| May 29, 2008 | Thursday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 23, 1429 |
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KARACHI: Govt urged to make Rangers leave public buildings
KARACHI, May 28: The senate’s standing committee has sent its recommendations to the federal interior ministry for the removal of Rangers personnel from public buildings.... 
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KARACHI: Low capacity Hampering drug-testing lab’s work
KARACHI, May 28: Despite the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Sindh government has been unable to upgrade and strengthen its drug-testing laboratory, which was originally aimed at ensuring quality control through its services....
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KARACHI: Police station stormed
KARACHI, May 28: A suspect arrested by the police for his alleged involvement in street crimes was set free reportedly by local leadership and activists of the Pakistan People’s Party, who stormed Taimuria police station late Tuesday night, police said....
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KARACHI: Notices issued in 40 UC nazims’ harassment case
KARACHI, May 28: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the advocate-general and the respondents for June 6 in a joint petition moved by nazims of 40 union councils...
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KARACHI: Angry mob sets coach on fire
KARACHI, May 28: A coach was set on fire by an enraged mob following an accident on Sharea Faisal on Wednesday morning....
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KARACHI: JI leaders acquitted
KARACHI, May 28: The judicial magistrate XV, East, on Wednesday acquitted Jamaat-i-Islami leaders Mirajul Huda Siddiqi, Rafiq Ahmed Khan and Nasrullah Shaji in a case pertaining to misuse of loudspeakers....
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KARACHI: Intensified drive to recover KFHA dues ordered
KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Bhurgari has issued directives to the Karachi Fish Harbour Authority (KFHA) to intensify the drive against all stakeholders to recover its outstanding dues, now amounting to over 17 million rupees....
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KARACHI: Warrants out against former NAB, police high-ups
KARACHI, May 28: Additional district and sessions judge-VII, South, Irfan Hussain Siddiqui on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Saifur Rehman Khan, his...
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KARACHI: Bars meet today
KARACHI, May 28: A joint general body meeting of the Sindh High Court Bar Association, the Karachi Bar Association and the Malir Bar Association will be held in the SHCBA hall...
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KARACHI: Ban on heavy vehicles relaxed
KARACHI, May 28: DIG Traffic Wajid Ali Khan has exempted the heavy vehicles carrying essential supplies and construction material from the ban on entry into the city during peak hours....
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KARACHI: CDGK restrained from interference in park case
KARACHI, May 28: Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday restrained the city district government from interfering with the KMC Officers Cooperative Housing Society’s possession and development...
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KARACHI: Documentary tribute to the Gulgees
KARACHI, May 28: In remembrance of artist Gulgee and his wife Zaro, the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture held a programme on Wednesday to honour the slain couple in...
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KARACHI: Complaints against police
KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza on Wednesday said that people must be advised to lodge their complaints against police excesses with the Provincial Public Safety and Police...
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KARACHI: Jail reforms
KARACHI, May 28: Adviser to Chief Minister on Jails Gul Mohammad Jakhrani has said that recommendations for jail reforms are being prepared and will be presented to the Sindh Assembly soon....
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KARACHI: Implications of Indo-US nuclear deal discussed
KARACHI, May 28: Voicing deep concern over the Indo-US nuclear deal, an expert on international relations has said that there are “genuine apprehensions” that New Delhi may divert nuclear material to...
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KARACHI: CS seeks survey report on Education City
KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazal-ur-Rehman has directed officials of the revenue department to expedite a comprehensive survey of the land allocated for setting up of an “Education City” in the Gadap area and submit its report within a month....
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HYDERABAD: Petition against teachers’ bodies to be withdrawn
HYDERABAD, May 28: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq has said that the government, after lifting ban student unions, is also withdrawing a petition from the Sindh High Court against teachers’ associations....
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HYDERABAD: Hyderabad PPP blasts DPO
HYDERABAD, May 28: The Pakistan People’s Party Hyderabad district chapter has accused the DPO of Hyderabad, Najaf Mirza, of patronising criminals and drug dealers....
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SUKKUR: Proposal to hand over school to OPF opposed
SUKKUR, May 28: Public opinion leaders continue to protest against the proposed handing over of 33-year-old Public School Sukkur to the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) on the plea that it was...
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HYDERABAD: Khuhro calls for industrialisation in Sindh
HYDERABAD, May 28: Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Khuhro has said that the government should rebuild trust of entrepreneurs to promote industrialisation in the province which has not seen establishment of any industrial unit for the last many years....
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MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas board cancels exams
MIRPURKHAS, May 28: The chairman of the Mirpurkhas Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education cancelled examinations for two subjects of Class-XI and XII scheduled to be held on Wednesday and Thursday...
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NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah bus stands will be shifted
NAWABSHAH, May 28: At last peoples’ cries eventually reached administration’s ears, as it was decided, in principle, that public transport stands will be shifted outside the city within a week....
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PESHAWAR: Doctors put off strike after govt assurance
PESHAWAR, May 28: Provincial Doctors Association has postponed the proposed boycott of OPDs at the teaching hospitals after assurances by the provincial government regarding resolution of their demands.A...
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PESHAWAR: Frontier to have 5 more industrial estates
PESHAWAR, May 28: The NWFP government plans to establish five more industrial estates to woo investors for boosting up its fragile economy....
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LANDI KOTAL: Kidnapping attempt foiled
LANDI KOTAL, May 28: Security forces foiled kidnapping attempt of a local businessman on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Three killed; girls’ school attacked in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, May 28: Three persons including two women were killed in separate incidents here on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Court orders deportation of detained Tajik boys
PESHAWAR, May 28: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday ordered deportation of two Tajik boys who had allegedly been in illegal detention at Peshawar Central Prison for more than six months....
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MARDAN: Four killed in Mardan ambush
MARDAN, May 28: Four persons including an influential of Toru, his bodyguard and driver were gunned down in an ambush at Naway Killey here on Wednesday....
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