| April 12, 2008 | Saturday | Rabi-us-Sani 5, 1429 |
KARACHI: Altaf withdraws decision to quit leadership
KARACHI, April 11: Upset about the inability of his party representatives to prevent the breakdown of law and order in the city on Wednesday – that left several people dead --...
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KARACHI: PNS Karrar inducted into fleet
KARACHI, April 11: The Turkish-origin second Multi-Role Tactical Platform (MRTP-33) attack craft, PNS Karrar, was inducted into the Pakistan Navy fleet on Friday, boosting the navy’s capability to defend coastal installations...
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KARACHI: Question mark over police failure to control lynch mob
KARACHI, April 11: While law-enforcement personnel reached the gate of the factory in Korangi where a lynch mob was baying for the blood of a member of the minority Hindu community,...
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KARACHI: Arshad Pappu acquitted in encounter case
KARACHI, April 11: An anti-terrorism court on Friday acquitted the well-known Lyari gangster Arshad Pappu and others in a case pertaining to extortion and a police encounter....
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KARACHI: Thumbnail sketches of cabinet ministers
KARACHI, April 11: Twenty-one ministers were inducted by Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad into the Sindh cabinet at a simple ceremony held at the Darbar Hall of the Governor’s House on Friday....
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KARACHI: Jacobabad repoll order upheld
KARACHI, April 11: The Sindh High Court upheld on Friday an election commission’s order for fresh balloting at 27 polling stations of the Sindh Assembly constituency PS-15 (Jacobabad-III) due on Saturday....
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HYDERABAD: I.I. Kazi left life of comfort to serve country, says Baloch
HYDERABAD, April 11: Allama I.I. Kazi, the great scholar and founder of the University of Sindh, who had been living in England for 30 years, forsook the life of luxury and...
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HYDERABAD: Qazi still MMA head: Naqvi
HYDERABAD, April 11: The acting president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and chief of Millat-i-Jaffria, Allama Sajid Ali Naqvi, stressed on Friday that Qazi Hussain Ahmed, amir of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), still headed the alliance....
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KARACHI: Six held for carjacking
KARACHI, April 11: The Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) has claimed to have busted a gang involved in the snatching of vehicles and transporting them to other parts of the country....
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KARACHI: FCS fishermen get insurance cover
KARACHI, April 11: An insurance cover of Rs200,000 for the fishermen registered with the Fishermen Cooperative Society, in case of fatal occupational accidents was announced here on Friday....
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KARACHI: Classes in KU resume after four days
KARACHI, April 11: Academic activities at the University of Karachi resumed on Friday with Rangers along with personnel of the police force deployed at all the three entry points of the varsity....
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KARACHI: Lawyers mourn riot victims
KARACHI, April 11: Lawyers at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts stayed away from the legal proceedings for the second consecutive day on Friday in response to the Sindh...
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KARACHI: Children at their creative best
KARACHI: If you do a commendable job consistently for the benefit of economically under-privileged people, particularly children, in the field of education, then you find that there is no dearth of...
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KARACHI: Hearing put off
KARACHI, April 11: The hearing of a corruption case against a former assistant excise and taxation officer, Sindh, Mohammad Ashraf Shaheen, was adjourned on Friday to a date in office....
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KARACHI: SHC issues notice in milk price case
KARACHI, April 11: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Advocate-General for April 17, 2008 on petitions filed by the All Karachi Milk...
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HYDERABAD: Multi-topic conference begins at Mehran University
HYDERABAD, April 11: A two-day international multi-topic conference organised by the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with the Aalboerg University, Denmark, was inaugurated by Prof Quintin Gee of...
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NAWABSHAH: Child’s body found in manhole
NAWABSHAH, April 11: The body of a nine-year-old boy was recovered from a manhole on Sakrand road here on Friday....
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NAWABSHAH: Teacher kidnapped
NAWABSHAH, April 11: The case of kidnapping of a primary school teacher could not be registered due to a dispute over jurisdiction between two police stations....
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HYDERABAD: SSC exams from 15th
HYDERABAD, April 11: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, announced on Friday that SSC part-I and II (class-IX and X) annual examination 2008 of science and general groups will commence from Tuesday, April 15....
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PESHAWAR: Bus service for women in Peshawar soon
PESHAWAR, April 11: The NWFP government is planning to start a bus service for women in the provincial capital, says a handout....
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PESHAWAR: Action against flour hoarders in offing
PESHAWAR, April 11: NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti has expressed concern over what he called the “artificially created atta (flour) shortage” in the market and directed the authorities concerned to initiate stern action against hoarders and profiteers....
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