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February 11, 2008 Monday Safar 03, 1429 KARACHI: Hospitals lack capacity to handle bird flu patients KARACHI, Feb 10: No government hospital in the city is in a position to offer the much-needed treatment to bird flu patients in isolation, according to medical professionals who see the... KARACHI: ‘Country on the verge of civil war’ KARACHI, Feb 10: All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai has said the Feb 18 elections instead of solving the problems facing the people will result in a mass social unrest.... KARACHI: Water schemes for Orangi, Baldia inaugurated KARACHI, Feb 10: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday inaugurated two water supply schemes under which the Orangi and Baldia townships will start getting an additional six million gallons of water per day.... HYDERABAD: ANP holds govt responsible for Charsadda blast HYDERABAD, Feb 10: Workers of Awami National Party take out a procession from Bacha Khan Chowk to the press club on Sunday to condemn the bomb blast in Charsadda which left 28 people dead.... LARKANA: Army has no right to rule, says Khuhro LARKANA, Feb 10: Former leader of opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said on Sunday that politicians had created this country and the army had no right to rule.... PESHAWAR: NWFP lawyers to boycott courts today PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The NWFP Bar Council on Sunday gave call for boycotting all the courts across the province on Feb 11 (Monday) against the thrashing and arrest of lawyers by the police in Islamabad.... KARACHI: Ex-LTF chief given charge of special unit KARACHI, Feb 10: The over 17-month long suspension of a former chief of the defunct Lyari Task Force (LTF) has come to an end as the Sindh police chief has made... KARACHI: Will Karachi support the establishment agenda? KARACHI, Feb 10: After a period of mourning, the grieving Pakistan People’s Party appears determined to avenge its leader’s assassination by offering stiff resistance to the ruling dispensation in the city... KARACHI: CDGK pays no heed to repairs of dilapidated bridges KARACHI, Feb 10: Although the Karachi city government is building new bridges and flyovers in different localities of the metropolis, it is paying little attention to the dilapidated old bridges, which... KARACHI: 12 shops gutted in Motandas KARACHI, Feb 10: At least 12 shops were gutted and eight partially damaged when a fire broke out in Motandas Market in the small hours of Sunday.... KARACHI: KU exams KARACHI, Feb 10: The University of Karachi has announced that the examination forms for BS Physiotherapy, 1st year (Batch-2006) and BS Physiotherapy 4th year (Batch-2003) annual examination for 2007 can be... KARACHI: Sewerage project for katchi abadis in the doldrums KARACHI, Feb 10: Work on a much-trumpeted sewerage system project worth over Rs1 billion for katchi abadis of the city has failed to kick off despite the passage of several years,... KARACHI: Terrorism to end once Musharraf quits: Qazi KARACHI, Feb 10: Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the spate of terrorism will die down once Gen Pervez Musharraf quits and an elected government takes over in a free and fair election.... NAWABSHAH: PPP leaders seek polls under army NAWABSHAH, Feb 10: The Nawabshah chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday demanded that Election Commission of Pakistan should hold elections under the supervision of army in the wake of growing incidents of violence against PPP workers in many places.... JACOBABAD: Soomro fears bogus voting by rivals JACOBABAD, Feb 10: Former speaker of the National Assembly and PML-N candidate for NA-208 Ellahi Bux Soomro on Sunday accused his rival candidate of getting fake voters registered in different places.... NAWABSHAH: Two candidates pull out of race NAWABSHAH, Feb 10: Two candidates for PS-24 announced on Sunday that they were pulling out of the race in favour of Pakistan People’s Party candidate.... NAWABSHAH: Police claim arresting bandits NAWABSHAH, Feb 10: Police on Sunday claimed to here arrested four car-jackers when they tried to snatch a vehicle on the Sakrand Road and found arms and ammunition in their possession.... HYDERABAD: Protest against vice-chancellor HYDERABAD, Feb 10: A large number of employees of Sindh Agriculture University