| May 30, 2008 | Friday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 24, 1429 |
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KARACHI: New row puts strain on coalition govt
KARACHI, May 29: Less than a month after the Pakistan People’s Party-Muttahida Qaumi Movement coalition in Sindh was cemented through the induction of 13 MQM ministers into Syed Qaim Ali Shah’s... 
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KARACHI: Ex-MQM activist shot dead
KARACHI, May 29: A former worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was gunned down by unknown assailants in North Karachi late Wednesday night, police said....
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KARACHI: Lawyers vow to establish rule of law
KARACHI, May 29: The lawyers’ movement would not end with only the reinstatement of the deposed judges but would continue to make the judiciary responsive to the public expectations in dispensation...
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KARACHI: Order on Aamir’s Appeal reserved
KARACHI, May 29: A Sindh High Court division bench reserved on Thursday its judgments on cross-appeals moved by MQM (H) chairman Aamir Khan and two co-accused against their conviction and punishment...
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MANSEHRA: Three killed, 11 injured in firing on wedding party
MANSEHRA, May 29: Three people were killed and 11 others injured when six armed men stormed a wedding ceremony and opened indiscriminate fire in the Kathara area, 20km from here, on Wednesday night....
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JACOBABAD: Woman killed, three hurt in tribal clash
JACOBABAD, May 29: A woman was killed and three others sustained injuries in a clash between Bhayo and Chachar tribes late on Wednesday night....
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PESHAWAR: Civil society rejects Swat peace deal
PESHAWAR, May 29: Denouncing the peace deal signed by the NWFP government with the Taliban of Swat, participants at a consultation alleged on Thursday that people were left at the mercy of militants....
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KARACHI: Palijo says deposed judges ‘real heroes’
KARACHI, May 29: The brave judges, who have challenged the dictators and tyrants, are the first “real heroes” in the history of Pakistan, said Awami Tehreek chairman and central leader of...
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KARACHI: Food dept disowns Rs44m grain silos project
KARACHI, May 29: The Sindh food department in a summary recently sent to the chief minister has disowned the abandoned silos project on the Super Highway, suggesting that the Pakistan Agriculture...
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KARACHI: Changes to tenancy law suggested
KARACHI, May 29: Speakers at a consultative meeting on Thursday stressed the need for a review of the outdated law of tenancy which they said had outlived its usefulness....
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KARACHI: Why inquiries into political killings remain inconclusive
KARACHI, May 29: As investigation teams trace the motives and people behind last week’s killing of Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Tariq Khan, the history of such efforts of law-enforcers does...
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KARACHI: Effective policies urged to check use of tobacco
KARACHI, May 29: Terming tobacco a major public health hazard, health professionals on Thursday urged the government to ensure implementation of effective policies curbing the use of tobacco....
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KARACHI: Disruption in water supply stirs protest
KARACHI, May 29: Several towns of the city have been witnessing street protests over disruption in water supply through tankers for many days as certain hydrants taken over by the town administration weeks back have not yet be made operational....
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KARACHI: Workshop on youth leadership
KARACHI, May 29: Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Sabzwari has said that the government is considering various proposals aimed at guiding and enabling the youth to build their own future....
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KARACHI: Apprenticeship programme
KARACHI, May 29: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will launch a apprenticeship training programme to impart technical education in the field of aviation to youths at its training institute in Hyderabad....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, May 29: The Met Office has forecast hot and windy weather for Karachi on Friday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 34°C and 36°C.—PPI...
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KARACHI: PML-N should quit treasury benches: JI
KARACHI, May 29: Secretary-General of the Jamaat-i-Islami Munawwar Hassan has advised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to set a date for quitting the treasury benches as the Pakistan People’s Party is acting against its wishes and plans....
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BADIN: Water shortage cripples farming in Badin
BADIN, May 29: Crops, livestock, and population are under threat due to irrigation water shortage while sugar industry is on the verge of collapse. Growers are removing the recently sown sugarcane...
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NAWABSHAH: Drive for vaccination of schoolchildren headed for failure
NAWABSHAH, May 29: The district nazim’s programme for vaccination of primary school children against hepatitis-B appears headed for failure after 40,000 of 143,000 absentee students miss vaccination during the first and second rounds of vaccination.According...
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HYDERABAD: Deposed CJ to address HDBA today
HYDERABAD, May 29: Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry would address the members of the Hyderabad District Bar Association (HDBA) on telephone on Friday....
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HYDERABAD: Decision on Kalabagh in line with party manifesto: Khuhro
HYDERABAD, May 29: The PPP government has fulfilled the promise of shelving Kalabagh Dam project in line with its manifesto, said Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro....
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HYDERABAD: Hyderabad PPP leaders annoyed with DPO
HYDERABAD, May 29: Hundreds of Pakistan People’s Party activists staged a demonstration and a sit-in outside the press club on Thursday, demanding removal of DPO Najaf Ali Mirza and accusing him of failure to control crimes in the district....
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LARKANA: Detainee freed
LARKANA, May 29: Civil Judge Agha Niaz raided Qambar police station on Thursday and got released one Khadim Mughiri who had been kept there in illegal confinement for four days....
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HYDERABAD: Govt ‘inaction’ over price hike flayed
HYDERABAD, May 29: The president of the Sindh chapter of the National Labour Federation (NLF), Rana Mehmood Ali Khan, said on Thursday that the new government had done nothing to bring down prices of essential consumer items....
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HYDERABAD: Students seek killers’ arrest
HYDERABAD, May 29: A large number of Sindh and Mehran universities students staged a protest demonstration outside the local press club here on Thursday against the murder of a Sindh University...
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KOHAT: Hoti says war on terror aims at victimising Pakhtuns
KOHAT, May 29: NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has rejected the war on terror saying that they did not accept it because it was imposed on the country by...
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PESHAWAR: PHC moved against arrest of jirga members
PESHAWAR, May 29: The detention of 49 jirga members of Kurram Agency under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) was challenged before the Peshawar High Court on Thursday....
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KOHAT: Cyclist killed
KOHAT, May 29: A cyclist was killed after being hit by a police truck near Sur Gul square on the jurisdiction of Saddar police on Thursday....
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