| September 13, 2008 | Saturday | Ramazan 12, 1429 |
KARACHI: Heat cripples ill-maintained KESC system
KARACHI, Sept 12: As the mercury rose to 42.1 degrees Celsius with 20 per cent humidity on Friday, there were reports of widespread power outages in the city caused by a...
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KARACHI: ‘Plot’ to sell Sindh’s resources opposed
KARACHI, Sept 12: A group of Sindhi intellectuals have expressed their concern over the alleged plan to dispose of Sindh’s mineral and other resources to overcome the country’s economic crisis....
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MIRPURKHAS: Protest against land occupation
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 12: Activists of different NGOs and political parties staged demonstration outside the press club here on Friday, against illegal occupation of Old Tonga stand on Mirwah Road....
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DADU: Ranikot’s renovation ordered
DADU, Sept 12: A large number of historical and archaeological sites were in deteriorated condition in the district as federal archaeology department has miserably failed to take care of these sites....
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TIMERGARA: New wave of exodus from Bajaur
TIMERGARA, Sept 12: The exodus of people from Mamond, Salarzai and Inayat Kallay areas started again as the security forces continued to bomb suspected locations in the troubled Bajaur Agency, the displaced people told Dawn here on Friday....
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PESHAWAR: Peace bodies to help weed out insurgency: Bilour
PESHAWAR, Sept 12: NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour has urged the masses to form peace committees at community level for combating insurgents bent upon causing disturbance in the province....
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MINGORA: Forces pound militants’ hideouts
MINGORA, Sept 12: Security forces backed by gunship helicopters and artillery continued search operation and siege of Koza Bandai in the Swat valley while a jirga called for lifting the curfew and halt to shelling on Friday....
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PARACHINAR: Five more killed in Kurram clashes
PARACHINAR, Sept 12: Five more people were killed and eleven others wounded as tribal elders intensified efforts to broker a ceasefire deal between the rival tribes of Kurram region on Friday....
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KARACHI: Six killed in separate accidents
KARACHI, Sept 12: At least six persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Friday....
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KARACHI: Firm restrained from doing business in residential area
KARACHI, Sept 12: The Sindh High Court restrained a construction firm from carrying out business activity on a residential plot in a residential locality....
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KARACHI: Three men indicted in kidnap, murder case
KARACHI, Sept 12: An anti-terrorism court on Friday indicted three accused for kidnapping a five-year-old boy and his driver for ransom and for killing the latter in October 2007....
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KARACHI: Mercury rises to over 42°C
KARACHI, Sept 12: A punishing heat wave with dry conditions caused the mercury to rise to 42.1 degrees centigrade on Friday, Met officials said....
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KARACHI: Case withdrawn
KARACHI, Sept 12: An accountability court has withdrawn the proceedings against a former deputy director of the Federal Investigation Agency in a corruption reference under the National Reconciliation Ordinance....
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KARACHI: Fuuast results
KARACHI, Sep 12: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology (Fuuast) on Friday announced the results of BCom (Private), BSc Hons Physics-I and BSc Hons Mathematics-I annual examinations-2007.—PPI...
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HYDERABAD: Farmer seeks protection
HYDERABAD, Sept 12: A grower has appealed to the authorities to provide him protection against a policeman and his supporters who, he said, fired at him and are threatening him...
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HYDERABAD: Probe clears activists of banned outfits
HYDERABAD, Sept 12: An inquiry to check activities of banned jihadi outfits’ activists here on Friday has cleared them and recommended their release....
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HYDERABAD: Hearing in cattle market contract case adjourned
HYDERABAD, Sept 12: The respondent’s counsel sought adjournment of hearing in a case, challenging auction of a cattle market by Taluka Municipal Administration (TMA) Tando Mohammad Khan which, according to the...
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HYDERABAD: PPP-SB plans demos, seminars
HYDERABAD, Sept 12: The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) will stage peaceful demonstrations throughout Sindh on Sept 13, 14 and 15 to protest against inordinate delay in...
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HYDERABAD: Body formed to end row at govt farm
HYDERABAD, Sept 12: The Sindh Seed Corporation authorities have constituted a committee to settle a dispute between the corporation and peasants of the corporation farm in Setharja....
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HYDERABAD: Removal of employees ‘on extension’ urged
HYDERABAD, Sept 12: The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association’s Sindh chapter has called for the removal of officials getting extension in service after retirement....
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SHIKARPUR: Robbery
SHIKARPUR, Sept 12: Highwaymen looted cash, mobile phones, gold lockets and other valuables from two landlords near Faizu Laro on Shikarpur-Kandhkot road....
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KOHAT: Taliban leader rearrested after release
KOHAT, Sept 12: The political administration of the Orakzai Agency on Friday rearrested a top leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan under the Frontier Crimes Regulation soon after his release on bail granted by the anti-terrorism court....
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PESHAWAR: Experts see shortcomings in anti-polio campaigns
PESHAWAR, Sept 12: International polio experts have termed refusal by parents to vaccinate their children against polio an unacceptable excuse and said it is a tool to conceal problems in anti-polio campaigns in the Frontier province and parts of Fata....
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PESHAWAR: Rights body seeks end to juvenile death penalty
PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The Human Rights Watch has expressed concern over the execution of 32 juvenile offenders since 2005 by five countries including Pakistan, stating that urgent reforms are needed to protect the rights of children in conflict with the law.Ending...
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