| October 10, 2008 | Friday | Shawwal 10, 1429 |
KARACHI: Rs3 billion signal-free corridor opened
KARACHI, Oct 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan inaugurated on Thursday the city’s second signal-free corridor, connecting Sharea Faisal with Surjani Chowrangi through five flyovers....
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KARACHI: SHC lays down rule of land allotment
KARACHI, Oct 9: Only small plots of land can be allotted to individual applicants under the Gothabad Act of 1987, a division bench of the Sindh High Court held on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Passer-by among three killed in violent acts
KARACHI, Oct 9: Three people were killed on Thursday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Revenue man called in land row case
KARACHI, Oct 9: The Sindh High Court on Thursday summoned the district revenue officer of Thatta to help resolve a land dispute involving provincial information minister Shazia Marri and members of her family as leaseholders....
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TIMERGARA: Sufi rejects government’s Sharia draft
TIMERGARA, Oct 9: Rejecting the proposed draft of Nizam-i-Adl Regulation 2008, Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) has declared to stage a sit-in for indefinite period in the Rest House Ground till enforcement of Islamic Sharia and restoration of peace in Malakand region....
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KHAR: Helicopters target militants hiding in marble factory
KHAR, Oct 9: Army helicopters targeted two vehicles and a marble factory in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur tribal region on Thursday but no casualty was reported, said an official....
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KOHAT: Man injured in Kohat rocket attack
KOHAT, Oct 9: A man was injured when militants fired two rockets at a private educational institution here in Bahawalnagar area on late Wednesday night....
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PESHAWAR: Police, armed villagers hold ‘peace’ march
PESHAWAR, Oct 9: Hundreds of people belonging to different villages of Daudzai here on Thursday joined the rural circle police in a peace march against militants....
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LANDI KOTAL: Two kidnappers shot dead by captives
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 9: Two kidnappers were allegedly shot dead by their captives during a scuffle here on Thursday, officials said....
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KARACHI: 21 vehicles, drugs seized; 20 suspects held
KARACHI, Oct 9: Twenty suspects of vehicle snatching/theft committed in different areas of the city were arrested in a fresh drive against criminals, SSP of the Anti-Carlifting Unit (ACLU) Dr Amin Yousufzai told a press conference here on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Awareness of mental health stressed
KARACHI, Oct 9: Health practitioners have called for education of the citizens on the significance of mental health and creation of demands for services delivery to the silent sufferers of mental disorders, including anxiety, depression, hysteria and psychosis....
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KARACHI: SPLA slams govt for ‘doing nothing’ to save college complex
KARACHI, Oct 9: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Thursday bitterly criticised the provincial education department for not lodging an appeal against the order of the rent Controller-III (Karachi...
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KARACHI: City council session today
KARACHI, Oct 9: The City council meets on Friday morning to discuss a draft amendment to a resolution that calls for increasing land-use conversion charges. The resolution was adopted by the council on Sept 1, 2008....
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KARACHI: Recruitment of medical officers
KARACHI, Oct 9: The Sindh population welfare department has decided not to accept recommendations of the Sindh Public Service Commission regarding recruitment of 124 medical officers....
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KARACHI: WWF-P website on Indus eco-region
KARACHI, Oct 9: An online geographic information system (GIS) along with an interactive environmental and social atlas on the Indus eco-region was launched at a ceremony here on Thursday....
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KARACHI: Call to hand over management of mangroves to forest dept
KARACHI, Oct 9: Apart from their benefits to life, livelihood of people and ecology, the mangrove forests of Pakistan are part of a global, regional and national heritage and their fast...
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KARACHI: MPA submits bill in assembly on domestic violence
KARACHI, Oct 9: A PPP member of the Sindh Assembly, Humaira Alwani, said on Thursday that she had submitted a draft bill in the assembly to seek curbs on the growing menace of domestic violence....
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KARACHI: Technical education schools hit by govt apathy
KARACHI, Oct 9: Vocational training schools being run by the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) so far have failed to provide required level of technical education to students....
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KARACHI: Cop’s honesty
KARACHI, Oct 9: A constable contributed his bit to the image-building of the police department when he deposited a wallet, containing foreign currency equivalent to about Rs300,000, with the police station concerned after finding it lying somewhere at the airport....
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HYDERABAD: Indus case is political, not technical: scholar
HYDERABAD, Oct 9: Ms Alice Albinia, author of the “Empires of Indus”, which has won the Royal Society of Literature’s special prize for non-fiction work, has said that survival of the...
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HYDERABAD: MUET admission test on 26th
HYDERABAD, Oct 9: Test for admission to bachelor of engineering, bachelor of city and regional planning and bachelor of architecture in 16 disciplines at the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology...
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HYDERABAD: NGOs resolve to strive against bonded labour
HYDERABAD, Oct 9: Expressing concern over the differences between two civil society groups working for the cause of bonded labour, one supporting Mannu Bheel and the other his opponents, leaders of...
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HYDERABAD: Kidnapping of labour leader condemned
HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The Sindh chapter of Pakistan Workers Federation has warned of a countrywide protest movement against the UBL administration if action against one of its regional presidents was not taken....
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HYDERABAD: Anti-polio drive to begin on 13th
HYDERABAD, Oct 9: EDO of health Dr Bux Ali Pitafi and district focal person Dr Ahmed Haider said that a three-day 89th round of anti-polio campaign would be launched in the...
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NAWABSHAH: JI vows to continue train march
NAWABSHAH, Oct 9: Chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Sindh, Maulana Asadullah Bhutto, said that the in-camera session of the parliament would prove to be fruitless if the government continued pursuing US-backed policies in the country....
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PESHAWAR: Flour-hungry NWFP seeks Punjab’s help
PESHAWAR, Oct 9: The Chief Minister NWFP, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, said that flour shortage and the situation created by profiteering would be overcome soon as he had contacted the Chief...
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