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Daily Archives: February 12, 2007

Demo against Indian movie

KARACHI, Feb 11: The Punjabi Pakhtoon Ittehad Pakistan chairman Malik Sikandar Awan criticising an Indian film ‘Kabul Express’, in which Hazara community was humiliated, said the film reflected traditional anti-Pakistan and anti-Islam mentality of India. Speaking at a demonstration on Sunday outside the Karachi Press Club against the Indian film, he said as Muslims we […]


PM learns Sohail Qalandar is missing!

PESHAWAR: Journalist Sohail Qalandar was kidnapped 40 days ago and newspapers daily carry stories of protest by journalist bodies and sympathetic politicians, traders and civil society organisations due to the government’s failure to secure his release. But Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was reportedly unaware of the incident, or that is the impression that senior columnist […]


Latif Bhittai Excellence Award next month

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Culture, Tourism and Social Welfare, Rauf Siddiqui announced Saturday that the Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Excellence Award would be conferred next month. The award would be conferred in four different categories, Urdu/Sindhi scholar/writer, poet, actor/writer/director in the field of performing arts and Sindhi folk singer, and the winners will also receive […]


Officers briefed on development projects

KARACHI, Feb 11: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the development work on bridges, underpasses and roads worth Rs30 billion is underway while the improvement of infrastructure and water and sewerage projects with the estimated cost of Rs15 billion is also in full swing in different parts of the city. The nazim was […]


Villager accuses CM adviser of illegally occupying land

NAWABSHAH: A villager, along with his family and children, staged a demonstration in front of the press club here on Sunday to protest the occupation of his land by influential people. The villager, Nizamuddin Jokhio, threatened self-immolation if justice was not provided to him. Jokhio informed newsmen that he owns 41 acres in Deh Saat […]


Jatoi announces uplift schemes for Dadu

DADU: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi has said improvement in the socio-economic conditions of the masses and the uplift of remote areas with the provision of all basic facilities are the mottos of the government and it is striving hard to achieve the task in the minimum possible time. The […]