| August 16, 2008 | Saturday | Sha'aban 13, 1429 |
KARACHI: 56 bank lockers broken open in pre-dawn heist
KARACHI, Aug 15: Bandits robbed a bank of cash and valuables worth millions of rupees by breaking open the lockers using gas- powered welding equipment in the small hours of Friday....
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KARACHI: April 9 tribunal request for information goes unheeded
KARACHI, Aug 15: A Sindh High Court inquiry tribunal entrusted with the task of investigating the April 9, 2008 violence in Karachi is set to resume hearing on Saturday despite the...
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KARACHI: Bill passed to check profiteering ahead of Ramazan
KARACHI, Aug 15: The Sindh Assembly on Friday, before the session was prorogued, adopted two important bills unanimously after a brief discussion....
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Six-year-old girl raped
KARACHI, Aug 15: A six-year-old victim of sexual abuse was found in bushes near Karachi University on Friday....
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KARACHI: CS gets notice in postings case
KARACHI, Aug 15: The Sindh High Court issued a show cause notice to the provincial chief secretary on Friday for continued absorption in and appointment of outsiders to posts meant for the provincial secretariat service....
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KARACHI: Judgment in murder case today
KARACHI, Aug 15: The Anti-Terrorism Court-II on Friday deferred pronouncement of its judgment in a murder case for a day....
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KARACHI: Protest cripples healthcare services in JPMC
KARACHI, Aug 15: Nurses and other paramedical staff at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), the biggest tertiary-care hospital of the country, boycotted their routine assignments for hours in protest against certain notifications issued by the federal health ministry....
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KARACHI: Two held, arms cache seized
KARACHI, Aug 15: Police on Friday seized a cache of arms from a locality in Patel Para and detained two suspects....
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KARACHI: Hearing in convoy attack case put off
KARACHI, Aug 15: The Anti-Terrorism Court-II on Friday adjourned till Aug 28 the hearing of the corps commander convoy attack case, observing that the original file of the case was with the Sindh High Court....
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KARACHI: Exhibition
KARACHI, Aug 15: An exhibition of paintings by senior and junior artists opens on Saturday at the Sughra Art Studio....
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KARACHI: ‘PPP, MQM to work jointly for provincial autonomy’
KARACHI, Aug 15: The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is working to resolve all the issues facing the masses and will...
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KARACHI: Onion getting costly as Ramazan draws near
KARACHI, Aug 15: As Ramazan draws nearer, the rate of onion, one of the most demanding items during the fasting month, has shot up to Rs25 per kg from Rs18 per kg last week....
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KARACHI: Moon set to stage grand show
KARACHI, Aug 15: If the weather permits, star-gazers in Karachi – and across the nation – will witness a partial lunar eclipse on the night between Saturday and Sunday....
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KARACHI: PN gets first dredging vessel
KARACHI, Aug 15: The first dredging vessel, Behr Kusha, acquired from China was formally inducted into the Pakistan Navy at a ceremony held at the PN Dockyard here on Friday....
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THATTA: Intellectuals, writers urged to help preserve Thatta heritage
THATTA, Aug 15: The DCO of Thatta Dr Laique Ahmed Memon who is also the chairman of Thatta Historical Society (THS), has called upon historians, writers, poets and intellectuals to coordinate...
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HYDERABAD: Lucky draw for Haj
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: The LUMHS Jamshoro held a ballot for two employees to perform Haj....
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THATTA: Police claim killing two highwaymen
THATTA, Aug 15: Two suspected highwaymen were killed while two policemen sustained bullet injuries in an encounter between police and the suspected criminals during an alleged robbery near Bhaiti stop on Sujawal-Jati road early on Friday....
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HYDERABAD: People’s Party holds anti-Musharraf rallies
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: Pakistan People’s Party took out “Go Musharraf Go rallies” in several towns of interior Sindh on Friday, which were attended by large numbers of party workers....
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HYDERABAD: ‘Save country instead of impeaching Musharraf’
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: The former adviser to the Sindh chief minister, Mir Ali Nawaz Talpur, has said the country is facing many crises and advised rulers to try to save the country instead of impeaching President Pervez Musharraf....
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HYDERABAD: Pre-entry test on 17th
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: Pre-entry test for admission to MS/MPhil programme for 2008 will be conducted on Aug 17, at 10am, announced the Director Admissions of Sindh University on Friday....
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SUKKUR: Bikers break silence of lacklustre Independence Day
SUKKUR, Aug 15: The country’s 61st Independence Day was celebrated with lacklustre activity as compared to the traditional fervour and devotion observed in the past in Sukkur, and other parts of interior of Sindh....
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HYDERABAD: Workers of RBOD want jobs regularised
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: The RBOD employees have threatened to begin protest movement if their services were not regularised and recruitment of outsiders continued....
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HYDERABAD: SPLA hails Sindh cabinet decision
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: The decision to hand over affairs of provincial educational boards to the Sindh government on the pattern of the rest three provinces, has been lauded by the central leadership of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association....
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HYDERABAD: Ban on fireworks
HYDERABAD, Aug 15: Acting on reports of DPO of Hyderabad Ghulam Nabi Memon, District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has banned fireworks throughout the district under Section 144 of CrPC on the...
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PESHAWAR: Re-checking of papers: education boards fleece students
PESHAWAR, Aug 15: All the eight boards of intermediate and secondary education are fleecing students of matric and intermediate by minting excessive amount in the garb of re-checking of papers in the Frontier....
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KOHAT: Rockets land near office of intelligence agency
KOHAT, Aug 15: Four rockets fired by militants landed in an open space between the offices of the intelligence agency, ISI, and the Gunners Lane in the cantonment area early Friday morning....
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HAIRPUR: Tarbela dam to reach maximum level by 20th
HAIRPUR, Aug 15: The increasing inflow of water in the Tarbela reservoir has enhanced its level to 1,543 feet leaving the storage capacity only seven feet of water which was expected...
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TIMERGARA: Maidan tense as talks with Taliban fail
TIMERGARA, Aug 15: Tension prevailed in the Maidan area of Lower Dir after negotiations between a local jirga and the Taliban failed to make any headway, sources told Dawn....
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PESHAWAR: Chinese shoes threat to local industry
PESHAWAR, Aug 15: The traditional footwear industry of the NWFP is in a shamble following growing penetration of low-priced Chinese made shoes in the local market, manufacturers say....
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PESHAWAR: Woman among two shot dead in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Aug 15: Two persons, including a woman, were shot dead while body of an unidentified youth was found here on Friday....
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