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February 06, 2008 Wednesday Muharram 27, 1429 KARACHI: Grieving families give up on search for Oct 18 victims KARACHI, Feb 5: Families of the persons missing since the Oct 18 bomb attacks on former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming procession are still clueless about the fate of their loved... KARACHI: Panic hits Clifton after sewer gas blast KARACHI, Feb 5: A huge explosion in the Clifton area on Tuesday caused panic and triggered the movement of ambulances and police mobiles in the locality, though it later emerged that the blast was caused by sewer gases.... KARACHI: Cold snap to continue KARACHI, Feb 5: The city remained in the grip of strong and cold north-westerly winds on Tuesday, forcing Karachians to wear woollies to protect themselves from the harsh weather which, according... KARACHI: ‘Bio-security measures a must to control bird flu’ KARACHI, Feb 5: Poultry farms in the Gadap Town area of Karachi need to be more careful about bio-security issues, particularly in the wake of the recent outbreak of avian influenza... KARACHI: Call to deploy army on polling day KARACHI, Feb 5: The Pakistan People’s Party’s local leadership has criticised the caretaker Sindh government for ‘injecting violence’ into the upcoming elections, and alleged that a conspiracy was being hatched at... HYDERABAD: Inquiry sought into removal of evidence from BB murder site HYDERABAD, Feb 5: The Pakistan People’s Party leader Abdul Latif Ansari has demanded that elections should be held under the supervision of army to avoid bloodshed, especially in Dadu, Thatta, Larkana, Jacobabad and Pano Aqil.... HYDERABAD: Sindh rallies for Kashmiris’ self-determination HYDERABAD, Feb 5: The Kashmir Day was observed with great enthusiasm across Sindh on Tuesday to express solidarity with the people of the occupied territories.... SWAT/ABBOTTABAD: Rain, snowfall paralyse life in Frontier SWAT/ABBOTTABAD, Feb 5: The intermittent rains and snowfall paralysed life in various parts of Frontier province on Monday as severe cold forced people to remain indoors.... MANSEHRA: Four killed in Mansehra MANSEHRA, Feb 5: Four members of a family, including three women, were killed over old enmity here on Tuesday.... KHAR: Blast damages Bajaur Scouts vehicle KHAR, Feb 5: A vehicle of Bajaur Scouts was partially damaged when a roadside bomb exploded on Tuesday afternoon at Raghmaan village, some 15 kilometers from Bajaur Agency headquarters, Khar.... KARACHI: Wazir Mansion restoration set to suffer further delay KARACHI, Feb 5: The restoration project of the Wazir Mansion, the Quaid-i-Azam’s birthplace in Kharadar, is set to be delayed further as the newly-posted project director has said that the PC-1 needs to be revised.... KARACHI: Lack of day care facilities impedes women’s careers KARACHI, Feb 5: Finding proper childcare during the workday has become one of the major issues that forces many working women to give up their careers, even though the number of... ISLAMABAD: 12 poultry workers being tested ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Health authorities are conducting tests on 12 workers from a farm where the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in poultry, a federal health ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Treading the road not taken KARACHI, Feb 5: The transcendent beauty of Kamal Tabrizi’s 2005 motion picture Yek Teke Nan (A Piece of Bread) is a far cry from the nuclear brinkmanship and fire-breathing clerics that... KARACHI: CDGK schools lack basic facilities KARACHI, Feb 5: Children of a majority of schools being run by the city government only dream of basic facilities like drinking water, power, toilets, furniture, bookshop, canteen and playgrounds at their schools.... KARACHI: Question mark over effluent treatment of army factory KARACHI, Feb 5: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), known to go about its work with zeal, appears to have run up against a particularly formidable polluter -- a fertiliser factory run by the Pakistan army.... KARACHI: Enforcement of ban on plastic bags pledged KARACHI, Feb 5: The city government has decided to take strict measures to ensure an effective implementation of the ban on polythene bags in the city.... KARACHI: Work on Gulshan sewer begins KARACHI, Feb 5: The town nazim of Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Mohammad Wasay Jalil, has urged the town residents to avoid throwing garbage, plastic