| October 23, 2008 | Thursday | Shawwal 23, 1429 |
KARACHI: Power riots erupt as KESC system breaks down
KARACHI, Oct 22: Power supply to the entire city was disrupted on Wednesday morning following a tripping in both the circuits of the Jamshoro-KDA link of the Karachi Electric Supply Company,...
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KARACHI: Chief minister can’t reject SPSC recommendations, SHC told
KARACHI, Oct 22: The chief minister has no authority to reject the recommendations of the Sindh Public Service Commission in respect of candidates applying for government jobs through it, the counsel...
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KARACHI: Indian team not allowed to see held fishermen
KARACHI, Oct 22: A seven-member Indian fishermen delegation, who had arrived here last week, could not meet their community members held in a Karachi jail as the provincial authorities here had received no orders from the federal government in this regard....
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KARACHI: No clue to kidnapped filmmaker
KARACHI, Oct 21: There has been no headway in the kidnapping of Satish Anand, a prominent filmmaker and distributor, as the victim remained untraced for the third consecutive day on Wednesday....
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KOHAT: Tribesmen prefer talks to raising lashkar
KOHAT, Oct 22: The Mamozai tribe of Orakzai Agency, which was given a deadline for taking action against militants in their stronghold, has sought more time and preferred to resolve the issue through holding negotiations with them....
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PESHAWAR: PHC takes suo motu notice of flour crisis
PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday took suo motu notice of the ongoing flour crisis in NWFP and summoned all the concerned secretaries, nazims, district police officers, district coordination officers, head of Frontier Constabulary and other stake holders....
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ABBOTTABAD: ‘Lawyers’ movement helped revive democracy’
ABBOTTABAD, Oct 22: Renowned lawyer and candidate for the slot of president of Supreme Court Bar Association, Ali Ahmed Kurd, has said that lawyers’ movement will continue till the reinstatement of Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of Pakistan....
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KARACHI: Two given jail terms in child abuse case
KARACHI, Oct 22: A district and sessions court on Wednesday convicted two men of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy....
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KARACHI: Order issued to stop harassment of prisoners
KARACHI, Oct 22: The Inspector-General of Prisons, Mohammed Yamin Khan, on Wednesday held in abeyance the earlier order subjecting newly admitted prisoners to quarantine restrictions....
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KARACHI: Six indicted in ransom case
KARACHI, Oct 22: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday indicted six suspects on charges of kidnapping a man for ransom in September 2006....
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KARACHI: Young woman dies in accident
KARACHI, Oct 22: A 25-year-old woman was killed and her cousin was injured when a bus hit their motorcycle at Bilal Chowrangi in Korangi on Wednesday, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Study paints a grim picture of progress in health sector
KARACHI, Oct 22: Findings of a United States Agency for International Development-funded study on population and health issues presented a grim picture of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of relevant programmes over the past many years across the country....
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KARACHI: Art seminar
KARACHI, Oct 22: A two-day regional art seminar under the theme of “The anxious century: discourses waiting to be born”, will kick off on Saturday (October 25) at the Goethe-Institut Karachi....
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KARACHI: Paintings at Canvas
KARACHI, Oct 22: An exhibition of mixed media works by Risham Syed opens at the Canvas Gallery on Thursday at 5pm. The exhibition will continue till October 31, daily from 11am to 8pm (except Sunday)....
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KARACHI: Exhibition at Zenaini
KARACHI, Oct 22: An exhibition of paintings by Laila Sharmeen opens on Thursday at the Zenaini art gallery at 5.30pm....
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Engagements
** A seminar on “How to manage Pakistan’s economic crisis?” organised by the department of International Relations, University of Karachi, at its conference room at 1.10pm....
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KHAIRPUR: Shopkeepers fined
KHAIRPUR, Oct 22: Seven shopkeepers were fined and sentenced to seven days in prison for selling flour on higher prices here on Tuesday....
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HYDERABAD: Protesting farmers block road
HYDERABAD, Oct 22: Hundreds of growers of Tandojam, Detha, Usman Shah, Tando Qaiser and adjoining areas staged a protest demonstration on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road in Tandojam on Wednesday....
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HYDERABAD: HCCI slams inordinate rise in Hesco tariff
HYDERABAD, Oct 22: HCCI president Haji Mohammad Yaqoob has said that against 31 per cent country-wide increase in power tariff, Hesco has increased the tariff to the extent of 45 to 50 per cent....
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HYDERABAD: Privatisation of gas field opposed
HYDERABAD, Oct 22: A large number of OGDC employees under the banner of Mazdoor Ittehad Union (CBA) staged a demonstration and about two dozen workers observed token hunger strike outside the...
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HYDERABAD: Registration for jobs in PAF
HYDERABAD, Oct 22: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Information and Selection Centre on Tuesday announced that registration for induction of civilian staff in PAF was in progress at the centre from Oct 20 and it would continue till Oct 25....
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HYDERABAD: Tapedars training to begin on Nov 10
HYDERABAD, Oct 22: The provincial director of settlement survey and land records has asked the candidates, who have qualified test and interview for Tapedar training course, to report to the principal of Tapedars Training College near Rani Bagh here....
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HYDERABAD: Use of plastic pipes for water supply deplored
HYDERABAD, Oct 22: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that illegal water connections and use of plastic pipes for water supply are serious problems and the latter also creates a...
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PESHAWAR: Weary militants asking for peace: Rahimdad
PESHAWAR, Oct 22: Pakistan People’s Party provincial chief Rahimdad Khan said here on Wednesday that militants, who had challenged the government, had lost their stamina and now they were asking for a truce....
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GHALANAI: Jirga decides not to grow poppy
GHALANAI, Oct 22: A jirga of Shinwari tribe has decided not to cultivate poppy crop in its areas during the upcoming season this year....
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KOHAT: Eight officials suspended in fraud case
KOHAT, Oct 22: Eight officials of the local government have been suspended on charges of embezzling over Rs10.90 million in the tehsil municipal administration....
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PESHAWAR: Baitullah declared PO in Sherpao attack case
PESHAWAR, Oct 22: An anti-terrorism court here on Wednesday declared the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s chief Baitullah Mehsud and two other alleged militants as proclaimed offenders in a suicide bombing case that targetted the then federal interior minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao in Charsadda....
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