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December 27, 2008 Saturday Zilhaj 28, 1429 KARACHI: Tanker overturns, spills 44,000 litres of petrol KARACHI, Dec 26: A huge oil tanker overturned on Shahrah-i-Attar in Clifton on Friday, spilling 44,000 litres of petrol and crushing a car under it. The petrol was diverted into the... KARACHI: Seized Buddha statues ‘genuine’ KARACHI, Dec 26: The federal archeology department has confirmed that the two statues seized by customs officials a few days back were “Gandhara objects” and protected under the Antiquities Act, 1975.... KARACHI: Labourer shot dead in Orangi restaurant KARACHI, Dec 26: A middle-aged man was shot dead in a restaurant in Orangi Town on Friday.... KARACHI: SHC asks for LG commission notification KARACHI, Dec 26: A Sindh High Court division bench asked a provincial government law officer to produce the gazette notification setting up the provincial local government commission under the Local Government... KARACHI: Brutal realities of life for heirs of Benazir’s loyal guard KARACHI, Dec 26: As the nation marks the first death anniversary of former prime minister and PPP leader Benazir Bhutto, a family living in a 60-square-yard rented quarter in Shershah is... KARACHI: Water shortage KARACHI, Dec 26: The KWSB has announced that the following areas will face shortage of water on Sunday because of expected shortfall of 200 million gallons on account of the scheduled... KARACHI: The benign beauty of books KARACHI, Dec 26: The fact that people are still coming to a book fair is heartening. There are two main reasons for this: the most obvious is that despite the prevalent... KARACHI: Dinner for MQM workers put off KARACHI, Dec 26: The dinner programme scheduled for Friday by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement for its workers on behalf of MQM chief Altaf Hussain at the Azizabad Ground has been postponed.—APP... KARACHI: Fishermen, DHA in bid to resolve dispute KARACHI, Dec 26: The Defence Housing Authority and the fishermen community of Gizri have agreed to form a committee, to be headed by Director of DHA Special Projects Iftikhar Haider, to... KARACHI: Allottees’ complaint KARACHI, Dec 26: Allottees of plots in a housing scheme of Gadap Town have urged the city government to help them take possession of their plots occupied by unscrupulous elements.... KARACHI: Cold weather KARACHI, Dec 26: The Met Office has forecast cold weather with misty morning for Karachi on Saturday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 11°C and 13°C.... KARACHI: 10 terror suspects indicted in explosives case KARACHI, Dec 26: Ten suspected militants were indicted on Friday by an additional district and sessions judge (east) in a case pertaining to illegal possession of explosive material.... KARACHI: Arrangements made for ‘foolproof security’ KARACHI, Dec 26: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza has asked the inspector-general police of Sindh to ensure foolproof security throughout the province on first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto on Dec 27.... KARACHI: SSGC may review procedures KARACHI, Dec 26: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), blamed for the Dec 17 oil spill in Korangi, is considering revision of its standing operating procedures.... HYDERABAD: Ghous wants CoD implemented HYDERABAD, Dec 26: The president of the PML-N Sindh chapter, Syed Ghous Ali Shah, has said that during the past 61 years, democracy has not been allowed to flourish in Pakistan... BADIN: Scabies on the rise in Badin BADIN, Dec 26: Cases of scabies among adult and children, are on the rise in the rural areas mostly in the coastal belt and in several localities of Badin district headquarter... HYDERABAD: Security steps reviewed for Muharram HYDERABAD, Dec 26: DPO Hyderabad Ghulam Nabi Memon here on Friday presided over a meeting of scholars and representatives of different Shia organisations to discuss security arrangements during Muharramul Haram.... MIRPURKHAS: Buses go off roads MIRPURKHAS, Dec 26: A large number of commuters, particularly of rural areas, were stranded and faced difficulties reaching their destinations after police impounded buses and transporters pulled their vehicles off the roads for fear on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Farmers decry govt’s indifference HYDERABAD, Dec 26: The Sindh Abadgar Tehrik, deploring indifferent attitude of the government towards farming community, said that though growers were feeding the nation they themselves were hungry, sick and living in abject poverty.... HYDERABAD: Nation must unite against India: ST HYDERABAD, Dec 26: The activists of Sunni Tehreek, to show solidarity and to unite whole nation on one platform, staged a ‘Defence of Pakistan’ rally on Friday from Hyder Chowk to... MIRPURKHAS: PML-N leader rails against deserters MIRPURKHAS, Dec 26: Coordinator of the Mirpurkhas chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Comrade Abdul Majeed Rajput alleged that ‘some people, who only appeared at the time of elections, are trying to dominate the party in Sindh’.... THATTA: Two men burnt to death THATTA, Dec 26: Two men were burnt to death and one was injured when their vehicle, a Suzuki pick-up, caught fire after the gas cylinder of the vehicle exploded near Bachal Shah Nala some 40km off Thatta on Friday.... LARKANA: Garhi Khuda Bakhsh ready for anniversary LARKANA, Dec 26: The stage is set to observe the first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto where main function would be held.... SHIKARPUR: Town voices angst over outages SHIKARPUR, Dec 26: A large number of people held a rally in Khanpur town on Friday in protest against unannounced loadshedding for 14 to 16 hours in the town and its adjoining localities.... BUNER: 74 Buner polling stations declared ‘sensitive’ BUNER, Dec 26: With electioneering for the by-polls in the NA-28 constituency closing on Friday night, the district police have declared five of the 267 polling stations ‘more sensitive’ and 69 ‘sensitive’.... KHAR: TTP says it’s not against girls’ education KHAR, Dec 26: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on Friday distanced itself from a decree allegedly issued by the Taliban in the conflict-hit Swat district that set a deadline for closure of girls’... PESHAWAR: PHC suspends recovery of advance income tax PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The Peshawar High Court on Friday suspended the recovery of advance income tax levied through the Finance Act 2008 on the industrial and commercial consumers of electricity at the rate of 10 per cent of the bill amount.... KHAR: Girl killed, nine injured in Khar rocket attack KHAR, Dec 26: One person was killed and nine others were injured, including two security personnel, in a rocket attack on a colony here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Fresh probe into BB’s assassination demanded PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The Pakistan People’s Party and its youth wing, People’s Youth Organisation, have demanded of the federal government to track down the assassins of Benazir Bhutto, killed in a suicide attack last year in Rawalpindi.... PESHAWAR: Afghanistan proposes joint transport company PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The Afghanistan government has proposed setting up a joint transport company with Pakistan to meet the growing demand of transit trade on both sides, official sources say.... PESHAWAR: Internet café blown up in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Dec 26: Unidentified militants blew up an internet café and adjacent shops in the Gunj area here early Friday morning....

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