staged a demonstration and hunger strike outside the press club on Sunday demanding removal of Vice-Chancellor Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh.... JACOBABAD: Man dies hearing about son’s kidnapping JACOBABAD, Feb 10: An elderly man suffered heart attack and died on Sunday after hearing the news about kidnapping of his son, who was kidnapped with two others when their wagon... SANGHAR: Fence sitters to cast deciding vote in Sanghar SANGHAR, Feb 10: After the Chehlum of Ms Benazir Bhutto, contestants here have resumed campaign for the Feb 18 general elections.... PESHAWAR: Poll under Musharraf termed a drama PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The Jamaat-i-Islami’s provincial leader Sirajul Haq has said that political parties contesting elections under the present set up have equally supported the unconstitutional rule of President Musharraf.... HANGU: There suffocated by gas fire HANGU, Feb 10: Three members of a family, including a boy, died of suffocation here in a local hospital on Saturday night, hospital sources said.... PESHAWAR: Blasts destroy four shops; 90 shells seized PESHAWAR, Feb 10: Two explosions in the jurisdiction of Peshtakhara police station destroyed two CDs shops, a barber shop and a general store late Saturday night, police said.Police... PESHAWAR: Tribal gallery plan likely to be dropped: Peshawar Museum: PESHAWAR, Feb 10: The Fata Secretariat is likely to drop the Rs46 million proposed plan to build a separate block -- tribal gallery -- in the Peshawar Museum, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Crackdown on illegal Afghans ordered: Election security plan PESHAWAR, Feb 10: As part of the election security plan, officials of various police stations in the city have been asked for a crackdown on all the illegal Afghan nationals residing in Peshawar.... THATTA: Police beat up passengers THATTA, Feb 10: The vice-chairman of Quaid-i-Azam Yadgar Committee Thatta and three of his relatives, two of them women, were injured as Jherruk police stormed their bus, maltreated the women and children and fired in the air on Sunday afternoon.... SUKKUR: JUI protests against attack on leader SUKKUR Feb 10: Dozens of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam activists held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday in protest against an attack on JUI candidate for PS-16 seat (Karampur) Mir Asghar Bijarani on Saturday.... THATTA: Qasim Pathar remembered THATTA, Feb 10: Paying rich tributes to veteran progressive nationalist writer Mohammad Qasim Memon, popularly known as Pathar (stone) distinguished nationalists, intellectuals, writers and poets have said his exceptional struggle against feudalism and tyranny will be remembered for ever.... NAWABSHAH: Woman, child killed in accident NAWABSHAH, Feb 10: A woman and her son were killed while three others people suffered injuries when a tractor-trolley hit a motorcycle they were riding near Nawabshah on Sunday.... SUKKUR: Growers seek irrigation water SUKKUR, Feb 10: A large number of growers belonging to Kandhra and other villages staged a protest demonstration in front of Kandhra press club on Sunday against water scarcity in Patni Minor for two months.... SHIKARPUR: SHO suspended SHIKARPUR, Feb 10: The SHO of Lakhi Ghulam Shah police station, Abdul Haq Qureshi, was suspended by DPO Shikarpur for negligence in duty and failure to control crime.... HYDERABAD: SU to provide Internet to all rooms in hostels HYDERABAD, Feb 10: A project of the University of Sindh envisages providing Internet facility in every room of the hostel and the project will hopefully get approval during current month, it was stated at a meeting on Saturday.... SHIKARPUR: Passengers looted SHIKARPUR, Feb 10: Around 10 outlaws intercepted a Karachi-bound passenger coach and robbed passengers of cash, mobile sets and other valuables near Mangi Laaro on Khanpur-Kandhkot road in the wee hours of Sunday.... SUKKUR: PM vows to hold peaceful polls SUKKUR, Feb 10: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro has said that the government was responsible for holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country and vowed to hold polls in a peaceful manner.... KHAIRPUR: Man kills uncle KHAIRPUR, Feb 10: A man gunned down his uncle near Kotdiji on Saturday evening....

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