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Road crash kills six in Shikarpur
Sunday, November 08, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: Six people, including two students, were killed and six injured in a road accident in a Shikarpur district village.
SC summons senior police officials in gang-rape case
Sunday, November 08, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: The Supreme Court, taking suo moto notice of the Asma Khand gang-rape case, has summoned RPO Sukkur, DPO and SP Investigation, Khairpur, on Nov 13 in the court in Islamabad.
Doctors' negligence claims two lives in Khairpur
Friday, November 06, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: Police on Thursday registered an FIR against two lady doctors of the Lady Wellington Hospital, whose negligence led to the death of a labour patient and her giving stillbirth.
Thursday, November 05, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi Few birds could be seen along the 24-kilometer-long major Baqar Lake, now turned into Chotiari Reservoir, district Sanghar.
Stupa at risk of destruction in Kot Sirani
Site of three different historical eras being encroached upon by local influentials, villagers Wednesday, October 28, 2009 By Jan Khaskheli Karachi A precious stupa in the historic Buddhist site of Kot Sirani, near New Jatoi, Naushero Feroz has been destroyed by local influentials and villagers, The News has learnt.
KARACHI: Sohrab Fakir Khaskhely, a renowned folk singer of Sindh, passed away in his native village near Khairpur on Friday night.
Help catch the teachers who raped me
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 I, daughter of Faiz Mohammad Khand, resident of village Mohammad Kamil Khand in Taluka Faiz Ganj in District Khairpur Mirs, am a student of class X at the Government High School Bhango Behin, Faiz Ganj Taluka.
IUCN, FPCCI sign agreement to conserve environment
Monday, October 26, 2009 Karachi The International Union for Conservation of Nature Pakistan and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for biodiversity conservation.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 By Shahid Shah KARACHI: Sohrab Faqir, the great Sufi singer of his times, left hundreds of thousands of listeners mourning on Friday.
Water & Sewage Systems Study Tour 10-Man Sindh Leaves For Armenia To
Date : Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:33:38 +0500 WATER & SEWERAGE SYSTEMS STUDY TOUR 10-MAN SINDH TEAM LEAVES FOR ARMENIA TODAY Business Recorder October 20, 2009 Tuesday A 10-member delegation of North Sindh Urban Services Company will leave here on October 20 on a two-day tour of Armenia to study water supply and sewerage systems in that country.
Fear grips Khairpur, Larkana after terror threat
Thursday, October 22, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: Fear gripped the dwellers of the city and Larkana after rumours that suicide bombers had entered both the cities and could strike some public place any time on Wednesday.
PPP leadership accused of ignoring victims' families
Monday, October 19, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: Activists of the Pakistan People's Party in Ghotki, Sukkur, Rohri, Shikarpur, Larkana and Khairpur on Sunday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of October 18, 2007.
Gang-rape of schoolgirl by teachers
SHC summons police officials today Monday, October 19, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: The Sindh High Court , Sukkur bench, has summoned Khairpur DPO Pir Muhammad Shah, SPO Iqbal Jumani, Faiz Gunj SHO and others on Monday in a case of gang-rape of a schoolgirl by teachers in Faiz Gunj here.
Sindh prison staff upset over delay in notification
Saturday, October 17, 2009 By Imtiaz Hussain KHAIRPUR: Upgrading of the posts of prison staff of the three other provinces has led to dismay among the prison staff of the Sindh province.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: The 'Long March' held by the Awami Tehreek arrived in Sukkur on Wednesday after journeying from Kandhkot on way to Karachi for saving the assets of Sindh.
Four new sites for Indus Ecoregion Programme selected
Staff Report KARACHI: WWF-Pakistan has selected four new sites for its Indus Ecoregion Programme , namely Shah Bunder as deltaic ecosystem in Thatta District, Manchar Lake as freshwater wetlands ecosystem in Dadu District, Nara Wetlands Complex as desert wetlands complex in the districts of Khairpur and Sukkur, and Khabrani Forest as riverine ...
Govt will establish more engineering, IT colleges: Qaim
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Lays foundation stone of Mehran Engineering College in Khairpur; announces Rs 10m grant for Sukkur hospital By Imtiaz Hussain KHAIRPUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said the provincial government would establish more engineering and IT colleges to produce best engineers.
Toll rises to 10 in poisonous liquor incident
Thursday, October 01, 2009 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: The toll of deaths due to poisonous liquor in Daharki rose to 10 on Wednesday.
Eunuchs unite to demand 'third sex' rights
Eunuchs in Pakistan have formed a group to highlight their plight in a bid to fight for rights for the "third sex". Members of the community from several areas across the country attended a convention to form the All Pakistan Eunuchs Welfare Association presided over by their leader known as Karim.
Police investigators need training to remove common flaws Tuesday, September 29, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi Defective investigation is one of the reasons behind acquittal of the perpetrators of killings in the name of honour.
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