| September 03, 2008 | Wednesday | Ramazan 2, 1429 |
KARACHI: City govt fails to keep prices in check
KARACHI, Sept 2: Traders had a field day on the first of Ramazan on Tuesday as they overcharged customers and ignored the price-list notified by the government....
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KARACHI: DHA allowed to develop land in Phase IX
KARACHI, Sept 2: The Sindh High Court allowed the Defence Housing Authority on Tuesday to proceed with the development and allotment of over 11,000 acres of land earmarked by it for its Phase IX....
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KARACHI: Police get access to cellphone data
KARACHI, Sept 2: The federal government has allowed police to access cellular phone calls and short messaging service (SMS) data while investigating criminal cases through the telecom regulator rather than depend...
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KARACHI: Three MPAs discharged from Eshwar manhandling case
KARACHI, Sept 2: A district and sessions court discharged on Tuesday three former MPAs of the Pakistan People’s Party from a case pertaining to the manhandling of a minority lawmaker in...
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KOHAT: 1,500 extra policemen deployed in Kohat
KOHAT, Sept 2: Authorities beefed up security in the district by deploying 1,500 extra policemen at sensitive places, sources said....
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KOHAT: Woman killed, six hurt in Darra violence
KOHAT, Sept 2: A woman was killed and six tribesmen were injured during clashes between security forces and militants in Pirwalkhel area of Akhorwal tribe on Tuesday, officials said....
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KARACHI: Mason, son killed in road tragedy
KARACHI, Sept 2: A 50-year-old mason and his 22-year-old son were killed in the small hours of Tuesday when they were run over by a truck in Landhi, police and witnesses said....
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PESHAWAR: Six Nepalese challenge detention under FCR
PESHAWAR, Sept 2: Six Nepalese, including five juveniles, arrested under the Frontier Crimes Regulation by the administration of the Khyber Agency, have challenged their detention in the Peshawar High Court....
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KARACHI: Milk prices shoot up
KARACHI, Sept 2: Consumers continue to pay increased prices of fresh milk as a long-standing row between the government and dairy farmers over pricing of the essential commodity is not likely to come to an end any time soon....
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KARACHI: Pai forest in dire straits
KARACHI, Sept 2: The once-flourishing Pai forest has fallen victim to the acute, decade-long shortage of water caused by the irrigation department’s officials’ failure to check malpractices committed by influential locals, illegal logging, the mass chopping of trees, encroachment and poaching....
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KARACHI: Only 2.69pc students secure A-1 grade: Inter science pre-engineering exam
KARACHI, Sept 2: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi on Tuesday announced the results of the Intermediate Part-II Science (Pre-Engineering) group annual examination 2008, showing that only 2.69...
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KARACHI: Universities’ security situation reviewed
KARACHI, Sept 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that a conducive academic environment would be ensured at all costs in the educational institutions of the province, particularly at universities....
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KARACHI: ‘Ramazan best time to kick smoking’
KARACHI, Sept 2: The month of Ramazan provides the perfect opportunity to kick the habit of smoking once and for all, said Professor Jawaid Khan, Head of the Section of Pulmonology, Aga Khan University Hospital....
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KARACHI: One-window operation for fishermen
KARACHI, Sept 2: Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Ali Bhurgari on Tuesday held a meeting regarding the implementation of ‘one window operation’ to facilitate the fishermen community operating from the Karachi Fish Harbour....
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KARACHI: Petition against Justice Saeed thrown out
KARACHI, Sept 2: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed in limine a petition moved by a retired judicial officer against the candidature of former chief justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui...
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KARACHI: Date extended
KARACHI, Sept 2: The University of Karachi has extended the last date for admission to LL.M (First Year) and LL.M (Previous classes) for the session 2008-09 to the affiliated colleges up to October 5....
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KARACHI: Sindh may lose rice, cotton crops due to urea crisis, PA told
KARACHI, Sept 2: Sindh is in the grip of a urea fertiliser crisis which manifested itself in discussions for the third time during the on-going session of the Sindh assembly on...
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KARACHI: DHA needs Sepa permission: Public hearing on Gizri flyover planned
KARACHI, Sept 2: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency has decided to hold a public hearing and give stakeholders a chance to raise their concerns, if any, on the environmental impact of a proposed 1.66km...
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KARACHI: Bail for nazim
KARACHI, Sept 2: Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, meanwhile, granted protective bail to the district nazim of Shikarpur, Arif Khan Mehar....
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HYDERABAD: Soaring prices of food items greet fasting Muslims
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: People were greeted with skyrocketing prices of fruits, subsidised flour missing from shelves at Utility Stores and soaring prices of milk as they began the first day of fasting month on Tuesday....
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HYDERABAD: Certificates distributed
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor Professor Noshad Ahmed Shaikh distributed certificates among participants of ninth basic medical sciences course at a ceremony at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan’s regional centre here on Monday....
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NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Couple feels danger to lives
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 2: A newly-married couple who had converted from Christianity to Islam complained on Tuesday of receiving threats from Bhirya Road police and some influential people of the area....
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HYDERABAD: Educationist passes away
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Ahmed Mohammad Kazi, former principal of Sindh Law College and a contemporary of Allama I.I. Kazi, died at his Civil Lines residence here on Tuesday. He was 94....
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HYDERABAD: Workshop reviews new exam system
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Sindh University Vice-Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has said that external examination system introduced by the university is aimed at improving the education system better....
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HYDERABAD: SPYO shrugs off questions over Asif’s mental health
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Protesting against what it called the media trial of People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, the Sindh People’s Youth Organisation (SPYO) has said that those forces which are...
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HYDERABAD: Complaint centre
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: The Latifabad taluka municipal administration has established a complaint centre to receive complaints about high prices of essential commodities during Ramazan....
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HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Saleh Shah
HYDERABAD, Sept 2: Tribute was paid to renowned broadcaster Saleh Mohammad Shah for his services in promoting culture of Sindh and disseminating massage of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai at a gathering...
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JACOBABAD: Man ambushed
JACOBABAD, Sept 2: Unidentified armed men gunned down a man near Begari Sindh feeder canal in the jurisdiction of Ghouspur police station late on Monday night....
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PESHAWAR: NWFP govt to move court against Nepra: ‘Disparity’ in power tariff
PESHAWAR, Sept 2: NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour has said the NWFP government will file a case against the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority in the high court to remove disparity in power tariff....
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PESHAWAR: Medium-term uplift strategy being worked out
PESHAWAR, Sept 2: The NWFP government is devising a development strategy aimed at providing a medium-term framework for planning and execution of uplift initiatives in the province....
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PESHAWAR: Foreign investment in minerals sector invited
PESHAWAR, Sept 2: Federal Minister for Local Bodies and Rural Development Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has said that the NWFP was filled with natural resources and the provincial government would facilitate foreign investors to give boost to the mineral sector....
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