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Daily Archives: February 23, 2007

Inordinate delay in new jail working

TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 22: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan district core group coordinator Tariq Mahmood has expressed his concern over inordinate delay in functioning of a new district jail here. In a press statement on Thursday, he said the jail had been completed for 1,000 inmates about six months ago after a delay of […]


IT projects to be inaugurated fortnightly

KARACHI: The E-office system will be inaugurated next week under the auspices of the E-government project of the IT department, said Sindh Information Technology Advisor, Noman Saigol on Thursday. Talking to a delegation of computer companies at his office, he said that the government was working vigorously to promote IT culture in the province. He […]


Health officers under town nazims

KARACHI, Feb 22: Sindh Health Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad said that all town health officers in the city would be brought under the administrative control of the respective town nazims. During a visit to the town office in Gulberg on Thursday, the minister said that instead of keeping the town health officers answerable to the […]


US teacher allows hate literature in school

RALEIGH: An American high school teacher allowed a group whose declared mission is to “raise awareness of the dangers of Islam” to distribute literature in his class, including a handout titled “Do Not Marry a Muslim Man”, according to an advocacy group. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says that a representative from the Kamil […]


Latest version of Microsoft Windows creates waves

MICROSOFT recently unveiled Vista, the latest version of Microsoft Windows(r) Operating System and Microsoft Office 2007 along with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. The products elevate the profile of the world’s most popular operating system while enhancing its support software that enhance the business experience in an era of instant communication, expanding information and ceaseless change. […]


Woman from Khairpur flees jirga decision over ‘murder case’

KARACHI: A woman and her children from Khairpur have arrived in Karachi to seek justice against a jirga’s decision on her husband’s alleged murder that took place in March last year. According to Habibullah Shar’s widow Zohra Abbas, he was murdered on March 2, 2006 in Goth Nangar Khan Shar, Khairpur, and the family has […]