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September 16, 2008 Tuesday Ramazan 15, 1429

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KARACHI: CS told to issue job letters to doctors
KARACHI, Sept 15: The Sindh High Court directed the chief secretary on Monday to issue appointment letters to the medical officers selected by the provincial public service commission....
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KARACHI: Tenure of five SHC judges extended
KARACHI, Sept 15: The president of Pakistan, in exercise of powers conferred upon him under the constitution, has allowed extension in the tenure of service of five additional judges of the Sindh High Court.These...
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KARACHI: City council session put off for lack of quorum
KARACHI, Sept 15: The city council adjourned its session, which was called by the City Naib Nazim, Nasreen Jalil, till Sept 18 when it emerged during Monday’s sitting that the session was inquorate....
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KARACHI: Reshuffle in Sindh police
KARACHI, Sept 15: A reshuffle was carried out in Sindh Police on Monday with the issuance of transfer/posting orders of PSP, DSP and SP of grade 17, 18, 19....
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KARACHI: HSC-II Commerce results announced
KARACHI, Sept 15: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Monday announced the results of Higher Secondary School Certificate-II Commerce group (regular and private) annual examination-2008....
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TV channels vie to create a stir
ON Saturday night the private electronic channels constantly flashed news about capturing of a government building on outskirts of Peshawar by some 500 armed militants....
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PESHAWAR: Security alert for foreign missions, govt buildings: Terrorist strike feared
PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The provincial government has asked police to tighten security of the foreign missions and government buildings to avert any possible sabotage act by the terrorist organisations, sources say....
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PARACHINAR: Four killed in attack on Kurram peace meeting
PARACHINAR, Sept 15: At least four people were killed and three other suffered injuries when Mangal tribesmen attacked the Peewar area in upper Kurram tribal region on Monday....
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KARACHI: Outages continue as KESC sees change of guard
KARACHI, Sept 15: On a day when the power crisis in the city aggravated as the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant, after a surge in the circuit linking Kanupp to the Karachi...
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KARACHI: CHK’s trauma centre project further delayed
KARACHI, Sept 15: Work on the Civil Hospital Karachi’s accident and emergency centre and ancillary services complex project has again been deferred due to a delay in the shifting of neurosurgery and ophthalmology wards of the hospital to a new site....
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KARACHI: Man kills estranged wife
KARACHI, Sept 15: Two people, including a young woman, were killed on Monday in separate acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: 150,000 trees to be planted by year end
KARACHI, Sept 15: The target of planting more than 150,000 trees in the city by the end of the year will be achieved through extraordinary efforts....
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KARACHI: JPMC facility
KARACHI, Sept 15: The newly-constructed neurology section on Monday started functioning at the JPMC where facilities of CT Scan, MRI, angiography and laboratory tests have been made available....
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KARACHI: Progress of low-cost housing scheme reviewed
KARACHI, Sept 15: Progress so far made in the implementation of a low-cost housing programme was reviewed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at Chief Minister’s House here on Monday....
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KARACHI: Operation to retrieve govt land on the cards
KARACHI, Sept 15: The government has decided in principle to launch a massive anti-encroachment operation to retrieve hundreds of acres of government land in the outskirts of the city from land-grabbers, it has been reliably learnt....
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KARACHI: Attempt on TPO’s life: suspect sent to jail
KARACHI, Sept 15: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts, Karachi, Justice Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, on Monday remanded a suspect in judicial custody till Sept 21 for allegedly planning the assassination of the town police officer of Lyari....
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HYDERABAD: Revenue officials accused of harassment
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: A family of deh Seri, taluka Qasimabad, Hyderabad, has accused the revenue department officials of tampering with the record of the land belonging to them to take over...
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HYDERABAD: Objections to teachers’ seniority list invited
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: District Nazim Secretariat in a statement issued here on Monday categorically denied that any teachers association or the staff of Education Department had approached the District Nazim Hyderabad, Kanwar Naveed Jamil during last three years for promotion....
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HYDERABAD: ‘Coordination between police wings missing’
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Hyderabad zone, Sanaullah Abbasi, has said that non-incorporation of relevant FIRs and lack of coordination between prosecution branch and investigation wing of police...
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HYDERABAD: DPO, SHO issued notices over fruit seller’s complaint
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Monday issued notices to Nawabshah DPO, SHO of Nawabshah police station and a number of other policemen on...
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HYDERABAD: Poor couple seek govt help
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: A couple appealed to the government on Monday to come to their rescue as they are homeless and find it hard to make both ends meet....
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HYDERABAD: SU plans action against lethargic students
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The University of Sindh and affiliated degree colleges decided to take measures for regular candidates to improve quality of education and start admissions....
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HYDERRABAD: Lecture on Sufism
HYDERRABAD, Sept 15: Noted writer Agha Saleem on Monday delivered a lecture on Sufism at the Sindh University. A large number of students and teachers attended the lecture....
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HYDERABAD: USAID urges more girls schools
HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The USAID has recommended to the district government increase in number of girls schools, stipends, scholarship and other incentives for girl students and reopening of closed schools with supporting staff....
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PESHAWAR: Jirga to meet president, PM over hydel profit: CM
PESHAWAR, Sept 15: Chief Minister NWFP Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said on Monday that his government would fight for the provincial rights at all fronts and that a jirga under his...
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PESHAWAR: Three members of banned outfit arrested
PESHAWAR, Sept 15: Police claimed to have arrested three members of a proscribed outfit from a mosque in Tarnab Farm area on Sunday night....
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PESHAWAR: PHC grants bail to cleric
PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The Peshawar High Court on Monday granted bail to a cleric of Swat district charged with issuing a decree declaring the killing of security forces in accordance with Islam....
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