| June 08, 2008 | Sunday | Jamadi-us-Sani 03, 1429 |
|
KARACHI: ‘New Karachi’ proposed for old Sindhis
KARACHI, June 7: Former chief justice of the Sindh High Court Wajihuddin Ahmed has suggested that a new Karachi be built near Port Qasim for the settlement of old Sindhis and... 
|
|
KARACHI: Undertrial killed outside jail; rivals booked
KARACHI, June 7: An accused in a murder case and his friend, a police constable, were shot dead on Saturday in front of the Central Prison as they came out of...
|
|
||
|
KARACHI: Tremors jolt coastal areas
KARACHI, June 7: Panic gripped the citizens when the coastal areas of the city experienced minor tremors on Saturday afternoon....
|
|
PESHAWAR: Quake survivors’ rehabilitation be given priority: FAO
PESHAWAR, June 7: The Food and Agriculture Organisation, while appreciating performance of the Provincial Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency, said the role defined by respective organisations should not be limited, but...
|
|
|
||
|
KARACHI: JM deposes in NED student’s kidnap case
KARACHI, June 7: An anti-terrorism court recorded on Saturday the statement of a judicial magistrate in a kidnap for ransom case....
|
|
KARACHI: Jewellers robbed of gold worth Rs2 million
KARACHI, June 7: In another gold robbery, second in the week, a gang of heavily armed bandits looted on Saturday cash and gold worth over Rs2 million from seven jewellers in Khokhrapar, witnesses and police said....
|
|
|
||
|
KARACHI: UN agencies urged to help improve environment
KARACHI, June 7: Stakeholders at a consultative workshop urged the United Nations agencies to ensure capacity building and effectiveness of the government and private sectors’ institutions working in the area of the environment....
|
|
NAWABSHAH: Drivers block highway in protest against police
NAWABSHAH, June 7: Hundreds of truck and trailer drivers blocked the National Highway in protest against Qazi Ahmed police for beating up a driver on Saturday....
|
|
|
||
|
KARACHI: KWSB almost bankrupt: report
KARACHI, June 7: Terming financial constraints the root-cause of many problems faced by the city’s water supply and drainage systems, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has observed that the KWSB...
|
|
KARACHI: MBBS exams schedule notified
KARACHI, June 7: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) on Saturday announced that the theory examinations of MBBS second year (third semester) would commence on June 9 and the exam of MBBS third year (fifth semester) would begin on 10th....
|
|
|
||
|
KARACHI: Journalist’s death condoled
KARACHI, June 7: The Karachi Union of Journalists (Dawn Unit) held a meeting in the Newsroom of Dawn on Saturday to condole the death of Shujauddin, a journalist who had joined...
|
|
KARACHI: Weather
KARACHI, June 7: The Met Office has forecast hot and humid weather for the city on Sunday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 35ºC and 37ºC....
|
|
|
||
|
KARACHI: The healing touch of classical music
KARACHI, June 7: Hasan is a nine-year-old child who knows the intricacies of classical music at such a tender age. His story is all the more remarkable because he is mentally challenged....
|
|
KARACHI: LLB exams
KARACHI, June 7: The University of Karachi will receive the forms and fee of the LLB annual examinations 2008 of colleges with a late fee of Rs500 on June 9 and 10....
|
|
|
||
|
PESHAWAR: Court acquits two persons charged with SHO murder
PESHAWAR, June 7: A local court on Saturday acquitted two persons of the charges that they had killed a station house officer (SHO) during an alleged encounter with the police....
|
|
MANSEHRA: Historical significance of Peshawar highlighted
MANSEHRA, June 7: Peshawar is considered to be the ancient living city in South Asia and it has witnessed the rise and fall of various civilisations of the world....
|
|
|
||
|
MANSEHRA: Man shot at for resisting robbery
MANSEHRA, June 7: Robbers barged into a house here in the small hours of Saturday and decamped with cash and valuables, besides seriously wounding one person after inmates tried to overpower them....
|
|
MANSEHRA: Mansehra safety body chief appointed
MANSEHRA, June 7: Advocate Saeed Ahmad Shah Mushdee has been elected new chairman of the Public Safety and Police Complaint Commission for the district, it is learnt....
|
|
|
||
HYDERABAD: Labourers hold demo against kiln owners
HYDERABAD, June 7: A large number of brick kiln workers under the aegis of Hari Mazdoor Tanzeem staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday against alleged atrocities of kiln owners....
|
|
KHAIRPUR: Loadshedding irks traders
KHAIRPUR, June 7: Activists of a number of trade and social organisations staged a demonstration here on Saturday in protest against loadshedding....
|
|
|
||
|
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Man kills daughter
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 7: A man killed his teenaged daughter when she got late in serving him breakfast in Mehrabpur town on Saturday....
|
|
NAWABSHAH: Hearing adjourned
NAWABSHAH, June 7: Second Additional Sessions Judge Nawabshah, Masood Ahmed Korejo adjourned the hearing of Rasool Bux Brohi murder case to June 25, on Saturday due to the absence of complainant Lal Bibi, deceased’s wife....
|
|
|
||
|
HYDERABAD: Fluoride-heavy water in Thar causing thyroid, kidney problems
HYDERABAD, June 7: High levels of fluoride in groundwater in Thar cause fluorosis among people, a condition which is characterised by discoloured, blackened, mottled or chalky-white teeth, and can lead to...
|
|
MIRPURKHAS: Haris seek protection from landlord
MIRPURKHAS, June 7: Over a dozen haris (peasants), including women and children, who arrived in Mirpurkhas hari camp on Thursday after allegedly escaping from a prison of a landlord, Abdul Hakeem...
|
|
|
||
|
HYDERABAD: Workshop on computer literacy
HYDERABAD, June 7: A three-day training workshop on basic computer literacy organised by the Pakistan Study Centre, University of Sindh, for its faculty and staff members concluded here on Friday....
|
|
DADU: Police claim killing five bandits
DADU, June 7: DPO Dadu Manzoor Hussain Khatiyan claimed on Saturday that the five men killed and five of their accomplices arrested after an encounter a day ago in Qasim Choliyani village of Qambar-Shahdadkot district were bandits....
|
|
|
||
|
SHIKARPUR: Three kidnapped
SHIKARPUR, June 7: Five people were kidnapped by armed men from the bypass road toll plaza in the limits of New Foujdari police station on Thursday, said two of the kidnapped men who were later released by the kidnappers on Saturday....
|
|
|
|
|
||
