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Daily Archives: October 6, 2007

Man shoots brother over vani row

MIANWALI, Oct 5: A man shot dead his elder brother after he backtracked from his promise to give his daughter in vani in Rame-Khelanwala village, 25km from here. Ali Khan and Sikandar Khan developed a dispute over their parents’ land a few years ago and fired at each other. Their elder brother, Faizullah Khan, tried […]


Two boys killed on resisting molestation

JHANG, Oct 5: Two students of the Government High School, Shorkot, stabbed their two fellow students to death who resisted a molestation attempt by the assailants. Kashif and Irfan allegedly took Asif and Ali Nawaz, both students of Class-IX, to a jungle adjacent to Haveli Canal and tried to molest them but they resisted. Infuriated […]


Beggar woman strangled

Karachi:A beggar woman was strangulated to death by some unidentified men in Model Colony police limits and a man was burnt to death. Irshad Bibi’s body was found from an open plot in Model Colony police limits. The police said that the deceased was a beggar who had come from the Punjab and was residing […]


Concern over university violence

HYDERABAD, Oct 5: Intellectuals, prominent citizens and parents of the students studying in public universities of the province have voiced grave concern over clashes among different political groups inside the Sindh University that has disrupted academic atmosphere and posed a threat to midterm examinations. In a statement mailed to Dawn on Friday, they said that […]


Former SSP along with guard killed, son hurt

* SSP’s sons killed in 1994, case may be linked KARACHI: Former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Aziz-ur-Rehman and Hassan Square Police Headquarter Head Constable Nadim were killed Friday by unidentified assailants within the jurisdiction of the New Karachi Industrial Area Police. Furthermore, RehmanÂ’s son, a sub-inspector posted at Aziz Bhatti Police Station, was injured […]


Sindh Adabi Board scheme for world class literature in cold storage

KARACHI: The Sindhi Adabi Board’s (SAB) schemes to translate world class literature in to three languages – English, Urdu and Sindhi — have failed to materialize and neither has it been able to get off the ground an FM Adabi Radio Channel nor bring 500,000 pages of Sindhi literature online as planned. The board has […]


Military estate, CDGK or cantt board: SHC wants to know who controls FTC flyover

*Advertising company claims to be stuck between paying two city agencies who both claim jurisdiction over the area and hence the revenue *All land from Cantt station to Jinnah hospital turning is military estate, says CDGK EDO Law KARACHI: All petitions in the FTC flyover case were clubbed together by a division bench of the […]


Salik expresses solidarity with journalists

Islamabad: Convener world minorities’ Alliance and Pakistan Human Rights organizer former Federal Minister J.Salik organized a rally here Friday to express solidarity with the journalists injured outside election commission office on September29. Addressing the gathering J.Salik said that the police torture on journalists, advocates and social society activities was very shameful. Condemning the violent torture […]


Freedom allowed with restrictions: Security steps for presidential polls

ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: People will be allowed free access to the Constitution Avenue on the occasion of the presidential election on Saturday but any attempt to protest the election would invite action under Section 144, local administration said on Friday. “We have requested the lawyers’ community, the opposition parties and journalists to be peaceful and […]


Pirated software causes millions in losses

Karachi: Despite all the efforts made to prevent the illegal copying of registered software, the piracy business is still in full swing. It is also believed that all measures taken against the people involved in such activities are not enough to take care of the problem and the government and other stakeholders should play a […]


Salik expresses solidarity with journalists

Islamabad: Convener world minorities’ Alliance and Pakistan Human Rights organizer former Federal Minister J.Salik organized a rally here Friday to express solidarity with the journalists injured outside election commission office on September29. Addressing the gathering J.Salik said that the police torture on journalists, advocates and social society activities was very shameful. Condemning the violent torture […]


Freedom allowed with restrictions: Security steps for presidential polls

ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: People will be allowed free access to the Constitution Avenue on the occasion of the presidential election on Saturday but any attempt to protest the election would invite action under Section 144, local administration said on Friday. “We have requested the lawyers’ community, the opposition parties and journalists to be peaceful and […]