| October 30, 2008 | Thursday | Shawwal 30, 1429 |
KARACHI: Sindh announces Rs70m package for earthquake victims
KARACHI, Oct 29: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday announced a package of Rs70 million for the relief of the earthquake victims in Balochistan....
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KARACHI: SHC wants centre to ascertain measures against tribal jirgas
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Sindh High Court issued the federal government a notice on Wednesday to ascertain measures taken by it to curb dispensation of justice by tribal jirgas in violation of the Constitution and law....
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KARACHI: Fingerprints not fit for analysis, says report: Designer’s murder case
KARACHI, Oct 29: Fingerprints collected from the residence of the fashion designer who was found murdered there on Aug 30 are unfit for analysis, sources quoting the fingerprint report told Dawn on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Power cuts persist amid shortage of 500 megawatts
KARACHI, Oct 29: Load-shedding persisted across the city for another day as the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) faced a shortfall of 500MW because two units of its flagship generating power...
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PESHAWAR: US plea to shift Levies centre from Fata rejected
PESHAWAR, Oct 29: The government has turned down a request by the US to shift the under construction Levies training centre from Khyber tribal region to Peshawar, sources say....
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GHALANAI: Militant killed, two held in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Oct 29: Security forces killed a militant and arrested two others in injured condition after exchange of heavy fire in Mohmand tribal region on Wednesday....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Blast damages Saifullahs’ house in Lakki
LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 29: An explosive device planted alongside the residence of Mr Salim Saifullah in Ghaznikhel village went off on Tuesday night, damaging a portion of the house’s boundary wall, officials said....
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KOHAT: Rocket hits army building
KOHAT, Oct 29: A rocket fired by unknown militants pierced through the roof of the Military Engineering Services (MES) building in the Cantonment area here on Tuesday night....
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LANDI KOTAL: Doctors go on strike in Khyber Agency: Kidnapping of surgeon
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 29: Doctors and paramedics observed complete strike throughout the Khyber Agency on Wednesday to protest against the kidnapping of Agency Surgeon Dr Zaman Khattak....
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PESHAWAR: Police asked to remove barriers from roads
PESHAWAR Oct 29: The district council on Wednesday asked the city police to remove all the barriers and concrete blocks from the main roads and ensure access of people to police stations....
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KARACHI: Two men Found dead in Landhi
KARACHI, Oct 29: The bullet-riddled bodies of two persons were found dumped in a sports ground in Landhi area on Wednesday morning....
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KARACHI: Saudi ban on ‘illiterate workers’ to hit economy
KARACHI, Oct 29: The recent ban on “illiterate workers” by Saudi Arabia will add to the already worsening unemployment problem in Pakistan, though some experts argue that the impact will be “slight”....
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KARACHI: BA annual exams to commence on Nov 3
KARACHI, Oct 29: The University of Karachi has notified that BA Part-I, II and both parts (external) annual examinations will commence on Nov 3....
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KARACHI: 50 Landhi Houses getting filthy water
KARACHI, Oct 29: Around 50 houses, located in Sector 36-B, Zamanabad, Landhi, have been receiving contaminated water for the last four days....
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KARACHI: BIEK declares Class-XI Science results
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Wednesday announced the results of Higher Secondary School Certificate Part-I Science group (pre-medical, pre-engineering and general) annual examinations-2008....
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KARACHI: Symposium on natural product chemistry begins
KARACHI, Oct 29: The 11th international symposium on Natural Product Chemistry commenced at the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi of University, on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Road development scheme approved
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Sindh government has approved a scheme for the expansion of Superhighway between Karachi and Hyderabad....
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KARACHI: Group show at Artscene
KARACHI, Oct 29: A group show of contemporary miniature paintings by 10 artists opens at the Artscene gallery on Thursday at 6pm....
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KARACHI: Final arguments on convicts’ appeal today: Sheraton Hotel blast case
KARACHI, Oct 29: An anti-terrorism appellate bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Qaiser Iqbal and Justice Syed Mehmood Alam Rizvi on Wednesday adjourned till Thursday the hearing of an...
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KARACHI: Millers agree to cut flour price
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Flour Mills Association on Wednesday assured the Sindh government that wheat flour in open market of the city would be made available at ex-mill rate of Rs25 per kg from Thursday....
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KARACHI: Dry weather
KARACHI, Oct 29: The Met Office has forecast a dry weather for Karachi on Thursday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 32 and 34 degrees centigrade....
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HYDERABAD: Employees seek raise in allowance
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The instructors of the rehabilitation centres for the physically handicapped children run by the Sindh Social Welfare Department have decided to launch a movement if they are not...
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NAWABSHAH: Students sign plea against jirga system
NAWABSHAH, Oct 29: A large number of students of Quaid-i-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology (Quest) and Nawabshah Medical College for Girls put signatures on a piece of cloth on...
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HYDERABAD: Call to hand over Qadirpur gas field to Sindh
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The Awami Tehrik on Wednesday said that the decision to privatise the Qadirpur gas field be withdrawn and its ownership be handed over to Sindh because the federation had nothing to do with it....
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HYDERABAD: Woman seeks protection
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: An aggrieved woman has appealed to authorities to provide protection to her, her husband and in-laws from her ex-husband who was trying to spoil her established family life....
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SUKKUR: Women varsity in Sukkur soon
SUKKUR, Oct 29: District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that establishment of women university in Sukkur has entered into its final stage and by the end of this year,...
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HYDERABAD: Literary moot
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The University of Sindh will hold second Shaikh Ayaz International Conference on Language and Literature next month under the aegis of Faculty of Arts....
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HYDERABAD: SU admission test on Nov 2
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The University of Sindh will hold test for admissions to all disciplines under bachelors degree programme on Sunday, November 2 at Allama I.I. Kazi campus in Jamshoro....
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HYDERABAD: PPP has failed to deliver: PTI
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The Pakistan Peoples’ Party is the largest political party with its leadership and workers paying heavy price for democracy, yet it has failed to come up to the expectations of masses, said Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf leader Mohammad Zubair Khan....
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KARACHI: KUTS poll today
KARACHI, Oct 29: An election of the office-bearers of the Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) for the year 2008-09 will be held on Thursday (Oct 30) in the Arts auditorium of the University of Karachi....
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HYDERABAD: Complaint against retired official
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: PML-N leaders of Kotri taluka have accused a retired SSP of trying to occupy the land of a local party leader in Deh Thatt Moosa, Kandiaro taluka, Naushahro...
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HARIPUR: Doctor stabbed ‘for charging heavy fee’
HARIPUR, Oct 29: An angry ‘patient’ stabbed and injured a physician allegedly for overcharging him, police and hospital staff told here on Wednesday....
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