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July 21, 2008 Monday Rajab 17, 1429 KARACHI: Cellphone firms letting another deadline lapse: Subscribers’ registration KARACHI, July 20: The twice extended deadline given to mobile phone companies for putting a check on the sale of unregistered SIMs (subscriber identity modules) and completion of subscribers’ database is... KARACHI: Second level of Nagan flyover opened KARACHI, July 20: The second level of the Nagan Chowrangi flyover was opened for vehicular traffic late on Saturday night.... KARACHI: The tale of Ramchand Pakistani KARACHI, July 20: ‘So near, yet so far’ is the theme of Ramchand Pakistani, which premiered in Karachi on Sunday. The first feature film to be directed by Mehreen Jabbar, who... KARACHI: Signs of change give Lyari residents ray of hope KARACHI, July 20: The reopening of shops and the resumption of gas, water and electricity supplies to gang war scarred Lyari are all signs that life is slowly crawling back to... HYDERABAD: University employees seek VC’s removal HYDERABAD, July 20: A large number of employees of the Sindh Agriculture University held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday, demanding removal of the university’s vice-chancellor Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh.... KOHAT: Taliban leave Orakzai after elders’ warning KOHAT, July 20: The Taliban holding several checkposts and schools in Orakzai tribal region started leaving the area after receiving warning from the elders of 18 main tribes on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Operation in Hangu termed a ‘drama’ PESHAWAR, July 20: MPA Attiq-ur-Rehman has termed military operation in Hangu a “drama” and asked the NWFP government to stop the action and resolve the issue through dialogue.... KHAR: Baitullah orders probe into Taliban infighting KHAR, July 20: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud has sought explanation from Commander Umer Khalid for executing Commander Shah Khalid, his deputy Ubaidulllah and other men of his group.... PESHAWAR: ANP blames secret agencies for Fata unrest PESHAWAR, July 20: Accusing the secret agencies of creating law and order situation in the Federally Administered Tribal areas (Fata), Awami National Party has asked the federal government to rein in... GHALANAI: Three kidnapped officials released GHALANAI, July 20: Three kidnapped officials of the local accounts department were released here on Sunday.... KARACHI: Two killed over petty disputes KARACHI, July 20: Two people were killed over minor disputes in different parts of the city on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.... KARACHI: Mass transit plan suffers for want of political will KARACHI, July 20: The Karachi Mass Transit Programme, which is the only viable option to rid the city of ever increasing gridlock, has not been implemented over the last two decades... KARACHI: MBBS, BDS suppl exams schedule KARACHI, July 20: The University of Karachi has announced the following schedule for the MBBS final professional supplementary examinations-2008 to be conducted at the Urdu department:... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, July 20: The Met Office has forecast cloudy/partly cloudy weather with chances of a drizzle for Karachi on Monday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Demolition KARACHI, July 20: Demolition squads of the Karachi Building Control Authority demolished illegally raised structures on plot No.SB-3, 16/2, plot No.SB-4, 80, plot No.SB-2, 46 in Saddar Town; plot No.410-F,... KARACHI: Trauma centres KARACHI, July 20: Sindh Minister for Health Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that the metropolis needs more trauma centres to tackle an increasing number of such patients coming to various hospitals in case of major road accidents.... KARACHI: Suspect shot dead KARACHI, July 20: A suspected dacoit, who barged into the house of a police officer along with four other accomplices, was shot dead by the house owner.... HYDERABAD: Imams suffer as plea for reinstatement is ignored HYDERABAD, July 20: Around 153 prayer leaders and moazzins are running from pillar to post to get themselves reinstated after Auqaf department terminated their contracts under a Sindh cabinet decision to end services of all contract employees.... HYDERABAD: Free education urged in backward areas HYDERABAD, July 20: Sindh Democratic Forum convener Abrar Kazi has urged the government to provide free and quality education in the backward areas of the province.... HYDERABAD: Call to tackle hepatitis on war footing HYDERABAD, July 20: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that hepatitis-B and C are posing a great challenge to the world, including Pakistan, and the issue needs to be tackled on war footing.... MIRPURKHAS: Strike MIRPURKHAS, July 20: A partial strike was observed in Naukot town on Sunday in protest against Diplo police failure to recover two kidnapped people.... MIRPURKHAS: ‘MPA forcing Nadra staff to take back case against PPP workers’ MIRPURKHAS, July 20: A Nadra official has accused Pakistan People’s Party MPA Shamim Ara Panhwar of pressurising staff of the Nadra mobile unit to withdraw a case filed against PPP... MIRPURKHAS: Two bogies gutted MIRPURKHAS, July 20: A fire broke out in train bogies at the Mirpurkhas railway station on Saturday evening and as a precautionary measure, the railway administration prohibited entry of common people at the affected place and called the fire brigade.... LAKKI MARWAT: Steps urged to check wheat smuggling LAKKI MARWAT, July 20: Elders of Ahmadzai area asked the local administration to take strict measures to stop wheat and flour smuggling to the tribal areas.... CHARSADDA: Dispute over tree claims two lives CHARSADDA, July 20: A clash over the ownership of a tree claimed two lives here on Sunday....

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