| June 09, 2008 | Monday | Jamadi-us-Sani 04, 1429 |
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KARACHI: Poor implementation of child custody laws leads to exploitation
KARACHI, June 8: Rampant corruption and the poor or slow implementation of court orders means that in child custody disputes, the majority of mothers are forced into out of court settlements... 
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KARACHI: CDGK faces over Rs712m shortfall in two months
KARACHI, June 8: The pace of work on a number of development projects being carried out in the metropolis has been adversely affected as the Sindh government did not release the...
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KARACHI: Power outages hampering research work at KU
KARACHI, June 8: Research activities in the science faculty of the University of Karachi are being severely hampered by prolonged power outages caused by load-shedding as well as due to lack...
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KARACHI: Rs940m e-policing project approved
KARACHI, June 8: The government, in an attempt to enhance the efficiency of the law-enforcers in the province, has approved an e-policing project costing Rs940 million....
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KARACHI: Two held for street crimes in Defence
KARACHI, June 8: Police on Sunday arrested two suspects involved in dozens of street crimes in different parts of the city and seized stolen money and arms from them....
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KARACHI: Obtaining driving licence made ‘uneasy’
KARACHI, June 8: Obtaining a driving licence in the normal way is an uphill task as it is. But it is cumbersome even after hiring the services of an agent at the Driving Licence branch in Clifton, it has emerged....
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KARACHI: Establishment of tumour registry stressed
KARACHI, June 8: Speakers at a seminar on Sunday stressed that there is a dire need for developing a ‘tumour registry’ in the country to ensure early detection of malignancies and protect lives....
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KARACHI: Lahore buzzes with political intrigues and zest for life
KARACHI: Official junkets can be tricky. For starters, there is a constant nagging feeling that one might compromise on one’s (limited) journalistic independence and possibly tick off the sponsors if one calls it like it is....
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KARACHI: MA exams from 9th
KARACHI, June 8: The MA (external) annual examinations-2007 will commence on June 9, according to an announcement made here on Sunday by the University of Karachi....
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KARACHI: Significance of short story in Sindhi literature highlighted
KARACHI, June 8: Several provincial ministers and members of the Sindh Assembly at the Kahani Conference held at the University of Karachi resolved to promote Sindhi literature and culture as part...
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, June 8: The Met Office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather for Karachi on Monday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 35°C and 37°C....
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KARACHI: Long march
KARACHI, June 8: The Sindh High Court Bar Association president, retired Justice Rashid A. Razvi, has said that the long march would conclude on the reinstatement of Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other deposed judges....
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KARACHI: Govt urged to accept postal workers’ proposals
KARACHI, June 8: Postal workers have requested the federal finance ministry to accept the proposals prepared and sent by the postal management after negotiations with workers....
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KARACHI: Rashid in city
KARACHI, June 8: Founder of the Awami Muslim League (AML) and former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday that he would announced his party manifesto after the issue of the reinstatement of judges was resolved....
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KARACHI: Water, power projects
KARACHI, June 8: The Kara-chi Water and Sewerage Board will launch the 150MGD (million gallons per day) water supply project, K-IV, as soon as the project study has been completed....
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HYDERABAD: Cane growers urged not to pay taxes
HYDERABAD, June 8: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture at a meeting held here on Sunday asked growers not to pay land revenue and other taxes for the Rabi crops unless their dues were cleared by sugar mills....
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SUKKUR: Fazl fears political crisis may lead to re-election
SUKKUR, June 8: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said he fears that if the present state of affairs continues, the country may soon have to go through another election....
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DADU: Policemen suspended
DADU, June 8: Three policemen were suspended and five suspects were arrested on Sunday in the wake of Saturday’s killing of three members of Bhand community....
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SHIKARPUR: Kidnap victims set free
SHIKARPUR, June 8: Two men who were kidnapped from Sarwarkot village about 25 days ago, have been freed by the kidnappers....
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KHAIRPUR: PLF asks lawyers to wait
KHAIRPUR, June 8: A meeting of the Sukkur chapter of the People’s Lawyers Forum here on Saturday said that the long march of lawyers was an attempt to weaken the country....
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NAWABSHAH: Sindh govt refuses to extend school building contract
NAWABSHAH, June 8: The future of more than 250 students, and of teaching and non-teaching staff of the Bahria Foundation School, Nawabshah, hangs in the balance as the Sindh government has...
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LARKANA: Chandka hospital’s ICU allowed to fall into disuse
LARKANA, June 8: The Chandka Medical College Hospital administration has let the 1,150-bed hospital’s only Intensive Care Unit (ICU) fall into disuse and officials of all levels are blaming each other for rendering this highly important unit idle....
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JACOBABAD: Traders decry seizure of flour
JACOBABAD, June 8: Wheat flour traders have gone on strike against the food department’s seizure of wheat flour-loaded trucks which were coming to Jacobabad from Sukkur four days ago....
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LARKANA: Bill to regularise contract employees soon
LARKANA, June 8: Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro said on Sunday that a bill would be tabled at the post-budget session of the Sindh assembly to regularise the service of contract...
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HYDERABAD: ‘Men unwilling to give equal rights to women’
HYDERABAD, June 8: Sindh Minister for Education, Literacy and Criminal Prosecution Service Pir Mazharul Haq has said that Islam guarantees equal rights to women but the society is not prepared to...
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HYDERABAD: Qaim says govt not to obstruct lawyers long march
HYDERABAD, June 8: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Sunday that the government would not create any hurdle for the lawyers who wanted to take part in the June 10 long march....
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SUKKUR: Protest against Hesco, TMA
SUKKUR, June 8: Scores of people staged a demonstration in Bhoosa Lane here on Sunday to protest against hours-long power outages and shortage of drinking water....
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GHALANAI: Taliban say govt not sincere in peace talks
GHALANAI, June 8: Local commander of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Umar Khalid said on Sunday that government was not sincere in peace talks because it was dillydallying release of their arrested comrades....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Tourism can defeat terrorism forever’: Sethi House show
PESHAWAR, June 8: The recent bomb blast in Islamabad could be a reason that foreign diplomats didn’t attend the cultural evening held in one of the historic houses of the provincial...
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HARIPUR: Hazara varsity’s ambitious plan to produce PhDs
HARIPUR, June 8: Vice-Chancellor of Hazara University (HU) Dr Ehsan Ali has said that the university would produce 400 PhDs during the next four years....
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MANSHERA: Kurrum jirga resumes talks in Abbottabad
MANSHERA, June 8: Members of Kurrum Peace Jirga during a meeting here on Sunday vowed to work for peace initially in the region and then work out modalities to solve old disputes....
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PESHAWAR: Culture directorate in NWFP planned: Languages moot ends
PESHAWAR, June 8: The provincial government is planning to establish a directorate of culture for the preservation and promotion of languages being spoken in the Frontier province....
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KOHAT: Khasadars keep mum over identity of abductors
KOHAT June 8: The eight officials of political administration kidnapped from their houses in Darra Adamkhel are hesitant to disclose the identity of their abductors since their release late Saturday night....
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TANK: Four suspected militants arrested in Tank
TANK, June 8: Security forces arrested four persons during a raid on the house of a militant commander, Hayatullah, in Tank city on Sunday....
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