| February 03, 2009 | Tuesday | Safar 07, 1430 |
KARACHI: Petrol sale suspension hits consumers
KARACHI, Feb 2: Motorists and bikers have been made to suffer by many owners of petrol stations who have suspended the sale of petrol and diesel for the last two days...
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KARACHI: Old settlements’ issue causes uproar in city council
KARACHI, Feb 2: The city council witnessed fireworks on Monday as defiant opposition members protested over a notification reportedly issued by the city nazim for the demolition of about eight villages...
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KARACHI: Relief steps for rice growers announced
KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah announced on Monday that water charges, land revenue and all other taxes would be waived to provide relief to growers in...
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KARACHI: Animated debate in question hour lights up dull assembly session
KARACHI, Feb 2: Question hour during Monday’s Sindh Assembly session seemed to be the liveliest part of the whole proceedings as provincial Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani faced a...
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KARACHI: Teenaged boy killed by brother-in-law
KARACHI, Feb 2: A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death on Monday allegedly by the husband of his elder sister in Shadman Town....
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KARACHI: 7th KaraFilm Festival from 4th
KARACHI, Feb 2: The Seventh KaraFilm Festival will open on Feb 4 at the Arts Council of Pakistan in which feature films, documentaries and short films will be screened....
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KARACHI: Salesman killed in gas explosion
KARACHI, Feb 2: A 41-year-old salesman at an electric and hardware shop was killed and another wounded on Monday in a gas explosion in Shah Rasool Colony in Clifton, witnesses and police said....
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KARACHI: No wheat shortage in Sindh: CM
KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that there was no shortage of wheat in the province....
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KARACHI: Building removed from list of heritage structures
KARACHI, Feb 2: The advisory committee on Cultural Affairs on Monday de-listed a building protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act while retained the three others as protected, it has been learnt here reliably....
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KARACHI: Paintings
KARACHI, Feb 2: An exhibition of paintings titled “Passion III” by Wahab Jaffer will begin from Tuesday at the Canvas gallery at 5pm....
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KARACHI: Intermediate exams from April 28
KARACHI, Feb 2: Chairman Board of Intermediate Education Karachi Anwar Ahmed Zai said on Monday that the intermediate annual examination would begin from April 28 in the metropolis....
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KARACHI: JI seeks change in govt policy over Kashmir
KARACHI, Feb 2: The chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has asked the government to change its apologetic attitude on the Kashmir issue, adding that the people of Kashmir are well...
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KARACHI: Fair weather
KARACHI, Feb 2: The Met office has forecast fair weather with hazy morning in the metropolis for the next 24 hours....
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KARACHI: KESC seeks to hike revenue without proper service
KARACHI, Feb 2: While the Abraj-led management of the Karachi Electric Supply Company has failed to meet the city’s electricity demand due to the utility’s shrinking generation capacity, it has created...
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MIRPURKHAS: Petrol turns into rare commodity
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 2: Citizens faced immense difficulties on Monday due to the non-availability of petrol and diesel as most of the filling stations have stopped sale of fuel in the wake of an expected hike in prices....
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HYDERABAD: Adjournment of council session angers members
HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Sine die adjournment of the proceedings of the Hyderabad district council session here on Monday remained an enigma....
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HYDERABAD: Move to demolish villages opposed
HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has condemned proposed demolition of eight villages in Karachi for which a notification has been issued by the Karachi City District Government....
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HYDERABAD: Financial help to SAU employees revived
HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The vice-chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University, Dr Abdul Qadir Mughal, has ordered revival of the system of granting financial assistance to university’s employees and grant of promotions,...
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HYDERABAD: Garment city planned in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Industrialists will soon have a powerloom zone and a garment city on 500 acres plus 60 megawatt electricity generation unit in the SITE area, said Sindh Industry and Commerce Secretary Ali Ahmed Lund....
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PESHAWAR: NWFP mulls LGs role in resource distribution
PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The NWFP government is mulling replacement of the Provincial Finance Commission (PFC), a body which distributes resources between the province and districts, with a 10-member local councils grants committee (LCGC)....
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KHAR: Well-off vie for Benazir Income Support Programme in Bajaur
KHAR, Feb 2: Well-off people, including contractors, doctors and businessmen having markets, have declared their women family members as destitute so that they could apply for the Benazir Income Support Programme in the restive Bajaur Agency, it is learnt....
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KOHAT: Militants continue attacks on Kohat cantt
KOHAT, Feb 2: Militants continued attacks on the cantonment and city areas of Kohat on the second consecutive day on Monday....
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HARIPUR: MPA denies hand in killing of PML-N leader
HARIPUR, Feb 2: MPA Gohar Nawaz Khan of the ANP, one of the accused in the murder case of Sher Azam Khan, has said he is innocent and had no enmity with the slain PML-N leader....
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