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News for Thursday, 7 Apr 2011

‘Land and targeted killings are connected but reporting lacks substance, context’

KARACHI - News of targeted violence are often splashed across headlines but journalists reporting on the issue often fail to connect the phenomenon with disputes over land, argued Shehri-Citizens for...

Exploring how historical research shapes construction of knowledge

KARACHI - Riaz Mehmood's artistic practice engages web-based research along with film and video. As an artist, he is interested in how historical research could shape the ways in which...

’0.7m children to be provided anti-polio drops’

KARACHI - A polio vaccination campaign was launched on Wednesday in a ceremony held at the Government Dispensary in Bath Island.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah inaugurated the ceremony...

Renowned scholar passes away after cardiac arrest

KARACHI - Eminent scholar, educationist and historian Dr Nabi Bux Khan Baloch passed away on Wednesday morning.
He was taken to a hospital following cardiac arrest where he breathed his...

CDGK cleaning drains for next monsoon

KARACHI - The city government will clean and de-silt seven major drains by the middle of June to prepare for the next monsoon season, Karachi Administrator Fazlur Rehman said on...

SBP, money exchangers all set to rid Pakistan of ‘costly’ foreign debts

KARACHI - With a sizeable chunk of the cash-strapped government's revenues draining out to foreign lenders in the face of debt servicing, the country's money exchangers claim to have the...

Cameron’s visit spurs investors’ interest

KARACHI - David Cameron's visit to Pakistan, accompanied by his announcement to pledge 650 million pounds for education and to increase bilateral trade to 2.5 billion pounds by 2015 had...

Govt restricts VIP passes to two exporters only

KARACHI - While the Ministry of Defence is not releasing VIP protocol passes at the country's airports for security reasons, it has issued the same passes to some influential exporters.

Energy sector scrips plummet at bourse

KARACHI - With regards to the blue chip sectors at KSE, a major decline was witnessed in the oil and gas sector which showing a decline of 12.6 percent, while...

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