| November 03, 2008 | Monday | Ziqa'ad 4, 1429 |
KARACHI: ‘Murders’ of unwanted babies remain undocumented, unpunished
KARACHI, Nov 2: The silence in Mowach Goth graveyard, mainly reserved for bodies of abandoned persons, is peculiar. The mystery unfolds as one catches a glimpse of an area with many small graves, without any headstones....
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KARACHI: Over 250 kidney Transplants performed in one year
KARACHI, Nov 2: The Karachi-based health institutions performed more than half of the living-related kidney transplants carried out in the country in one year after the promulgation of the Transplantation of Human Organ and Tissues Act (THOTA), 2007....
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KARACHI: Karsaz probe goes back to old team
KARACHI, Nov 2: Political considerations have caused the provincial police authorities to desist from constituting a new investigation team for the Karsaz probe, it has been reliably learnt....
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KARACHI: Govt may acquire Islamia College building
KARACHI, Nov 2: The Sindh government may acquire the Islamia College building complex as a last option to save the future of 18,000 students of eight schools and colleges housed in the historic building, Dawn has learnt....
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KARACHI: Two men shot dead
KARACHI, Nov 2: Two young men, including a college student, were shot dead on Sunday, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: MQM relief consignments
KARACHI, Nov 2: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has sent relief goods worth Rs23 million to the earthquake-hit areas of Balochistan since Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Can it get worse?
KARACHI: What do you do when you do not want anything? Abandon it, throw it away or give it to someone else. But how can someone, let alone a parent, treat...
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KARACHI: WB agrees to provide $26m for Thar coal project
KARACHI, Nov 2: The World Bank has agreed to provide technical assistance worth $ 26 million for the Sindh Coal and Power Project and its details will be finalised with its team currently on a visit to Pakistan....
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KARACHI: Space Week concludes with poster competition
KARACHI, Nov 2: The University of Karachi’s Space Week celebrations for 2008 came to a close on Saturday with a burst of colour and an inspiring display of youthful potential, as...
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KARACHI: 400 PTCL men in a fix over allotted houses
KARACHI, Nov 2: Nearly 400 employees of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) have been waiting for about six months for the possession of the residences offered to them by the...
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KARACHI: International book fair
KARACHI, Nov 2: The Fourth Karachi International Book Fair will be held here at the Expo Centre from December 26 to 30...
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KARACHI: Govt plans to raze illegal structure of wildlife dept: Protected heritage site
KARACHI, Nov 2: The Sindh government has decided that an incomplete structure illegally constructed on the Masonic Lodge premises, a site protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage (Protection) Act, will be...
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HYDERABAD: Bhagat Kanwar died for Sindh, says son
HYDERABAD, Nov 2: Shahzada Mohan Lal, son of Sufi singer Bhagat Kanwar Ram, has said that his father was given the title of “Bhagat” in recognition of his services for the humankind....
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HYDERABAD: Good governance key to progress: adviser
HYDERABAD, Nov 2: People were experiencing many problems due to mismanagement of government offices, hospitals, educational institutions, revenue and police departments, according to Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Anti-Corruption Establishment and Inquiries Gul Muhammad Laat....
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SHIKARPUR: 60-year-old woman kidnapped by bandits
SHIKARPUR, Nov 2: An elderly woman was kidnapped by four people on Saturday evening from a Kandhkot-bound wagon....
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HYDERABAD: SU conducts admission test
HYDERABAD, Nov 2: The University of Sindh conducted on Sunday test for admissions to all 55 disciplines for bachelors degree programme for the academic session 2009 at the Allama I.I.Kazi...
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LARKANA: Mashaikh condemn suicide attacks
LARKANA, Nov 2: A conference of the Jamiat-i-Mashaikh Ahl-i-Sunnat has termed suicide attacks un-Islamic and also condemned incidents of terrorism in the country....
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HYDERABAD: Maternity, childcare hospital opens
HYDERABAD, Nov 2: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil inaugurated on Saturday a 10-bed maternity and childcare hospital in Latifabad No10 built by the district government at a cost of Rs20 million....
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PESHAWAR: Row over surplus staff costing govt millions
PESHAWAR, Nov 2: A tug-of-war between Fata Secretariat and Fata Development Authority (FDA) over retention of surplus employees has been causing financial loss to the national exchequer, it is learnt....
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KHAR: Three militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Nov 2: The security forces killed thee militants and destroyed their hideouts in Nawagai tehsil on Sunday during their advance movement after getting complete control over the strategic Lowi Sam area of Bajaur Agency....
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BANNU: Taliban start ‘policing’ in FR Bannu
BANNU, Oct 2: The alleged failure of police to maintain law and order in the region, the elders of Daud Shah tribes have authorised the local Taliban from Sunday to take...
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GHALANAI: Taliban take control of school in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Nov 2: Taliban took control of Government High School Sandokhel in Upper Mohmand region and started digging trenches in its building to strengthen their position, officials and residents said on Sunday....
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KOHAT: Two kidnapped
KOHAT, Nov 2: Unidentified armed men kidnapped two Kohat-based representatives of pharmaceutical companies along with driver in Thall Town of Hangu district on Sunday....
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