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Daily Archives: March 1, 2007

Govt blamed for lawlessness

QUETTA, Feb 28: Lawyers and journalists on Wednesday held the government responsible for growing lawlessness in the province owing to which precious lives were lost in suicide attacks and bomb blasts. Speaking at a condolence reference held at the press club for victims of the February 17 tragic incident, the speakers said the terrorists could […]


CDGK toll free complain center soon

Karachi – City District Government Karachi has set up first computerised toll free call center “Citizen Complain Information Center”. The project IS in final stages to be completed with Rs 140 million to provide round the clock access to citizens to lodge their complaints. Through this new system, the city government, town administrations, KWSB and […]


Journalists’ entry restricted

PESHAWAR, Feb 28: In the wake of a surge in terrorist attacks in the city, NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan on Wednesday turned the assembly building into a ‘red security zone’ by denying access to journalists and press photographers covering the house proceedings. The speaker completely banned the entry of photographers. On Wednesday, the […]


Minor girl raped

KARACHI: A minor girl of six-year-old was raped by her first cousin in Moosa Colony in the Gulberg police limits on Wednesday. Station House Officer (SHO), Gulberg police station, Asad Aleem, said that the rape was committed in Moosa Colony in Gulberg. The victim U was rushed to a hospital and upon being inquired she […]


Registration limits of newly created districts notified

HYDERABAD: The secretary Revenue Sindh under Section 5 of the Registration Act, 1908, on Wednesday notified limits of the newly created districts’ registration and sub-registration offices so as the property and agricultural land record be maintained appropriately. According to the notification, the district registration office Kashmore will have three sub-registration offices in Kashmore, Kandhkot and […]


Journalist slain

NAWABSHAH: A senior journalist of Shahpur Jahania was murdered at a local market here on Wednesday. Munir Ahmed Arain was sitting at his decoration shop when some unidentified men attacked him with hatchets, fatally injuring him. Munir was rushed to the Nawabshah Medical College Hospital but succumbed to the injuries on his way. After the […]


Working women want better transport

KARACHI, March 1: The members of Working Women Organising Trust held a rally on Thursday outside Karachi Press Club demanding better transport facilities for working women particularly those belonging to the lower income groups. The rally participants said that number of the women leaving their homes to participate in economic activities had increased with the […]


FSC admits 12 pleas on marriage bond

LAHORE: A full bench of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) admitted on Wednesday 12 petitions seeking declaration that the court is not empowered to dissolve the marriage bond without consent of the husband. The bench, comprising Chief Justice of FSC Haziq-ul- Khairi, Justice Allama Dr Fida Muhammad Khan and Justice Salahuddin Mirza, admitted the petitions […]