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January 11, 2008 Friday Muharram 01,1429 KARACHI: SHC asks for Haqiqi leader’s case record KARACHI, Jan 10: Justice Rana M. Shamim of the Sindh High Court summoned the record of the case against Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) chairman Aamir Khan.... KARACHI: PPP leader Summoned by Oct 18 tribunal KARACHI, Jan 10: Another leader of the Pakistan People’s Party responsible for the security of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto upon her homecoming on Oct 18 was put on notice on... KARACHI: Retailers selling only mill flour KARACHI, Jan 10: While mill flour on Thursday found its way into the retail market at Rs18 a kilo, consumers had a hard time obtaining both chakki atta and fine atta... KARACHI: PM reviews supply position KARACHI, Jan 10: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro stressed the need for coordinated planning by the federal and provincial governments in advance to procure and store the wheat as the threshing season for wheat crop comes closer.... KARACHI: Scotland Yard team likely to visit city KARACHI, Jan 10: Senior police officers investigating the October 18 attack on Benazir Bhutto’s welcome procession, who were asked to fly to Rawalpindi to assist inquiries into the Liaquat Bagh tragedy,... KARACHI: Alternative offices for EC staff KARACHI, Jan 10: The Sindh government has directed all district coordination officers (DCOs) to make arrangements for alternative accommodation for those election offices which were destroyed during the recent violence in the province.... KARACHI: Drainage system in old city areas near collapse KARACHI, Jan 10: The outdated drainage system in the old city areas needs even light showers to collapse which not only disrupts civic life but also causes huge damage to streets... KARACHI: Probe into Rs150m robbery stalls KARACHI, Jan 10: The investigations into the city’s biggest robbery of Rs150 million seem to have stalled following a quick arrest by the Preedy police station investigators early Monday morning.... HYDERABAD: NA candidate retires in favour of PML-N HYDERABAD, Jan 10: A candidate for NA-219 Latifabad, Samiuddin Sajid, has retired from the contest in favour of PML-N candidate from the same constituency, Shabbir Ahmed Hyderi, but at the same time, will contest as PML-N candidate from PS-49.... PESHAWAR: Factory gutted PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Furniture and wood material worth Rs200,000 were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in a furniture factory near the Suzuki Stand on the Charsadda Road on Thursday morning, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Lawyers say caretaker govt is continuation of military regime KARACHI, Jan 10: In response to a strike call given by the Pakistan Bar Council, the lawyers observed a complete boycott of court proceedings in the City Courts and Malir District Courts on Thursday.... KARACHI: New academic session begins at KU KARACHI, Jan 10: The new academic session commenced at the University of Karachi on Thursday with orientation classes attended by several thousand students at almost all departments.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Jan 10: The Met Office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather for Karachi on Friday with minimum temperature expected to range between 10 and 12°C.... KARACHI: Protest over doctor’s kidnapping KARACHI, Jan 10: The doctor community has expressed its serious concern over the reported kidnapping of Dr Hamid Memon from his clinic in Malir area.... KARACHI: NAB case KARACHI, Jan 10: The Accountability Court-I headed by Syed Aley Maqbool Rizvi on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a NAB reference (No.1/2003) till Feb 16 after the complainant, FIA Inspector Mirza Masood Alam, was cross-examined by the defence lawyers.... KARACHI: Health dept receives collection kits for bird flu specimens KARACHI, Jan 10: In the wake of Pakistan’s first human death caused by the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the NWFP recently, the Sindh health department has been provided with... KARACHI: Riots left thousands jobless: minister KARACHI, Jan 10: Heavy losses suffered by industrialists and other businessmen in violent disturbances following the Dec 27 assassination of former premier Ms Benazir Bhutto has rendered thousands of people jobless.... HYDERABAD: SU to relay online lectures HYDERABAD, Jan 10: The Institute of Information Technology (IIT), University of Sindh, announced on Thursday that it had made arrangements for online nationwide lecturing programme of eminent scientists and scholars on different subjects at the multimedia conferring room of the IIT.... HYDERABAD: Officials, flour mills nexus blamed for crisis HYDERABAD, Jan 10: Mismanagement and malpractices on part of chakki owners and the officials of Food Department, which had up till now failed to regulate a large number of chakkis, led... KHAIRPUR: 3 kidnapped in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, Jan 10: Three men were kidnapped from the Mehtani area of Gambat taluka on Wednesday night.... MIRPURKHAS: Accused held MIRPURKHAS, Jan 10: Town police arrested on Wednesday night one Karo Lakho who was nominated in an FIR accusing him of firing on the Thomsabad unit office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.... HYDERABAD: Victim of corporal punishment dies HYDERABAD, Jan 10: A 14-year-old boy, the victim of corporal punishment, died here at the Civil Hospital on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Flour crisis described as govt’s failure PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Members of the Town Council-1 and Town Council-2 at separate meetings on Thursday expressed concern over the flour crisis and loadshedding of gas and electricity.... PESHAWAR: Ulema team assured of security in Muharram PESHAWAR, Jan 10: Inspector-General of Police Mohammad Sharif Virk has directed police officials to keep an eye on suspicious activities and foil designs to disturb the law and order situation in the province.... PESHAWAR: Unseated nazim’s petition admitted for hearing PESHAWAR, Jan 10: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday admitted for full hearing a petition filed by former Hangu District Nazim Ghaniur Rehman, challenging his disqualification and declaration of his rival as nazim by an election tribunal.... PESHAWAR: New law on bird flu virus likely PESHAWAR, Jan 10: The provincial government is likely to introduce a law aimed at protecting people from bird flu, sources say.... KARAK: Association to take steps against virus KARAK, Jan 10: The Poultry Farm Association has been asked to inform doctors if they detect any symptoms of the virus in workers or in their chickens.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers resume court boycott PESHAWAR, Jan 10: The Lawyers Action Committee on Thursday called upon their national action committee to continue boycott of superior courts till the restoration of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary and the release of deposed judges and their leaders....

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