| December 05, 2008 | Friday | Zilhaj 6, 1429 |
KARACHI: Lyari gangs fight over territory
KARACHI, Dec 4: Panic and tension gripped a neighbourhood of mafia-infested Lyari on Thursday after an exchange of heavy gunfire between rival gangs, which left a vagabond addict dead....
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KARACHI: Notice issued to SPSC in marks tampering case
KARACHI, Dec 4: The Sindh High Court issued the provincial public service commission a notice on Thursday in a petition alleging marks tampering by it....
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KARACHI: Surveillance system fails to record four-day violence
KARACHI, Dec 4: The city government’s much-vaunted video surveillance system has failed to deliver the crucially required footage to police authorities tasked to investigate the four-day violence that left over 40 people dead and the country’s business capital virtually paralysed....
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KARACHI: Pakistan, India urged to resume dialogue
KARACHI, Dec 4: The Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy has urged the governments of Pakistan and India to avoid escalating tension caused by the recent Mumbai attacks and immediately...
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KARACHI: Rashid demands talks with India on ‘equal footing’
KARACHI, Dec 4: Awami Muslim League chief Shaikh Rashid has said that if India threatens Pakistan militarily, the government should exercise its first-use option and launch nuclear weapons against the eastern neighbour....
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KARACHI: DHA launches Rs700m road repair project
KARACHI, Dec 4: The Defence Housing Authority is set to launch a Rs700 million project to repair roads damaged during the installation of a new drainage system, according to the DHA administrator....
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KARACHI: Two brothers indicted in designer’s murder case
KARACHI, Dec 4: An additional district and sessions court indicted two brothers on Thursday on a charge of killing a fashion designer at his residence on Aug 30....
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KARACHI: Lawyers hold weekly protest
KARACHI, Dec 4: The legal fraternity on Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of the Supreme Court Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar, and called for filing of a reference against him for allegedly misusing his authority....
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KARACHI: PPP-backed union claims win in PIA poll
KARACHI, Dec 4: The People’s Unity was said to have defeated its rival union, Air League, by a big margin in direct contest to become the Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) of the national flag carrier’s employees....
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KARACHI: Exhibition of works by IVS artists
KARACHI: Works of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture alumni — photographers, sculptors, architects, painters, ceramists, artists and textile designers — were put on display at the school on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: Hide collection only with cdgk permission
KARACHI, Dec 4: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has, under Section-144 Cr.PC, banned setting up of centres for collection of hides and skins of sacrificial animals without prior permission/written approval of...
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KARACHI: Mega scam report denied
KARACHI, Dec 4: The National Accountability Bureau has denied arrest of Lyari Development Authority (LDA) officials Nand Lal, Ameeer Younus and Shahid in a mega scam involving a contract of Hawkesbay Road....
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KARACHI: Frequent power cuts, fluctuation hit city
KARACHI, Dec 4: There have been widespread complaints of intermittent breakdowns and fluctuation in power supply besides several rounds of unscheduled power outages across the city despite a considerable drop in the temperature and ultimate decline in electricity demand....
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KARACHI: Security plan for Eid days
KARACHI, Dec 4: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza on Thursday directed the police department to evolve a comprehensive security plan to ensure safety and security of citizens across Sindh...
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KARACHI: JUI-F, ST assure govt of their support
KARACHI, Dec 4: Delegations of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rahman group) and Sunni Tehrik called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah separately at the Chief Minister House on Thursday....
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HYDERABAD: Degrees conferred on 1,185 SU graduates
HYDERABAD, Dec 4: Students passing out from the Sindh University were reminded by the Vice Chancellor to remain dedicated to the country and cause for which they employed precious years of their lives....
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SUKKUR: Young man shot dead
SUKKUR, Dec 4: A young man was killed over a matrimonial dispute in Rakhial Shar Ji Wandh village in the jurisdiction of Garhi Yasin police late on Wednesday night....
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HYDERABAD: Dist council proposes raise in taluka council members’ honorarium
HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The district council on Thursday passed resolutions, proposing considerable raise in the honourarium of taluka council members....
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HYDERABAD: Road opened
HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The District Nazim Hyderabad, Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Wednesday inaugurated an asphalt road in the Citizen Colony Qasimabad constructed at the cost of Rs35 million....
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HYDERABAD: Skill training for physically impaired stressed
HYDERABAD, Dec 4: To highlight socio-economic problems being faced by the disabled people, the Rehabilitation Centre for Physically Handicapped (RCPH) and International Inner Wheel Hyderabad District jointly organised a function on Wednesday at the RCPH Qasimabad....
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HYDERABAD: Govt steps in to check rise in hepatitis
HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The ratio of hepatitis patients is increasing every day with 1,500 being provided free treatment by the district government, said District Nazim Hyderabad, Kanwar Naveed Jamil during a meeting at his secretariat on Wednesday....
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HYDERABAD: Disabled persons integral part of society: minister
HYDERABAD, Dec 4: Sindh Minister for Special Education Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi has said that the handicapped people are an integral part of the society and it is a social duty to help inculcate in them a sense of participation....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Special’ anti-polio drive from 17th
PESHAWAR, Dec 4: The federal ministry of health has decided to run ‘special’ anti-polio campaigns from Dec 17 in the selected districts of the NWFP and tribal areas to administer only monovalent Oral Polio Vaccine Type-3 (mOPV3) among the children....
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PESHAWAR: Scarcity of funds hits Fata uplift projects
PESHAWAR, Dec 4: Scarcity of resources has paralysed development activities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas because of less-than-budgeted releases of funds by the federal government during the last two quarters of the current financial year, officials said....
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PESHAWAR: DSP injured in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR, Dec 4: A deputy superintendent of police was injured when some militants targeted his van by exploding a remote-control bomb here on Thursday morning....
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PESHAWAR: Rs65m sought to strengthen police force
PESHAWAR, Dec 4: The police department has asked the provincial government for Rs65.82 million to strengthen the force and enable it to cope with the law and situation in the province.Sources...
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PESHAWAR: Govt asks tribal elders to hand over militants by 20th
PESHAWAR, Dec 4: The NWFP government on Thursday asked elders of the Mohmand Agency and the Michini area to hand over wanted militants to security forces by Dec 20, otherwise operation in the areas would continue....
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GHALANAI: Jirga hands over 22 suspects to political admin
GHALANAI, Dec 4: A jirga of the Haleemzai tribe handed over 22 suspects, wanted to the government in cases of violence and militancy, to the political administration, and an illegal FM radio channel was closed here on Thursday....
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