| May 24, 2008 | Saturday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1429 |
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KARACHI: Call to induct local youths into Rangers
KARACHI, May 23: The senate’s standing committee on interior affairs has found serious flaws in the intelligence system of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, which they said had resulted in an increase in the city’s crime rate.... 
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KARACHI: SHC orders survey in land dispute case
KARACHI, May 23: The Sindh High Court on Friday asked the official surveyor to identify and demarcate the land allotted to a co-operative housing society and the Pakistan Rangers in Gulshan...
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KARACHI: Muslimabad hydrants closed down
KARACHI, May 23: After years of hue and cry by people, two hydrants in Muslimabad were finally closed down late Friday night in pursuance of a Sindh High Court order....
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HYDERABAD: Budget should focus on industrial, farm sectors: HCCI
HYDERABAD, May 23: Agriculture and industry are main pillars of economy and need support both from federal and provincial governments in the shape of incentives, stated budget proposals put forward by the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI)....
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SANGHAR: Canal breach floods crops
SANGHAR, May 23: Crop on 250 acres came under water because of a 200-foot wide breach occurred in Ujano Shakh (canal) on Friday near Gahi Zardari village in Sarhari area, inundating crops over 250 acres of land....
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PESHAWAR: Foreign firms to set up cement plants in NWFP
PESHAWAR, May 23: Several business groups from three countries have shown interest in establishing cement factories in the Frontier province to tap local resources and capture booming reconstruction market in the country and neighbouring Afghanistan....
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PESHAWAR: Rescue 1122 service in NWFP soon
PESHAWAR, May 23: The provincial government will launch emergency ambulance service, Rescue 1122, as a pilot project in Peshawar on the pattern of Punjab, which will be later replicated in other parts of the province....
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KARACHI: Documenting devotion
KARACHI, May 23: Across the centuries, the faithful have expressed their love for the Holy Prophet of Islam (Peace be upon him) in different forms. As far as the written word...
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KARACHI: Giant Hoardings still a threat
KARACHI, May 23: Despite the havoc wreaked by the precariously installed giant hoardings in the wake of last year’s heavy rains and storm in the city, the relevant civic bodies have...
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KARACHI: Father, son indicted in murder case
KARACHI, May 23: An anti-terrorism court on Friday indicted a man and his son for the murder of a 21-year-old man and adjourned the hearing of the case till May 31....
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KARACHI: Four robbery suspects held
KARACHI, May 23: The Site Town police on Friday arrested four suspects involved in robberies in industrial units and hijacking goods consignments....
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KARACHI: FCS administrator replaced by brother
KARACHI, May 23: Mohammad Jafar Khwaja was appointed administrator of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS), an NGO facing administrative and financial crisis for many years....
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KARACHI: Digging for reti, bajri banned
KARACHI, May 23: The city government has under Section 144 of the criminal procedure code prohibited digging for reti, bajri, earth and stone within the limits of the City District Government Karachi....
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KARACHI: KU announces MBBS results
KARACHI, May 23: The University of Karachi on Friday announced the results of MBBS (third professional) annual examination 2008....
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KARACHI: Paintings exhibition
KARACHI, May 23: An exhibition of paintings by Bandah Ali Pathan opens at the Alliance Francaise on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Action against profiteers, hoarders urged
KARACHI, May 23: Various political leaders have urged the government to take immediate measures to provide relief to the people by initiating action against hoarders, profiteers and smugglers....
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KARACHI: Upgrade plan of burns centre being prepared
KARACHI, May 23: The Civil Hospital Karachi authorities have decided to move the government to up-grade the burns centre, which attends patients from across Sindh and Balochistan....
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KARACHI: Three held
KARACHI, May 23: Police arrested three suspects following a shootout in Liaquatabad and recovered pistols and snatched cellphones from their possession on Friday....
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HYDERABAD: Kalabagh project not feasible: minister
HYDERABAD, May 23: For-mer rulers raised Kalabagh dam issue just to exploit provinces by adopting divide and rule policy, said Sindh Information Minister Shazia Mari....
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HYDERABAD: Call to save Sindh cattle species
HYDERABAD, May 23: Unique livestock varieties of Sindh are fast disappearing and if the authorities do not make efforts to save buffalos, goats and other animals, the province will suffer irreparable losses in milk and meat production....
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HYDERABAD: Protest against landlord
HYDERABAD, May 23: A large number of people, including women and children, of a scheduled caste community staged a protest demonstration outside the office of the Sindh Rural Development Society, an...
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THATTA: MPA raises alarm over rising dropout rate
THATTA, May 23: People’s Party MPA Humera Alwani has expressed concern over the increase in school dropout rate in the Sindh province and stressed the need of urgent action to arrest the trend....
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MITHI: Thar being electrifiedthrough solar energy
MITHI, May 23: Alternate Energy Development Board chairman Mohammad Yousuf Memon has said that many villages of Tharparkar district are too far from grid stations therefore 3,000 electricity connections are being...
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HYDERABAD: Bankers seek 50pc pay hike
HYDERABAD, May 23: Bank employees have demanded 50 per cent rise in salaries because of the every-day price increase....
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PESHAWAR: Woman granted bail in narcotics case
PESHAWAR, May 23: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a female charged with drug pushing under a law permitting bail to women except in some specific offences....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Rainstorm uproots pylons in D.I. Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 23: Heavy rains and storms uprooted two pylons of the main 132 KV transmission line on Tank Road on Thursday night, suspending power supply to various parts of the district....
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