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KARACHI: Seven cases against suspects registered: Serial bomb blasts
KARACHI, July 8: Seven different cases were registered against unknown culprits for Monday’s series of bomb blasts, which the investigators believed were aimed at spreading ethnic strife in the city....
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KARACHI: ‘Siege and search’ action begins in Lyari
KARACHI, July 8: The police, assisted by the Rangers, started a siege and search operation in the sensitive areas of Lyari on Tuesday and arrested seven suspects, recovering arms and ammunition....
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KARACHI: Qaim seeks blast report within two days
KARACHI, July 8: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the law enforcement agencies to take stringent security measures and remain vigilant to avert any terrorist acts in the province....
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KARACHI: SHC orders inspection of juvenile prisons
KARACHI, July 8: The Sindh High Court directed the district and sessions judges on Tuesday to visit prisons in their territorial jurisdiction to see whether the facilities extended to juvenile offenders...
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KARACHI: Blasts termed conspiracy to derail democracy
KARACHI, July 8: Awami National Party’s Sindh President Shahi Syed has condemned Monday’s bomb blasts in the city and termed them a conspiracy to destroy peace of the city....
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KARACHI: Indictment in Gulgee murder case on 24th
KARACHI, July 8: The district and sessions judge, South, Arjun Ram K. Talreja, on Tuesday deferred till July 24 the indictment of the suspects in the murder case of renowned artist Ismail Gulgee, his wife and a maidservant....
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Six injured in clash
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 8: Six persons of a family were injured in a clash between two brothers over a plot in Rahim Dino Baladi Village near Tharushah on Tuesday....
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PESHAWAR: Industrialists feel insecure in NWFP
PESHAWAR, July 8: Industrialists in the NWFP are no more concerned about incentives to increase productivity and make them competitive because their main worry these days is security of their lives...
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GHALANAI: Taliban, govt swap prisoners in Mohmand
GHALANAI, July 8: Local Taliban and political administration of Mohmand Agency swapped prisoners here on Tuesday....
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NOWSHERA: Karachi blasts reaction to Kabul attack, says Babar
NOWSHERA, July 8: Former interior minister Maj-Gen (retired) Naseerullah Babar has termed the series of explosions in Karachi a reaction to the suicide bombing at Indian embassy in Kabul....
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KARACHI: Probe into wrong treatment allegation
KARACHI, July 8: Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed has ordered an immediate inquiry into the issue of alleged wrong administration of medicine to a woman, reportedly a diabetic and hypertensive, who died at the Civil Hospital Karachi on Tuesday afternoon....
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KARACHI: ‘Govt indifferent to Sindhi’
KARACHI, July 8: Speakers at a meeting have deplored that the government is not giving due importance to the Sindhi language and the people will have to struggle hard to protect their language and culture....
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KARACHI: 20,000 acres to help boost aquaculture
KARACHI, July 8: The Sindh Fisheries Minister, Zahid Ali Bhurgari, said that the Sindh government would allot 20,000 acres for the development of aquaculture in the province on modern lines....
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KARACHI: SHCBA slams govt for ‘pursuing US agenda’
KARACHI, July 8: The Sindh High Court Bar Association on Tuesday asked the government to curb lawlessness, price hike and scarcity of essential commodities....
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KARACHI: Imran Mir offers visual experiences
KARACHI: The painting exhibition of Imran Mir that opened at VM Art Gallery on June 7 can best be described as a journey in aesthetics. His canvases done in acrylic are visual experiences....
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KARACHI: PhD, MPhil degrees
KARACHI, July 8: Karachi University announced on Tuesday that the Board of Advance Studies and Research awarded 11 PhD and seven MPhil degrees in various disciplines at its meetings, presided over...
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KARACHI: Ethnic-cleansing plan alleged
KARACHI, July 8: Residents of Waziristan Colony in Orangi Town have appealed to the chief minister and higher authorities to take notice of the “baseless propaganda” linking them with the Taliban,...
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KARACHI: Saddar Town seeks special grant from federal authorities
KARACHI, July 8: The town municipal administration of Saddar has urged the federal authorities to sanction a special grant for the town so that it can pay for the facilities it...
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KARACHI: Rs387m budget of Shah Faisal Town approved
KARACHI, July 8: Shah Faisal Town has approved a surplus budget of Rs387.024 million for the fiscal year 2008-09....
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HYDERABAD: Rights body denies enormity of kiln workers’ complaints
HYDERABAD, July 8: The International Human Rights Commission claimed on Tuesday that 80 per cent of kiln workers were fully satisfied with their employers and workplaces and only 20 per cent had some trivial complaints....
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SUKKUR: Two dacoits captured
SUKKUR, July 8: Police arrested two armed dacoits after an encounter in Society area situated in the limits of Abad police station on Tuesday and recovered arms and ammunition and looted items from their possession.Two...
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HYDERABAD: 130 veterinary hospitals to be established in Sindh
HYDERABAD, July 8: The director of Animal Breeding Sindh, Dr Abdul Khaliq Junejo, said on Tuesday that 130 veterinary hospitals would be established across the province to preserve high quality seed,...
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HYDERABAD: Tyre shops gutted
HYDERABAD, July 8: Around 10 old tyres shops were burnt in Liaquat Market off Tulsi Das Road here on Tuesday....
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NAWABSHAH: Two die in accident
NAWABSHAH, July 8: Two people were killed in traffic accident on the National Highway near Sakrand, on Tuesday....
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HYDERABAD: Industrialists plan to go on strike
HYDERABAD, July 8: The industrialists of Hyderabad and Kotri threatened to go on indefinite strike from July 11, if the government did not take back proposed increase in gas tariff by July 10....
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SUKKUR: Man shot dead
SUKKUR, July 8: A man was gunned down by armed men in katcha area of Ghora Ghat police limits near Kandhkot on Tuesday....
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HYDERABAD: Minister suspends TMA officers
HYDERABAD, July 8: Sindh Minister for Local Bodies Agha Siraj Khan Durrani on Tuesday suspended three officers of Sehwan taluka municipal administration for supplying filthy and contaminated water to people....
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HYDERABAD: SU approves admission schedule
HYDERABAD, July 8: Sindh University has approved schedule of admissions to bachelors and masters degree programmes for academic session 2009 here on Tuesday....
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CHITRAL: Polo festival
CHITRAL, July 8: In the second day of Shandur polo festival, Gilgit-B beat Chitral-B team by 10 to 1 goals here on Tuesday....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Operation launched against outlaws in Lakki village
LAKKI MARWAT, July 8: Law enforcement agencies launched an operation in Takhtikhel area of the district, bordering the tribal belt of Frontier Region, after elders failed to hand over criminals and kidnappers to the police, official sources said on Tuesday....
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