| October 19, 2008 | Sunday | Shawwal 19, 1429 |
KARACHI: Movement’s success at hand, says deposed CJ
KARACHI, Oct 18: Political activists and lawyers gave a rousing welcome to the deposed chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, on Saturday when he arrived here from Islamabad to...
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KARACHI: Rs20m fund for dengue initiatives unutilised
KARACHI, Oct 18: A special fund of Rs20 million allocated for preparedness and relief initiatives about the mosquito-borne dengue fever is unlikely to be utilised during the prevailing peak season of...
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KARACHI: Protection of migrant workers’ rights stressed
KARACHI, Oct 18: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday stressed that an effective monitoring mechanism of public-private partnership be integrated into the proposed national migration policy so that it could deliver the desired results....
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KARACHI: PPP pays tribute to Oct 18 victims
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Pakistan People’s Party leaders on Saturday paid tribute to the party supporters who were killed in twin blasts that targeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s welcome procession near Karsaz on this day a year ago....
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KARACHI: Call for arrest of MQM workers’ killers
KARACHI, Oct 18: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has urged the president, prime minister and the other authorities concerned to take notice of, what it called, “target killing of its workers by a sectarian organisation”, and order arrest of culprits....
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KOHAT: 1,730 flour bags seized
KOHAT, Oct 18: The police seized huge quantity of flour being smuggled to Afghanistan on the Indus Highway from six trucks and arrested the drivers here on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Decline of social sciences termed ruinous
KARACHI, Oct 18: Lamenting the decline of social sciences as a discipline, senior research scholar and academic Professor Dr M.H. Qazi said that there is a pressing need to create a...
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KARACHI: Pre-1985 katchi abadis to be recognised: minister
KARACHI, Oct 18: Sindh Minister for Katchi Abadis Rafiq Engineer has said that katchi abadis existing until March 23, 1985 within the city limits will be incorporated in the list of recognised katchi abadis after proper scrutiny....
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KARACHI: Orangi tense
KARACHI, Oct 18: Tension on Saturday evening gripped Orangi No 5 and its adjoining parts as the residents torched four vehicles and forced the shopkeepers to pull down their shutters in...
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HARIPUR: Owners protest burning of pushcarts by TMA
HARIPUR, Oct 18: Pushcart owners of Haripur here on Saturday took to the streets and blocked the G.T. Road against burning of their carts by the Tehsil Municipal Administration....
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PESHAWAR: Nazims ‘to resist’ changes in LG system
PESHAWAR, Oct 18: A meeting of the district nazims of the NWFP will be held soon to devise an affective strategy against the possible amendments in the Local Government (LG) system by the government....
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PESHAWAR: 67,000 teachers await payment of dues after upgradation
PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Lack of coordination between the offices of the local government (LG) and Accountant General (AG) has resulted in delay in the payment of arrears and increments to about...
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PESHAWAR: NWFP govt urged to discuss dues with Wapda
PESHAWAR, Oct 18: The Standing Committee of NWFP Assembly on Finance Department on Saturday asked the federal government to take decision for ensuring payment of the outstanding dues to NWFP so far involved in the hydel net sector with Wapda....
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