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January 08, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 28, 1428 KARACHI: BDS didn’t have device to detect suicide bombers: Oct 18 inquiry tribunal KARACHI, Jan 7: An inquiry tribunal investigating the Oct 18 Karsaz blasts was told on Monday that a team of the Special Branch’s Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) combed Sharea Faisal ahead... KARACHI: Two held for Sunday’s Rs150m robbery KARACHI, Jan 7: Police have arrested two of the five suspects involved in what is being described as the biggest cash robbery in the city’s history.... KARACHI: Revenge suspected behind Gulgee’s murder KARACHI, Jan 7: Investigators associated with the killing probe of Ismail Gulgee suspect that the triple murder, motivated probably by revenge, was carried out by a former employee of the couple.... KARACHI: 30 arrested as APDM bid to stage rally foiled KARACHI, Jan 7: Police foiled the All-Parties Democratic Movement’s protest rally by resorting to baton-charge and making arrest of the political activists who were converging on Empress Market on Monday afternoon.... KARACHI: SHC orders probe into ‘illegal detention’ KARACHI, Jan 7: A man arrested as a ‘younger brother’ of the notorious dacoit Mashooq Brohi, claimed twice to have been killed by police, continues to be detained without identification despite a court order.... KARACHI: Cartel of feed millers behind chicken price hike KARACHI, Jan 7: The exorbitant but ‘systematic’ increase in the price of poultry feed from October 2006 to November 2007 suggests that a cartel of feed millers has been behind it.... KARACHI: Rain forecast for today KARACHI, Jan 7: The western weather system that has been responsible for rains in different parts of neighbouring Balochistan is moving eastwards and is expected to dump rains across the city on Tuesday, says the Pakistan Meteorological Department.... KARACHI: Dolphin, whale society set up KARACHI, Jan 7: The Pakistan Whale and Dolphin Society (PWDS) was recently launched with the election of its office-bearers at the World Wildlife Fund’s regional office.... KARACHI: Call for UN probe into Benazir’s killing KARACHI, Jan 7: Various civil society organizations on Monday demanded that investigations into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto be carried out under the auspices of the United Nations.... KARACHI: Youngest AG for Sindh KARACHI, Jan 7: Dr Mohammad Farogh Naseem is the youngest but the most qualified lawyer to hold the office of advocate-general of Sindh.... KARACHI: No academic activity at 150 institutions: Schools, colleges reopen after vacation KARACHI, Jan 7: Normal academic activities could not be resumed at more than 150 schools and colleges which were either destroyed or ransacked in the recent violence across Sindh, Shujaat Ali Baig, provincial (caretaker) Minister for Education, told Dawn.... KARACHI: Boiler blast case put off to 11th KARACHI, Jan 7: Additional District and Sessions Judge-II, Central, Nelofer Shahnawaz on Monday adjourned till Jan 11 the hearing of the bail application filed by a factory-owner, who is facing a... KARACHI: Services of library scholar lauded KARACHI, Jan 7: Prof Dr Anis Khursheed will be remembered as the founder of modern librarianship in Pakistan, said teachers and educationists at a condolence reference held at the University of Karachi on Monday.... KARACHI: Most of 46 ‘rioters’ released on bail KARACHI, Jan 7: Most of the 46 accused arrested by police for rioting, arson and looting in the wake of disturbances that followed the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto were released on personal bonds on Monday.... KARACHI: Wheat flour crisis worsens KARACHI, Jan 7: The metropolis that has yet to overcome the shock of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and jolts of its follow-up devastation completely has been caught in the grip of a wheat flour crisis.... KARACHI: Two children die in wall collapse KARACHI, Jan 7: Two children were killed and three minor brothers were injured on Monday in a wall collapse in Gulshan-i-Ghazi.... HYDERABAD: APDM observes protest in Sindh: Benazir’s assassination HYDERABAD, Jan 7: Protest day was observed by All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) in various districts of Sindh to condemn killing of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on December 27.... HYDERABAD: Qasimabad UC nazim sees attempts to fan ethnic riots HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The nazim of union council-2 of Qasimabad Mehboob Abro on Monday slammed attempts to fan ethnic riots over destruction of property during violence sparked by the assassination of party chairperson Benazir Bhutto.... HYDERABAD: Benazir was symbol of federation, says Magsi HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party chairman, Dr Qadir Magsi, has said that PPP leader Benazir Bhutto was the symbol of federation and her murder was ‘tantamount to murder... HYDERABAD: Transporters threaten to go on strike HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The Sindh Goods Transport Owners Association on Monday warned of strike for an indefinite period if the government failed to pay the transporters compensation for their vehicles, which... HYDERABAD: Flour being sold at Rs16 per kg, claims DCO HYDERABAD, Jan 7: The district government has established 371 flour selling points where more than 23,000 bags of 10kg each are available at official rate, claimed Hyderabad DCO Aftab Ahmed Khatri on Monday.... NAWABSHAH: Bomb hoax creates panic NAWABSHAH, Jan 7: Panic spread in a bank on bomb hoax here on Monday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Thousands of phones remain dead NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 7: About 2,500 PTCL phone numbers and 2,000 wireless numbers, which had gone dead in the district since rioters burnt down seven telephone exchanges during disturbances following the... MIRPURKHAS: PML-F workers mourn BB’s death MIRPURKHAS, Jan 7: A general workers meeting of PML-F, Mirpurkhas chapter, has expressed grief and sorrow over the tragic death of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and offered fateha for her.... SANGHAR: Tharis worst hit by flour crisis SANGHAR, Jan 7: Wheat flour crisis has hit people of Achhor Thar badly. This is part of Thar Desert spread over 23,000 sq kilometre touching eastern border with India.... PESHAWAR: Hopes for democracy dashed, says APDM: Reference held on Benazir PESHAWAR, Jan 7: Leaders of the All Parties Democratic Movement and lawyers said here on Monday that people of the country had lost hope of a strong democratic federation after the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.... PESHAWAR: Snowfall, rain hit life in NWFP, tribal areas PESHAWAR, Jan 7: Heavily overcast conditions prevailed across the Frontier province and tribal areas with large parts receiving more rain and snowfall on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Musharraf’s remarks against tribes slammed PESHAWAR, Jan 7: The Alliance for the Protection of Human Rights (APHR) has condemned the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.... ABBOTTABAD: Fair price shops to sell flour ABBOTTABAD, Jan 7: The provincial food department has set up 12 fair price shops in various parts of the district in order to overcome the flour shortage and ensure its supply to people.... TIMERGARA: Two expelled from JI for backing ANP candidate TIMERGARA, Jan 7: The Jamaat-i-Islami, Jandool zone, has expelled two members from the party in the Samar Bagh area on the charges of running election campaign of an Awami National Party’s candidate for the PF-95 (Dir II).... KOHAT: Forces on alert after attack on oil depot KOHAT, Jan 7: Police and members of other law enforcement agencies have been put on high alert in the Kohat district after attacks on a storage facility of the Pakistan State Oil on Sunday night.... MARDAN: 21 schools declared illegal MARDAN, Jan 7: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary School Education (BISE), Mardan, has declared 21 schools illegal and asked the parents to admit their children into registered institutions.... SWABI: Condolence meeting SWABI, Jan 7: The local chapter of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Monday held Quran Khawani and offered fateha for PPP’s slain leader Benazir Bhutto.... TIMERGARA: Shot dead TIMERGARA, Jan, 7: A man allegedly shot his son dead on Sunday night in Lajbok village in the jurisdiction of the Balambat police station, it is learnt on Monday....

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