| June 20, 2008 | Friday | Jamadi-us-Sani 15, 1429 |
KARACHI: Assembly sees signs of life as budget debate begins
KARACHI, June 19: The Sindh Assembly session on Thursday, which was first day of general discussion on the budget for financial year 2008-09 and supplementary budget 2007-08, turned out to be...
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KARACHI: PPP urged to shun vendetta politics
KARACHI, June 19: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Jam Madad Ali has urged the Pakistan People’s Party leadership to “write a new chapter in the history of Sindh” by shunning the politics of vendetta....
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KARACHI: Four killed in separate incidents
KARACHI, June 19: Four people were killed on Thursday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and hospital sources said....
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KARACHI: Lawyers reject April 9 inquiry tribunal
KARACHI, June 19: The legal fraternity on Thursday rejected the formation of an inquiry tribunal instituted by the provincial government to probe the April 9 incident in which a dozen people...
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KARACHI: Registrar’s appointment
KARACHI, June 19: The provincial government has requested the Sindh High Court to appoint a registrar for the inquiry tribunal instituted to probe the April 9 violence across the city, a senior official said....
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KARACHI: SHC to hear appeal against acquittal under amnesty law
KARACHI, June 19: The Sindh High Court decided on Thursday to hear two National Accountability Bureau appeals against the acquittal of the chairman of the defunct National Development Finance Corporation chairman...
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MINGORA: JI leader killed in Kabal
MINGORA, June 19: A prominent local leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami was shot dead in the Kabal town on Thursday....
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TIMERGARA: Protesters stop Fazl’s convoy at Khall
TIMERGARA, June 19: Enraged protesters on Thursday stopped at Khall the convoy of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who was on his way to Upper Dir to attend a party meeting, eyewitnesses told Dawn....
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PESHAWAR: Lawmakers say budget is unbalanced
PESHAWAR, June19: Most of the members of NWFP Assembly from both sides of the House on Thursday criticised the provincial government for making poor allocations in the social sector and ignoring...
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KARACHI: Two ‘women thieves’ held
KARACHI, June 19: Women police arrested two women for stealing a cellphone from a woman in a passenger coach....
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KARACHI: Water connection granted from boosting station
KARACHI, June 19: The Malir town administration has ordered the installation of a three-inch-diameter water connection directly from a ‘water boosting station’, which is only supposed to supply water in bulk to various pumping stations....
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KARACHI: 5,000 to take DUHS entry test on 29th
KARACHI, June 19: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is in the process of issuing some 5,000 admit cards to candidates seeking admissions to the Dow Medical College, Sindh Medical...
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KARACHI: Reshuffle in subordinate judiciary
KARACHI, June 19: The acting chief justice and the judges of the Sindh High Court have ordered the following transfers and postings of additional district and sessions judges and senior civil judges/ assistant sessions judges with immediate effect.Khalid...
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KARACHI: PN fleet’s new commander
KARACHI, June 19: Rear Admiral Shahid Iqbal has taken the charge of Commander Pakistan Fleet from Vice-Admiral Noman Bashir....
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KARACHI: Lyari roads in bad shape
KARACHI, June 19: Authorities have dug up various roads in Lyari Town on the pretext of development work but the entire operation has been carried out in an unorganised manner creating...
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KARACHI: Close-circuit cameras to be installed at Quaid’s mazar
KARACHI, June 19: Security is expected to be further beefed up at the Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum, with the installation of close-circuit cameras, walk-through gates, metal detectors and other gadgets to keep a watchful eye on visitors and to ensure their security....
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KARACHI: PA told wheat production surpassed target
KARACHI, June 19: Sindh Minister for Agriculture Syed Ali Nawaz Shah has said Sindh brought 9.88 million hectares of land under wheat cultivation with wheat production being at 3.445...
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KARACHI: Nine trade unions in PSM lose registration
KARACHI, June 19: The Registrar of Trade Unions has cancelled registration of all trade unions in Pakistan Steel Mills, except the recently-elected People’s Workers Union which is the collective bargaining agent in Pakistan Steel....
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KARACHI: Human rights cell set up
KARACHI, June 19: Sindh Minister for Human Rights Nadia Gabol has established a Human Rights Cell at her office for speedy disposal of issues pertaining to human rights....
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KARACHI: Holiday on 21st
KARACHI, June 19: The Sindh government has declared June 21 (Saturday) a public holiday throughout the province on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the slain former prime minister and the chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto....
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HYDERABAD: International conference on Sindh in Oct
HYDERABAD, June 19: The second four-day international conference on “Sindh: past, present and future” to be jointly organized by the University of Sindh and the Karachi University will be held in the first week of October in Karachi....
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HYDERABAD: Disposal of waste into Phulelli canal to be stopped
HYDERABAD, June 19: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that from now on the city effluent and waste will not be disposed of into the Phulelli canal — the practice which has been going on since past 60 years....
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HYDERABAD: SPLA seeks rise in educational budget
HYDERABAD, June 19: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association on Thursday demanded raise to four per cent of GDP in educational budget, formulation of a scientific and secular education policy with...
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LARKANA: SHOs summoned
LARKANA, June 19: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday summoned the station house officers (SHOs) of Dari and Market police stations to appear in court on...
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