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February 07, 2008 Thursday Muharram 28, 1429 KARACHI: ANP leader’s killing sparks violence KARACHI, Feb 6: A leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) was killed by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday, sparking violence that brought some parts of the city to a standstill and... KARACHI: Karachi shivers in unusual cold snap KARACHI, Feb 6: Some leading nations may reluctantly have recognised the effects of global warming just recently, but the resultant climate changes are already being witnessed in Pakistan which has been... KARACHI: Suspected Bombers asking for a lift KARACHI, Feb 6: The police are treating the latest bid by a suspected suicide bomber to ram a car into a police mobile casually. The incident, which occurred with the nephew... KARACHI: Dr Hamida quits PML-Q KARACHI, Feb 6: Dr Hamida Khuhro, senior vice-president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q who held the portfolio of education in the last provincial government, on Wednesday tendered her resignation from the party’s membership.... KARACHI: Ailing Guantanamo inmate may die, says his lawyer KARACHI: Terming her life “slightly abnormal” when she compares it to her friends’ who are just finding their way to adulthood, Muneeza Paracha, 25, says she has no complaints having had... KARACHI: CDGK allowed to discipline milk sellers KARACHI, Feb 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court allowed the city district government to proceed against the milk sellers for overcharging.... KARACHI: Iranian film show ends on sublime note KARACHI, Feb 6: Majid Majidi’s 1996 sublime emotional thriller Pidar (Father) was shown on the last day of the Iranian film festival at the Arts Council’s Manzar Akbar Hall here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Schools, colleges closed KARACHI, Feb 6: Schools and colleges will be closed on Thursday, according to a notification issued by Education Secretary Dr Mohammad Ali on the orders of caretaker chief minister Abdul Qadir Halepota.... KARACHI: Toori, Talha remanded KARACHI, Feb 6: Judicial magistrates, East, Maqbool Memon and Anum Ali Kalhoro on Wednesday remanded alleged Jundullah activists Qasim Toori alias Hamza Ali and Danish alias Talha in police custody till Feb 15.... KARACHI: Lawyers’ rally today KARACHI, Feb 6: The city bar associations have appealed to all human rights activists, non-governmental organisations, political parties and civil society at large to participate in their protest rally due to... KARACHI: Many shops gutted KARACHI, Feb 6: More than a dozen shops were gutted in a fire which broke out in the timber market of Korangi No.6 on Wednesday morning. There were no casualties.... KARACHI: Group show at Clifton KARACHI, Feb 6: A group show of paintings by Pakistan’s senior artists including Gulgee, Colin David, Najmi Sura, Ahmed Khan, Raja Changez Sultan, Tasaduq Sohail, Wahab Jaffer, Waseem Ahmed, Kazim, Farrukh... KARACHI: Exhibition at ShakilIsmail KARACHI, Feb 6: An exhibition of paintings by Sarfraz Musawir opens at ShakilIsmail art gallery at 5pm on Thursday. It will continue till Feb 13.... KARACHI: Mengal’s case KARACHI, Feb 6: The Anti-terrorism Court headed by Ahmed Nawaz Shaikh on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a case against former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal till Feb 25.... KARACHI: President’s recent tour a flop, says expert KARACHI, Feb 6: Concerned about political instability and terrorism in Pakistan, the European Union is stressing the need for restoration of democracy for viable relations with the country.... KARACHI: Opposition councillors observe hunger strike KARACHI, Feb 6: Opposition councillors in the City Council on Wednesday launched their mobilisation campaign against what they called “injustices of the city district government” and to highlight the problems being faced by people in their union councils.... KARACHI: Govt asked not to overstep mandate KARACHI, Feb 6: Leader of the opposition in the Senate and deputy secretary-general of the Pakistan People’s Party Raza Rabbani has slammed the caretaker government for “exceeding its limits” by advising the future elected government to increase oil prices.... KARACHI: Arrest warrants out for five cops, others: Double murder case KARACHI, Feb 6: An additional district and sessions court on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants for arrest of five policemen, a medico-legal officer and four other prosecution witnesses in a double murder case.... KARACHI: PPI leader shot dead KARACHI, Feb 6: A local political leader was shot dead in Saeedabad area on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Disaster management strategy discussed HYDERABAD, Feb 6: District Naib Nazim Zafar Rajput said on Wednesday that geological mapping of the city and the Hyderabad Master Plan prepared by the district government are being used as... HYDERABAD: University postpones today’s paper HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The University of Sindh has postponed the examination paper of affiliated degree colleges and private institutes scheduled for Feb 7.... HYDERABAD: Polluting factories warned of action HYDERABAD, Feb 6: Provincial Secretary for Environment and Alternative Energy Mir Hussain Ali has said that strict action will be taken against those who dispose of industrial toxic effluent into River Indus.... HYDERABAD: Arbab accused of hindering PPP poll campaign HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The People’s Party leaders and its candidates from Tharparkar district have said that due to the alleged high-handedness of former Sindh chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim it has become impossible for them to run their election campaign.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Protesters block highway NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 6: Some government’s primary school teachers and members of the Siyal community on Wednesday blocked the National Highway near Kandiaro for three hours in protest against what they called police’s failure to recover a kidnapped person.... SUKKUR: Temperature and cough symptoms of bird flu SUKKUR, Feb 6: Bird flu is caused by a virus which normally does not affect human being and is destroyed at 70 degree centigrade or more.... NAWABSHAH: Power breakdowns hit Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Feb 6: Many areas of the Nawabshah district continued to face power breakdowns on Wednesday.... LANDI KOTAL: Afghan national killed in explosion LANDI KOTAL, Feb 6: An Afghan refugee was killed and two others were injured in an explosion in a roadside scrap shop in Khyber Agency’s Jamrud tehsil on Wednesday, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers differ on continuing court boycott: Rivals meet PHC chief justice PESHAWAR, Feb 6: Differences seem to have developed in the legal fraternity here as a group of lawyers on Wednesday met Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Raza Khan and expressed... PESHAWAR: EC official, candidate put on notice: Disqualification case PESHAWAR, Feb 6: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday put on notice the respondents including the district returning officer and the rival candidate in a writ petition filed by a disqualified... PESHAWAR: Suspected bird flu patient tests negative PESHAWAR, Feb 6: A sample collected from a suspected patient of bird flu has tested negative, say hospital authorities.... KOHAT: Tribes seek one week to oust militants KOHAT, Feb 6: Six tribes of the Frontier Region of Kohat sought one week to expel militants hiding in Darra Adamkhel and other criminals after receiving a warning from the political administration on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: ‘Taliban’ threaten English daily PESHAWAR, Feb 6: A local English daily has received a threatening letter asking its staff to “correct themselves” within five days, otherwise they will be blown up.... MANSEHRA: Girl recovered, kidnapper held MANSEHRA, Feb 6: Police recovered a kidnapped girl after an encounter with proclaimed offenders in Kala Dhaka area of the district and arrested the main accused in the case on Wednesday morning.... KHAR: 450 arrested for growing poppy KHAR, Feb 6: Political authorities have arrested more than 400 poppy growers of Brung tribe in the Bajaur tribal region during the last few weeks, officials said....

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