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  Shikarpur --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia
It is a historical trade centre, founded in 1617 on a caravan route through the Bolan Pass into Afghanistan.
Shikarpur's manufactures include brass and metal goods, carpets, cotton cloth, and embroidery.
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  Shikarpur - LoveToKnow 1911
SHIKARPUR, a town of British India, in the Sukkur district of Sind, Bombay.
Shikarpur has always been an important place as commanding the trade route through the Bolan Pass, and its merchants have dealings with many towns in Central Asia.
Shikarpur was formerly the headquarters of a district of the same name.
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 SHIKARPUR - Explore the Beauties of PAKISTAN with Sherazi -  ContactPakistan.com
While passing through Shikarpur town in Sindh, one can think of international trade practices of the past, local feuds, rulers like Nadir Shah, rich culture of Sindh, gardens and roses but what one sees is a typical Pakistani market town where people live in the face of urban attractions.
Shikarpur was a trade gateway - the first big city in route to the subcontinent.
Legend has it that after victory, Bahadar Khan Daudpotras was advised by a local saint to clear the forest that had been the cause of the battle and built a town on that land.
www.contactpakistan.com /ExplorePakistan/Shikarpur.html   (0 words)

  
 SHIKARPUR: Progress in search of judges - IGP -DAWN - Local; 06 December, 2004
He is visiting Shikarpur in connection with the kidnapping case which took place in the Dhakhan police area.
He admitted that the law and order was very critical in Shikarpur district in comparison to other eight districts of the Sukkur region.
He said that a plan was being formulated to curb criminal activities in the district and in other districts of the province in general.
www.dawn.com /2004/12/06/local16.htm   (0 words)

  
 Shikarpur travel guide
District Shikarpur with an area of 2640 squire kilo meters, is having population of 880, 000 souls.
District Shikarpur is having total road length of 920.0 kilo meters, including 125.0 kilo meters National Highways and 195.0 kilo meters Provincial Highways.
Conclusively District Shikarpur with dynamic team headed by Zila Nazim and District Co-ordination Officer Shikarpur is heading towards development and prosperity expecting earnestly from Provincial Government to help us in boosting-up this pace.
www.world66.com /asia/southasia/pakistan/shikarpur   (0 words)

  
 Shikarpur Sights
Here are a few places to see in Shikarpur.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Additional travel guides are available in ten languages at wikitravel.org.
www.world66.com /asia/southasia/pakistan/shikarpur/sights   (0 words)

  
 CIOL : News : A novel way of remembering Dewang   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At the event, Shikarpur dwelt upon the importance of convergence and innovation.
Shikarpur spoke in a series of quotable one-liners, like, "What oil is to Middle East, IT is to India", or "Education is a means to create wealth", or "Government becomes an excuse for failure to many", and finally, "Jai Hind, Jai Maharashtra.
Shikarpur also launched his personal website to showcase his achievements and his beliefs.
www.ciol.com /content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=82899   (629 words)

  
 Shikarpur, Pakistan News - Topix
By our correspondent SUKKUR: The bodies of two Rind tribesmen who were killed in a clash on Thursday were buried in a graveyard in the village of Peroz Khan Rind in Shikarpur district on Friday morning.
Islamabad- Pakistani authorities were Monday investigating how a high-voltage power line struck passengers riding on the roof of a train in the southern Sindh province, leading to the deaths of up to 17 people...
I edit the Shikarpur, Pakistan News pages on Topix when no humans are available to help.
www.topix.net /pk/shikarpur   (532 words)

  
 trivago Reisefuehrer - Shikarpur
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 Shaheed Foundation Pakistan - News In Detail   (Site not responding. Last check: )
According to SFP sources Dozens of Azadaar-e-Sayyedush Shohada Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) sitting on the roof of a train were martyred and 50 others injured when an electric cable fell on the Quetta Express near Shikarpur on Sunday, January 28, 2007.
Hundreds of people were reported to have climbed to the roof of the train from Jacobabad and Shikarpur railway stations to travel to Rohri to attend the Muharram 9 procession.
The bodies of eight of the victims were taken to Shikarpur Civil Hospital.
www.shaheedfoundation.org /foundationnews.asp?Id=497&Type=News   (171 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Shikarpur
Soomro, of the Shikarpur District in Sindh Province, is director of Asia Kalimatullah Evangelism Ministry and a translator of the New International Version in the Sindhi language.
Dadabhai's grand-daughter, Maherbanu, had a MD degree from London and she practiced at Shikarpur in Sindh in Pakistan.
Sukkur and Shikarpur district police officers later contacted Mehboob Mehr, secretary to Federal Minister Ghous Bux Mehr, who assured the protestors that a case would be registered at the Bagarji police station.
news.surfwax.com /worldcities/files/Shikarpur_Pakistan.html   (813 words)

  
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www.travel-hotels-asia.com /karnataka-hotels/shikarpur-hotels-1.htm   (343 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | National: Police launch ‘grand operation’ against lawbreakers in Shikarpur
SHIKARPUR: The police here on Saturday launched a "grand operation" against lawbreakers, besides reshuffling local police officers.
The police have set up new pickets and checkpoints in the city but the kidnapped judges are yet to be recovered.
Meanwhile, District Shikarpur Nazim Arif Khan Maher has banned rallies, processions and public gatherings by imposing section 144 in the district.●;
www.pakistantimes.net /2004/12/26/national3.htm   (216 words)

