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KARACHI - To eliminate targeted killing from the city, the government has adopted a two-pronged strategy under which it is contacting political parties and also taking administrative measures, said Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah. He said this at a press conference after presiding over a meeting regarding the law and order situation at the Chief Minister's House on Wednesday. This was the first meeting of the chief minister holding the portfolio of the Home Department, after

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation selection committee closely monitored the performance of the camp trainees at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad.
Chief Selector Abdul Hanif Khan, along with selectors Arshad Ali Chawdhry and Khalid Bashir, observed the players and spotted 22 players for the next session from April 20 until the departure of the team on May 1 for the 20th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, to be played in Malaysia.
The spotted players have been asked to

COMMENT - Ideally, we would have liked to have come home for Deccan Chargers' game with a win under our belts. We are disappointed at having lost a game that we had sewn up when we needed just nine off eight balls. We lost it from there by the narrowest of margins, and these losses can be heart-breaking. However, we did gain some positives. First, we did well without two of our top overseas pros. Second, we stretched a strong Chennai Super Kings and played well enough to get into a

ISLAMABAD - The government has filed a petition seeking review of Supreme Court's verdict against appointment of Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as the NAB chairman. The federal government has taken plea that material against the Law Ministry be expunged from the detailed decision of SC and the verdict be reviewed.
A three-member SC bench presided over by Justice Javed Iqbal had completed hearing of the case pertaining to the appointment of Deedar Hussain Shah as the NAB

ISLAMABAD - A petition, seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings, was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday against Justice (r) Nasim Hassan Shah for calling former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's death sentence a "judicial murder".
Justice (r) Shah was a member of the seven-member CS bench and one of the four judges, who had convicted Bhutto. However, later talking to reporters he had said the verdict was a judicial murder. The petition was filed by Tariq Asad and

KARACHI - Industries and power and fertiliser companies are about to face acute gas shortage as the largest gas field of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) would shortly be shut down for at least 24 days due to maintenance.
When the 345mmcfd-supplying Bhit Shah gas field - one of the largest gas fields of the SSGC - shuts down for maintenance, it would cause reduction in gas supply of almost 60 percent.
Resultantly, gas supply to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),

KARACHI - Sindh government Media Coordinator Taj Haider felicitated MNA Nafisa Shah on her acquisition of a PhD degree from the Oxford University.
Shah, former nazim of Khairpur district has been awarded the degree on her study on honour killing in upper Sindh. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Haider said that Shah has discussed a social ill in her thesis and this will help towards the eradication of 'karo-kari'.
He said that in the light of Shah's thesis, the necessary

KARACHI - Shah Faisal Town Administrator Kamal Mustafa has appealed to the residents of the town to cooperate with the housing census teams, according to a statement issued on Monday.
The census will be conducted from April 5 to 19. He called upon residents to provide their complete details for registration to the teams, which will visit every house. He said that the development of the city as well as the planning and distribution of resources depends on the results of the

LAHORE - Pakistan will face off with New Zealand in the opening match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament on May 5 at Ipoh in Malaysia. Seven teams including Australia, England, South Korea, New Zealand, Pakistan, India and hosts Malaysia will feature in the event, whose final will be played on May 15, according to a spokesman for the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).

KARACHI - Shah Latif Town Block 20-C has a new power boss: Seher Electrical Services, a private contractor, has been providing electricity connections, installing meters, collecting bills from residents of the area and even penalising defaulters, Pakistan Today has learnt.
None of the revenue collected by the Seher Electrical Services goes to the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC), as officials in the power utility claimed they had no information about this illegal

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan can now claim the unique honour of winning the best and worst actor awards for the same film in the same year. Khan, who won the Filmfare trophy in January for his performance as a man with Asperger's Syndrome in "My Name is Khan", was awarded the worst actor award this week at the Golden Kela awards, India's version of the Razzies that spoof the Oscars.
The film, directed by Karan Johar, also picked up the dubious honour of the worst film of

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has proposed to reappoint Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as National Accountability Bureau chairman and sought the opinion of the prime minister as Leader of the House and the Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, through two separate letters as part of the consultative process mandatory for such appointment.
Spokesman to the President Farhatullah Babar said Nisar's opinion has been sought through a letter

KARACHI - During his recent visit to Sindh, former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi did not meet any PPP leaders in the province, but only contacted those party workers, who are annoyed with the party's leadership over different issues. This was Qureshi's second visit to the province after he developed differences with the party's leadership after being denied his previous portfolio of foreign ministry.
Qureshi met PML-F chief Pir Pagara on March 6 and later tried to clarify

KARACHI - Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was on Tuesday assigned to conduct an inquiry over the acquittal of suspects in a money laundering case and submit his detailed report before March 11. Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Mushir Alam has initiated a probe on the directives of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who took suo motu notice of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General's allegations regarding the acquittal of the suspects in the Khanani and

WAZIRABAD - Justice (retd ) Nazeer Ahmad Ghazi and Justice (retd ) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema MNA lauded the religious services of paid tributes of Pir Karm Shah Al-Azhari.
Addressing a seminar "Zia-Ul-Ummat", they said Pir Karam Shah had given awareness of the holy Quran to millions of people of the subcontinent. They added Karam Shah was a true champion of the unity of the Muslim Ummah. He always advised the people to follow the teachings of the holy prophet (PBUH), they said. They

LAHORE - A 50-year-old man was gunned down by his servant in Misri Shah on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Hakeem Malik Farrukh, a resident of Sultanpura, Misri Shah. His wife told police that her husband came from Peshawar on Saturday night and went to his bedroom. She woke up at midnight to see husband her husband's body lying in a pool of blood. Meanwhile, their house servant Qadeer held her and their 13-year-old daughter at gunpoint, threatening them with dire consequences

KARACHI - PPP leader and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is arriving in Sindh today (Sunday) on a three-day visit