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November 21, 2007 Wednesday Ziqa’ad 10, 1428 KARACHI: Police brutality against protesting journalists KARACHI, Nov 20: The police arrested more than 100 journalists on Tuesday after they baton-charged the newsmen’s peaceful procession towards the Governor’s House from the Karachi Press Club organized to express... KARACHI: Seven lawyers released from central prison KARACHI, Nov 20: The government released seven lawyers from the Central Prison on Tuesday in line with its announcement to free members of the legal fraternity and workers of opposition parties,... KARACHI: Bullet-riddled body of youth found KARACHI, Nov 20: The bullet-riddled body of a young man was found on Tuesday near Memon Goth link road.... KARACHI: EC appoints DROs, ROs for Karachi KARACHI, Nov 20: The Election Commission of Pakistan, in pursuance of the provisions of Section 7 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976 (LXXXV of 1976), has issued the list... KARACHI: TV channels ban case put off for a week KARACHI, Nov 20: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a petition against the ban on four television channels to Nov 27 to enable the information and broadcasting ministry to file comprehensive comments.... KARACHI: Notice issued to former SSP KARACHI, Nov 20: Six alleged militants of Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi, who were facing retrial inside Central Prison Karachi for hatching a conspiracy to kill President General Pervez Musharraf in 2002, requested... KARACHI: Jatoi warns govt against rigging KARACHI, Nov 20: Chairman of the National Peoples Party and a former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi said the upcoming general elections would not be free, fair and transparent unless necessary measures were taken immediately.Addressing... HYDERABAD: Fair polls under Musharraf wishful thinking: Magsi HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi said on Tuesday that to believe that the elections under the interim set-up with its reins in the hands... PESHAWAR: Students’ rally baton-charged PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The Malakand Levies on Tuesday baton-charged a procession of students, taken out in the Dargai Bazaar against the state of emergency in the country.... PESHAWAR: US consulate holds student counselling session PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The US Consulate in Peshawar arranged a counselling session on Tuesday for students of the University of Peshawar and the NWFP University of Engineering and Technology who are planning to proceed to America for higher studies.... KARACHI: Political parties disappoint lawyers KARACHI, Nov 20: Karachi Bar Association President Iftikhar Javed Qazi alleged on Tuesday that political parties were working on their own political agendas instead of struggling for the independence of the judiciary.... KARACHI: Drive against polythene bags falters KARACHI, Nov 20: The government’s anti-polythene bag campaign has faltered in recent months as the thin, non-biodegradable bags are once again seen littering the city in the absence of any follow-up measures.... KARACHI: Keamari Town health infrastructure in shambles KARACHI, Nov 20: Keamari, the second largest town of the metropolis, is home to a huge labour force that comprised mostly factory workers, fishermen and vendors trading in different commodities.... KARACHI: Fishermen want FCS chief removed KARACHI, Nov 20: Leaders of the fishermen community belonging to the Anjuman Khadda Fishermen Karachia Jamaat have urged the caretaker chief minister of Sindh to immediately remove administrator of the Fishermen... KARACHI: Hearing of murder case put off to 27th KARACHI, Nov 20: The Additional District & Sessions Judge-II (Central), Nelofer Shahnawaz Azimi on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a case pertaining the death of a 14-year-old boy till Nov 27 as the lawyers’ observed a boycott of court proceedings.... KARACHI: Youth killed KARACHI, Nov 20: A 30-year-old man was killed at a shrine off Suparco Road in Maripur. His body was shifted to Civil Hospital where he was identified as Mazhar Ali Solangi, who hailed from Dadu.... KARACHI: Children star in plays, dance KARACHI, Nov 20: It was truly a day of children who mesmerised the audience at the Arts Council auditorium, which was packed to its capacity, through their performance in a multimedia... KARACHI: Judgment in Alliance Motors case on 27th KARACHI, Nov 20: Arguments were completed on Monday in the Accountability Court No. 2 with regard to a NAB reference against the Alliance Motors.... KARACHI: Exhibition KARACHI, Nov 20: An exhibition of paintings by Mahnaz Lakha opens at Citiart gallery at 5.30pm on Wednesday. The exhibition will continue till Nov 28.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Nov 20: The Met Office has forecast fair weather with hazy morning for Karachi on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Eight literary awards Instituted KARACHI, Nov 20: The National Bank of Pakistan has announced institution of eight “NBP Awards for Excellence in Literature” for the promotion of literature in the country.... KARACHI: Traffic trauma KARACHI, Nov 20: Some useful advice for when you hit the roads in Karachi and dread the hours of long traffic jams: make sure you have the latest hit by Rihanna, ‘Shut up and drive’, playing permanently in the CD player.... HYDERABAD: AT chief’s son among 12 arrested HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Twelve activists of Awami Tehrik including the party leader Ayaz Latif Palejo advocate, son of AT chief Rasool Bux Palijo, courted arrest on Tuesday in Hyderabad, Larkana and... HYDERABAD: Journalists protest against emergency HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Police arrested 19 journalists and kept them in detention for a few hours in Hyderabad when they tried to bring out a rally like their colleagues in many... MIRPURKHAS: Two policemen die as tractor hits mobile MIRPURKHAS, Nov 20: Two police constables of Tando Jan Mohammad police station died and two others received serious injuries when a tractor trolley loaded with sugarcane collided with their vehicle on Tando Jan Mohammad-Digri road on Tuesday.... THATTA: PPP leader joins MQM THATTA, Nov 20: A former MPA and member PPP Sindh Council, Syed Shafique Ahmed Shah Bukhari, announced that he is joining Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) here on Tuesday.He... KHAIRPUR: Benazir can’t solve Sindh’s problems, says Qureshi KHAIRPUR, Nov 20: The chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Bashir Khan Qureshi, said on Monday that Benazir Bhutto’s coming to power in a country where justice was non-existent would not solve the problems of Sindh and Sindhis.... LARKANA: Ad hoc lecturers seek regularisation LARKANA, Nov 20: The ad hoc lecturers’ action committee of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Tuesday called for regularisation of 836 ad hoc lecturers.... HYDERABAD: Pakistan has become ‘national security state’: Bengali HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Eminent economist Dr Kaiser Bengali said on Tuesday that Pakistan had become a “national security state since 1977” where national security was the state’s primary objective, with “national”... HYDERABAD: 12 political leaders released HYDERABAD, Nov 19: Tw-elve political leaders, including Sindh Tarraqi Pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi, who were detained under Maintenance of Public Order, were released late on Monday from the central prison.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Court boycott NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 20: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings for the full day and took out a rally from the district court building to the press club here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: CM seeks new uplift plan for Peshawar PESHAWAR, Nov 20: NWFP Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk has asked officials to formulate a new development plan for the provincial capital.... PESHAWAR: Education programme planned for seminaries PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The World Population Foundation, in partnership with the Pakistan Village Development Pakistan (PVDP), is planning to start the Life-Skills Based Education (LSBE) programme in seminaries, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Ordinance to upgrade Islamia College likely on Dec 1 PESHAWAR, Nov 20: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai is likely to promulgate an ordinance on Dec 1 to grant the Islamia College Peshawar (ICP) the status of a university.... PESHAWAR: Rs69m for automated birth registration PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The NWFP government has registered the birth of 1.35 million children within a period of one year.... PESHAWAR: Financial crunch delays sugar industry operations PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The sugar industry in the NWFP is likely to commence crushing operations in January — that is, with a delay of almost two months — because of financial...

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