Low Graphics Site

January 07, 2008 Monday Zilhaj 27, 1428 KARACHI: MMA-PML agreement on seat adjustment KARACHI, Jan 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) have entered into a seat adjustment agreement on a national and a provincial assembly seats in Karachi, apparently in... KARACHI: Steps to end shortage of wheat flour ordered KARACHI, Jan 6: Sindh caretaker Chief Minister Abdul Qadir Halepoto has directed the officials to take action against the flour mills and traders creating an artificial shortage of wheat flour and selling it at exorbitant rates.... KARACHI: Defaulting societies may lose their lands KARACHI, Jan 6: The city government has decided to confiscate the lands allotted to cooperative housing societies which have not been developed for a long time.... KARACHI: Lyari community project suffered heavy losses KARACHI, Jan 6: The computer centre, library, industrial home, technical centre, eye clinic, typing institute, boxing club and dental clinic all set up and run by the Lyari Community Development Project... KARACHI: Guards loot Rs150m of exchange company KARACHI, Jan 6: A foreign exchange company was deprived of Rs150 million by two security guards along with their three accomplices in an armed hold-up at Saima Trade Towers situated on I.... KARACHI: Just peanuts for the poor KARACHI, Jan 6: Pakistanis consume as much as 116,000 tons of dried fruit annually, and traders say dried fruit’s demand increases every year because of their growing use in sweetmeats and various dishes.... KARACHI: Red tape stunting theatre’s growth KARACHI, Jan 6: Though there is little happening in the world of theatre in Karachi, there had been a time when the city was bustling with theatrical activities.... KARACHI: 24-hour Service at polio vaccine facilities KARACHI, Jan 6: The Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Sindh, has decided to run by mid-January its polio vaccine administration posts established for inter-city and inter-province child travellers at various entry and exit points in the province as round-the-clock vaccination facilities.... KARACHI: Outlaw commits suicide KARACHI, Jan 6: A desperate outlaw committed suicide instead of surrendering to the police following a shootout in Orangi Town on Sunday.... KARACHI: Thunderstorm with rain forecast KARACHI, Jan 6: The Met Office has forecast cloudy weather with chances of rain/thunderstorm at some places in Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur and Larkana regions on Monday.... KARACHI: PPP must resume poll campaign, says Fahim KARACHI, Jan 6: President of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians Makhdoom Ameen Fahim has said that Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto laid down her life for the cause of democracy, supremacy of the... KARACHI: Schools, colleges reopen today KARACHI, Jan 6: All public and private sector schools and colleges across the province will reopen on Monday Jan 7.... KARACHI: Carbonised answer copy KARACHI, Jan 6: The University of Karachi has introduced “carbonized answer copy” for the B.S. (Computer Science) aptitude test to make the process transparent.... KARACHI: APDM protest day today KARACHI Jan 6: The All-Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will observe Jan 7 as ‘protest day’ against the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, deteriorating law and order situation, inflation, shortage of flour and power crisis across the country.... KARACHI: Widespread calls for compensation KARACHI, Jan 6: Various organizations, condemning the widespread looting during the turmoil that followed the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, have demanded that those people that were affected be... KARACHI: Railway operation improving KARACHI, Jan 6: The Pakistan Railway Karachi Division after putting in strenuous efforts was able to operate 15 Mail and Express trains from Karachi for upcountry destinations.... KARACHI: PML-Q ad KARACHI, Jan 6: Federal (caretaker) Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney said on Sunday that during his visit to Garhi Khuda Bakhsh and Naudero, he assured the local people that his... HYDERABAD: Growers suffer amid delayed cane crushing HYDERABAD, Jan 6: The Sindh Abadgar Board, a farmers’ organisation, has observed that due to delay in sugarcane crushing season, growers in the province have suffered Rs27.5... HYDERABAD: Police need to win back people’s trust: ministers HYDERABAD, Jan 6: The caretaker provincial ministers for zakat and ushr, and planning and development have said that police department faces a serious challenge to win back people’s confidence in the institution.... DADU: Many PML-Q women wing leaders join PML-N DADU, Jan 6: Local leaders of PML-Q women wing and vice president of youth wing of PML-Q along with a large number of supporters and activists joined PML-N here on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: What a gold medal is worth HYDERABAD, Jan 6: Armed bandits deprived noted eye surgeon Professor Shafi Mohammad Jatoi of a gold medal during a house robbery in Qasimabad on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Police pickets at crowded places planned HYDERABAD, Jan 6: Hyderabad DCO Aftab Ahmed Khatri has said that the district government has decided to establish police pickets at General Bus Stand and other busy spots in the city to protect transporters during strikes and chaotic conditions.... PESHAWAR: Plan for timely repair works in health units under study PESHAWAR, Jan 6: The NWFP health department will devise a new strategy to ensure timely repair and maintenance works at the 1,600 health facilities across the province, health officials said.... BUNER: Video shop destroyed BUNER, Jan 6: A powerful explosion destroyed a video shop and partially damaged nine others here in the Jure Salarzai area in the early hours of Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Attempt to hijack taxi foiled: police PESHAWAR, Jan 6: Police on Saturday foiled an attempt to hijack a taxi which had been snatched from its driver in the Pabbi area and was being taken towards Jamrud.... SWABI: Postponement pushes up cost of campaigns SWABI, Jan 6: The electoral candidates said on Sunday that with the postponement of the general election by the Election Commission the cost of their campaigns would rise steeply.... TIMERGARA: Call for efforts to ensure voting by women TIMERGARA, Jan 6: A women’s rights activist and the member of Lower Dir District Council, Shad Begum, has said that neither the political parties nor the Election Commission is making efforts... SWABI: Govt should resign as it has failed on all fronts: PTI SWABI, Jan 6: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf provincial president Asad Qaisar said on Sunday that the time for the presenr regime to resign had come because it had failed on all fronts.... Vaccination campaign PESHAWAR, Jan 6: The NWFP health department, in response to the possibility of a polio outbreak, has planned a three-day mop-up vaccination campaign in Mardan and the nearby districts from Monday.... ABBOTTABAD: Fare raised ABBOTTABAD, Jan 6: Owners of public transport vehicles which run on CNG have raised their fare after the government announced an increase in the price of CNG, according to residents....

Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2008