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January 31, 2008 Thursday Muharram 21, 1429 KARACHI: PPP float Driver reluctant to testify: Karsaz tribunal KARACHI, Jan 30: A police official informed the Karsaz inquiry tribunal on Wednesday that a Pakistan People’s Party official had told him that Abdul Ghani Baloch, the driver of a float... KARACHI: Decision to change academic calendar sparks controversy KARACHI: In an unexpected development, the Sindh Education Department recently announced that the provincial school academic year is to be altered so that it starts in April instead of August, despite... KARACHI: Shahbaz stresses need for national govt after polls KARACHI, Jan 30: Pakistan Muslim League-N President Shahbaz Sharif has said that only a national government, formed on the basis of a new parliament with a five-year agenda, could steer the country out of the current crises.... HYDERABAD: Oil firms flout laws, workshop told HYDERABAD, Jan 30: Speakers at a workshop have accused the multinational companies engaged in oil and gas exploration in Sindh of violating international norms and local agreements.... PESHAWAR: Mining comes to a halt in Fata PESHAWAR, Jan 30: Excavation work at mines has been suspended in several parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas due to the law and order situation there.... PESHAWAR: Fake ‘stock market’ busted in Peshawar: Two arrested in FIA swoop PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday unearthed a fake brokerage firm in a posh locality of the city that is believed to have minted huge money from... KARACHI: Outbreak of bird flu feared in Gadap KARACHI, Jan 30: Following the large-scale deaths of birds at a local farm, poultry and health officials have suspected that avian influenza (bird flu) has crept into Karachi.... KARACHI: Two undertrials brought dead to civil hospital KARACHI, Jan 30: Bodies of two undertrial prisoners from Landhi and Central jails were brought to the Civil Hospital Karachi on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Arms licence policy likely to be relaxed KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh government is considering relaxing the arms licence policy to curb smuggling of weapons, improve law and order and enable law-abiding citizens to protect themselves against criminals, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Two more animals die at Karachi zoo KARACHI, Jan 30: While the city district government remains reluctant to make public the findings of its slow-moving inquiry into the death of 12 spotted deer, two more animals -- a... KARACHI: Archaeology staff told to move to capital KARACHI, Jan 30: The department of archaeology has asked its 27 employees (in grades from 2 to 9) to shift to Islamabad to work there, or face disciplinary action.... KARACHI: Couple’s murder case transferred KARACHI, Jan 30: The Judicial Magistrate, West, Shafiqullah M. Hassan, on Wednesday considered the interim charge-sheet submitted on Dec 14 by the investigation officer of the couple’s murder case as a... KARACHI: CDGK briefed on plans for locality along bypass KARACHI, Jan 30: A modern city on both sides of the Northern Bypass is being developed and for this purpose the initial study and survey work has already begun.... KARACHI: Probe ordered into judge’s detention KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh High Court monitoring and inspecting judge for the courts District South, Karachi, has ordered a thorough probe into the 17-year-long detention of a former judge of... KARACHI: Lyari park KARACHI, Jan 30: The Site town council has approved a proposal to name the Trans... KARACHI: Iranian film festival KARACHI, Jan 30: An Iranian film festival will kick off on Saturday with the film “M as Mother” directed by Rasool Mulla Qulipour, showing at 4pm at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi.... KARACHI: Petitioner told to approach environmental tribunal KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh High Court asked a petitioner on Wednesday to approach the environmental protection tribunal first against the health hazards created by an ice factory near his residence.... HYDERABAD: Exam forms submission date extended HYDERABAD, Jan 30: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, has announced that the last date for submission of examination forms of HSC part-II (class-XII) annual examination has been extended.... HYDERABAD: PPP candidate’s complaint HYDERABAD, Jan 30: Pakistan Peoples Party candidate for NA-231 (Jamshoro district) Ghani Talpur has filed a complaint with the Election Commission about alleged violation of election rules.... HYDERABAD: Arrest of killers sought HYDERABAD, Jan 30: Members of Matiari district’s Kaka community staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against the murder of Imam Ali Kaka and the delay in the arrest of the people who had allegedly killed him.... HYDERABAD: Gender bias affects social change, says scholar HYDERABAD, Jan 30: A professor of psychology of University of Punjab has said that role of universities is not only important for the social, political and economic transformation of societies but also for national development.... LAKKI MARWAT: Three friends shot dead by fourth LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 30: Three friends were reportedly shot dead by a fourth friend at a village here on Wednesday.... GHALANAI: Tribal elder killed, four kidnapped GHALANAI, Jan 30: A tribal elder was killed here on Wednesday while there was no clue to his son and another malak of the Mohmand Agency, who were kidnapped by armed persons from Yaka Ghund on Tuesday.... LAKKI MARWAT: Two abducted teachers recovered LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 30: Two college teachers, who had been kidnapped along with two other persons near Serai Naurang on January 21, were recovered on Wednesday after payment of ransom, sources said.... PESHAWAR: Two new Allowances for secretariat employees PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The caretaker NWFP government has approved secretariat and utility allowances for officials working within the premises of the civil secretariat, officials told Dawn here on Wednesday.... MARDAN: Mardan school warned to end co-education MARDAN, Jan 30: A new religious group calling itself Lashkar Hussain has sent a threatening letter to the administration of a private school here to end co-education or face dire consequences.... PESHAWAR: Gas supply to CNG stations cut in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited has disconnected gas to filling stations in the city on Wednesday evening.... LANDI KOTAL: Indian national arrested LANDI KOTAL, Jan 30: Political authorities on Wednesday arrested an Indian national at the Torkhum border for trying to inter Pakistan without legal documents. The Indian national identified as Shri SB Dha, was travelling in a truck....

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