| November 06, 2008 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 7, 1429 |
KARACHI: Young man dies of ‘heart attack’ in police custody
KARACHI, Nov 5: A 30-year-old man, booked in a murder case, died on Tuesday in police custody. The grieving family alleged that Krishn Chandar was tortured to death by the Sharea Faisal police,....
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KARACHI: Drive against fake drugs ordered
KARACHI, Nov 5: Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmad has asked the officials to immediately inspect the stores doing business in the vicinity of various hospitals in the city for quality, safety and effectiveness of the drugs they sell....
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LANDI KOLTAL: Tribesmen pin hopes on Obama for peace
LANDI KOLTAL, Nov 5: Tribesmen from different walks of life reacted optimistically to the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of United States of America....
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PESHAWAR: Missing man not in police custody, court informed
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: An official of Swat police on Wednesday expressed ignorance regarding the whereabouts of a missing young man who was allegedly in the custody of an intelligence agency for the last about a year....
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KARACHI: Lawyers irked by ‘safe passage’ to Musharraf
KARACHI, Nov 5: The city’s legal fraternity on Wednesday boycotted legal proceedings and took out a procession from the Sindh High Court Bar Association premises to the Karachi Press Club after...
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KARACHI: SC admits appeal against acquittal of LTF men
KARACHI, Nov 5: The Supreme Court admitted on Wednesday a provincial government petition for leave to appeal against the acquittal of police officials who allegedly killed a person in custody to...
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KARACHI: Alone in a crowd
KARACHI, Nov 5: The first thing that grabs you about the play is the name, for with a name like Janab-i-Wala Mar Chukay Hein, one expects something unconventional to unfold....
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KARACHI: ‘Media, politics can’t be run in isolation’
KARACHI, Nov 5: The mass media, both state-run and private, have been growing, strengthening and diversifying very rapidly and their role in developing, creating, promoting and defending basic human rights and democracy in Pakistan has sharply increased in the recent past....
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KARACHI: Ban on heavy vehicles
KARACHI, Nov 5: The Sindh home department has imposed a ban on the entry of heavy vehicles in the metropolis from 6am to 11pm for a period of 30 days....
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KARACHI: Transfer stayed
KARACHI, Nov 5: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Khalid Ali Z. Qazi stayed the transfer of Dr Shariq Ali, Burns Centre in-charge and assistant professor, Dow University of Health Sciences....
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KARACHI: Sculptures at VM
KARACHI, Nov 5: An exhibition of sculptures, titled “Complexities”, by Sadiq Hussain opens on Thursday at the VM art gallery at 5.30pm....
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KARACHI: Workers, employers reject IRO bill
KARACHI, Nov 5: The recent approval of the industrial relations ordinance bill-2008 by the Senate came under sharp criticism at a national conference that declared the bill to be a mere...
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KARACHI: SHO asked to submit reply in contempt plea
KARACHI, Nov 5: The district and sessions judge, Malir, on Wednesday directed the SHO of Shah Latif Town to appear in court on Nov 11 and submit his reply on a contempt matter....
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KARACHI: 92,000 acres ready for allotment: CM
KARACHI, Nov 5: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that about 92,000-acre land is ready for allotment among families of landless peasants....
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KARACHI: Shot dead
KARACHI, Nov 5: A 22-year-old man was shot dead near his house in Gulshan-i-Zia, in Orangi Town. Mohammed Sajid, son of Mohammed Saeed, was on his way home when he was shot.—Staff...
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HYDERABAD: Lab for diagnosis of hepatitis urged
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: DCO Ali Ahmed Loond has appealed to the provincial government to establish a laboratory in the district for the diagnosis of hepatitis....
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HYDERABAD: Growers’ sit-in
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: A large number of growers of Tando Allahyar held a sit-in on the Tando Allahyar-Tando Adam road on Wednesday in protest against illegal deductions and non-payment of dues to growers by the Mehran Sugar Mills....
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HYDERABAD: Self-confessed killer remanded in judicial custody
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-X of Hyderabad on Wednesday remanded local PML-Q leader Dr Shafiq Arain to judicial custody for eight days....
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UMERKOT: People complain of long wait for CNICs
UMERKOT, Nov 5: People complain of having to wait in long queues for days and weeks on end to obtain Computerised National Identity Cards and accuse officials at the Umerkot branch...
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HYDERABAD: Govt policies insult mandate: STP
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has criticised the government on its failure to revoke illegal decisions taken by General Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007 and said that it is an insult to mandate given by the people....
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KHAIRPUR: Students seek transport facility
KHAIRPUR, Nov 5: A group of students of Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU) belonging to Faiz Gunj taluka demonstrated here on Wednesday against lack of transport facility....
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HYDERABAD: BISE releases SSC-I result
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, announced result of the Secondary School Certificate Part-I (Class-IX) annual examination 2008 of science and general groups....
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HYDERABAD: Ceremony held to honour teacher
HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Head-Mistress of St.Bonaventure Boys High School Angela D’Souza has said that teaching is a noble profession and education gives golden opportunities to people for their future....
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PESHAWAR: CJ proposes evening court sessions to clear pending cases
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The Peshawar High Court’s Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan has proposed functioning of high court in the evening and has approached the federal government to sanction extra remuneration for the attached staff....
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HARIPUR: Independent wins Haripur by-election
HARIPUR, Nov 5: Independent candidate Gohar Nawaz Khan won the PF-51 Haripur-III by-election by securing 36,413 votes, while his opponent Asad Saeed of PML-N secured 6,224 votes, according to unofficial results....
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PESHAWAR: Over 150 children held in Kabul prisons: British journalist
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Yvonne Ridley, a journalist turned human rights activist, claimed that over 150 children, ‘sold out’ by the previous Pakistani regime, have been languishing in different prisons manned by the US marines in Afghanistan....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Rs50m uplift package for FRs okayed, claims MNA
LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 5: The federal government has sanctioned Rs50 million development package for the Frontier Regions (FRs), said MNA Zafar Baig Bhittani here on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Task force to prescribe plan for human development
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The NWFP government has constituted a task force to review an offer of the World Bank for proposed Human Development Programme and prescribe an uplift plan to mitigate the impacts of ongoing insurgency in the province....
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PESGHAWAR: 60 suspects arrested in Peshawar crackdown
PESGHAWAR, Nov 5: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested 60 suspected persons including 15 Afghan nationals, who were involved in different kinds of crime....
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PESHAWAR: Militants free kidnapped students
PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Islamist militants in restive Swat district said on Wednesday they had released 12 students who were kidnapped on suspicion of spying for the government....
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