| September 18, 2008 | Thursday | Ramazan 17, 1429 |
KARACHI: Police file charge-sheet in designer’s murder case
KARACHI, Sept 17: Police on Wednesday submitted in court an interim charge-sheet in the murder case of fashion designer Sheikh Amir Hassan, placing too much reliance on the statements of two...
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KARACHI: Sindh moves plea against high Nepra tariff
KARACHI, Sept 17: The province of Sindh has moved a petition in the Sindh High Court through its irrigation and power department against high electricity tariffs determined for its consumers by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra)....
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KARACHI: Asif summons Sindh cabinet members to Islamabad
KARACHI, Sept 17: President Asif Ali Zardari, who returned to Islamabad last night after his private visit to Dubai and London, has summoned Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and his cabinet ministers to Islamabad....
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KARACHI: Napa resents being singled out by govt
KARACHI, Sept 17: As expected, the introductory press conference of Vakeel Sahib, the National Academy of Performing Arts’ upcoming production, was dominated by theatrics of a different kind, as the current...
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KARACHI: 200 low-cost houses ready
KARACHI, Sept 17: The pilot project of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto low-cost houses in Ketti Bunder, district Thatta, has been completed with the UNDP assistance and ready for inhabitation, it was reliably learnt on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: SIUT trains Afghan medical team
KARACHI, Sept 17: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on Wednesday held a certificate distribution ceremony for 18 doctors, paramedical staff and bio-medical engineers from Afghanistan, whom it trained for investigating and treating patients of renal failure....
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HYDERABAD: High Court summons heads of Wapda, Hesco over tariff hike
HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench here on Wednesday issued notices to the Chairman of Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and the Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company Chairman to appear before the court on October 15. The court issued the order on a petition filed by Sajid.....
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MIRPURKHAS: Angry students block road
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 17: Students of a private medical institution, Mohammed Medical College, blocked the Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road by burning tyres and observed a sit-in outside the press club on Wednesday in protest...
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PESHAWAR: Sufi’s opinion sought on Sharia draft
PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The NWFP government has sent a copy of the proposed Nizam-i-Adl (Sharia) Regulation, 2008, to Maulana Sufi Mohammad, chief of the proscribed Tehrik Nafaz-i-Sharia-i-Muhammadi, for seeking his opinion....
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PESHAWAR: Prisoner relief body to pay fine for Russian prisoners
PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed a prisoners’ relief body to deposit fine on behalf of three former Russian soldiers so that they could be released from prison and deported to their country....
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KOHAT: Eight injured in Kohat blasts
KOHAT, Sept 17: Eight people, including five security personnel and a child, were injured in two different bomb explosions here on Wednesday afternoon....
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UPPER DIR: Female students in Upper Dir face bleak future
UPPER DIR, Sept 17: Militants destroyed three girls’ schools in the district during the last three months, depriving hundreds of girls of their right to get education....
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KARACHI: Baloch leader found dead in Lyari
KARACHI, Sept 17: The trussed-up body of a leader of the Baloch Republican Party (Bramdakh group) was found in Lea Market in the early hours of Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Woman held in husband’smurder case
KARACHI, Sept 17: Surjani Town police exhumed the body of a 38-year-old man from his house and arrested a woman and her three suspected accomplices for murder....
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KARACHI: Hike in diesel price slammed
KARACHI, Sept 17: Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) has expressed concern over an increase of Rs3.50 per litre in diesel price, and warned of a public transport strike after Eid if the hike was not withdrawn by Sept 30....
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KARACHI: Photos show
KARACHI, Sept 17: An exhibition of photographs, “Mien”, by Dr Altamash Kamal opens at Canvas Gallery on Thursday at 5pm....
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KARACHI: KESC manages to curtail load-shedding
KARACHI, Sept 17: With a slight drop in temperature, enhanced oil and gas supplies to increase power generation and the improved support of two independent power producers and Wapda, the Karachi...
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KARACHI: Vacant key posts at Lughat Board hinder work
KARACHI, Sept 17: Delay in appointments on key posts at the Urdu Lughat Board has greatly hampered work on the last volume of the Lughat. The post of the chief editor...
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HYDERABAD: Parents have no right to sell children: rights body
HYDERABAD, Sept 17: Protection Manager of Society for Protection of Rights of the Child Kashif Bajeer and Coordinator of Child Rights Committee Shafiq Kandhro have said that parents who are selling...
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HYDERABAD: IJT launches anti-US movement
HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The Islami Jamiat-e-Tuleba Sindh chapter has announced to launch “Down with America Movement” by reactivating 80 million youths in Pakistan to create awareness among people against American policies....
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HYDERABAD: Arrest of PPP worker slammed
HYDERABAD, Sept 17: PPP President UC-6 Oderolal station district Matiari has condemned the arrest of activist, Mohammad Essa Chhutto by the In-charge CIA Centre, Mustafa Laghari and ASI Gulsher Oad....
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HYDERABAD: Woman appeals to court to dismiss kidnapping case against spouse
HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench here on Wednesday issued notices to senior investigation officer of Tando Jan Mohammad police station, SHO of Tando Jan Mohammad police...
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HYDERABAD: Land of liberated peasants grabbed
HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The HRCP Special Task Force, Hyderabad taking notice of forcible possession of land of liberated haris has called upon the authorities to take action as they were living in Hari Camp, Siakranabad, Kotri....
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HYDERABAD: Admission to LLB to start on 20th
HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The University of Sindh announced on Wednesday admissions to 5-year LLB programme after Intermediate for the session 2008 in its Department of Law....
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Woman killed, seven injured in explosion
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 17: A woman was killed and her four children and three neighbours were injured when two houses were blown up in the Cantonment police area on Wednesday....
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CHITRAL: Chitral festival cancelled
CHITRAL, Sept 17: A meeting held here on Wednesday decided to cancel Jashn-i-Chitral, scheduled to commence from Oct 12, due to the tense situation in the neighbouring districts....
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PESHAWAR: LG system needs to be revamped: Hoti
PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that the local government system needed to be revamped in line with demands of good governance by introducing prudent reforms to the system....
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