| August 11, 2008 | Monday | Sha’aban 8, 1429 |
KARACHI: Rangers set for permanent stay
KARACHI, Aug 10: The Sindh government is considering granting pieces of land to the Rangers in different parts of the province — including suburban areas of Karachi — mainly for residential...
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KARACHI: Land fraud flourishing in Gulshan Town
KARACHI, Aug 10: A considerable amount of time and resources of the police is spent on dealing with the issue of land-grabbing, which happens to be a civil matter meant to be tackled by the courts....
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KARACHI: Afaq paroled to attend father’s funeral
KARACHI, Aug 10: The jailed chief of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi, Afaq Ahmed, was paroled on Sunday to attend the funeral of his father, who passed away after a protracted illness....
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KARACHI: PIA flight engineers decry early retirement
KARACHI, Aug 10: Senior flight engineers of Pakistan International Airlines, accusing the flag carrier’s management of prematurely retiring them without a proper reason and inducting retired employees on contract in their...
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KARACHI: Otter found dead at Keenjhar Lake
KARACHI, Aug 10: A male otter, referred to as vulnerable in the IUCN red data list and protected under the CITES Appendix 2 and Sindh Wildlife Ordinance 1972, has recently been...
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KARACHI: Private schools fleecing parents: Rules on fee hike flouted
KARACHI, Aug 10: Various private schools continue to fleece parents by charging exorbitant admission fees and annual charges at the beginning of the new academic year....
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KARACHI: Korangi treatment plant project in the doldrums
KARACHI, Aug 10: The plan to launch the Korangi Treatment Plant with a projected capacity of 150 million gallons per day is in the doldrums as much of the land earmarked...
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KARACHI: SC issues notices on Baghicha land plea
KARACHI, Aug 10: A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Hassan and Justice Syed Yawar Hussain Jaffery has ordered issuance of notices to the respondents of a constitutional petition against allotment of...
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KARACHI: Rally for Dr Aafia’s release
KARACHI, Aug 10: A rally was staged here on Sunday for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from the custody of US intelligence agencies which have put her on a trial...
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KARACHI: Hours-long breakdown as gas line damaged
KARACHI, Aug 10: Gas supply to a vast area, including North Karachi, New Karachi and Buffer Zone, North Nazimabad and F B’ Area, was disrupted when a 20-inch dia gas pipeline...
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KARACHI: Paintings exhibition
KARACHI, Aug 10: An exhibition of paintings (oil on canvas) by Khalid Sabah opens at Gulmohar Art Gallery at 5:30pm on Monday. The show will remain open till Aug 17, daily from 10:30am to 7pm....
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KARACHI: Sepa fails to find an eligible DG
KARACHI, Aug 10: The Sindh government, keeping with its nearly two-decade-old tradition, has once again selected a non-technical person to head the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency, it has been reliably learnt....
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KARACHI: PPP rally
KARACHI, Aug 10: A “Go Musharraf, Go” rally organised by the PPP at the Bilawal House on Sunday asked President Pervez Musharraf to quit immediately for “hatching conspiracies against the democratic government.—Staff...
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HYDERABAD: Peasants seek probe into ‘malpractices’ of farm management
HYDERABAD, Aug 10: Peasants of a government-run farm in Setharja, Khairpur on Sunday appealed to Sindh agriculture minister and secretary to order a comprehensive inquiry into what they called corrupt practices of the farm management and officials concerned....
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HYDERABAD: Fish farming in coastal areas to be encouraged
HYDERABAD, Aug 10: Sindh Fisheries secretary Shoaib Siddiqui has stressed the need for paying attention to development of fisheries and livestock along with development of agriculture and said that superior breeds of livestock must be protected....
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HYDERABAD: Varsity employees call for SAU VC’s removal
HYDERABAD, Aug 10: A large number of employees of various universities held a demonstration and hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday to press their demand for removal of the Sindh Agriculture University vice-chancellor....
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MIRPURKHAS: 3,000 apply for arms licences
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 10: Over 3,000 applications for arms licences have been submitted to the DCO, reflecting growing sense of fear and uncertainty in the wake of worsening law and order situation in the country....
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HYDERABAD: President warned against using 58(2)B
HYDERABAD, Aug 10: The Pakistan Peace Coalition on Sunday warned Gen Pervez Musharraf against exercising powers vested in the office of the president under Article 58(2)B of the Constitution because the people would not accept it....
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SUKKUR: Schools reopened
SUKKUR, Aug 10: Ninety-two out of 202 closed schools have been reopened by the education department throughout Sukkur district where academic session has been started from August 1, according to EDO of education Jay Ram Das.—BoC...
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KOHAT: Rockets miss Kohat airbase
KOHAT, Aug10: Three rockets ostensibly fired at Kohat Airbase and cantonment hit a guava orchard and a house on late Saturday night....
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PESHAWAR: Taliban close tribal areas to foreign oil companies
PESHAWAR, Aug 10: Militants have warned petrol pump-owners in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) to desist from transportation of fuel to Afghanistan and sell only the oil supplied by the government-owned Pakistan State Oil (PSO), sources said....
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MINGORA: Helicopters hit Taliban hideouts
MINGORA, Aug 10: A man was killed and several others were injured while dozens of houses and three bridges were destroyed as clashes between security forces and local Taliban continued in Swat valley on the 13th consecutive day on Sunday....
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