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April 14, 2008 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 7, 1429 KARACHI: Cabinet decidesto seal borders: Steps against wheat smuggling KARACHI, April 13: Taking steps to check the price spiral and the off and on resurfacing wheat flour crisis, the newly-formed government has ordered sealing of provincial borders to stop smuggling of wheat and action against hoarders.... KARACHI: ‘Quibbles over ministries behind MQM’s decision’ KARACHI, April 13: The Pakistan People’s Party considers the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s decision to sit on the opposition benches in the Sindh Assembly “not only surprising, but shocking.”... KARACHI: Suspicious light cast over recent fires KARACHI, April 13: An investigation into the recent spate of fire incidents at industrial units and offices has revealed that not only have over 3,000 people lost their jobs as a... KARACHI: CHK to get incinerator under PM’s programme KARACHI, April 13: A local incineration plant and some diagnostic facilities will be provided to the Civil Hospital Karachi soon under the prime minister’s programme for prevention and control of hepatitis.... KARACHI: Classical music delights audience KARACHI, April 13: The second and final day of the Music Festival organized by the All Pakistan Music Conference saw just four artists performing at the Indus Valley, two of them were from India.... KARACHI: SSC exams to begin tomorrow KARACHI, April 13: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has finalised all arrangements to conduct the Secondary School Certificate Part I and II (Class IX and X) annual examinations-2008 of Science... KARACHI: Napa stages Repertory Theatre on 23rd KARACHI, April 13: A presentation of acclaimed dramatist Agha Hashr’s Sufaid Khoon, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, will be the maiden production of the National Academy of Performing Arts’ (Napa) Repertory Theatre, says a press release.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, April 13: The Met Office has forecast dry weather for Karachi on Monday with maximum temperature expected to range between 34ºC and 36 ºC. Hot and dry weather has been forecast for the rest of Sindh region.... KARACHI: KU reschedules two papers KARACHI, April 13: The University of Karachi has rescheduled some papers of DDLS part-II annual examination-2007 and the one-year additional certificate course for Graduate Physiotherapist part-II examination.... KARACHI: Inquiry referred to higher authorities: Illegal tower at Moenjodaro KARACHI, April 13: After their failure to get removed a telecommunications tower erected at the historical site of Moenjodaro, the provincial level officials of the federal archaeology department have urged their... KARACHI: Rising stars sound upbeat notes KARACHI, April 13: Taal Karisma, an experimental fusion band comprising students of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa), gave an upbeat performance at the Alliance Francaise late on Saturday night.... KARACHI: Poet Zeeshan Sahil dies KARACHI, April 13: Poet Zeeshan Sahil passed away here on Saturday and was laid to rest today. He was 47.... KARACHI: Foundation laid for nine mega projects KARACHI, April 13: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday laid the foundation stone of nine mega projects costing Rs680 million in Orangi and Site towns.... KARACHI: Traders warn of milk crisis on price issue KARACHI, April 13: While the city government appeared firm to force milk retailers to strictly comply with the official rate of Rs34 per litre, the dairy farmers, wholesalers and retailers have... KARACHI: DSP Anwar posted in city KARACHI, April 13: One of the controversial police officials of the Karachi operation, Rao Anwar, was posted back in the city on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Police, villagers fail to resolve dispute HYDERABAD, April 13: A controversy between police and villagers over a plot of land, which grows in value with each passing day due to its proximity to the bypass and Hyderabad-Jamshoro... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah hospital’s CT scanner out of order NAWABSHAH, April 13: The Nawabshah Medical College Hospital is referring most of the seriously injured and critical patients to Karachi and Hyderabad because its CT scanner has been out of order for one week.... SUKKUR: Mahars, Jatois agree to bury hatchet SUKKUR, April 13: A jirga imposed huge fines on Mahar and Jatoi tribes for the killing of 65 people, in an attempt to end more than two decades of bloody dispute between the two tribes.... HYDERABAD: PPP seeks time to ‘settle down’ HYDERABAD, April 13: Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Khuhro has asked the people to give the PPP government some time to settle down.... HYDERABAD: Recreational facilities reviewed HYDERABAD, April 13: Hussainabad Giddu park and Holmes Stead hall park will be opened to the public during the current month while Rani Bagh will be opened next month.... HYDERABAD: Cane-growers demand dues HYDERABAD, April 13: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has called upon the Sindh chief minister to direct sugar mill owners to pay dues of sugarcane growers according to the rates fixed by the government.... JACOBABAD: Two girls killed, mother and brothers injured JACOBABAD, April 13: Two girls were killed and their mother and two brothers were seriously injured in an attack on a house in Jafarabad village near Bhittai Colony in Tangwani early on Sunday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Three killed in clash over Rs100 NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 13: Three people were killed and two others injured during a clash over Rs100 in Mehrabpur town on Saturday night.... LARKANA: CM vows to regularise ad hoc lecturers LARKANA, April 13: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has promised that the 860 ad hoc lecturers recruited by the previous government will be regularised soon and their three months’... LANDI KOTAL: Another illegal radio channel goes on air in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL, April 13: Another illegal FM radio station, established by a controversial cleric went on air in Landi Kotal on Saturday evening.... PESHAWAR: Peshawar board secretary being replaced PESHAWAR, April 13: The NWFP government has decided to replace secretary of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar.... PARACHINAR: 7 more die as fighting Continues in Kurram PARACHINAR, April 13: At least seven persons were killed and 20 others wounded in the ongoing fighting in Kurram tribal region on Monday.... PESHAWAR: LCCI invited to invest in Frontier power projects PESHAWAR, April 13: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) president Haji Mohammad Asif has invited members of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to invest in the hydel power projects in the province.... NOWSHERA: 48-hour deadline set for Afghans to quit Jalozai NOWSHERA, April 13: The authorities set a 48-hour deadline for Afghan refugees to vacate 650 shops in Jalozai refugee camp on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Dying date palms present ugly sight on motorway PESHAWAR, April 13: Hundreds of mature date palms planted on the median strip of the motorway from Peshawar to Burhan interchange have dried up and only few have survived....

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