bags and oil in sewage lines.... KARACHI: Govt fails to remove illegal bus terminus KARACHI, Feb 5: Frequent jams have become a permanent feature at the traffic intersection of Lea Market which has been virtually converted into an illegal terminus with all types of buses... KARACHI: Pavement encroachment goes unchecked KARACHI, Feb 5: Construction of illegal buildings and inclusion of footpaths within the compound walls of houses continues unabated in different towns of the city, unfortunately without any action from the relevant authorities.... KARACHI: ‘Violations of building plans can’t be over 20pc’ KARACHI, Feb 5: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) has announced that constructions with violations committed above 20 per cent as against the approved plans will not be regularised.... KARACHI: Art exhibition KARACHI, Feb 5: “Surreal Narratives”, an exhibition of the artworks of Muddasar Manzoor, opens at Gandhara Art Space, Clifton at 5.30pm, on Wednesday.... KARACHI: PPP slams ‘govt inaction’ over Kashmir issue KARACHI, Feb 5: Accusing the government of putting the Kashmir issue on the backburner, the Pakistan People’s Party pledged to resolve the problem in accordance with the aspirations of the people of the disputed territory, if the party assumed power.... KARACHI: JI rejects govt policy on Kashmir KARACHI, Feb 5: The Jamaat-i-Islami expressed complete solidarity with the people of Kashmir by staging an impressive rally on new M.A. Jinnah Road on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Threats to media condemned HYDERABAD, Feb 5: The leaders of the All-Parties Democratic Movement have criticized the federal information minister for what they saw as issuing threats to media, and demanded reinstatement of all the sacked judges.... HYDERABAD: Police red-faced after raid on false tip-off HYDERABAD, Feb 5: Market police have detained a police constable Ghulam Shabbir for misguiding senior police officials through his false information that led to a massive search operation in Civil Hospital here on Tuesday.... NAWABSHAH: MQM procession in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Feb 5: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement activists took out an election procession here on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: ‘Kashmir catchments vital for country’ HYDERABAD, Feb 5: A research scholar has said that mountains and valleys of Kashmir have an intricate system of catchments of its water stock that caters to the needs of not only 3.2... PESHAWAR: Minister says bird flu outbreak not imminent PESHAWAR, Feb 5: NWFP Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives Department Engineer Hisamuddin Bangash has said that there was no immediate threat of bird flu outbreak in the province, adding that... PESHAWAR: Launch of uplift plans banned till elections PESHAWAR, Feb 5: The NWFP caretaker government has directed district coordination officers (DCOs) and heads of public sector utility organisation to stop facilitating inaugural ceremonies of developmental schemes in the province till the polls.... PESHAWAR: NWFP lacks cancer treatment facilities PESHAWAR, Feb 5: As the World Cancer Day passed by quietly, people afflicted with the dreaded disease continue to suffer due to shortage of specialist doctors and treatment facilities in the province.... MARDAN: Rivals clash, use rockets MARDAN, Feb 5: The people of a rival group reportedly fired five rockets on the house of their rivals at Dhakki Mera on Tuesday but no casualty was reported in the incident.... Writing on the broken-down bus It is no ordinary rickety kind of bus or lorry, as one would be called in the old days. Its corporal entity seems to have been violated beyond description.... PESHAWAR: Kashmir Day observed PESHAWAR, Feb 5: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has said that Pakistan was not a battleground but some elements were exploiting innocent people in the name of jihad.... LAKKI MARWAT: Cleric supports PML-Q LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 5: Position of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) in Lakki Marwat district will be strengthened as a prominent and influential religious leader, Pir Hidayatullah Zakori, has announced his... LANDI KOTAL: Five businessmen go missing LANDI KOTAL, Feb 5: Five young businessmen belonging to a noted family of Jamrud tehsil have been missing since January 31, sources said....

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