| September 09, 2008 | Tuesday | Ramazan 8, 1429 |
KARACHI: Little success in city govt drive against price-hike
KARACHI, Sept 8: The price-checking campaign initiated about a week ago by the city government has so far not brought uniformity in the prices of essential commodities, particularly fruit, as profiteers continue fleecing consumers in different parts of the city....
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KARACHI: MPA gets bail in karo-kari case
KARACHI, Sept 8: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Anwar Zaheer Jamali, on Monday confirmed the pre-arrest bail of MPA Abid Hussain Jatoi and another accused nominated in a karo-kari case....
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MIRPURKHAS: Literacy Day observed
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 8: The Education Department organised rallies in different parts of Sindh on Monday to mark the International Literacy Day....
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HYDERABAD: Project launched to boost livestock production
HYDERABAD, Sept 8: The Sindh Animal Husbandry Department has launched the Strengthening of Livestock Services Project in six districts of the province to boost livestock production and alleviate poverty among breeders and farmers in rural areas....
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KOHAT: Decomposed body of FC man found
KOHAT, Sept 8: The decomposed body of one of the 11 soldiers of the Frontier Constabulary kidnapped from the Kotal checkpost two days ago was found in the mountains of the Bostikhel area of Darra Adamkhel on Monday....
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MINGORA: 10 killed in shelling of militants’ hideout
MINGORA, Sept 8: Ten suspected militants were killed and several others wounded as security forces continued targeting militant hideouts in Swat valley on Monday....
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HARIPUR: 12 Hattar industrial units closed
HARIPUR, Sept 8: All the 12 steel manufacturing units of the Hattar Industrial Estate have been closed down from September 1st due to hike in electricity and petroleum products and loadshedding, rendering over 3,000 workers jobless....
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KARACHI: Chinese firm sees red over sale of garbage
KARACHI, Sept 8: The Chinese company that has acquired the contract to collect garbage from the city and dispose it of has said that the waste is its property and cannot be sold to a third party without its consent....
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KARACHI: Goldsmith workshops threat to public life
KARACHI, Sept 8: Hundreds of goldsmith workshops operating in multistorey buildings in congested residential and commercial areas of the city are posing a serious threat to public health and environment, Dawn has learnt....
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KARACHI: Hospital accountant shot dead
KARACHI, Sept 8: Two people were killed on Monday in separate acts of violence in parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: More allocation for health stressed
KARACHI, Sep 8: Health status of a population has direct correlation with the level of public spending on health, said Dr Amanullah Khan, Coordinator of the Save the Children-Pakistan in his...
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KARACHI: No check yet on illegal hydrants’ activity
KARACHI, Sept 8: A large number of illegal hydrants operating in different parts of the city continue to fetch unhygienic well water and after mixing in it the tap water drawn...
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KARACHI: ‘No more unnecessary police guards’: Home minister issues directive
KARACHI, Sept 8: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has directed the capital city police officer (CCPO) to withdraw unnecessary police guards and gunmen and bring down the number of police personnel on security duties to a reasonable level wherever required....
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KARACHI: SPLA chief passes away
KARACHI, Sept 8: President of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) Prof Syed Riaz Ahsan died in a local hospital on Monday after a protracted illness. He was 56....
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KARACHI: Secret cameras installed
KARACHI, Sept 8: The Jamshed Town administration has installed 25 secret cameras in the vicinity of Tariq Road to check crime....
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KARACHI: New DHA administrator
KARACHI, Sept 8: Brig Khalid Masood Ahmed Tirmizi has taken over the charge of Defence Housing Authority administrator with effect from Sept 6....
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KARACHI: Woman gets four-year term in drug case
KARACHI, Sept 8: The special court for control of narcotic substance on Monday awarded four-year imprisonment to a woman drug-peddler for possessing 37-kilo charas in a case registered against her more than 11 years ago....
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KARACHI: Hearing adjourned in girl’s kidnap case
KARACHI, Sept 8: A girl allegedly kidnapped by her cousin and a respondent in a kidnap case were produced before a district and sessions judge, central, on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: District govt fails to enforce official rates
HYDERABAD, Sept 8: The district government has failed to enforce its writ in controlling prices of fruits and daily-use items even seven days after the commencement of the holy month as...
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HYDERABAD: Farmers to get certified seed, says official
HYDERABAD, Sept 8: The managing director of Sindh Seed Corporation Gul Hassan Sandh said on Monday that the corporation would provide certified seed to growers at their fields through its mobile seed processing plants....
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HYDERABAD: Criminals tainting PPP’s name, say leaders
HYDERABAD, Sept 8: Local leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party have condemned blackmailers, land grabbers and extortionists for tainting the name of the party to further their nefarious designs....
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NAWABSHAH: Woman killed by stray bullet
NAWABSHAH, Sept 8: A woman died in firing at a ceremony in Taj colony here on Monday....
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LANDI KOTAL: Supplies to Nato forces resume
LANDI KOTAL, Sept 8: Fuel and other supplies to Nato forces in Afghanistan resumed on Monday as dozens of oil tankers and container trailers rolled across the Torkham border after three days of suspension....
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PESHAWAR: Body to consider creation of energy dept
PESHAWAR, Sept 8: The NWFP government has constituted a committee to work out modalities for setting up a new department for exploiting energy resources, including hydropower, oil and gas, in the province.The...
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