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Saturday, June 2, 2012
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Gun attacks claim seven more lives
KARACHI, June 1: Half a dozen people were shot dead in different parts of the city on Friday when another…
SMC gets status of medical university
KARACHI, Jun. 1: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan signed an ordinance on Friday to upgrade the Sindh Medical College…
Five die of suffocation
KARACHI, June 1: Five persons, including three teenagers, died of suffocation in the underground water tank of their Cattle Colony…
Summer vacation begins in many private schools
KARACHI, June 1: Many private schools across the city and its suburbs were closed on Friday for a two-month summer…
Rs3.5m bank heist in DHA
KARACHI, June 1: In the fifth bank robbery of the year, bandits took away Rs3.5 million from a bank branch…
Fireworks at KU syndicate meeting likely today
KARACHI, June 1: Gross irregularities allegedly committed in the pre-selection board process of a department are likely to provoke a…
Nato supply route reopening opposed
KARACHI, June 1: The Difa-e-Pakistan Council said on Friday that the United States was defeated in Afghanistan where its allies,…
Call to recruit 6,500 more doctors in Sindh
KARACHI, June 1: Doctors representing various associations and forums on Friday appealed to the president of Pakistan to order the…
Media men asked to be impartial
KARACHI, June 1: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister Haleem Adil Sheikh has said that media workers bear greater responsibility…
Four suspects flee court
KARACHI, June 1: Four members of a family, including a woman, ran away from the premises of the district courts…
Significance of biophysics in modern life sciences discussed
KARACHI, June 1: Biophysics is among the most active and rapidly growing areas of the 21st century and it can…
Ex-editor of Dawn to be honoured today
KARACHI, June 1: The Karachi Press Club will host a reception to honour a former editor of Dawn, Saleem Asmi,…
Crime Branch to probe ‘rescue’ bid by CPLC
HYDERABAD, June 1: Investigation of encounter case that led to death of neurosurgeon Prof. Aftab Qureshi has been transferred to…
Disaster-hit farmers pin hopes on budget
HYDERABAD, June 1: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has urged the Sindh government to announce in this year’s budget some…
Cop killed, colleague injured in encounter
HYDERABAD, June 1: A policeman died and another injured in an encounter in the jurisdiction of Hussainabad police station on…
Many areas in Larkana still without power
LARKANA, June 1: Fifteen feeders originating from the 132KV grid station faced cut-off in electricity supply on Thursday and many…
AT to hold public meeting in Karachi
HYDERABAD, June 1: The Awami Tehrik will hold a big public meeting in Karachi on July 15 to mark chehlum…
Woman slain for honour
SUKKUR, June 1: A woman was killed on Friday by her brother on charges of kari in Abdul Wahid Pitafi…
Mother refuses to receive body of kidnapper
DADU, June 1: The mother of Mohammad Akhtar Sial who was killed in an action taken by police to free…
Basic amenities sought
HYDERABAD, June 1: Residents of Shah Latif Colony, Latifabad, took out a protest rally and marched from Hyder chowk up…
Half-hearted move to evict encroachers fails
THATTA, June 1: Drive for removal of encroachments from centuries-old graveyard in front of Makli Eidgah on Friday proved an…
Contingency plan for rains discussed
HYDERABAD, June 1: To cope with heavy rain and flood as forecast by the Meteorological Department, fisheries minister discussed a…
Teachers end protest
KARACHI, June 1: Senior faculty members of the DJ College headed by Vice-Principal Dr Mohammad Arshad called on Karachi Commissioner…
Decision to introduce community policing
KARACHI, May 31: As part of a new strategy to deal with incidents of targeted killings, armed robberies and kidnappings…
16 fishermen released by India get home
KARACHI, May 31: Moving scenes were witnessed at the Edhi Centre at Tower on Thursday when 16 Pakistani fishermen returning…
Couple, baby girl murdered
KARACHI, May 31: A couple and their one-and-a-half-year-old daughter were found bludgeoned to death in their rented house in Madina…
Acid attacker sent behind bars for 10 years
KARACHI, May 31: A sessions court sentenced on Thursday a man to 10 years in prison in an acid attack…
Rangers officer, four others shot dead across city
KARACHI, May 31: A Rangers officer was shot dead by two assailants riding a motorcycle near his home in Korangi…
Children’s Day at museum today
KARACHI, May 31: The National Museum of Pakistan and the Sindh culture department will launch an ‘Object of the month’…
Cityscape and royalty
KARACHI: Sometimes it becomes very difficult to find out the connection between certain individuals who are lumped together for one…
