| February 16, 2009 | Monday | Safar 20, 1430 |
KARACHI: Little accountability of police stations without inspections
KARACHI, Feb 15: Inspections of police stations in Karachi and interior of Sindh, required under the Police Rules, have not been conducted since the separation of the operations and investigations wings of the police in 2002, Dawn has learnt....
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KARACHI: Niamatullah slams infrastructure tax
KARACHI, Feb 15: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan has termed the imposition of new taxes on citizens by the present city government “illegal and immoral”, and has expressed concern over the “illegal takeovers” of city parks....
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KARACHI: Four killed in acts of violence
KARACHI, Feb 15: Four people, including a couple, were killed on Sunday in acts of violence in different parts of the city, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Sindh Coal Authority board still incomplete
KARACHI, Feb 15: While four MPAs belonging to the ruling coalition in Sindh have been nominated as members of the board of governors of the Sindh Coal Authority, the provincial government...
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KARACHI: Govt HIV programme to focus on spouses, children of drug users
KARACHI, Feb 15: The Sindh Aids Control Programme has proposed a project aimed at offering care and support for the wives and children of injecting drug users (IDUs) across the province,...
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KARACHI: Farmers fail to benefit from demand for flowers
KARACHI, Feb 15: While festive occasions have given a boost to the flower trade in cities and events like Valentine’s Day have spurred economic activity for many people operating businesses in...
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KARACHI: Second-hand books and second thoughts
KARACHI, Feb 15: It was Jorge Luis Borges who said, “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.” Here’s a different scenario: we’re turning a paradise-like valley,...
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KARACHI: Maria Shah — another acid attack file closed?
KARACHI, Feb 15: Looking at Urooj Akbar and Saira Liaquat (you cannot help but flinch), one feels Maria Shah is better off dead. Unlike Maria, all three are survivors of acid/kerosene attacks....
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KARACHI: Unsanitary conditions at hospitals
KARACHI, Feb 15: While Maria may have survived the acid attack, she could not fight the germs that hounded her at the hospital and to which she eventually succumbed....
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KARACHI: Progress on Sabzi Mandi issues to be reviewed
KARACHI, Feb 15: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman has summoned a meeting of officials concerned and traders’ representatives to analyse the post-strike situation at Sabzi Mandi and review what measures have...
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KARACHI: Chehlum procession
KARACHI, Feb 15: The traffic police have announced alternative traffic routes on the occasion of Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) to be observed on Monday....
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KARACHI: Exhibition
KARACHI, Feb 15: An exhibition of black and white photographs by Arif Mahmood hand painted in water colour by Shaukat Mahmood, titled “The Stretched Canvas”, opens on Monday at Photospace gallery at 5.30pm....
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KARACHI: 7th KaraFilm Festival closes
KARACHI, Feb 15: The 7th KaraFilm Festival — Karachi International Film Festival 2009 — drew to a close on Sunday with an informal award distribution ceremony attended by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, celebrities, filmmakers, foreign mission representatives and film aficionados....
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HYDERABAD: Reception
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: Ambassador of Pakistan’s to Iran M.B. Abbasi has called upon the younger generation to transform themselves to meet global challenges and to make the country prosperous....
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HYDERABAD: Rally for peace
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: Activists of Pakhtoonkhaw Students Organisation staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against continued military operation in Swat and described it a a conspiracy against Pushtoon community....
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HYDERABAD: United struggle urged to defeat extremism
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: Speakers at a women’s convention on Sunday denounced extremism in all forms and manifestations in Swat and tribal areas and urged people to resist the menace through unity in their ranks....
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HYDERABAD: Hepatitis experts lay stress on prevention
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: The Jamshoro district health department, in collaboration with the Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organisation (SAFWCO), organised a seminar on “Hepatitis-B and C: precaution, protection and treatment” in Kotri....
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HYDERABAD: NGOs to form network against social evils
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: The Association for Betterment and Development of Human Being, SPO and the Women Action Forum held a joint meeting here to discuss ways of forming a joint network...
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HYDERABAD: Call for committee to acquire land for key projects
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: Senior Member of the Sindh Board of Revenue, Ashfaq Ahmed Memon, suggested on Sunday formation of a joint committee comprising members of the chamber and the EDO of...
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HYDERABAD: Naat contest
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: The Community Development Department on Sunday announced that people interested in annual Naat competition organised by PTV and PBC could submit application to the office of EDO of CDD in GOR Colony by Feb 18....
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HYDERABAD: Varsity teachers allege discrimination
HYDERABAD, Feb 15: The Sindh chapter of the Federation of All-Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association has accused the Higher Education Commission of discriminating against university teachers of Sindh, and demanded removal of all vice-chancellors who had retired from service....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Police post attacked in Lakki
LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 15: Militants attacked a police post in the hilly area of Darra Pezu on Saturday night, sources said....
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PESHAWAR: Tribesmen deprived of Zakat for two years
PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Distribution of Zakat funds among the deserving people of Federally Administered Tribal Area (Fata) had been stalled for the last two years as the authorities concerned did not approve Scheduled New Expenditure (SNE), sources said.The...
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LANDI KOTAL: Bombs defused in Landi Kotal
LANDI KOTAL, Feb 15: The bomb disposal squad defused two high intensity bombs here on Sunday, officials said....
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PESHAWAR: Two killed, 13 injured on road
PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Two persons were killed and 13 others sustained injuries in a traffic accident on Ring Road here on Sunday....
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