| April 18, 2008 | Friday | Rabi-us-Sani 11, 1429 |
KARACHI: Rice prices surge amid export fears
KARACHI, April 17: Despite paying high prices, consumers are highly perturbed over the poor quality of rice being sold in the markets as better quality rice is being exported to various countries....
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KARACHI: April 9 arson: samples sent for chemical analysis
KARACHI, April 17: Samples collected from the Tahir Plaza crime scene of arson have been sent for a chemical analysis by police, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: Young woman killed in robbery bid
KARACHI, April 17: An 18-year-old woman was killed on Thursday by fleeing dacoits, one of whom was also killed in a shootout with police, in Landhi....
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KARACHI: Milkmen’s plea against city govt adjourned
KARACHI, April 17: The Sindh High Court asked the petitioner milkmen’s association on Thursday to explain whether it was empowered by its charter to indulge in litigation and adjourned further hearing...
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KARACHI: Govt warned against curtailing judges’ tenure
KARACHI, April 17: Lawyers’ representatives warned the government on Thursday against reported moves to curtail the terms of chief justices of the superior courts....
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KARACHI: PFF plans drive against eviction of fishermen
KARACHI, April 17: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), an organisation representing the fishermen community, has announced launching of a protest campaign on April 21 against the “excesses committed by the Defence...
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PESHAWAR: 20pc hike in transport fare approved: Further increase in POL prices opposed
PESHAWAR, April 17: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday approved a 20 per cent increase in the fare for the public transport in the Peshawar district....
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PESHAWAR: Seven law officers appointed in AG office
PESHAWAR, April 17: The NWFP government on Thursday appointed three additional and four deputy advocates general while the notification for filling the post of advocate general is still awaited....
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SWAT: 2 policemen among four injured in Swat firing
SWAT, April 17: Two police officials and two others were critically injured here on Thursday when unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate fire at their vehicle near Kanju Township....
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PESHAWAR: Substandard flour being supplied to markets
PESHAWAR, April 17: The consumers on Thursday complained that substandard wheat flour (atta) was being supplied to the local markets....
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KARACHI: A matter of colours
KARACHI, April 17: With the opening of new galleries in Karachi and a greater demand for art, there has been a spurt of exhibitions, thus making the art scene more vibrant than it ever was....
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KARACHI: ‘Napa to be shifted from Hindu Gymkhana’
KARACHI, April 17: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Paleejo has said that that the Hindu Gymkhana will be restored to the Hindu Community by getting the National Academy of Performing Arts shifted to some other place....
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KARACHI: 70 cases of cheating in SSC exams detected
KARACHI, April 17: The vigilance committees of the Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has so far detected around 70 cases of the use of unfair means (UFM), during the Secondary School...
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KARACHI: Report points out flaws in KWSB’s working
KARACHI, April 17: One of the major reasons behind the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board’s inability to supply sufficient water to its city consumers is its organisational flaws, says a report....
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KARACHI: Corps commander attack case put off till 24th
KARACHI, April 17: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday adjourned till April 24 the hearing of a case against Qasim Toori pertaining to an attack in 2004 on the convoy of the then corps commander Karachi....
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HYDERABAD: Women ignored in govt’s 100-day agenda: body
HYDERABAD, April 17: The leaders of the Women Councillors Network, Sindh chapter, have expressed disappointment that the prime minister while announcing his 100-day agenda had totally ignored 52 per cent population...
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HYDERABAD: Music course test
HYDERABAD, April 17: The Centre for Music Education of the University of Sindh conducted written and technical test of candidates for admissions to four-month certificate course in music on Thursday....
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HYDERABAD: Students’ week
HYDERABAD, April 17: Eight students of the University of Sindh recently participated in students’ week at the PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, according to a university handout....
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HYDERABAD: International Mushaira to be held next month
HYDERABAD, April 17: The modalities to organize an international Mushaira in a befitting manner on May 18 at Nursery Ground, Latifabad-6, by the district government were discussed at a meeting of the organizing committee on Thursday....
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HYDERABAD: Unnar’s arrest miscarriage of justice: PML-Q leaders
HYDERABAD, April 17: The leaders of the Larkana chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q on Thursday termed the arrest of their leader, former Sindh minister Altaf Hussain Unnar, a miscarriage of...
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THATTA: Chief minister urged to regularise 27 villages
THATTA, April 17: The elected representatives of people and civil society leaders appealed to Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday to regularise 27 old villages in the limits of...
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SUKKUR: Court orders water quality check
SUKKUR, April 17: The Sindh High Court Sukkur bench has directed the Sindh Environment Department to test the quality of drinking water being supplied in Sukkur and submit a report within a week....
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MARDAN: Truckers block road to protest robbery
MARDAN, April 17: Truckers blocked the Mardan-Swabi Road to protest against a robbery here on Thursday morning....
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