| July 07, 2008 | Monday | Rajab 3, 1429 |
KARACHI: Nine die as building collapses in Baldia
KARACHI, July 6: Nine people, including women and children, were killed and 15 others injured on Sunday morning when a three-storey building collapsed in Baldia Town, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Katchi abadis to be regularised
KARACHI, July 6: Work on the regularisation of 72 katchi abadis in Karachi district has been started on the directive of Sindh Minister for Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development Mohammad Rafiq Engineer....
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KARACHI: Study under way to cut water losses
KARACHI, July 6: With the help of a technical-assistance loan given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a feasibility study is being carried out for devising a strategy to reduce the...
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KARACHI: Rashid warns against public debate on sensitive issues
KARACHI, July 6: President of the Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has advised countrymen not to indulge in public discussion on sensitive issues in view of the situation obtaining in the country....
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KARACHI: Transporters announce strike for Thursday
KARACHI, July 6: Several organisations of transporters have announced a wheel-jam strike on Thursday against the frequent increase in the oil prices and the government’s alleged indifferent attitude towards their demands....
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KOHAT: New Taliban group issues ‘code’ for public activity
KOHAT, July 6: A new group with the name of ‘Haidri Taliban’ has warned the people of Ustarzai town to restrict their religious and public activities to Imambargahs, mosques and hujras,...
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KOHAT: Two kidnapped in Darra Adamkhel
KOHAT, July 6: Local militants kidnapped son of a coal mine owner and his friend from Bazikhel area, Darra Adamkhel and whisked them away to an undisclosed location on Sunday....
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CHITRAL: Polo festival starts today
CHITRAL, July 6: The three-day Shandur polo festival will commence today (Monday) in Shandur, the highest polo ground of the world....
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HARIPUR: Four ‘suicide bombers’ held in Tarbela
HARIPUR, July 6: The local police claimed to have apprehended four alleged suicide bombers from the Tarbela Lake area on Saturday evening....
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KARACHI: Drastic rise in number of Khula cases
KARACHI, July 6: There has been a drastic rise in cases of Khula, or dissolution of marriage, reveal statistics gathered by Dawn....
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KARACHI: Paintings show at VM Art
KARACHI, July 6: An exhibition of paintings by Imran Mir titled “Tenth/Eleventh Paper” opens on Monday at VM art gallery at 6pm. The show will continue till July 14 daily, from 10.30am...
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KARACHI: Govt failed to offer prompt relief: JI
KARACHI, July 6: Deputy Chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami Prof Ghafoor Ahmad has said that the leaders who came to power in the name of Roti, Kapra aur Makaan have failed to...
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HYDERABAD: Manchhar water to be released into Indus
HYDERABAD, July 6: Manchhar Lake water will be released into the Indus River on Monday at the ratio of 1-40 (1000 cusec of lake water into 40,000 cusec of river water)...
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HYDERABAD: Growers plan long march
HYDERABAD, July 6: A large number of tail-end growers of Ran Shakh of district Thar-parkar and leaders of civil society set up a token hunger strike camp outside the press club...
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MIRPURKHAS: Part of nazim’s house declared encroachment
MIRPURKHAS, July 6: Differences between the DCO and the district nazim of Umerkot have taken new a turn with the revenue department authorities of Umerkot declaring a large portion of the...
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HYDERABAD: Education system needs overhaul: students
HYDERABAD, July 6: The position holder students of the Secondary School Certificate have called for updating the syllabus of classes IX and X, saying that the existing one does not meet the requirements of modern education....
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HYDERABAD: 20 buffaloes electrocuted
HYDERABAD, July 6: Twenty buffaloes were electrocuted when a live electricity wire fell in the Phulelli canal near Barrage Colony in Tando Mohammad Khan on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: SU distance learning
HYDERABAD, July 6: The University of Sindh on Saturday commenced work on its distance learning education under its off-campus programme and BA and MA external degree examinations....
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MIRPURKHAS: Lecturers seek regularisation
MIRPURKHAS, July 6: A meeting of ad hoc lecturers’ action committee of Umerkot district was held on Sunday....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Students urged to unite to cope with challenges
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 6: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Faisal Karim Kundi has urged the students to forge unity among their ranks to take on the challenges country was facing....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Power restored in Lakki area
LAKKI MARWAT, July 6: Local traders blocked the Bannu-Mianwali road in protest against the ‘failure’ of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) officials to rectify a faulty electric transformer here on Sunday....
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HARIPUR: Delays, poor construction mar work on DHQ hospital
HARIPUR, July 6: The Works and Services Department has failed to complete construction of phase-II of the new building of the District Headquarters (DHQ) hospital....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Arrangements finalised for anti-polio campaign
LAKKI MARWAT, July 6: Arrangements made for the upcoming three-day anti-polio drive in the district were reviewed at a meeting held here the other day with assistant coordination officer Syed Khalid Israr Shah in the chair....
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PESHAWAR: Six killed in road accidents
PESHAWAR, July 6: Six persons, including a woman and her son, died in two road accidents in Buner and Swat on Sunday....
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PESHAWAR: Security beefed up in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, July 6: Security was put on red alert in the city in the wake of a suicide explosion in Islamabad on Sunday evening....
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