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Daily Archives: March 10, 2007

Govt warns of action against land mafia

KARACHI: Land mafia will not be allowed to encroach upon government’s land, said Dr Irfan Gul Magsi, Sindh Revenue Minister, in a meeting with Sindh Minister for Local Government, Muhammad Hussain and City Nazim Karachi, Mustafa Kamal, on Friday. According to a press release issued by the Information Department, the meeting was held to discuss […]


Elections of TV journalists Sun

KARACHI: The first elections of the executive council of the Association of Television Journalists (ATJ) will be held March 11 at PMA House. According to a press release issued Friday, polling will start at 09:00 a.m. and will continue non-stop till 05:00 p.m. There are 306 eligible voters and two panels (Friends and Media). Source: […]


‘IT Tower will create 30,000 jobs’

KARACHI: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said the city government was taking all possible measures to provide job opportunities to women and youths and around 30,000 youths would be facilitated in the IT Tower. “Initially 2,000 candidates will be trained for the call centres as part of the city government’s plan to control poverty.” […]


Home department escapes scrutiny

walk-out to protest excesses against journalists and their family in the province, it was unfortunate that the question hour pertaining to home department’s performance could not be taken up on Friday, due to customary late start of the proceedings and the subsequent ruling of the Speaker to prorogue the assembly. Although MPAs are upbeat when […]


Women crisis centre to work round the clock

HYDERABAD: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed has directed the management of the Crisis Centre for Women in Distress, Hyderabad, to keep the centre open round the clock to facilitate women in distress. He issued the directive while presiding over a meeting at his camp office on Friday regarding the functioning of the newly […]


‘Five uplift projects to fulfil Karachi’s need’

ISLAMABAD (March 10 2007): Additional Chief Secretary Planning and Development Sindh Ghulam Sarwar Khero said on Friday that the Rs 22 billion worth five development projects approved for Sindh recently would not only fulfil the needs of the citizens of Karachi but also would provide relief to them. Talking to PTV he said that now […]


Rape victim sent to Darul Aman

SUKKUR: The district and session judge, Jacobabad, sent a gang rape victim, Suhagan Noorani, to the Larkana Darul Aman on Friday. Suhagan, daughter of Ghulam Sarwar Noonari, was kidnapped and gang-raped by five men on Monday night. The Thull police, which had recovered the girl, produced her before the judge, Jacobabad, on Friday. In her […]