Rest house in restricted lake area approved
RAWALPINDI, Nov 3: The Punjab government has approved the construction of a rest house in the restricted area of the Rawal Lake filtration plant to use it as the camp office for its local government department....
Plan afoot to rescue destitute children
RAWALPINDI, Nov 3: The City District Government (CDG) will launch a campaign to rescue children from scavenging and provide them free of cost education along with stipend....
Girl killed in blast
HARIPUR, Nov 3: A girl was killed and seven other people were wounded when explosive material stored in a house went off here on Saturday morning....
Cases registered against nine sugar mills : Failure to start crushing
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 3: The cane inspectors had lodged cases against nine of 28 sugar mills of the province for their failure to start crushing on Nov 1, said Sindh Cane Commissioner Ghulam Akbar Leghari on Saturday....
Education dept tops corruption list: Ombudsman
LARKANA, Nov 3: Sindh Ombudsman Yousuf Jamal said on Saturday that Education Department was on top of the list of corruption, adding that it was impossible for anyone to eradicate it completely....
No need for deals with military: Mumtaz
LARKANA, Nov 3: The Sindh National Front (SNF) chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said on Saturday said that deals with military dictators can never bring democracy, which only a true movement of people can bring about....
Caretaker CM promotes OSD
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: The NWFP government has promoted Mohammad Khalid Khan Umarzai, PCS (Executive Group), from BPS-19 to BPS-20 on a regular basis with effect from June 4, 2007....
‘A conspiracy against nation’
BAHAWALPUR, Nov 3: Punjab PML-N president Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa has condemned the declaration of emergency in the country....
Airport in Sialkot to take off on 6th
SIALKOT, Nov 3: The citizens’ dream of having an airport will come true with the inauguration of Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) on Nov 6. The local business community has built...
Martial law in garb of emergency: Bar
LAHORE, Nov 3: Lawyers said on Saturday Gen Musharraf had imposed martial law in the garb of emergency to pre-empt the decision of the Supreme Court against his re-election....
Lower courts told to work for independence of judiciary
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Supreme Court Judge Justice Mohammad Nawaz Abbasi on Saturday said the district judiciary was required to play an active role to safeguard the independence of judiciary, which was...
Car lifters’ gang busted
ATTOCK, Nov 3: The Attock Saddar police claimed to have busted a four-member inter-provincial gang of car lifters and recovered a stolen vehicle and arms from their possession....
Missing boy’s parents seek govt help
TANK, Nov 3: A fifteen-year-old boy has disappeared under mysterious circumstances from the jurisdiction of Mulazai police station and his parents have sought assistance from government functionaries....
Proclaimed offender in Mannu Bheel case held
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 3: Police investigation teams have arrested a proclaimed offender Nangar Khan Nizamani of Mannu Bheel case on Saturday following a tip-off from district Sanghar....
Bedil’s Urs on 25th
KHAIRPUR, Nov 3: The 139th three-day annual Urs of Faqir Qadir Bux Bedil, commonly known as Bedil Sain, would be held on Nov 25-27 at his last resting place in Rohri...
Man shot dead
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 3: A person was killed by his relative over an old enmity in Faten Faqir colony, Padidan, on Friday night....
Digital library set up in SU
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: The University of Sindh has set up a digital library in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, at the Allama I.I. Kazi central library of the university....
Two killed in cross-fire
JACOBABAD, Nov 3: Two people were killed while another injured in a clash between Shahlani and Buledi tribesmen in city area of Garhi Kario on Saturday....
JSQM observes hunger strike
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 3: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (Basheer Khan Qureshi group) and JSSF observed a token hunger strike and staged a demonstration outside the press club here on...
Clash between rivals claims woman’s life
GUJRANWALA, Nov 3: A woman was killed while another sustained bullet wounds after they caught in firing between two rival groups in Saddar area here on Saturday....
One killed in prisoners’van ambush
GUJRAT, Nov 3: A murder suspect wanted by Rawalpindi and Gujrat police in separate incidents was gunned down while a policeman was injured in an ambush on prisoners’ van by four unidentified assailants near Pabbi area of Sara-i-Alamgeer on Saturday....
Two women among three peddlers
KASUR, Nov 3: The Pattoki police claimed to have arrested three drug pushers, including two women, and recovered hashish and liquor from their possession on Saturday....
Highway Robber arrested
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 3: The highway patrol police arrested a robber after an encounter on Saturday evening, while his accomplice fled....
Market fee
OKARA, Nov 3: Arthis (middlemen) of the fruit and vegetable market on Saturday observed strike against increase in market committee fee by the agri-marketing wing of the government....