs1.787bn to Hesco HYDERABAD, Oct 24: An amount of Rs1.787 billion is outstanding against the domestic consumers of the Hesco operation circle-I only which must be recovered without any further delay to improve the electricity transmission service.... HYDERABAD: Disaster management body planned HYDERABAD, Oct 24: District Coordination Officer Aftab Ahmed Khatri has said that the district government was in process of putting in place District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to combat natural as well man-made disasters in the district....

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