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August 09, 2008 Saturday Sha’aban 6, 1429 KARACHI: Intense firing creates panic in Dhoraji KARACHI, Aug 8: Tension gripped New Dhoraji Society and adjoining areas located on Abul Hasan Isphahani Road as two groups traded intense fire late in a shoot-out that continued into the early hours of Friday.... KARACHI: Govt allows rise in transport fares KARACHI, Aug 8: The Sindh government on Friday issued the notification of the revised public transport fares, providing relief to transport operators who were anxiously waiting for permission to charge from... KARACHI: SHC seeks break-up of price charged by CNG dealers KARACHI, Aug 8: The Sindh High Court asked the compressed natural gas dealers on Friday to submit a break-up of the CNG price charged by them.... MANSEHRA: Militants slip into Kohistan from Swat MANSEHRA, Aug 8: Militants from Swat have started crossing into the Kohistan district through infrequent routes to escape the military operation in their region, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Peshawar plunges into darkness: Pylon blown up again PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The provincial capital plunged into complete darkness as militants blew up the 500KV major pylon near Sheikh Mohammadi Grid Station in the small hours of Friday.... MARDAN: CD shops blown up in Mardan MARDAN, Aug 8: Unidentified miscreants blew up four CDs shops at Chato Chowk Hoti at midnight on Thursday.... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two doctors shot dead in Dera DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 8: Two doctors were shot dead by unknown assailants here on Friday, police said.... PESHAWAR: Constable killed in attack on police station PESHAWAR, Aug 8: Hundreds of armed miscreants stormed into the Mattani police station at night, killing a policeman and injuring two others.... PESHAWAR: UN plans assistance for displaced people PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The United Nations is planning to provide shelter, food and medicines to internally-displaced people of the province.... NAWABSHAH: Demonstration by Pasban for release of Dr Aafia NAWABSHAH, Aug 8: Activists of Pasban Tehrik took out a procession and staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Friday.... KARACHI: ‘Staying active keeps osteoporosis at bay’ KARACHI, Aug 8: Health experts at a seminar on Friday underlining the need for certain changes in lifestyle to prevent osteoporosis — a disease causing weak and brittle bones and stress... KARACHI: ‘Victim of violence’gets JPMC treatment KARACHI, Aug 8: Thirty-year-old Farzana, who on Thursday allegedly tried to commit suicide after strangling her 13-month-old daughter, Minahil, is under treatment at the poison control ward of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.... KARACHI: Conference on Sindh KARACHI, Aug 8: A conference on “Sindh Progress and Prospects: Competitiveness and Productivity” organised by the Institute of Business Management in collaboration with the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, will be held... KARACHI: Verdict in murder case reserved KARACHI, Aug 8: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Friday its judgment in a case pertaining to the kidnap and murder of a 21-year-old man till Aug 15.... KARACHI: The Mummy strikes back KARACHI: Mummy 3 is here! It seems cine-goers love to see people being eaten by insects, buried alive and ugly skeletons fighting like warriors. Humans have a penchant for the unusual;... KARACHI: Anti-terrorism petition claims collecting 45m signatures KARACHI, Aug 8: A non-governmental organization has claimed to have collected almost 45 million signatures for a petition that categorically condemns terrorism and is now gunning for a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Aug 8: The Met Office has forecast a cloudy weather with chances of a drizzle for Karachi on Saturday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 30°C and 32°C.... SUKKUR: Illegally detained man freed SUKKUR, August 8: Acting on the orders of District and Sessions Judge, an official rescued on Friday a man kept in illegal detention in Mirpur Mathelo police station.... KHAIRPUR: Musharraf, judiciary non-issues, says SNF KHAIRPUR, Aug 8: Sindh National Front senior vice-chairman Allah Warayo Soomro has said that people of Sindh are not worried about restoration of deposed judges or President Musharraf remaining in office because they are concerned about price hike and unemployment.... HYDERABAD: Six hospitals, trauma centre nearing completion: nazim HYDERABAD, Aug 8: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that construction of six district government hospitals and a trauma centre is nearing completion, adding that the hospitals will provide free medical care to the people.... NAWABSHAH: Clerk on long march for salary NAWABSHAH, Aug 8: A man and his sons, on a long march from Nushahro Feroze to the Chief Minister House in Karachi, reached here on Friday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Police ordered to protect widow NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 8: The District and Sessions Judge of Naushahro Feroze directed the SHO Moro on Friday to provide protection to a widow and her minor son who had been... HYDERABAD: University paralysed by employees’ strike HYDERABAD, Aug 8: The Sindh Agriculture University Teachers Association at a meeting held in the campus on Friday expressed concern over the situation at the campus and appealed to the authorities... JACOBABAD: Woman killed JACOBABAD, Aug 8: Armed men gunned down a woman in village Nawra in the limits of Mouladad police station apparantely because of old enmity between two groups on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Justice Rahim takes oath as acting CJ PESHAWAR, Aug 8: Justice Jehanzeb Rahim took oath as acting chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) here at the Governor’s House on Friday....

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