| November 01, 2008 | Saturday | Ziqa'ad 2, 1429 |
KARACHI: Shershah bridge reconstruction begins today: Award of contract questioned
KARACHI, Oct 31: As the reconstruction of the Shershah bridge begins on Saturday, legislators have decided to take up the matter in the upper house of parliament questioning the way in...
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KARACHI: Woman, man awarded life term in kidnap case
KARACHI, Oct 31: An anti-terrorism court on Friday sentenced a woman and her accomplice to life imprisonment in a four-year-old girl’s kidnapping for ransom case....
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KARACHI: Lawyer found dead
KARACHI, Oct 31: The trussed up body of a lawyer was found in his Manzoor Colony house on Friday. Police said the body of Malik Qayyum Awan was found at his second floor apartment.....
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PESHAWAR: Afghan minister’s brother among 3 more kidnapped: Despite police crackdown
PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Despite a crackdown launched by the city police against kidnappers, at least three more persons, including the brother of an Afghan minister, were abducted from parts of the provincial capital....
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KARACHI: Activist killed
KARACHI, Oct 31: An activist of the Awami National Party (ANP) and another man were shot dead by unidentified suspects in North Nazimabad area on Thursday night....
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KARACHI: SHC admits two pleas in medical officers’ case
KARACHI, Oct 31: The Sindh High Court admitted on Friday two writ petitions involving rejection by the chief minister of the provincial public service commission’s recommendations in respect of 131 female...
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KARACHI: Increased focus to tackle noise pollution stressed
KARACHI, Oct 31: Legal inadequacies, attitude of transporters, environmental watchdogs and the high cost of vehicle maintenance are some major reasons behind chronic exposure of citizens to loud noise generated by traffic in the city....
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KARACHI: Provincial autonomy termed only way to save federation: Seminar on Pakistan Resolution
KARACHI, Oct 31: Speakers at a seminar on the Pakistan Resolution stressed the need for recognizing the sovereign rights of the constituent units of the country which, they said, “are basically multi-linguistic and multi-cultural.”...
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KARACHI: Charge-sheet cancelled for lack of proof against officials
KARACHI, Oct 31: A public prosecutor, while exercising his powers given under the prosecution ordinance, has cancelled a charge-sheet in a case registered against the then additional secretary health of Sindh...
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KARACHI: Call for research on medicinal plants
KARACHI, Oct 31: Scientists and researchers at an international symposium on Friday stressed the need for carrying out new research on medicinal plants and natural compounds as they have great potential to prevent diabetic complications....
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KARACHI: EU official visits harbour
KARACHI, Oct 31: An official of the European Union (EU), Mr Manuel Martinez Blasco, visited the Karachi Fish Harbour on Thursday....
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KARACHI: BSc (Home Eco) results
KARACHI, Oct 31: The University of Karachi on Friday announced the results of BSc (Home Economics) first year annual examination 2008....
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KARACHI: Dengue virus
KARACHI, Oct 31: Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed said on Friday evening that 11 more suspected dengue patients were admitted to various hospitals in Karachi over the last 24 hours....
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KARACHI: MDA chief granted protective bail in land allotment case
KARACHI, Oct 31: A division bench consisting of Justices Mrs Qaiser Iqbal and Syed Mahmood Alam Rizvi of the Sindh High Court allowed protective bail to Malir Development Authority director-general Ameerzada...
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KARACHI: ATC accepts extortion case transfer plea
KARACHI, Oct 31: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday accepted an application for the transfer of an extortion case to a regular court by observing that the case did not fall under the jurisdiction of the ATC....
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HYDERABAD: ‘Double murder FIR distorted’
HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The double murder case of local PML-Q leader Dr Shafiq Arain’s wife and driver is gathering more moss as now a Tahafuz-i-Azadari Council leader has jumped into the...
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HYDERABAD: Nazim opens handicraft institute for women
HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The Government Handicraft Institute for Women was opened in Affandi town on Friday. District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil while inaugurating it said that the cost of institute came to Rs20 million which was spread on 14,350sqft....
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HYDERABAD: Cheques given to heirs of PPP activists
HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The present government is making all out efforts to eliminate unemployment from the country and in furtherance of this objective, unemployed youths are being appointed in various departments of Sindh on the basis of merit....
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HYDERABAD: Schedule of test for admissions
HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The University of Sindh has finalised arrangements for admission to graduate classes scheduled for Nov 2 (Sunday)....
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PESHAWAR: 140 educational institutions not functioning in Swat
PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Around 140 educational institutions have turned non-functional in the militants-infested Swat Valley as mostly the buildings were badly damaged due to bomb explosions or fire during the last one year....
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LANDI KOTAL: Trailer carrying Nato goods hijacked
LANDI KOTAL, Oct 31: Highwaymen on Friday allegedly hijacked an Afghanistan-bound trailer, robbed an oil tanker driver, and made an attempt to kidnap a relative of a petrol station owner in three different incidents in Khyber Agency....
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