| August 14, 2008 | Thursday | Sha'aban 11, 1429 |
KARACHI: Open season on president in Sindh Assembly
KARACHI, Aug 13: The day before the celebration of the nation’s 61st independence day, the hallowed hall of the Sindh Assembly echoed with incessant criticism of retired General Pervez Musharraf as...
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KARACHI: Power cuts as rain lashes Karachi
KARACHI, Aug 13: While electricity users in Karachi are facing prolonged load-shedding due to an artificial shortage created by the KESC to save on fuel, the utility is in serious trouble...
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KARACHI: SHC issues notices in land claim case
KARACHI, Aug 13: The confusion over the ownership of 95 acres of land in a housing scheme deepened on Wednesday as the Sindh High Court official assignee sought to join in the proceedings without confirming or denying the rival claims....
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KARACHI: Dengue fever claims two more lives
KARACHI, Aug 13: Two patients believed to be suffering from dengue fever have died during the last 24 hours at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and the Civil Hospital Karachi, said health officials on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: CDGK launches volunteer programme
KARACHI, Aug 13: Announ-cing the launch of the “city owners” programme on Wednesday, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal made a impassioned appeal to Karachiites to join the programme as volunteers and...
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KARACHI: Clarification
KARACHI, Aug 13: Apropos a PPI report that appeared on the Metropolitan pages of Dawn on Wednesday under the caption: “Dr Aafia’s life is in danger, says sister”, the Human Rights...
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KARACHI: Ex-jail chief remanded in corruption case
KARACHI, Aug 13: The judge of a special anti-corruption court on Wednesday remanded a former superintendent of the central prison in police custody till Aug 18 on corruption charges....
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KARACHI: Complaint filed against SHO
KARACHI, Aug 13: The Mehmoodabad police station lodged a case against former SHO Rahim Tariq on a court order on August 6. However, the police were reluctant to arrest him as...
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NAWABSHAH: APDM spells out set of demands
NAWABSHAH, Aug 13: All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) has called for immediate resignation of President Musharraf, restoration of judges, and end to army operations in the NWFP and Balochistan....
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HYDERABAD: BISE officials accused of corruption
HYDERABAD, Aug 13: A group of students belonging to the Jeay Sindh Students Federation-organising committee and the Basheer Qureshi group staged a protest demonstration and set up a hunger strike camp...
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SUKKUR: 3 of a family die in mishap
SUKKUR, Aug 13: Three of a family, including two women, were killed in a road accident, near Tangwani, on Wednesday....
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KHAIRPUR: Breach in canal floods village
KHAIRPUR, Aug 13: Veeho Wah in Faiz Ganj taluka developed a 20-foot breach near RD-71 on Wednesday, inundating about 15 mud-thatched houses and standing crops of cotton and sugarcane on many acres of land....
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PESHAWAR: Violence preys on people’s nerves in Fata, Swat
PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The unrelenting spate of violence has been causing troubling side-effects in tribal areas and the Swat valley, as the number of people suffering from depression and trauma has increased alarmingly in these areas, psychiatrists said....
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PESHAWAR: Rs10bn relief package sought from centre
PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The NWFP Assembly on Wednesday sought Rs10 billion relief package from the federal government for rehabilitation of flood affected people in Peshawar district....
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KOHAT: Militants retake control of Darra
KOHAT, Aug 13: Local militants established a permanent headquarters in the residences of a former MNA and a sitting senator after retaking control of Darra Adamkhel despite the presence of a large number of security personnel in the area....
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PESHAWAR: 10 killed, eight injured in accident
PESHAWAR, Aug 13: At least 10 persons were killed and eight injured when a passenger coach collided with an oil tanker at Janay Garhi area near Mattani police station on main Peshawar-Kohat Road on Wednesday....
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MINGORA: Bridge blown up in Swat
MINGORA, Aug 13: Three persons were drowned in River Swat while a child was killed and 10 other were injured when security forces pounded suspected hideouts of militants after unidentified persons...
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LANDI KOTAL: Cleaner of Kabul-bound truck killed, driver abducted
LANDI KOTAL, Aug 13: Unidentified persons killed a truck cleaner and abducted the driver along with the vehicle on the main Peshawar-Torkhum highway here on Wednesday....
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HYDERABAD: SPLA calls for regularising services of ad hoc lecturers
HYDERABAD, Aug 13: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has called upon the chief minister and the education minister to regularise the services of ad hoc college teachers and put...
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MIRPURKHAS: Rain
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 13: Rain hit Mirpurkhas and other adjoining towns on Wednesday, causing power breakdown which affected water supply to many areas. Shops in different business centres were closed.—BoC...
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HYDERABAD: Sugar mills directed to clear growers’ dues
HYDERABAD, Aug 13: Sugar mills in Sindh have been directed to pay outstanding dues of cane growers without further delay....
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HYDERABAD: NGO firm on allegations against Mannu Bheel
HYDERABAD, Aug 13: The Green Rural Development Organisation on Wednesday rejected Mannu Bheel’s allegations that the organisation was supporting Ms Meena Kolhi at the behest of Abdul Rehman Marri, reiterating that Mannu did try to molest her....
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MIRPURKHAS: Efforts on to settle dispute over budget
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 13: An inquiry officer appointed by the Provincial Local Government Commission arrived here on Wednesday to launch probe into a tug-of-war over budget allocations between District Nazim Dr Sughra Junejo and DCO Abdul Rahim Soomro....
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SUKKUR: Police accused of ransacking two villages
SUKKUR, Aug 13: The Sukkur police had detained 25 people during raids on Ganj Ali Jatoi and Janoo Jatoi villages in the limits of Bagarji police station near Sukkur, said villagers on Tuesday....
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HYDERABAD: Excise director booked for manhandling TV reporter
HYDERABAD, Aug 13: Police registered an FIR against director of Excise and Taxation Pir Mujeeb Jan Sarhandi on the orders of DIG Sanaullah Abbasi on Wednesday for manhandling a reporter of...
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HYDERABAD: Lawyers back impeachment
HYDERABAD, Aug 13: The president of Hyderabad District Bar Association (HDBA), Chaudhry Bashir Gujjar, has demanded accountability of President Pervez Musharraf while congratulating PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari for taking initiative of impeachment of the president....
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