| November 25, 2008 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 26, 1429 |
KARACHI: Crackdown on protesting teachers mars PA session
KARACHI, Nov 24: The Sindh Assembly had a somewhat lacklustre session on Monday despite a violent police crackdown on ad-hoc lecturers who sought to stage a demonstration at the main entrance of the assembly building....
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KARACHI: Two rape suspects remanded in jail custody
KARACHI, Nov 24: A judicial magistrate (east) on Monday remanded two lawyers in jail custody till Dec 6 for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of an 18-year-old girl....
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KARACHI: Govt appeal against SHC rent order adjourned
KARACHI, Nov 24: A provincial government intra-court appeal against the order of a single judge of the Sindh High Court requiring the education department to pay rent to the Islamic Education...
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KARACHI: Five killed in road accidents
KARACHI, Nov 24: Five people died on Monday in different traffic accidents in the city, police and witnesses said. Besides, two people were killed in acts of violence in separate localities....
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KARACHI: ‘Pakistan, India can and should coexist’
KARACHI, Nov 24: “The participation of the common man is important for peace to become a reality,” said Pritam Rohaila, a peace activist who heads the US-based Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA)....
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KARACHI: ‘Pakistan fighting for global security’
KARACHI, Nov 24: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has called upon developed and developing countries to come together for rooting out terrorism for the sake of humanity and global peace....
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KARACHI: Prolonged traffic jams hit city
KARACHI, Nov 24: Karachiites witnessed an unprecedented traffic mess on several major thoroughfares, particularly on the arteries leading to the Expo Centre, the venue of the Ideas-2008 exhibition of military hardware, on Monday....
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KARACHI: Jam Madad slams ministers’ attitude
KARACHI, Nov 24: Annoyed by a minister’s poor and ill-prepared questions and supplementary questions in the Sindh Assembly on Monday, leader of the opposition in the house Jam Madad Ali said...
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KARACHI: Open heart surgery at low cost
KARACHI, Nov 24: Doctors at the recently opened Karachi Institute of Heart Disease being run by the city government performed the first successful heart surgery on Sunday, and decided to undertake at least one bypass-surgery at the facility every day....
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KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, Nov 24: The Met Office has forecast fair weather with cool night for Karachi on Tuesday....
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KARACHI: Exhibition
KARACHI, Nov 24: An exhibition of paintings by A.Q. Arif opens on Tuesday at the Artscene gallery at 6pm....
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KARACHI: ‘Funds for shrines misappropriated’
KARACHI, Nov 24: Sindh Auqaf Minister Abdul Haseeb informed members of the Sindh Assembly on Monday that corrupt officials had misappropriated the funds released for the renovation of the Lal Shahbaz...
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KARACHI: Tsunami warning centre opened
KARACHI, Nov 24: Defence Minister Ch. Ahmad Mukhtar inaugurated the state-of-the-art National Seismic Monitoring Network and Tsunami Warning Centre at the Meteorological Complex on Monday....
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KARACHI: Prisons portfolio
KARACHI, Nov 24: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has allocated additional portfolio of Prisons to provincial minister Muzaffar Ali Shujra, a handout issued here on Monday said.—APP...
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SANGHAR: Tail-end growers seek water
SANGHAR, Nov 24: Hundreds of farmers whose lands are irrigated through Shahu branch and Dim Wah canals, staged a protest demonstration against shortage of water in Jhol on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: Insecurity haunts Civil Hospital doctors
HYDERABAD, Nov 25: Doctors particularly those performing duties in gynaecology ward at Civil Hospital Hyderabad suffer from sense of insecurity as patients’ attendants often turn aggressive in case of any mishap...
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HYDERABAD: Hesco chief urges recovery drive
HYDERABAD, Nov 24: Hesco chief K.B. Qureshi has directed the company officials to launch a vigorous campaign on war footings to recover electricity dues from defaulters and to constitute recovery teams and submit daily reports to him....
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HYDERABAD: Oil companies told to hire locals
HYDERABAD, Nov 24: The DCO has taken notice of withholding of mandatory social development fund by oil exploring companies for development of areas and urged the petroleum ministry to ensure early...
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UMERKOT: Work orders cancelled
UMERKOT, Nov 24: The Umerkot Taluka Council on the complaints of irregularities cancelled work orders of some development schemes on Monday....
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DADU: Two bandits arrested
DADU, Nov 24: Two bandits were arrested after an encounter at Dhamrah Wah on Indus Highway on Monday, claimed police....
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THATTA: Minister hopeful of change in US foreign policy
THATTA, Nov 24: Pakistan lacks modern technology to stop bombing by the US in its territory but at the same time was hopeful that once Barack Obama assumed the office, the...
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HYDERABAD: Removal of CII chief sought
HYDERABAD, Nov 24: Speakers at a seminar at a local hotel on Sunday rejected the recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and demanded immediate removal of its chairman and members....
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KHAR: 4 killed as forces pound hideouts
KHAR, Nov 24: Four militants were killed and two others injured when security forces pounded their hideouts in restive Bajaur tribal region on Monday....
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PARACHINAR: Road reopens but Kurram people continue to suffer
PARACHINAR, Nov 24: Despite reopening of the Thall-Parachinar road, the people of the Kurram Agency are still facing multiple problems in their routine life....
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MANSEHRA: Over 2m children out of school in NWFP: minister
MANSEHRA, Nov 24: Provincial Minister for Higher Education Qazi Mohammad Asad has said that at least 2.6 million children of school-going age were out of school in NWFP....
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PESHAWAR: Polio vaccination drive launched in Bajaur Agency
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: Three-day polio vaccination campaign has been launched in militancy-hit Bajaur Agency after a gap of four months....
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SWABI: Rs2bn for Swabi roads
SWABI, Nov 24: The ANP-led government would spend Rs2,193 million on the repair and expansion of three main roads of the district, sources claimed here on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: Operation halts business activity in Shabqadar
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: The military operation in Michni and Mohmand Agency has brought economic activities to a complete halt in Shabqadar and adjacent areas....
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BANNU: Abandoned police post blown up in Bannu
BANNU, Nov 24: A police post was blown up by suspected militants in Bannu on Monday....
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LANDI KOTAL: Forces open fire to scare away suspected attackers: Nato goods convoy
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 24: Security forces fired on a suspected vehicle ahead of a convoy near the Shagai Fort on the main Peshawar-Torkham road in the Khyber tribal region on Monday, officials said....
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PESHAWAR: Poll petitions against minister, MNA dismissed
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: An election tribunal on Monday dismissed two petitions challenging the election of Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi and tribal MNA Jawad Hussain....
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WANA: 46 S. Waziristan orphans to get free education
WANA, Nov 24: About 46 orphan students belonging to Wana sub-division of South Waziristan Agency were admitted to Ummah Children Academy, Nowshera, to get free education, said a press release issued here on Monday....
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KOHAT: Police claim arresting 34 suspects in Kohat
KOHAT, Nov 24: Police claimed to have arrested 34 suspects on Monday during a search operation along the tribal belt in Kohat district....
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