8th Muharram procession culminates
KARACHI: The mourning procession of the 8th of Muharram with a large number of participants culminated at Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar under tight security on Friday...
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ArchiveGovt urged not to withdraw notification of 8th wage board
KARACHI: The Rana Azeem faction of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has warned the government against any move to withdraw notification of Sept 16, 2013 regarding constitution of the 8th Wage Board or to delay the award...
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Archive8th NFC Award: setting direction
The core issue in the 8th award is to incorporate measures that would make devolution more meaningful in raising the living standards of the common citzen, something which can be achieved only by empowering people at the grass-root level to enable them to fend for themselves...
And if this this is to be done, the delay in 8th NFC award would be justified to some extent...
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ArchiveTeachers bodies to stage joint protest on 8th
LAHORE: Tanzeem-i-Asatiza Pakistan, a teachers’ body decided on Sunday to join the Muttahida Mahaz Asatiza Punjab’s “Taleem Bachao” drive...
Teachers belonging to the both bodies from all over the province would gather outside Masjid-i-Shuhada in Lahore on May 8 to march up to the Chief Minister’s House and stage a sit-in there, said Tanzeem’s provincial president Prof Shafiq Ahmad after a meeting of the body’s executive committee...
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ArchiveBilawal to preside first PPP CEC meeting on Benazir's 8th death anniversary
KARACHI: The eighth death anniversary of the former prime minister and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto is being observed on Sunday...
People are travelling from different parts of the country to Larkana and Garhi Khuda Baksh, where she is buried at the family mausoleum -
PakistanPPP remains divided on Benazir’s 8th death anniversary
RAWALPINDI: PPP activists and supporters observed the eighth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto in three separate events held at Liaquat Bagh...
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PakistanPakistan 8th among 10 countries prone to quakes, floods: NDMA
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Major General Asghar Nawaz said on Monday that Pakistan was prone to earthquakes and floods and faced enormous challenges in view of climate change...
Speaking at the inaugural session of a media workshop on reporting disasters organised by the NDMA, he said, Pakistan stood eighth among 10 high- risk countries with respect to climate change -
ArchivePolitics, cultural dilemma discussed as 8th Karachi Literature Festival opens
But in Karachi, writers and book readers totally eclipsed the planetary spectacle as soon as festivities of the 8th Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) began on a temperate Friday evening...
I wish they could also come to Lahore because without that city their endeavour would be incomplete,” he commented...
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ArchiveClosing the book on the 8th Karachi Literature Festival
KARACHI: As dusk fell over the port city on Sunday, the book readings, discussions and other learned sessions going on in the different rooms and halls of the Beach Luxury Hotel for the last three days were wrapped up...
As the carpets were being rolled up, the chairs stacked up and books about to be piled up and packed into boxes to be moved back to bookshops and godowns, the entire crowd tried to fit under a huge tent in the hotel... -
PakistanReduction in adjournments among recommendations made at 8th Judicial Conference
Reducing adjudication tiers, discouraging unnecessary adjournment requests and utilising forensic sciences for the expeditious disposal of backlog of cases were among several key recommendations made at the 8th Judicial Conference that concluded at the Supreme Court of Pakistan Building in Islamabad on Saturday...
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PakistanOpposition parties to protest outside ECP on 8th
ISLAMABAD: A grand opposition alliance with the name of “Pakistan Alliance for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFE)” finally emerged on Friday to confront the new coalition government led by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) as the action committee formed by the leaders of major political parties finalised a protest plan against alleged rigging in the July 25 general election...
Talking to Dawn, a member of the action committee and Pakistan... -
Archive8th Muharram procession in Karachi ends safely amid tight security
KARACHI: The main procession of Muharram 8th was taken out from Nishtar Park on Wednesday noon, which passed through various traditional routes and culminated at Husanian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar amid tight security...
The provincial government has written a letter to the federal interior ministry and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), urging them to place a ban on mobile services/internet in major cities of Sindh...
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ArchiveCellular services suspended in Nawabshah till evening of 8th Muharram
Mobile services were suspended in Nawabshah on Sunday, the 8th of Muharram, as part of measures taken to ensure security of major processions that are to be taken out today...
Deputy Inspector General of Shaheed Benazirabad division Mazhar Nawaz Shaikh, told Dawn that cellular services will remain suspended Nawabshah, as well as Sanghar and Naushahro Feroze districts until evening on the 8th, 9th and 10th of Muharram...
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ArchiveNovak Djokovic tops Dominic Thiem for 8th Australian Open title, 17th Slam
Novak Djokovic was looking weary and worn down...
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ArchiveFederal govt's emergency cash assistance process to begin on 8th
The audio call, originally from a Lahore’s Bhatta Chowk resident, is fake...
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