| November 04, 2008 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 5, 1429 |
KARACHI: Lawyers criticize Musharraf over Nov 3 emergency
KARACHI, Nov 3: Lawyers, political workers and members of civil society observed a black day on Monday to condemn the imposition of a provisional constitution order in the country by retired...
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KARACHI: Exit of two SHC judges
KARACHI, Nov 3: Two of the three additional judges of the Sindh High Court inducted on Nov 4, 2007, ceased to hold office on Monday as they were neither confirmed nor given extension....
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MINGORA: Five killed, policeman abducted in Swat
MINGORA, Nov 3: Five persons were killed and a policeman was kidnapped in restive Swat region on Monday....
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MIRAMSHAH: Tribesmen for tit-for-tat response: US missile attacks
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 3: Frustrated by the frequent guided missile attacks, the tribal elders here on Monday asked the government to give a tit-for-tat response to stop US spy planes’ intrusions into Pakistani territory....
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KARACHI: SHC orders pro-forma promotion of retired officer
KARACHI, Nov 3: The Sindh High Court ordered the federal government on Monday to grant pro-forma promotion to an officer of the military lands and cantonments service in accordance with his seniority with retrospective effect till his retirement in 2007....
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KARACHI: Seven shot dead in separate incidents
KARACHI, Nov 3: Seven people were killed in different parts of the city on Monday, police and witnesses said....
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KARACHI: Fehmida’s poll plea dismissed
KARACHI, Nov 3: A full bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui and Justice Salman Ansari has dismissed as withdrawn the election petition filed by Dr Fehmida Mirza, speaker of the National Assembly....
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KARACHI: ‘Hepatitis-free Sindh’ project to go operational next month
KARACHI, Nov 3: The Sindh government has planned to vaccinate 1.4 million newborns and 245,000 adults against hepatitis B and provide treatment to about 16,600 patients of hepatitis C during this fiscal year under the ‘Chief Minister’s Initiative for hepatitis-free Sindh’....
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KARACHI: CHK doctors protest
KARACHI, Nov 3: More than 400 house-job doctors serving at the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) continued their protest and strike on the 15 consecutive day, Monday, for increase in their stipend....
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KARACHI: Govt’s apathetic attitude towards migrant workers slammed
KARACHI, Nov 3: While developing countries like India and the Philippines make all-out efforts towards securing the rights of their nationals employed abroad, Pakistani migrant workers who contribute billions of rupees...
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KARACHI: Paintings at Canvas
KARACHI, Nov 3: An exhibition of paintings titled “Bold & The Beautiful” by Sana Arjumand opens at the Canvas art gallery on Tuesday at 5pm....
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KARACHI: Private schools rarely undergo mandatory inspection
KARACHI, Nov 3: Several private schools continue to fleece students and parents by charging excessive fee and pay meagre salaries to teachers and yet go unchecked as the mechanism provided under...
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KARACHI: International moot on media
KARACHI, Nov 3: Media experts from Britain, Russia, Italy and other countries, and senior media professionals, executives, researchers and academics from different parts of Pakistan will present their papers at an...
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KARACHI: Apprehensions cast shadow over youth skill programme
KARACHI, Nov 3: Apprehensions of discrimination, favouritism and political bribery has overshadowed the gigantic youth development programme initiated by the Pakistan People’s Party-led Sindh government....
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HYDERABAD: Rulers urged to transfer their foreign bank accounts
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf secretary-general Dr Arif Alvi has urged the top leadership of the country to transfer cash in their foreign bank accounts to Pakistan to help the wobbling...
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HYDERABAD: School student killed in clash with classmates
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: A student of class-VIII was murdered outside government Iqra high school during a scuffle with his classmates and an outsider within the jurisdiction of Hali Road police station here on Monday....
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HYDERABAD: TB prevalence being contained, says minister
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: Improved health facilities have helped the Sindh government in achieving 87 per cent success in tuberculosis cases as against 85 per cent target, said Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed....
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HYDERABAD: Employees warn of protest movement
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: The Action Committee comprising teachers, instructors and workshop managers of the rehabilitation centres for physically handicapped children has decided to launch a protest movement for upgrading their service structure and awarding allowance equal to basic salary....
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SUKKUR: ‘Sindh ready to revive commissioner system’
SUKKUR, Nov 3: Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri said on Monday that Sindh would also re-establish commissioner-ate system like the Punjab and the NWFP after making amendments to the district government...
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KHAIRPUR: Arbiters settle bloody dispute
KHAIRPUR, Nov 3: A reconciliation meeting held at Pir Jo Goth Rest House on Sunday settled one-year-old Odha-Ulra tribal feud, which had claimed 11 lives and left scores injured on both sides....
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SANGHAR: Man booked
SANGHAR, Nov 3: A man was booked on Monday for looting his former wife and keeping her in wrongful confinement in village Usman Chandio....
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HYDERABAD: Admission to law colleges from 5th
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: The University of Sindh has decided to open admission to LLB part-I, II and III in affiliated law colleges from November 5....
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MITHI: Loadshedding hits Thar
MITHI, Nov 3: Intermittent loadshedding is being carried out in the towns and villages of Tharparkar district on daily basis, causing immense hardships for people....
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THATTA: Poachers arrested, birds recovered
THATTA, Nov 3: Wildlife officials intercepted a vehicle near Gujjo town and seized different species of birds from the possession of two poacher cum carriers and arrested them under Wildlife Protection Act 1972 on Sunday....
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HYDERABAD: Experts caution people against eye disease
HYDERABAD, Nov 3: Eminent eye specialists of the country have cautioned people against glaucoma, terming the disease ‘a silent killer’ of vision, which shows no symptoms at the start and ends up in irreversible blindness....
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PESHAWAR: ADB dumps education project as a liability
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cancelled a multi-million dollar loan facility extended to the NWFP government for restructuring its technical education system, terming the initiative as a ‘liability’, officials say....
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PESHAWAR: Rocket lands near Peshawar airport
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: Two persons were kidnapped in the city and a rocket fired from undisclosed location landed near Peshawar airport on Monday....
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PESHAWAR: Nazims move court against revival of magistracy
PESHAWAR, Nov 3: Four district nazims on Monday moved the Peshawar High Court challenging the revival of the offices of commissioners and other steps taken by the provincial government for curtailing the powers and functions of the district government....
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LANDI KOTAL: Trailer destroyed, three other hijacked
LANDI KOTAL, Nov 3: Unidentified persons on Monday targeted an Afghanistan-bound trailer and hijacked three others loaded with wheat in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency, officials said....
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