| March 21, 2008 | Friday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 12, 1429 |
KARACHI: Blaze destroys crucial land record; arson suspected
KARACHI, March 20: A mysterious fire in Sindh Secretariat wrecked the offices of the province’s Board of Revenue on Thursday, raising questions over the incident and causing the authorities to suspect...
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KARACHI: Mazar security official arrested for rape
KARACHI, March 20: Police on Thursday formally arrested an assistant manager (security) of the Mazar-i-Quaid in connection with the gang-rape of a young woman inside the mausoleum....
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KARACHI: Demand for checks on ‘kidney tourism’
KARACHI, March 20: Expressing concern over the resurgence of the illegal kidney trade in the country, health professionals and human rights activists have urged the relevant authorities to take action against...
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KARACHI: Over 200 Buffaloes killed in Landhi fire
KARACHI, March 20: More than 200 buffaloes were killed on Thursday when a fire swept through wooden sheds at a farm in Cattle Colony in Landhi....
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KARACHI: No sign of end to load-shedding
KARACHI, March 20: It was yet another unfortunate and worrisome day for domestic as well as commercial and industrial power consumers on Thursday as there were several spells of long and...
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KARACHI: Indian fisherman dies in Landhi jail
KARACHI, March 20: An Indian fisherman who was arrested in 2006 died at the Malir district Jail hospital on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Court condones Asif’s absence
KARACHI, March 20: The Special Anti-corruption Court, Central, on Thursday condoned the absence of Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari from the hearing of the container case....
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KARACHI: ST activist, trader shot dead
KARACHI, March 20: Two people, including an activist of the Sunni Tehrik, were killed on Thursday in separate acts of violence in the city, witnesses and police said....
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KARACHI: An evening of oud
KARACHI, March 20: It is a shame that despite Pakistan’s geographic and cultural proximity to the Middle East, very little of that region’s rich culture filters down to Karachi’s social scene....
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HYDERABAD: Stray bullet kills woman
HYDERABAD, March 20: The maternal aunt of a bridegroom was killed and her son was injured in a marriage party by a stray bullet in Islamabad Mohalla here on Wednesday night....
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HYDERABAD: EPA issues notices over canal pollution
HYDERABAD, March 20: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued notices to the DCOs of Hyderabad and Tando Mohammad Khan, Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (Site) managing director, Taluka Municipal Administration (TMA)...
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LARKANA: Workers asset of PPP, says Bilawal
LARKANA, March 20: The chairman of Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that workers were the real asset of the party whom he could not forget, and added, that his doors are always open for the people....
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HYDERABAD: SU facility for private students
HYDERABAD, March 20: The University of Sindh has decided to establish Directorate of Distance Education to facilitate private candidates unable to enrol as regular students at graduate and post-graduate level....
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HYDERABAD: PPP urged to solve Sindh’s problems
HYDERABAD, March 20: The Sindh National Front (SNF) has urged the upcoming PPP-led government to resolve the burning issues confronting Sindh ‘like Kalabagh dam and influx of outsiders.’...
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ABBOTTABAD: Aitzaz warns of march on Army House
ABBOTTABAD, March 20: Supreme Court Bar Association president Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said on Thursday that lawyers would march towards the Army House if President and Attorney General did not stop to conspire against the judiciary....
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PESHAWAR: Three killed in two accidents
PESHAWAR, March 20: Three people were killed and eight others injured in two road accidents in Kohat and Mansehra on Thursday.In the first incident, a car collided with a pickup on Kohat-Rawalpindi road near Ghorazai....
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PESHAWAR: Islamabad, Kabul join hands to fight TB
PESHAWAR, March 20: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to form a joint bloc to combat cross-border transmission of tuberculosis, officials said....
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MANSEHRA: College seeks police help after receiving threats
MANSEHRA, March 20: Government Girls Degree College Mansehra principal has sought the help of police as local Taliban have threatened the administration of the college to declare veil as part of uniform or face the consequences, Dawn has learnt....
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PESHAWAR: Inter-varsity debate turns into a noisy affair
PESHAWAR, March 20: An inter-university debate turned into a noisy and disorderly event on Thursday when activists of the Pakhtun Students Federation (PkSF) criticised the organisers for their ‘discriminative treatment’ with the students....
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