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News Desk
Karachi
The traffic network of Karachi’s city centre, and adjoining areas, was completely paralysed on Tuesday after many major thoroughfares were closed for security reasons due to the rally organised by the Jafferia Alliance Pakistan and Imamia Students Organisation.
Vehicular moveme
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Millat-e-Jafferia threatens to besiege Parliament House |
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By Shamim Bano
Karachi
The Millat-e-Jafferia has threatened to besiege the Parliament House in Islamabad if their demand of releasing “innocent people” apprehended after the Ashura blast is not heeded within 10 days.
This announcement was made by the Jafferia Alliance Pakistan (JAP) and Imamia Studen
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Junior legislator calls out senior minister |
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By Imtiaz Ali
Karachi
Several legislators of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) staged token walkout from Sindh Assembly on Tuesday against the alleged undesirable attitude of their parliamentary leader and Senior Minister Pir Mazharul Haq.
Speaking on a point of order Taimur Talpur said that since the p
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Drug smuggler gets life sentence |
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By our correspondent
Karachi
The Control of Narcotics Substance (CNS) Court sentenced a man to life imprisonment in a drug smuggling case.
Kamran Sikandari was found guilty of smuggling 15,000 kilograms of Acetic Anhydride, used in production of heroin powder, from Korea.
According to the prosecut
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Who will decide the fate of the LG system? |
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By Fasahat Mohiuddin
KARACHI
The decision to call an interprovincial meeting regarding the local government (LG) system was taken during a meeting on Tuesday in Islamabad, which was chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The fate of the LG system and the polls, however, still
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Customs hires dogs to sniff out illegal cargo |
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By our correspondent
Karachi
The Port Control Unit, Customs Canine Unit and the Container Scanner facility were inaugurated on Tuesday by the Pakistan Customs Collectorate (Preventive). The ceremony was attended by senior officers, while Board of Revenue (BoR) member Munir Qureshi was the chief guest. Customs off
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Pakistan lost its ‘head’ in 1971, says Pak envoy to UN |
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By Shahid Husain
Karachi
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Husain Haroon has said that Pakistan did not loose an arm in 1971 after the former East Pakistan became an independent state but had lost its “head.”
Speaking at a seminar to pay tributes to eminent Journalist M. B. Naqvi at the Paki
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Sindh to approach Nepra against Punjab power plant |
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By our correspondent
Karachi
Sindh government has hired the services of a lawyer to file a petition before National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), asking it to review its decision of issuing licence to a private power producer for establishing 44MW power plant on Chashma-Jhelum link canal, according
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Rapists should ‘rot in hell’: Naseema Labano |
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By our correspondent
Karachi
Gang-rape victim Naseema Labano tearfully demands that her rapists should be punished for their crime, and made to “rot in hell.”
Clad in an Ajrak, Labano was speaking during the Rape Survivor Programme organised at the Sindh High Court by War Against Rape (WAR). The event was
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‘DHA, cantonments burn garbage to save transportation costs’ |
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By our correspondent
Karachi
Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Shaikh Muhammad Afzal informed the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday that Defence Housing Authority and cantonments tend to dump garbage in their areas and subsequently burn the same to avoid transportation expenditure.
Responding to a s
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Petition filed for appointment of judges in SHC |
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By Jamal Khurshid
Karachi
A petition was filed in Sindh High Court seeking immediate appointment of high court judges against the permanent vacancies in accordance with the provision of the Constitution.
Former President of Sindh High Court Bar Association M. Ilyas Khan submitted in his petition that to
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17 vehicle owners booked |
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By our correspondent
Karachi
The Vehicular Emission Control Program (VECOP) experts on Tuesday inspected some 68 vehicles including 36 petrol and 32 diesel fueled vehicles and issued 17 of them of challan for emitting an excessive amount of smoke than allowed by the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS)
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