| June 02, 2008 | Monday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 27, 1429 |
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KARACHI: Justice system for workers may cause clash of interests
KARACHI, June 1: While people approach the judiciary to get their grievances redressed, workers have to approach the executive branch of the government to secure their rights.... 
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KARACHI: Two sons of PML-Q leader arrested
KARACHI, June 1: Police have arrested two teenaged sons of Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader, Altaf Unnar, along with his nephew and driver in Defence and booked them on the charges of robbery and illegal use of arms....
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KARACHI: Committee mulls judicial reforms
KARACHI, June 1: The National Judicial Policy Making Committee, consisting of all the chief justices of the country, will consider measures to streamline the working of courts as the backlog of...
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KARACHI: Two KESC workers die as cylinder explodes
KARACHI, June 1: Two workers of the Karachi Electricity Supply Company lost their lives in a cylinder blast at Bin Qasim Power Plant on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Auction of milk plant on the cards
KARACHI, June 1: The Karachi Milk Plant’s fate seems to be sealed after the Sindh government handed over an eight-acre plot to the Board of Revenue and started mulling auction of...
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KARACHI: ‘Culprits of villages’ demolition to be punished’
KARACHI, June 1: Sindh Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani has said that all those involved in the demolition of old villages in Karachi during the previous government’s tenure will be punished....
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KARACHI: Curriculum will be revised to correct history: minister
KARACHI, June 1: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq has said that the government intends to review the curriculum because “doctored and manipulated versions” are being taught to students and...
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KARACHI: Early closure of markets opposed
KARACHI, June 1: Leaders of the Karachi Transport Action Committee and the Anjuman Ittehad Bus Malikan on Sunday condemned the government’s decision on early closure of markets, saying that the practice...
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KARACHI: APDM holds rally against price hike, govt policies
KARACHI, June 1: The All-Parties Democratic Movement on Sunday staged a rally against soaring prices, unemployment, power load-shedding and in support of the restoration of the judiciary....
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KARACHI: Journalists demand
KARACHI, June 1: A meeting organised by the Karachi Union of Journalists and the Karachi Press Club on Saturday demanded immediate suspension of police officers involved in kidnapping, keeping in illegal detention and torturing senior journalist Hafiz Tariq Mahmood....
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KARACHI: Exhibition at VM Art Gallery
KARACHI, June 1: An exhibition of drawings by Ayaz Jokhio opens at the VM Art Gallery at 6pm....
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KARACHI: Jatoi says he will move court against EC
KARACHI, June 1: Chief of the National People’s Party Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi has said that he will file a contempt petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan for issuing the order...
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KARACHI: Surveillance cameras may help curb crime
KARACHI, June 1: Two young men riding a motorcycle intercepted another motorcyclist on the main Rashid Minhas Road in Gulshan-i-Iqbal in the evening. One of the two men alighted from his...
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KARACHI: Traffic plans
KARACHI, June 1: Sindh Inspector-General of Police Dr Shoaib Suddle has directed police officials to take effective measures against encroachments in their respective jurisdictions....
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KARACHI: City govt’s directive to advertisers
KARACHI, June 1: On the directives of City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal, the city district government Karachi has chalked out a technical strategy to prevent any unpleasant situation during the...
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HYDERABAD: Permanent secretary sought for Sindhi Adabi Board
HYDERABAD, June 1: Members of civil society staged a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday in protest against the officiating secretary of the Sindhi Adabi Board and urged the government...
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NAWABSHAH: Man killed in clash
NAWABSHAH, June 1: A man was killed and 12 others suffered injuries in a clash between two groups of villagers over a dispute involving children in 75 Mori village near here on Sunday....
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THATTA: Break in water supply affects paddy sowing
THATTA, June 1: Stopping supply of irrigation water for over two months and non-payment of sugarcane dues to growers have seriously hampered paddy sowing and have adversely affected other standing crops...
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HYDERABAD: Officials asked to keep ACs off from 8 to 11am
HYDERABAD, June 1: DCO Farooq Ahmed Leghari has directed the heads of government departments not to use air-conditioners between 8am and 11am in line with federal government’s instructions to conserve electricity....
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MIRPURKHAS: Qaim to give away prizes at mango festival
MIRPURKHAS, June 1: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah will distribute prizes among outstanding farmers of the 43rd annual National Mango and Summer Fruits Festival being held here on June 8....
