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Posts Tagged ‘Sukkur’

Khurshid Shah Takes Commission Out of Surgical Hospital Sukkur

By Sameer Shaharyar • Nov 13th, 2012 • Category: Politics

It’s good that the people of Sukkur would have their own 200 bed surgical hospital in their city but these unlucky people are unaware that the cost of this hospital has more than tripled due to the extortion money paid to various groups of the area in different forms.
Main figure who has received the major [...]



Kidnapping of Karachi Girls on Rise

By Amna Gilani • Apr 30th, 2010 • Category: Misc

In the recent months, dozens of girls have been produced from the remote villages of interior Sindh, who actually were abducted from the Karachi. Quite recently, a girl reached to the office of Edhi home in Sukkur, and pleaded for help. She gave phone number of her father, who lived in Korangi, Karachi. Family reached [...]



Fight Between Qaim Ali Shah and Pir Mazharul Haq

By Shayan Khan • Apr 13th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Investigation into alleged education department corruption initiated by the Chief Minister’s Inspection Team (CMIT) is the actual reason for the dispute on Monday between Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah and Senior Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq, sources told The News.
Shah had ordered the CMIT to investigate allegations of corruption [...]



PTCL Entertainment at PTCL Buzz

By Sumaira Bajwa • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Misc

PTCL has become the first company in Pakistan to provide Broadband services in over 100 cities across the country, whereas before PTCL’s entry into the Broadband [...]



Whispers and Cost of Rumor Bomb

By ahsan • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

In the central Punjab, where most oppressive and sizzling heat can turn any man exhausted as electricity in the small mud houses is a rare commodity due to worst energy crisis. In this most populous but fertile and dusty area poverty, harsh environments, unbearable demographic, weight, unemployment, high inflation rate and high rate of corruption [...]



Burn The Robbers : Citizen Justice

By Fatima Tassaduq • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

A new dangerous and alarming fashion has just been started in Pakistan. After the incident of Timber Market, Karachi where mob set three dacoits on fire after beating them blue and black, multiple such incidents have happened.
This hair-raising incident has crossed the boundaries of Karachi, and the cities of Sukkur and Karachi have also witnessed [...]