| April 15, 2007 | Sunday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 26, 1428 |
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KARACHI: New Sindh police chief declines to take charge
KARACHI, April 14: The newly posted Provincial Police Officer of the Sindh Police Asif Hayat declined to take over his new responsibility on health grounds and the federal government is reviewing various names to appoint a new Sindh police chief.... 
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KARACHI: Lawyers observe complete strike
KARACHI, April 14: The lawyers’ fraternity on Saturday observed a complete strike in the city courts against, what the Karachi Bar Association described the government’s attempts to sabotage lawyers’ campaign for independence of judiciary....
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KARACHI: MQM rally today
KARACHI, April 14: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has finalised arrangements for the Sunday (April 15) rally in the city to denounce religious extremism and, what it calls, ‘the stick-wielding Shariah’, a...
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KARACHI: MMA asks people to stay home
KARACHI, April 14: The Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal on Saturday said that Karachiites were true Muslims and followed the Shariah and the dictates of Allah Almighty and they would not participate in the...
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KARACHI: Traffic arrangements for rally
KARACHI, April 14: The traffic police announced alternative routes for road users for Sunday as a rally will be taken out from Guru Mandir and culminate at Tibet Centre via M.A....
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KARACHI: Hamdard centenary
KARACHI, April 14: A series of programmes will be held in 22 cities to mark the centenary celebrations of Hamdard Pakistan. The programmes will be launched simultaneously in India and Bangladesh....
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KARACHI: ARD plans token hunger strike on 18th
KARACHI, April 14: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, Sindh, has decided to observe a token hunger strike on April 18, the next date of hearing of presidential reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry....
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KARACHI: 60 graduates get nursing diploma: MRI dept inaugurated at NICH
KARACHI, April 14: Sixty graduates of the School of Nursing were given three-year nursing diploma certificates at a candle-lighting ceremony held at National Institute of Child Health on Saturday....
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PESHAWAR: No Grade 22 officer in NWFP
PESHAWAR, April 14: Reshuffling in the senior bureaucracy by the federal government during the last couple of months has left not a single Grade 22 officer working in the NWFP....
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PESHAWAR: Kurram Agency on fire again
PESHAWAR, April 14: The Kurram Agency is on fire again. Fighting between the so-called sectarian groups has been continuing for six days, leaving dozens of people dead or wounded....
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KARACHI: Irregular health dept staff to face dismissal
KARACHI, April 14: The City District Government Karachi has decided to take stern action against medical employees who are irregular or not serious towards their assignments....
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KARACHI: Power cuts persist
KARACHI, April 14: Residents of various localities and shopping centres on Saturday complained of prolonged power failures in their areas and criticised the management of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation for doing little to ensure smooth supply of electricity....
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KARACHI: 7 fall victim to subsoil water
KARACHI, April 14: Seven persons, including a minor girl, have fallen ill with the use of contaminated water in various localities of SITE Town while many other areas have been facing acute shortage of water for the last many days.Residents...
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KARACHI: Dr Ambedkar remembered
KARACHI, April 14: Speakers called Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar a leader who spent his life to establish a classless and casteless Indian Subcontinent. The programme was held on Saturday to observe the 116th birth anniversary....
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KARACHI: Irrigation projects
KARACHI, April 14: Sindh Irrigation Minister Nadir Akmal Leghari on Saturday directed the authorities concerned for expediting pace of work on all uplift works executed in the province under the Annual Development Programme and PSDP....
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KARACHI: ‘Freedom’s antithesis, Taliban’
KARACHI, April 14: Leading academic Professor Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy has warned that Talibanization of Pakistan is the antithesis of freedom, which will create an unhappy and violent society that crushes the human spirit and destroys creativity....
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KARACHI: Cop shot dead
KARACHI, April 14: A policeman was shot dead in Mithadar area early on Saturday morning. Two dacoits snatched Rs1,000 and a cellphone from a man at gunpoint on the Native Jetty Bridge....
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KARACHI: Attack on mosque condemned
KARACHI, April 14: Speakers at a demonstration on Saturday condemned the attack on a Tunisia Line mosque and alleging biased attitude of the administration, demanded the release of Mufti Yusuf Kasuri....
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KARACHI: Ulema slam violence
KARACHI, April 14: Various religious scholars on Saturday said though they supported the issues raised by the Lal Masjid administration, they did not support the violent method they had adopted to implement their demands....
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KARACHI: Plane mishap at airport
KARACHI, April 14: The PIA flight, PK-366, for Karachi-Islamabad sector was delayed after its wing hit the tail of a Boeing 777-300 while it was being pushed back before taking off....
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KARACHI: No Koocha today
KARACHI, April 14: The Arts Council of Pakistan on Saturday announced that the Koocha-i-Saqafat, which is a weekly feature comprising book bazaar and art and cultural sections, would not be held on Sunday (today) due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’....
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HYDERABAD: Villagers held after attack on FWO men
HYDERABAD, April 14: Officials of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), including a major were attacked by angry residents of Karam Din village in Kotri taluka of Jamshoro district when FWO personnel...
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PESHAWAR: Govt urged to protect minorities
PESHAWAR, April 14: Parliamentarians have urged the government to do something concrete for protection of minorities and for their religious freedom. They were speaking at a seminar on “Protection of...
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MARDAN: Woman hanged
MARDAN, April 14: A woman was hanged by unidentified men and threw her body in a canal in the Mahonarai village on Friday. According to police, during a routine patrol,...
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Gomal varsity to keep education system intact
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 14: The Vice Chancellor of the Gomal University, Mr Ijmal Khan, said on Saturday that standardized education system would be maintained at every level of the university....
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KOHAT: Smuggling bid
KOHAT, April 14: The anti-narcotics force, Kohat, on Saturday foiled a bid for smuggling huge quantify of drugs to Punjab. Acting on a tip-off, the ANF staff signalled a Punjab-bound truck...
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