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April 21, 2008 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1429 KARACHI: Ghee, cooking oil prices boiling up KARACHI, April 20: Rising palm olien prices have again started pushing up the cost of local 16kg ghee tins, while branded ghee and cooking oil producers have not come out with... KARACHI: Question mark over fire dept’s operation: Tahir Plaza blaze KARACHI, April 20: As the provincial authorities have announced investigations into the April 9 violence, the city government may find it hard to explain its fire department’s apathy in rescuing people... KARACHI: Wajih against withdrawal of graduation condition KARACHI, April 20: Former Supreme Court judge and presidential runner-up Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed has opposed withdrawal of the graduation condition for becoming a legislator for the upcoming by-election, saying that such... KARACHI: Amicable solution to Balochistan issue urged KARACHI, April 20: Chief of the National Party Dr Abdul Hayee Baloch has called for a peaceful solution to the Balochistan issue based on an immediate halt to the military operation there and release of all Baloch political leaders and activists.... PESHAWAR: Govt accused of running flour trade as a cartel PESHAWAR, April 20: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has accused that the government had established its own monopoly on trade of wheat flour and had stopped the commodity’s supply to traders which they termed sheer injustice.... KARACHI: Bid to save rare plants along Karachi coast KARACHI, April 20: Researchers at the Dr A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE) and the Karachi University Botanic Garden (KUBG) are quite optimistic about their progress on... KARACHI: MQM man wounded KARACHI, April 20: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was critically wounded on Sunday in Ranchhore Line, witnesses and police said.... KARACHI: Bank’s recovery staff accused of harassment KARACHI, April 20: Condem-ning the alleged ‘irresponsible behaviour’ of a private bank on the pretext of recovery of dues, a senior faculty member of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS)... KARACHI: MQM slams workers’ killing KARACHI, April 20: Descri-bing the killing of its two workers as an open act of terrorism, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has demanded that the government take notice of the incident and order immediate arrest of the culprits.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, April 20: The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi on Monday with maximum temperature expected to range between 34ºC and 36ºC.... KARACHI: Govt move on Hindu site welcomed KARACHI, April 20: The Pakistan Hindu Council has welcomed Sindh Minister for Culture Sassui Palejo’s announcement that the Hindu Gymkhana will be handed over to the Hindu community.... KARACHI: Paintings at Gulmohar KARACHI, April 20: A solo exhibition of paintings by Mazarine Memon opens on Monday at Gulmohar Art Gallery at 5pm.... KARACHI: Dislodged fishermen face starvation KARACHI, April 20: A large number of fishermen have been rendered jobless by the administration of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), which barred them from anchoring their boats at a makeshift jetty in Gizri Creek a month ago.... KARACHI: Recovery of ‘missing’ people urged KARACHI, April 20: Speakers at a conference held here on Sunday expressed their deep concern over the US military operations in the NWFP and demanded an immediate end to all military operations in the country, especially Balochistan.... KARACHI: Lifting of ban demanded KARACHI, April 20: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Sunday urged the government to take effective steps against... KARACHI: FUUAST closed today KARACHI, April 20: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) will stay closed on Monday on account of the death of a student who drowned in the Hub dam during field work, according to a press release.... HYDERABAD: Call for increasing expenditure on social sector HYDERABAD, April 20: Speakers at the National Peace Conference have demanded an end to military operation in Balochistan and increase in spendings on social structure for welfare of people instead of maximum allocations for military expenditures.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Orphan sisters protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 20: Two orphan sisters and their relatives staged a demonstration outside the press club in Tharushah on Sunday in protest against police failure to get their farmland vacated... HYDERABAD: Triple murder case culprits identified, claims DPO HYDERABAD, April 20: The District Police Officer (DPO) Hyderabad, Imran Shaukat, claimed on Sunday that accused in the triple murder case in the jurisdiction of Makki Shah police station on April 11 have been identified and asked them to surrender.... SUKKUR: Rs3.5m paid in ransom SUKKUR, April 20: Five members of the Memon community, who were kidnapped by armed bandits from Baberloi bypass on March 13, returned home on Sunday after their relatives paid Rs3.5... LARKANA: Probe against Larkana district nazim urged LARKANA, April 20: The Sindh National Front-backed nazims and members of the district council have called upon the government to take action against the district nazim of Larkana and start an... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Two feared kidnapped NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 20: Two men went missing while they were returning home after working in fields in Khan Wahan village near here late on Saturday night.... MIRPURKHAS: Minister vows to solve farmers’ problems MIRPURKHAS, April 20: Sindh Minister for Agriculture Syed Ali Nawaz Shah has said that problems of farmers would be solved on a priority basis after bringing reforms in the agriculture sector.... HYDERABAD: Call to provide water for Kharif HYDERABAD, April 20: Expressing concern over artificial shortage of irrigation water, the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has demanded that water should be released in the canals and channels to enable growers to cultivate Kharif crops.... SHIKARPUR: Man, woman killed over karo-kari SHIKARPUR, April 20: A man and a woman were killed on the pretext of karo-kari in Chak town on Sunday.... LANDI KOTAL: Tribesmen vow to resist outsiders LANDI KOTAL, April 20: Elders of Kukikhel and Shinwari tribes have pledged to resist involvement of outsiders in their respective areas and resolve their internal disputes through mutual consultations.... PESHAWAR: Widening of G.T. Road planned PESHAWAR, April 20: The city district government has planned to further widen the Grant Trunk Road in the provincial capital.... TANK: Two killed in Tank over ‘immoral activities’ TANK, April 20: Two persons were killed in separate incidents on charges of indulging in immoral activities in Tank city on Saturday night and Sunday, local people said.... KHAIRPUR: Labour leaders demand industries in Khairpur district KHAIRPUR, April 20: Labour leaders have demanded establishment of industries in the district to solve the problem of unemployment and said that cement factories could be set up in the hilly areas of the district....

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