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November 07, 2008 Friday Ziqa'ad 8, 1429 KARACHI: PPP, MQM in bid to save Sindh govt KARACHI, Nov 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and provincial Senior Minister Pir Mazharul Haq are rushing to London on Friday reportedly to seek the indulgence of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement... KARACHI: Proposal to curtail SSC course being considered KARACHI, Nov 6: The contents of all courses for Class IX and Class X students appearing in the 2009 annual examinations are likely to be curtailed by 20 per cent by... PESHAWAR: Shoot to kill orders against militants: Terror activities near Peshawar PESHAWAR, Nov 6: The government ordered law enforcement agencies (LEAs) to shoot on sight suspected militants in the areas connecting Peshawar with Khyber Agency to control terrorist activities and rising incidents of kidnapping for ransom, sources said.... LANDI KOTAL: Two brothers among six killed in Bara LANDI KOTAL, Nov 6: At least six persons including two real brothers were killed in two separate incidents in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Thursday.... KARACHI: SHC issues final warning in bonded labour case KARACHI, Nov 6: The Supreme Court gave the federal government and other respondents a last opportunity on Thursday to contest appeals against a Sindh High Court order dismissing 94 petitions involving... KARACHI: ‘Rejected’ Suitor commits suicide KARACHI, Nov 6: A 22-year-old man was found shot dead in Hyderabad Colony early on Thursday morning in front of the house of the woman he wanted to marry, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: Plan to purchase three cell separators KARACHI, Nov 6: The Sindh health department has planned to purchase three cell separators from a special Rs20 million fund it has been given under the directives of the chief minister for different dengue fever relief initiatives across the province.... KARACHI: Staff told to appear before police: KPT KARACHI, Nov 6: Top management of the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has asked the staff concerned to appear before the police officials probing the theft of 22 components of the Rs320 million fountain.... KARACHI: ‘Media can change social values’ KARACHI, Nov 6: An effective media can play a vital role in changing social values and people’s behaviour by mobilising public opinion on major national issues.... KARACHI: Marks sheets KARACHI, Nov 6: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced that the marks sheets of SSC-I candidates who had appeared in the Science group annual examination-2008 will be ready by Nov 10-13.... KARACHI: ‘Tender for textbooks paper to be floated soon’ KARACHI, Nov 6: Final touches are being given to the arrangements for the floating of a tender for the supply of paper for the publication of textbooks in Sindh.... KARACHI: Corridor-III work begins next month KARACHI, Nov 6: Construction of the signal-free corridor-III — between Empress Market (Saddar) and Malir via Preedy Street and Safoora Goth — will be start in the first week of December.... KARACHI: Lawyers continue courts boycott KARACHI, Nov 6: Lawyers on Thursday boycotted the legal proceedings at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts on a Pakistan Bar Council call for continued protest against the ousting... KARACHI: Govt against privatisation of PSM: minister KARACHI, Nov 6: Federal Minister for Industry and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmed Watto has said that excluding the Pakistan Steel Mills from the list of privatization and its further expansion are among the government’s priorities.... KARACHI: Tessori remanded in police custody KARACHI, Nov 6: A civil judge and judicial magistrate (west) on Thursday remanded Mohammad Kamran Tessori, a gold trader, in police custody till Nov 8.... KARACHI: Shopping bags KARACHI, Nov 6: The city government has suspended its campaign, including raids and arrests, against the manufacturing and sale of the banned category of polythene bags to facilitate talks with the stakeholders of the trade.... KARACHI: Transfers, postings KARACHI, Nov 6: The finance department has notified that Syed Rizwan Ali, section officer (Dev-II), has been relieved of his position with immediate effect to join his new assignment as monitoring... KARACHI: Traders threaten strike over power tariff hike KARACHI, Nov 6: Amid persisting prolonged power outages in the city, representatives of small traders and cottage industries have warned of a shutter-down strike on Nov 25 if the government fails... KARACHI: Senate body seeks report on police ‘promotions’ KARACHI, Nov 6: A senate committee has rejected a report on out-of-turn-promotions in the Sindh police, found serious irregularities in the department and demanded a detailed report from the provincial government on the issue within 15 days.... UMERKOT: Irregularities in admission test alleged UMERKOT, Nov 6: A large number of students took out a rally and staged a demonstration here on Thursday to protest against alleged irregularities and mismanagement during the test for admissions... HYDERABAD: Nazim inaugurates eye ward HYDERABAD, Nov 6: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil inaugurated on Thursday an eye unit equipped with Rs2.5 million equipment at Syed Hafiz Mubarak Ali Shah Hospital.... HYDERABAD: People not getting children vaccinated against TB: MPA HYDERABAD, Nov 6: MPA Pir Amjad Hussain Jilani has said that people are not getting their children vaccinated against tuberculosis due to unawareness about the disease, and stressed the need for... SUKKUR: Time needed to solve problems: minister SUKKUR, Nov 6: Sindh Minister for Social Welfare Nargis N.D. Khan has said that the government cannot solve all the problems persisting for the last nine years within six months or a year and it will take time.... MIRPURKHAS: Railway colony hit by civic problems MIRPURKHAS, Nov 6: The inmates of 4,000 residential quarters of the century-old Railway Colony are forced to live in subhuman conditions, with choked sewerage lines, overflowing gutters and heaps of garbage lying in the streets.... HYDERABAD: Training in farm management skills starts HYDERABAD, Nov 6: Farm management cadets from Naushahro Feroze started training in skill development under the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Programme at the Research and Training Institute for Livestock Development in Tando Mohammad Khan on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: 2 Afghans indicted for kidnapping brigadier PESHAWAR, Nov 6: An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday indicted two Afghans for kidnapping a brigadier for ransom here a few months ago.... KOHAT: Schools reopen in Darra Adamkhel KOHAT, Nov 6: Authorities reopened schools and colleges in various areas of Frontier Region Darra Adamkhel after seven months on Thursday, said a notification. However, the educational institutions in Toor Chapper area will remain closed, it added.... PESHAWAR: More rockets hit airport, residential areas PESHAWAR, Nov 6: Unidentified persons fired five rockets at the city targeting Peshawar International Airport and residential areas in University Town and Tehkal Payan, police said.... MINGORA: Three more killed in Swat MINGORA, Nov 6: Three persons were killed and five others wounded in different incidents of violence in the restive Swat valley on Thursday....

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