| April 27, 2008 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 20, 1429 |
KARACHI: IT tower project awaits crucial CAA go-ahead
KARACHI, April 26: The Civil Aviation Authority has not issued its no-objection certificate for the construction of a 47-storey IT tower being built in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, it has been learnt....
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KARACHI: Experts back city govt claim over KWSB and KBCA
KARACHI, April 26: The ongoing tussle between the provincial and the city governments over the administrative control of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and the Karachi Building Control Authority was...
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KARACHI: Hashmi rules out ‘constitutional package’
KARACHI, April 26: The central leader of the Pakistan Muslim Leauge-Nawaz, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, on Saturday said that political parties across the globe did not tolerate an independent and powerful judiciary...
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KARACHI: Australia to help in anti-terror measures
KARACHI, April 26: Recognising Pakistan’s “significant progress” in transition to democracy, the Australian government has welcomed Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s announcement of according priority to fight against terrorism and extremism....
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HARIPUR: Militants to be disarmed at later stage: minister
HARIPUR, April 26: Provincial Minister for Schools and Literacy Sardar Hussain Babak has said that the provincial government would consider disarming the militants for lasting peace in the province at a later stage....
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MANSEHRA: Price of rice soars in Hazara
MANSEHRA, April 26: The prices of different varieties of rice have shot up by 25 per cent as the flour crisis continued in the Hazara region, sources told Dawn on Saturday....
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MARDAN: Illegal digging at archaeological sites continues
MARDAN, April 26: Illegal excavation continues at various archaeological sites in Mardan and Buner districts, and the people involved in the business use dynamites and metal detectors to find coins and antiquities....
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KARACHI: KBCA gets new chief
KARACHI, April 26: The Sindh government transferred on Saturday the chief controller of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA), Rauf Akhtar Farooqi, and posted the controller of building (town planning), Manzoor Qadir, in his place....
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KARACHI: Move to file case against Muttahida
KARACHI, April 26: The Muhajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) on Saturday submitted an application to the Frere police station seeking a case against senior leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement for allegedly...
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KARACHI: Hot spell
KARACHI, April 26: The city remained in the grip of an intense heatwave with a slight decline in the mercury level on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Effective hearings on EIA reports stressed
KARACHI, April 26: Environmentalists, community leaders, scientists and government officials have stressed the need for holding public hearings on environmental impact assessment reports of proposed undertakings in a more effective manner,...
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KARACHI: Child killed in house collapse
KARACHI, April 26: A boy was killed on Saturday when a small two-storey house collapsed near Sindhi Hotel in North Karachi, witnesses and police said....
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KARACHI: Justice Nizam murder case
KARACHI, April 26: District and sessions judge (Central) Sofia Latif on Saturday issued a notice to the special public prosecutor for May 17 in an appeal filed by one of the accused in the Justice Nizam murder case....
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KARACHI: Body found
KARACHI, April 26: The bullet-riddled body of a young man was found on Saturday at a desolate place near Sohrab Goth....
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KARACHI: BoR fire
KARACHI, April 26: The committee investing the cause of the blaze that gutted records and portions of the Sindh Board of Revenue building has submitted its report to the inspector general of police....
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KARACHI: Woman commits suicide
KARACHI, April 26: A 19-year-old woman, married five months ago, ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in her house in Madina Colony....
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HARIPUR: Mudslide buries 2 women
HARIPUR, April 26: Two women, stated to be sisters, were killed when a heavy mass of mud fell on them in village Pakshahi, Khanpur, some 65 kilometres from here on Saturday....
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NOWSHERA: 45 injured as bus falls into ravine
NOWSHERA, April 26: At least 45 labourers were injured, when a bus plunged into a deep ravine on GT Road near Machine Chowk on the jurisdiction of Pubbi Police Station on Saturday....
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TIMERGARA: IBF wins traders’ union elections in Timergara
TIMERGARA, April 26: The Jamaat-i-Islami backed traders’ organisation, Islamic Business Forum (IBF), won the election of Anjuman-i-Tajaran Timergara (ATT) here on Saturday....
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KARAK: Nazim criticises police
KARAK, April 26: A local government representative has alleged that the district police have failed to check the rising crimes particularly the kidnappings....
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PESHAWAR: Mardan blast condemned
PESHAWAR, April 26: NWFP Deputy Speaker Khushdil Khan advocate on Saturday condemned the bomb blast at a police station in Mardan and termed it an attempt to sabotage the peace efforts of the coalition government....
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PESHAWAR: Pesco directed to ensure smooth power supply
PESHAWAR, April 26: The Speaker NWFP Assembly, Kiramatullah Khan Chagharmati, on Saturday directed the officials of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) to ensure smooth power supply to the suburban areas of the city....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Efforts on to curb pollution’
PESHAWAR, April 26: Federal Minister for Environment Hame-edullah Jan Afridi on Saturday said efforts were underway to reduce the level of carbon emission and overcome the problem of pollution....
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