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April 03, 2008 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 25, 1429 KARACHI: PPP leader feels surge of affection for MQM KARACHI, April 2: The exceedingly warm and conciliatory tone adopted by the Pakistan People’s Party’s designated parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly, Pir Mazharul Haq, towards the Muttahida Qaumi Movement made... KARACHI: Haqiqi activist killed in Landhi KARACHI, April 2: Three people, including a worker of the Muhajir Quami Movement (Haqiqi), were killed on Wednesday in different parts of the city, witnesses and police said.... KARACHI: Scrap over space leads to Aids centre closure KARACHI, April 2: Of all the hospitals in the province, the only centre working towards counselling and screening pregnant women against HIV/Aids has stopped functioning due to the allegedly “uninterested attitude” of the authorities concerned.... KARACHI: Two banks restrained from sending recovery squads KARACHI, April 2: The Sindh High Court restrained two commercial banks on Wednesday from sending recovery squads to the residence of an alleged credit card defaulter and summoned their executives and the SHO concerned to answer his allegations on April 16.... KARACHI: City yet to incarcerate adulterators KARACHI, April 2: While the presence of adulterated food items on the market is an ever increasing concern, not a single person proven guilty of the crime in the subordinate court... KARACHI: FUUAST results KARACHI, April 2: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) on Wednesday announced the results of BS (Physics-cum-Telecommunication) 4th semester 1st batch (morning) 2006, BS (Biochemistry) 2nd semester 1st batch (morning) and MCS 2nd semester ((morning/repeaters).—PPI... KARACHI: ‘No positive change in Balochistan situation in sight’ KARACHI, April 2: Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal, founder of the Balochistan National Party who has the honour of being the first elected chief minister of Balochistan, has expressed his pessimism about... KARACHI: Dust storm, rain likely in upper Sindh KARACHI, April 2: Scattered rain and dust storm/thunderstorm may hit the upper region of Sindh over the next two days, Met Department said on Wednesday, adding that dust storm may also hit the rest of the province.... KARACHI: DHA parks, water supply now under Cantt board KARACHI, April 2: The Defence Housing Authority has decided to shift maintenance responsibilities of horticulture, water and sewerage to the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) in phases over the next two years.... KARACHI: Ex-KPT employeesacquitted in land scam case KARACHI, April 2: An accountability court on Wednesday acquitted the former employees of Karachi Port Trust and land utilisation department in a land scam case under the National Reconciliation Ordinance, 2007.... KARACHI: Gang-rape accused sent to jail KARACHI, April 2: The civil judge and judicial magistrate, East, Javed Hussain, on Wednesday sent a security officer of the Mazar-i-Quaid to jail custody on a one-day judicial remand for his... KARACHI: Uplift work in Gulshan KARACHI, April 2: The Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Council passed various resolutions, seeking construction of roads, streets and repair of sewers, in its session held here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Preparations in full swing for assembly inaugural session KARACHI, April 2: On Wednesday the Sindh Assembly secretariat remained busy giving final touches to its preparations for holding the inaugural session of the newly-elected house, which is scheduled for April 5.... KARACHI: Demand for judicial probe into KU teacher’s ‘thrashing’ KARACHI, April 2: “The Karachi University Teachers’ Society (KUTS) demands an independent judicial inquiry into the incident of a KU teacher being beaten up. This was decided by KUTS following a... KARACHI: SHC adjourns Asif’s acquittal plea in Murtaza case to 7th KARACHI, April 2: Justice Syed Pir Ali Shah of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s application for acquittal on account of lack... HYDERABAD: Blame game starts over milk price HYDERABAD, April 2: The dairy farmers are reluctant to review the increase in per litre price of milk on the ground that they are already hit by inflation and sharp rise... KARACHI: Suspects arrested KARACHI, April 2: Sachal police arrested two suspects in Tuesday’s killing of a young man. The police said they had arrested Salimuddin Qureshi and Sharafat Hussain for the murder of Abid Hussain Phulpoto.... HYDERABAD: Tortured policeman gets peanuts as compensation HYDERABAD, April 2: A meagre amount of Rs15,000 was handed over to the brutalized police head constable Ali Hassan Solangi on Wednesday by an MPA-elect Dr.... HYDERABAD: Student unions to bring in new leadership: VC HYDERABAD, April 2: Welcoming the first policy statement of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Sindh University Vice-Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has said that with the revival of student unions a great... HYDERABAD: PPP accused of harassing former nazims HYDERABAD, April 2: The leaders of Dadu Ittehad, who ruled the district unchallenged before general elections, accused the Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday of unleashing terror against the supporters, nazims and councillors of the Ittehad.... HYDERABAD: Rights body urges protest HYDERABAD, April 2: The Human Rights Development Organisation on Wednesday appealed to members of civil society, human rights bodies and general public to hold peaceful demonstrations to press the government for... HYDERABAD: US envoys visit MUET HYDERABAD, April 2: A two-member delegation of the Consulate General of the United States of America on Tuesday discussed with the vice-chancellor and faculty of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology... SANGHAR: 40 houses gutted SANGHAR, April 2: More than 40 houses were gutted and 50 buffaloes and cows burnt alive in Mir Mohammad Mayothi village near Kandiari on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Jirga seeks legal action against Mangal Bagh: Talks with Lashkar bear no fruit PESHAWAR, April 2: After holding fruitless talks with the Bara-based organisation Lashkar-i-Islam, elders of Khalil and Mohmand tribes vowed to force government to take legal action against its chief, who they... PESHAWAR: Lawyers demand separate assembly for Fata PESHAWAR, April 2: The Fata Lawyers Forum on Wednesday hailed the prime minister’s announcement of repealing the Frontier Crimes Regulation and demanded that a special assembly should be established for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on the pattern of provincial assemblies.... HARIPUR: MPA arrested in murder case HARIPUR, April 2: Former provincial minister and member of NWFP Assembly from Haripur, Akhtar Nawaz Khan, was arrested here on Wednesday when a local court cancelled his application for bail before arrest in a murder case.... PESHAWAR: LPG business continues without safety measures PESHAWAR, April 2: The sale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is continuing in parts of the provincial capital without fulfilling legal requirements and safety measures posing serious threat to the lives and properties of people.... HARIPUR: Low rainfall affects wheat crop in Haripur HARIPUR, April 2: Low rainfall has badly damaged the wheat crop in district Haripur and the authorities fear shortage of local variety of wheat flour and seed during the season, official sources told Dawn here on Wednesday.... MANSEHRA: Official faces action for barking up the wrong tree MANSEHRA, April 2: Police have booked the district revenue officer for allegedly threatening court officials and creating obstructions in execution of court orders, it is learnt....

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