KARACHI: Groom’s father named as accused : Couple’s murder case
KARACHI, Oct 27: The investigation officer in the double murder case of the newly-wed couple on Saturday submitted a progress report to the judicial magistrate-12, Central, Abdul Zahoor Chandio, in which...
KARACHI: DCET gets degree-awarding status
KARACHI, Oct 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has promulgated an ordinance giving degree-awarding status to the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology, DCET Principal Prof Dr Mohammad Nasim said here on Saturday....
KARACHI: Sindh govt terms for new FIR : Karsaz carnage
KARACHI, Oct 27: The Sindh home department has decided, in principle, to allow the police to register another FIR on behalf of the Pakistan People’s Party in respect of the October...
KARACHI: JWP men acquitted in ASI’s murder case
KARACHI, Oct 27: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Saturday all the 12 accused who were facing a trial in the case of an assistant sub-inspector’s murder....
KARACHI: PM performs balloting of 6,730 plots in Taiser Town
KARACHI, Oct 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz performed on Saturday the balloting of 6,730 residential plots for government employees, their heirs and overseas Pakistanis in Taiser Town, a housing scheme launched by the Lyari Development Authority....
CHITRAL: Terrorism endangers livelihood of thousands of people
CHITRAL, Oct 27: This year the tourism industry experienced one of its worst years in decades, with only a few tourists visiting Chitral during the summer season, tour operators said on Saturday....
LANDI KOTAL: Cleric’s return upsets Lashkar leader’s plans
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 27: Differences between Lashkar-i-Islam leader Mangal Bagh and Mufti Munir Shakir, a founder of the Lashkar, came to the fore recently when the former imposed a...
HYDERABAD: ECP’s Code of Conduct comes under fire
HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The senior vice-chairman of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan Sahibzada Abdul Khair Mohammad Zubair said on Saturday that the Election Commission of Pakistan should put a stop to army’s interference into politics before imposing restrictions on its criticism....
NAWABSHAH: ‘Constitution bars local govts’ suspension’
NAWABSHAH, Oct 27: The local government system cannot be terminated or suspended during general elections as per the Constitution, said Sindh Minister for Local Government, Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development, Mohammed Hussain Khan....
KARACHI: Sepa told to explain Absence from hearing
KARACHI, Oct 27: The provincial Environmental Protection Tribunal (EPT) on Saturday asked the Sindh Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) to explain why it failed to attend the hearing of a pollution case against a tannery....
KARACHI: Drive against Measles from Nov 12
KARACHI, Oct 27: The Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Sindh, with the assistance of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef, will start its two-week supplemental immunisation campaign against measles in the province from Nov 12....
KARCHI: Probe into PR affairs urged
KARCHI, Oct 27: The chairman of the Pakistan Railway Workers Federation, Manzoor Razi, on Saturday urged Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to stop new agreements with foreign companies for the procurement of...
KARACHI: Boiler blast case hearing put off to Nov 10
KARACHI, Oct 27: The Additional District and Sessions Judge-II (Central), Nelofer Shahnawaz Azmi, on Saturday adjourned till Nov 10 the boiler explosion case against Akhtar Hussain Baloch and boiler operator Mohammad...
KARACHI: CHK diabetic foot centre opened
KARACHI, Oct 27: The Vice-Chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences, Prof Masood Hameed Khan, on Saturday inaugurated the Diabetic Foot Centre at the Orthopaedic Department of Civil Hospital....
KARACHI: IO issued show-cause notice in Kazmi case
KARACHI, Oct 27: The judicial magistrate-VII, Central, Khadim Hussein Chand, on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to the investigation officer (IO) of the Liaquatabad police station for his failure to produce...
HYDERABAD: Action ordered against encroachers
HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The district administration of Jamshoro would set up police check-posts at different places in the Sindh university jurisdiction to take action against people who had encroached upon the university land....
MITHI: Man commits suicide after killing wife
MITHI, Oct 27: A man killed himself and his wife by jumping into a well after pushing her spouse into it in Hanjtal, a remote village of Chhachhro taluka on Friday....
MANSEHRA: UN plans to help revive tourism in Mansehra
MANSEHRA, Oct 27: The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) will launch a project aimed at reviving the tourism industry, badly affected by the 2005 earthquake....