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HYDERABAD: Kiln-owner accused of selling 60 workers
HYDERABAD, June 1: A large number of kiln workers held a demonstration under the banner of Hari Mazdoor Tanzeem outside the press club on Sunday, in protest against alleged kidnapping and sale of 60 kiln workers....
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HYDERABAD: Minister accuses officials of failing to revive non-functional schools
HYDERABAD, June 1: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq has admitted that government officials have failed to revive non-functional schools within the 45-day deadline he had set for them and...
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MANSEHRA: Hazara group rejects renaming of province
MANSEHRA, June 1: Hazara Quami Mahaz (HQM) has asked the federal and provincial governments to desist from renaming NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa, saying that the organisation would resist the move at any cost....
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PESHAWAR: Poppy problem again pops up in Fata, NWFP
PESHAWAR, June 1: Poppy crop has been cultivated on more than 4,571 acres in the remote areas of NWFP and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) this year, says an official report....
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BATKHELA: Peace termed vital for Sharia enforcement
BATKHELA, June 1: Tehrik Nifaz Sharait-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad has made it clear that enforcement of Sharia is impossible till the restoration of complete peace in the region....
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KOHAT: Militant killed, two held in ‘encounter’
KOHAT, June 1: Police claimed on Sunday to have killed a militant belonging to North Waziristan and arrested two others in Jauzara, an area on the border between Kohat and Hangu districts....
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KOHAT: Tribal body to convey 5-point agenda to Darra militants
KOHAT, June 1: The 13-member committee of tribal elders has been authorised to convey the five-point agenda formulated at a meeting with the administration to negotiate a permanent peace agreement with...
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KOHAT: Nazim escapes attack
KOHAT, June 1: Ustarzai union council nazim and brother of MPA Syed Qalb-i-Hassan, escaped on Sunday an attempt on his life when the vehicle they were travelling in came under attack near Kaghazai Square on Parachinar road, police said....
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LAKKI MARWAT: Road repairs demanded
LAKKI MARWAT, June 1: Residents of Tajori and other adjacent villages have expressed deep concern over the deplorable condition of the Malang Adda-Tajori link road....
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PARACHINAR: NGO official kidnapped
PARACHINAR, June 1: Masked men kidnapped coordinator of an NGO, South Fata Project, Amir Nawaz from Sadda, Lower Kurram tribal region here on Sunday, authorities said....
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JACOBABAD: Suspected robbers arrested
JACOBABAD, June 1: Two suspected robbers were arrested by the City police from the Bhitai Bazaar on Sunday....
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MIRPURKHAS: School building’s sale criticised
MIRPURKHAS, June 1: Concerned citizens have called upon the authorities to take notice of the sale of the historical building of Government Sindhi Primary School, Gharibabad....
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SUKKUR: Youths to get technical training, says minister
SUKKUR, June 1: About 100,000 youths will receive technical training in 32 centres on scholarship under the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Youth Programme, says Sindh Labour Minister Ameer Nawab Khan....
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DADU: Complaints about crime waves, police inaction
DADU, June 1: People complained about water theft, street crimes and highway robberies at an open katchehry held by Pakistan People’s Party MNA Dr Talat Iqbal Hussain Mehesar and MPA Imran Leghari in Khairpur Nathan Shah on Saturday.Farmers...
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DADU: Contractual employees protest
DADU, June 1: A large number of employees of the family planning department observed a strike and took out a procession here on Saturday in protest against non-confirmation of the services of contractual employees....
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MITHI: Death penalty
MITHI, June 1: The district and sessions judge of Tharparkar has sentenced a man to death for killing his five-month pregnant wife with an axe....
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DADU: Shortage of medicines leaves hundreds of patients in distress
Qurban Ali Khushik...
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HYDERABAD: Business as usual as 9pm deadline passes
HYDERABAD, June 1: It was business as usual in commercial areas, bazaars and main markets on Sunday even after the 9pm deadline for closure of business under the federal government’s plan for energy conservation....
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NAWABSHAH: Villagers catch robbers, hand them over to police
NAWABSHAH, June 1: Villagers caught two robbers when they were escaping with a snatched vehicle and handed them over to police in Gulab Bhangwar village near here on Sunday....
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SANGHAR: Officials held on kidnap for ransom charges
SANGHAR, June 1: The Shahdadpur police claimed to have rescued three businessmen and arrested three officials of the excise department under the Anti-Terrorism Act in a kidnapping for ransom case....
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