| May 31, 2008 | Saturday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1429 |
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KARACHI: Local govt system being scrapped, says PPP leader
KARACHI, May 30: Rejecting the Karachi Strategic Development Plan 2020, speakers at a seminar held here on Friday termed it “a conspiracy” against the interest of the local population of the city.... 
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KARACHI: ‘KBCA rules have no legal sanction’: SHC hears plea against high-rise
KARACHI, May 30: Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations have no legal sanction as the Karachi Building Control Authority had no authority to formulate them after the promulgation of the Sindh...
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KARACHI: Policeman gets life in murder case
KARACHI, May 30: An additional district and sessions judge, East, on Friday sentenced a policeman guilty of killing one of his colleagues to life imprisonment....
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KARACHI: Row over transfer of EDO deepens
KARACHI, May 30: A tit-for-tat row between the provincial government and the city government over the posting of an executive district officer deepened on Friday when it emerged that the latter...
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KARACHI: Body of kidnap victim found
KARACHI, May 30: The body of a jeweller kidnapped in April was found in the underground water tank of a PECHS bungalow on Friday....
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KARACHI: Referendum in PSM being planned
KARACHI, May 30: A meeting held in the labour department in connection with a referendum being held in the Pakistan Steel Mills on June 15 remained inconclusive on Friday.Sources...
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KARACHI: Admission to KU evening programme from June 2
KARACHI, May 30: The process of admissions to masters and diploma courses under the Karachi University’s Evening Programme 2008-09 session begins on June 2 with the issuance of forms and prospectuses....
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KARACHI: Demand for withdrawal of taxes on POL products
KARACHI, May 30: An All-Parties Conference organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami here on Friday demanded withdrawal of all taxes on petroleum products and drastic cuts in non-productive spending in order to overcome the food crisis and deteriorating economic condition of the country....
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KARACHI: Detention of journalist
KARACHI, May 30: The Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) and the Karachi Press Club (KPC) have condemned the illegal detention and harassment of journalist Hafiz Tariq Mahmood by Karachi police....
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KARACHI: Total ban on all tobacco products urged
KARACHI, May 30: Senior academicians and health professionals at a media briefing held here on Friday called for a total ban on the manufacturing and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco-related...
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HYDERABAD: Iftikhar vows to restore rule of law
HYDERABAD, May 30: Lawyers want to see country’s affairs running according to the constitution and not under arbitrary powers or direction of any individual, said deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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SUKKUR: 10 faint after cylinder burst
SUKKUR, May 30: Ten people, including a woman and four children, were fainted after inhaling ammonia gas spread in the air after a gas cylinder burst in an ice factory, on Military road, here on Thursday....
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SUKKUR: Labour dept urged to collect social security arrears
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SUKKUR, May 30: The inability of Labour Department’s officials to recover arrears of education cess and social security from commercial and industrial concerns irked Sindh Minister for Labour and Manpower Ameer...
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MIRPURKHAS: Transfer likely to affect arrangements: Mango festival
MIRPURKHAS, May 30: Changing Coordinator of the National Mango and Summer Fruit Festival may adversely affect festival as it has been done only a week before the event....
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SUKKUR: No clue to drowned youth’s body
SUKKUR, May 30: The body of a student of Bahria College Khairpur who drowned in Mir Wah (canal) on Tuesday could not have been recovered till Friday evening....
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HYDERABAD: Bodies proposed to meet disaster
HYDERABAD, May 30: Parti-cipants of a four-day workshop on “Governance and disaster risk reduction” have been briefed about the factors to be taken care of in case of any eventuality in the district....
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HYDERABAD: Culture dept criticised
HYDERABAD, May 30: The Sindh Culture Department is destroying Sindh Museum and discouraging artisans, artists, singers, and writers, said officials of Pakistan Heritage, Preservation and Promotion Society....
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LARKANA: Larkana development package announced
LARKANA, May 30: Construction of a dual carriageway between Ratodero, Larkana and Dadu, establishment of a cement factory in Qubo Saeed Khan and a power generation plant at Mazarani Gas Field...
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