Karachi Informer

‘PTI mandate gives courage to Karachiites’

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:14 +0000

Karachi, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) spokesman Dawa Khan Sabir said on Tuesday that Imran Khan would rid Karachi of extortion, hatred, terrorism. He said that PTI mandate had given courage to Karaciites and those who were dreaming of keep Imran away from Karachi should accept people s decision. PTI leader said that Imran is a hope [...]

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Murder of PTI Senior Official Zara Shahid Hussain Rocks Karachi

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:58 +0000

Murder of PTI Senior Official Zara Shahid Hussain Rocks Karachi Reporter Fahad Desmukh in Karachi tells anchor Marco Werman about the murder of Zara Shahid Hussain – a senior official with the PTI party — which had performed well in last week's vote. Hussain worked for Imran Khan, the leader of the PTI and a [...]

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Zardari wants everyone on board in Sindh

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:28 +0000

Karachi President Asif Ali Zardari wants to create a model coalition set-up in Sindh with all the parties onboard a proposition similar to the Full News here – The News International – Karachi

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Temporary pond built for bathing elephants at Karachi Zoo

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:34:03 +0000

Temporary pond built for bathing elephants at Karachi Zoo A temporary pond has been prepared for bathing elephants and snakes in the Karachi Zoo. This measure has been taken to give some relief to the animals which were suffering due to the hot summer season, Karachi Zoo Administrator, Aqeel Naqvi, said on … Full News [...]

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SSGC reschedules CNG closure program

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:12:29 +0000

KARACHI : Sui Southern Gas Commission (SSGC) management has rescheduled CNG closure program for current week and decided to close gas supply to all CNG stations in Sindh region from Thursday, 23 May 2013 for 48 hours inspite of Friday 24 May 2013 as announced earlier. This step has been taken due to short supply [...]

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Karachi police arrest 39 accused

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:12:29 +0000

KARACHI, Karachi police on Tuesday arrested 39 criminals from the jurisdictions of different police stations in separate raids and recovered 17 different kinds of weapons from their possession in last 24 hours. According to police report, Karachi police arrested three dacoits, three absconders and two other criminals during encounter with police and two accused involved [...]

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Pakistan politician buried as re-polling held

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:37:52 +0000

Pakistan politician buried as re-polling held A senior member of Pakistani politician Imran Khan's party has been buried in Karachi after being shot and killed by unknown gunmen outside her home on Saturday evening. Zahra Shahid Hussain, central vice-president of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) … Full News here – Read more on Aljazeera.com

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Flowers, birds and marbles

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:13:26 +0000

Art work by Mohsin Aziz.–Photo by Dawn Newspaper KARACHI: They are young and ebullient. It is only two years back that they passed out from the Arts Council Institute of Arts and Crafts. What drives them in life is their creative urge to interpret nature as they see it. And it is precisely for this [...]

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Focal group to monitor water quality to avoid Negleria * One lac chlorine tablets to be distributed to combat virus

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:11:06 +0000

KARACHI, A Focal Group comprising KWSB, Public Health Department and other departments, will monitor the water supply across the city as a preventive measure against Negleria Fowlri virus. This focal group would be responsible for collecting the samples across the city and ensure healthy supply by testing these samples on daily basis, said Provincial Minister [...]

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Karachi: Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls on Pir Pagara

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:35:35 +0000

Karachi: Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls on Pir Pagara KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi met Pakistan Muslim League-Functional's (PML-F) Chief Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi, also known as Pir Pagara, here at Raja house on Monday, Geo News reported. Full News here – Read more on Geo News, Pakistan

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Fear, boycott keep most voters away from polling stations

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:11:10 +0000

KARACHI, May 19: Fear kept most voters away from the electoral process on Sunday when re-polling was held on 43 polling stations of NA-250 constituency amid a boycott by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen coupled with the late-night killing of a senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader in the Defence Housing [...]

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Bijarani seen as frontrunner in race for Sindh CM slot

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:12:28 +0000

Karachi Several key stalwarts of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) remains in run for the slot of chief minister Sindh, but Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani Full News here – The News International – Karachi

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Imran Khan's Party Wins Karachi Re-Vote – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:41:49 +0000

Imran Khan's Party Wins Karachi Re-Vote – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The new balloting came after Khan's Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI) complained bitterly of irregularities and fraud by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), long the dominant party in Karachi, in the first vote on May 11. ALSO READ: Slain Khan … [...]

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MQM announces worldwide protests

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:14:13 +0000

Karachi The Muttahida Qaumi Movement will hold demonstrations across the world against Imran Khan s allegations on Altaf Hussain. The Pakistan T Full News here – The News International – Karachi

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Low turnout mars re-polling

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:11:13 +0000

Karachi As Rangers and policemen guarded each polling station and soldiers took positions inside, something was amiss. Amid foolproof security, eve Full News here – The News International – Karachi

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News Beat (17th May 2013) Karachi Ke Maindate Ki Larae Kia Rang Laegi? – Karachi Video

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:36:04 +0000

Topic: Karachi Ke Maindate Ki Larae Kia Rang Laegi? Guests: Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi Analyst, Saleem Bukhari Anchor Person Waqt News and Dr. Osama Siddique Ana…

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PPP voters asked to fully participate in re-polling

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:51 +0000

KARACHI : Central leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Taj Haider on Saturday urged all PPP office-bearers, workers and upporters to fully participate in the re-polling at 43 polling stations of NA-250, PS-112 and PS-113. “Boycotts of electoral process do not help the democratic cause. It is only through participation in elections that the excesses [...]

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Call to restructure FBR

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:11:51 +0000

KARACHI : Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s President Muhammad Haroon Agar has stated that the role of government and departments should facilitate and incentivize the business and industrial community and not to penalize. The Federal Board of Revenue should be restructured while bringing reforms into tax net. Corruption in FBR is also a matter [...]

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Polling staff held hostage on May 11: DRO

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:11:19 +0000

KARACHI, May 18: Commenting on alleged mismanagement during the May 11 general elections in district south, District Returning Officer (south) Shahid Shafiq disclosed on Saturday that miscreants had threatened the polling staff and taken some of them hostage. The process of delivering election material to the polling stations was not properly handled, as it did [...]

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Pakistani politician gunned down in Karachi

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:34:31 +0000

Pakistani politician gunned down in Karachi KARACHI: Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan's party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls that were marked by more than 150 killings. Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women's … Full News here [...]

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For PTI, NA-250 is in the bag

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:13:00 +0000

Karachi With almost all heavyweight contenders out of the race, the contest for NA- 250 now seems to be a smooth sailing for Pakistan Tehreek-e-In Full News here – The News International – Karachi

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CA-NEWS Summary

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:11:23 +0000

North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from Western powers. Launches by the North of short-range missiles are [...]

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Vice president of Imran Khan's PTI party assassinated in Karachi

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:34:48 +0000

Vice president of Imran Khan's PTI party assassinated in Karachi On Sunday, Pakistan will hold a rerun of the parliamentary election in the Defense neighborhood and adjoining areas of Karachi, which was ordered after the PTI accused the MQM of widespread vote rigging and intimidation in the May 11 parliamentary … Full News here – [...]

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One-horse race in NA-250 as PPP also pulls out

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:12:10 +0000

Karachi The contest to the NA-250 seat of Karachi has become one-sided after almost all major political parties pulled out of the race for the hotl Full News here – The News International – Karachi

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Upmarket district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:11:49 +0000

ISLAMABAD, May 19 — An upmarket constituency of Pakistan’s violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security today, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections. It was not immediately clear who killed Zara Shahid Hussain, a senior member of the [...]

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