| August 13, 2008 | Wednesday | Sha’aban 10, 1429 |
KARACHI: Stage set for trust vote resolution
KARACHI, Aug 12: The much hyped resolution to call upon President Pervez Musharraf to get a vote of confidence from the elected assemblies did not materialize in Tuesday’s session of the...
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KARACHI: Opposition leader vows to defend president
KARACHI, Aug 12: Maintaining that the opposition in the Sindh Assembly would defend President Pervez Musharraf if an impeachment resolution was tabled in the assembly’s Wednesday session, leader of the opposition...
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KARACHI: ‘Govt to move resolution today’
KARACHI, Aug 12: Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri told reporters outside the Sindh Assembly building after Tuesday’s session that the resolution demanding President Pervez Musharraf’s impeachment would be moved during Wednesday’s...
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KARACHI: Dr Aafia’s life is in danger, says sister
KARACHI, Aug 12: Dr Fouzia Siddiqui has expressed fears that American agencies might kill her sister, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a PhD in neuro-cognitive science who has reportedly been under detention for...
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KOHAT: Commander among seven Taliban held in Hangu
KOHAT, Aug 12: Security forces arrested seven Taliban, including an important commander, from Naryab area of Hangu district and recovered seven Kalashnikovs and 18 hand grenades from their possession on Tuesday....
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CHARSADDA: Eight of family die in roof collapse
CHARSADDA, Aug 12: Eight persons of a family were killed and one was injured when roof of their house collapsed due to heavy rain in Sher Payan area of Charsadda on Monday night....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three more killed in Dera incidents
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 12: Fear gripped the city when three more persons were killed here on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Policeman gets life in murder case
KARACHI, Aug 12: An additional district and sessions judge sentenced an assistant sub-inspector of police to life imprisonment in a murder case on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Lawyers back impeachment, want free judiciary
KARACHI, Aug 12: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Munir A. Malik has said that lawyers will neither take any step that may strengthen the dictatorial regime nor withdraw their demand for the independence of the judiciary....
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KARACHI: Man acquitted in kidnap case
KARACHI, Aug 12: Citing lack of evidence, an anti-terrorism court acquitted on Tuesday an accused in a kidnap for ransom case.Judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon of ATC II, who was conducting the...
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KARACHI: SHC dismisses petition against police purchase
KARACHI, Aug 12: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Tuesday a petition against the purchase of 21 vehicles by the Sindh police....
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KARACHI: Naib nazim of Lyari faces no-trust move
KARACHI, Aug 12: Barely five months have passed since the resignation of Malik Fayyaz as the nazim of Lyari Town, who was allegedly forced to resign, and now Naib Nazim Abdullah Rahim Baloch is facing a similar situation....
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KARACHI: ICC delegates visit stadium amid heavy security
KARACHI, Aug 12: An extraordinary security protocol, on a par with that of the president and the premier, was accorded to a delegation of the International Cricket Council’s task force that visited the city on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Independence Day functions
KARACHI, Aug 12: Preparations to celebrate the Independence Day on Aug 14 are in full swing at almost all the educational institutions across the city....
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KARACHI: Sepa DG defends his position
KARACHI, Aug 12: The newly posted director-general of the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency, Mohammad Ali Shaikh, says it is an international trend that environmental bodies are headed by individuals holding degrees in social sciences....
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KARACHI: Three killed in road accident
KARACHI, Aug 12: Three persons, including a pedestrian, were killed in a road accident on Shaheed-i-Millat Road on Tuesday night....
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KARACHI: City govt plans to clean drains
KARACHI, Aug 12: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday that all encroachments along the various storm-water drains particularly, Orangi and Gujjar nullahs, would have to be removed to conduct...
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HYDERABAD: Riverine area dwellers seek forest land on lease
HYDERABAD, Aug 12: The residents of riverine area (katcha) and leaders of NGOs have demanded that the lease system should be abolished and the forest lands should be given to the...
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HYDERABAD: Growers seek withdrawal of new tax on cotton
HYDERABAD, Aug 12: The Sindh Abadgar Board on Tuesday appealed to the federal government and the Federal Bureau of Revenue to withdraw levy of 3.5 per cent tax on ginning factories...
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HYDRABAD: Magsi joins chorus against SAU VC
HYDRABAD, Aug 12: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman, Dr Qadir Magsi, has demanded that the controversial vice chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Basheer Ahmed Shaikh should be removed and an inquiry should be initiated against him....
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HYDERABAD: Anti-polio campaign from 19th
HYDERABAD, Aug 12: The DCO of Hyderabad Ali Ahmed Loond has directed the health management of the district government to ensure that no one should refuse vaccination during the 3-day anti-polio campaign launching from August 19....
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HYDERABAD: DIG’s advice to security agencies
HYDERABAD, Aug 12: DIG police Hyderabad zone Sanaullah Abbasi has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the private security companies after noticing serious lapses in modus operandi for providing security to banks....
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HYDERABAD: 9,000 public representatives, officers to be trained
HYDERABAD, Aug 12: The Sindh Planning and Development Department would have 7,000 public representatives and 2,000 government officers trained by reputed academic institutions and civil service academies under the Gender Based Governance System project, said the project manager Eng....
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MIRPURKHAS: Protest against non-payment of salary
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 12: Scores of lower grade employees of the Education Department Mirpurkhas demonstrated outside the Regional Office on Tuesday, demanding release of their salaries since appointment in 2007....
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SUKKUR: Old enmity claims life
SUKKUR, Aug 12: Armed tribesmen killed a man over old enmity on Tuesday in Qadir Abad near Ghotki....
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PESHAWAR: Officials put on notice in detention case
PESHAWAR, Aug 12: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday put on notice the federal interior secretary, NWFP provincial police officer and other respondents in a habeas corpus petition challenging alleged illegal...
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PESHAWAR: Police post blown up
PESHAWAR, Aug 12: Militants blew up a police post in the Qila Shahbaig area, Mathra police station jurisdiction, early on Tuesday....
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PARACHINAR: Infighting leaves 3 militants dead
PARACHINAR, Aug 12: Three persons were killed and two injured when two groups of militants clashed in Chappari area of Lower Kurram tribal region on Tuesday, officials said....
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