| May 07, 2008 | Wednesday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1, 1429 |
KARACHI: Surjani defaulters envy NRO concessions
KARACHI, May 6: Zahida Khatoon doesn’t know what the abbreviation NRO stands for. Neither is she literate enough to understand the meaning of the National Reconciliation Ordinance....
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KARACHI: Four acquitted in kidnap for ransom case
KARACHI, May 6: Four men accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old boy for ransom was acquitted on Tuesday by an anti-terrorism court due to a lack of evidence....
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KARACHI: Policeman commits suicide
KARACHI, May 6: A 52-year-old traffic police officer on Tuesday took his life with a gunshot to the head in his flat near Jubilee Market, family and police said....
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KARACHI: NAB gets 10 days to produce document in Asif’s case
KARACHI, May 6: The Sindh High Court gave the National Accountability Bureau 10 more days on Tuesday to produce a document certifying that the Swiss authorities have terminated, under the October...
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KOHAT: Hindus not allowed cremation at old site: Tribesmen say jirga to grant permission
KOHAT, May 6: Local tribesmen refused to grant permission to the Hindu community living in the region for centuries to perform the last rites of their dead on the land allotted to them by the British before partition....
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PESHAWAR: CM optimistic about lawyers’ struggle
PESHAWAR, May 6: Appreciating the one-year long campaign of the legal fraternity for independence of judiciary and rule of law, NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Tuesday said that the struggle would bear fruit very soon....
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MIRPURKHAS: Water shortages trigger violence
MIRPURKHAS, May 6: Farmers staged protest demonstrations, manhandled irrigation department staff and blocked main roads in four towns of the district on Tuesday in protest against water shortage....
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SHIKARPUR: Women’s lot to be improved: minister
SHIKARPUR, May 6: The government is taking interest to resolve the issues of women and to improve their socio-economic conditions, said Sindh Minister for Women Development Touqeer Fatima Bhutto....
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KARACHI: Three killed in separate acts of violence
KARACHI, May 6: Three people were killed on Tuesday in acts of violence in parts of the city, witnesses and police said....
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KARACHI: Power cuts blamed on 200-MW shortfall
KARACHI, May 6: With the temperature rising to 34.5 degrees centigrade on Tuesday, the city’s electricity demand crossed the 2,200-megawatt limit and the Karachi Electric Supply Company resorted to carrying out prolonged load-shedding at least three times a day....
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KARACHI: City govt renews resolve to check profiteering
KARACHI, May 6: The city government has renewed its resolve to ensure availability of commodities at fixed prices, and asked shopkeepers to follow the CDGK price list....
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KARACHI: Cut in tax share lands Lyari in trouble
KARACHI, May 6: A drastic cut in the monthly grant of Octroi and Zila Tax to Lyari has disappointed the town municipal administration, which is already faced with shortage of funds because of its limited resources....
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KARACHI: Clergy must help promote eye donation, seminar told
KARACHI, May 6: Speakers at a seminar on eye donation stressed the need for dispelling misconceptions attached to it, and called for holding dialogues and discussions with religious scholars for the purpose....
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KARACHI: Experts say steroids inhalers are best asthma treatment
KARACHI, May 6: Most asthma patients are not aware of the fact that it is a manageable disease and asthmatics can live a normal life....
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KARACHI: SPO Azizabad cleared of misconduct charges
KARACHI, May 6: An inquiry report initiated against Supervisory Police Officer Azizabad division Ejaz Hashmi investigating charges of alleged misconduct with a media-person following a road accident has absolved him of the charges....
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KARACHI: Furniture dealers plan strike
KARACHI, May 6: The Karachi Furniture Dealers Group has announced that its members will observe a strike on Friday in protest against the recent killing of a furniture dealer, Saleem Anwar...
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KARACHI: Govt, NGOs urged to join hands over women’s issues
KARACHI, May 6: Speakers at a meeting on Tuesday urged the government as well as civil society organizations to work jointly so that the issues being faced by women could be solved....
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KARACHI: Jobless man shot dead
KARACHI, May 6: A 24-year-old man was shot dead at the doorsteps of his house by two unknown attackers on a motorcycle in Liaquatabad....
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KARACHI: PA building project yet to take off
KARACHI, May 6: The construction of an additional block of the Sindh Assembly building is not likely to take off soon due to financial constraints....
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HYDERABAD: Wasa directed to get water tested
HYDERABAD, May 6: Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) has been directed to conduct laboratory tests of water before releasing it into pipelines....
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HYDERABAD: Minister offers solace to bereaved family
HYDERABAD, May 6: Sindh Minister Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman on Tuesday visited the house of Jumman Khaskheli, whose three daughters had been burnt to death by a man on Monday and offered condolence with the family....
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KHAIRPUR: Anti-polio drive
KHAIRPUR, May 6: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah inaugurated the latest round of anti-polio campaign in Sindh by administering drops to children up to five years of age at the Civil Hospital here on Tuesday....
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SANGHAR: UTP escapes from hospital
SANGHAR, May 6: An under trial prisoner, who was allegedly involved in a number of heinous crimes including murder and dacoity, escaped from the medical ward of the Civil Hospital here on early Monday morning....
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HYDERABAD: Veterinary doctors seek jobs
HYDERABAD, May 6: The Progressive Veterinary Forum warned on Tuesday that veterinary doctors would observe token hunger strike in all the districts on every Saturday and in the end stage a...
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TIMERGARA: Flour crisis feared in Lower Dir
TIMERGARA, May 6: The residents of Lower Dir fear flour crisis in the district....
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PESHAWAR: Court asks official to explain arrests under MPO
PESHAWAR, May 6: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought explanation from the district coordination officer of Peshawar for detaining three people under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance....
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HARIPUR: New police force to curb crime in Haripur
HARIPUR, May 6: The district police officer has appointed 240 special police officers from different villages in the limits of eight police stations to control crime and maintain law and order in the district....
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PESHAWAR: ‘5pc people in Pakistan suffer from asthma’
PESHAWAR, May 6: Asthma has caused 250,000 deaths across the globe and poses a big challenge to the world community. In Pakistan, five per cent people are suffering from the disease....
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