| October 14, 2008 | Tuesday | Shawwal 14, 1429 |
KARACHI: Clash with inmates leaves four policemen injured
KARACHI, Oct 13: Four policemen were injured on Monday when a group of prisoners became unruly and clashed with the staff at the Central Prison, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Council for setting up of power plants in towns
KARACHI, Oct 13: Rejecting the recent increase in power tariff, members of the City Council suggested on Monday that the city government set up its own power plants at the town...
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KARACHI: City traders plan protest as outages continue
KARACHI, Oct 13: Citizens continued to suffer power outages on Monday as the lingering electricity crisis worsened with the KESC’s new management curtailing supplies from the independent power producers and limiting its own generation to save on fuel cost....
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KARACHI: Constable sentenced to death for killing wife
KARACHI, Oct 13: A district and sessions court on Monday sentenced a police constable to death for killing his wife and convicted his two brothers for helping him in the crime....
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PESHAWAR: Terrorist threat puts city on high alert
PESHAWAR, Oct 13: Security forces and police were put on high alert and reinforced at checkpoints here on Monday following reports that two suicide bombers had entered the city....
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KOHAT: Sepoy killed in Darra rocket attack
KOHAT, Oct 13: At least one security personnel was killed and four were injured when militants attacked with rockets Spina Thana in Darra Adamkhel on Monday afternoon....
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KARACHI: Fleeing dacoit gunned down
KARACHI, Oct 13: A dacoit was gunned down and his accomplice was injured as they attempted to flee after committing a robbery in a shop of spare parts in Tibet Centre on the M.A....
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KARACHI: SSC suppl exams from 21st
KARACHI, Oct 13: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) on Monday announced that supplementary examination-2008 (Science and General) would commence on October 21....
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KARACHI: Anti-polio drive kicks off
KARACHI, Oct 13: A three-day anti-polio campaign kicked off across Sindh on Monday to meet the target of immunising over 2.24 million children under the age of five....
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KARACHI: Paintings at Artscene
KARACHI, Oct 13: An exhibition of paintings titled “Peril in Paradise” by Tassaduq Sohail opens on Tuesday at the Artscene gallery at 6pm. It will remain open till October 22....
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Sculptures at Canvas
An exhibition of sculptures titled “Beyond Body” by Nausheen Saeed opens at the Canvas Art Gallery on Tuesday at 5pm. The show will continue till October 21....
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KARACHI: CM complaint cell receives reports against police
KARACHI, Oct 13: Most complainants approaching the complaint cell at the CM’s House recorded their grievances against the police department and its personnel when the facility formally started functioning on Monday....
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KARACHI: Sindh wildlife official dies from snakebite
KARACHI, Oct 13: A Sindh Wildlife Department staffer, Rafiq Rajput, who died of snakebite on Sunday afternoon, was buried in Nasir Colony graveyard in Korangi on Monday....
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KARACHI: Collection of plays on social ills launched
KARACHI, Oct 13: Seven outstanding plays by Shahid Nadeem selected and published in book form by Oxford University Press in collaboration with Ajoka Theatre were launched at the Arts Council on Monday....
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KARACHI: New corps commander
KARACHI, Oct 13: A “change of command” ceremony was held at Corps Headquarters here on Monday during which Lt-General Ahsan Azhar Hayat handed over the charge of Corps Commander 5 Crops to Lt-General Shahid Iqbal, an Inter-Services Public Relations release said.—APP...
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KARACHI: Plea against gold trader’s harassment disposed of
KARACHI, Oct 13: The Sindh High Court disposed of on Monday a petition moved by a Tessori family elder against harassment and alleged registration of bogus cases....
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HYDERABAD: PPP activists accused of creating nuisance
HYDERABAD, Oct 13: Accusing PPP workers of indulging in hooliganism, leaders of the PPP-SB Hyderabad chapter announced holding of protest demonstrations throughout Sindh on Tuesday against the alleged excesses of PPP Students and Youth Wing....
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HYDERABAD: Committee suggested to probe canal breaches
HYDERABAD, Oct 13: The Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded that a high-powered committee be formed with representatives from the judiciary, growers and retired engineers as members to investigate into recurring breaches in canal, status of waterways and continued water rotation programme....
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HYDERABAD: Minister sees plot behind flour crisis
HYDERABAD, Oct 13: Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Ali Bhurgari said that there was no shortage of flour in the market but black-marketers were hatching conspiracy against the PPP government by creating an artificial shortage of flour....
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HYDERABAD: Employees protest as VC resumes charge
HYDERABAD, OCT 13: Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh resumed the charge of the Vice-Chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University on Monday. The varsity employees went on strike and staged a sit-in outside the vice chancellor’s block....
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HYDERABAD: Protest against water shortage
HYDERABAD, Oct 13: The growers of Mirpur Bathoro held a demonstration outside the press club on Monday in protest against acute shortage of water in Ganj Bahar nullah....
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PESHAWAR: 20 psychiatrists for 24m people of NWFP
PESHAWAR, Oct 13: Shortage of psychiatric services has been affecting people across the NWFP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), an expert told Dawn here on Sunday....
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TIMERGARA: Dir jirga resolves 30-year-old feud
TIMERGARA, Oct 13: A jirga of local elders on Monday resolved a 30-year-old feud that had claimed 24 lives from both sides....
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PESHAWAR: Frontier protests power outages, flour shortage
PESHAWAR, Oct 13: The residents of different areas in NWFP on Monday staged protest demonstrations against the prolonged power suspension and condemned the government for its failure to ensure smooth power supply to their localities....
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CHARSADDA/GHALANAI: US national held near Shabqadar
CHARSADDA/GHALANAI, Oct 13: Security forces arrested a US national when he was coming from Mohmand tribal region to Peshawar on Monday, official sources said....
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