  
 National Accountability Bureau   (Site not responding. Last check: )
No report from District Police Officer Shikarpur received in respect of execution of warrant of arrest of accused Noor Ahmad Mehar Ex-cashier NDFC.
The District Police Officer Shikarpur who was directed by the court for the execution of warrant of arrest of accused Noor Ahmed Mehar Ex-Cashier NDFC requested for extension of time for the purpose of execution of warrant of arrest.
Malik Habib Ullah Sub Inspector District Police Shikarpur appeared alongwith un-executed warrant of arrest of accused Noor Ahmed Mahar Ex-Cashier NDFC with the report that the accused is not traceable on the given address and there is no immediate possibility of his arrest.
www.nab.gov.pk /case_data/hearing.asp?cid=1983199753   (650 words)

  
 Urgent Appeals File: Tahmeena & Abida Bhutto--A trip to visit grandparents ends in an unmarked grave
On May 14, the bodies were exhumed in the presence of the fourth civil judge, Shikarpur, the DPO, and two Woman Medical Doctors, who conducted an autopsy in the same day and concluded that the "injuries were caused by discharge from firearm" some 10 to 14 days earlier.
On May 18, a demonstration was held against the murder of Tahmeena and Abida, calling for the immediate arrest of the other six perpetrators, including Abdul Rasheed, and that steps be taken against the persons who organised the jirga.
Although the case is pending before these two courts, the last hearing known to us, before the Anti-Terrorist Court, was on July 20, at which time the court was still establishing procedure for the case and had not yet begun hearing evidence.
www.article2.org /mainfile.php/0305/167   (3059 words)

  
 Pakistan Link Headlines   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The DIG (Operations), Syed Mushtaq Shah, told a press conference in Sukkur that 1,500 police commandos were engaged in the operation in Gora Teghani near Sukkur while the same number had been kept in reserve in the operation area.
The AIG Sukkur Range, Nayyar Husnain, is supervising the operation that started on February 28 and some 100 outlaws have been trapped on the fourth day of the operation launched to clear the riverine areas of these districts of criminals.
The DIG said the DPO Shikarpur and DPO Sukkur were leading the commandos in Gora Teghani, spread over nine kilometers including a deep forest, and had found the hideouts of Khandu Teghani and Bachlu Teghani.
www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Mar/05/18.html   (449 words)

  
 tribuneindia... Editorial
T is high time the record was set straight about Shikarpur as I belong to a village near this town located on the road which leads from Bulandshahar to Kalkatti Narora in Uttar Pradesh.
Shikarpur was named after one nawab who was a great hunter.
And this town came to be known as Shikarpur jutiya but subsequently “jutiya” was transformed into a derogatory word.
www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99feb25/edit.htm   (5574 words)

  
 The Daily Mail - Daily News from Pakistan - Newspaper from Pakistan
SUKKUR—As many as fifteen persons were killed when the commuters traveling by a train were electrocuted on Sunday while they were on their way to Rohri from Shikarpur and its suburban areas to take part in procession of 9th Moharram.
According to reports of private TV channel, the accident took place when the commuters sitting on the roof of Rawalpindi bound Quetta Express touched 1100 KV high voltage wires crossing over their heads near Mandoo Crossing.
He expressed remorse over the accident said large number of people were coming from Shikarpur and other parts of the nearby areas to attend 9th Moharram procession in Rohri.
dailymailnews.com /200701/29/news/dmtopstory01.html   (564 words)

  
 **Relivers Forum Shikarpur**
This is the right way that man ought to have proper knowledge, Doctor Bono calls it as "Lateral Thinking".
Relievers Forum Shikarpur (RFS), therefore, has determined that lectures should be delivered here at Shikarpur by those who are no doubt, learned, scholars and those who know the things in the right way.
RFS believes that citizens and the youth will stand by this positive action.
www.geocities.com /rf_shikarpur   (122 words)

  
 SHIKARPUR - Online Information article about SHIKARPUR
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In 1901 two sub-divisions of this district were detached to See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SHIKARPUR.html   (0 words)

  
 Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: )
BARISAL,(Southern Bangladesh) April 8 (BSS) - In a landmark event in the communication sector, Shikarpur and Doarika bridges were opened to traffic today making road links of the southern Bangladesh easier and quicker with other parts of the country.
The Shikarpur bridge over the river Sandha and the Doarika bridge over the river Suganda with 11.27 kilometres approach roads were constructed at the cost of Taka 140 crore.
The projects for construction of the 388-metre long Doarika bridge and the 291-metre long Shikarpur bridge, located within the close range of one and a half kilometres on the Dhaka-Barisal highway, were taken up during the last BNP government.
www.bssnews.net /index.php?genID=BSS-01-2003-04-08&id=7   (322 words)

  
 Khaleej Times Online - HRCP demands action against jirgas in Sindh
LAHORE — The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded action against jirgas in Shikarpur and Jacobabad disctricts in Sindh that are perpetuating the custom of vani, whereby girls are forcibly married off to resolve disputes between feuding families.
Ramzan failed to pay for the 11 buffaloes, and with the consent of his father and grandfather agreed before a jirga to give his daughters (nine-year-old Heer and one-year-old Karima) as compensation for the buffaloes.
A court in Shikarpur has issued an order against the marriage of the two minor girls after HRCP activists raised the issue.
www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=subcontinent&xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/June/subcontinent_June779.xml   (359 words)

  
 ONLINE - International News Network
According to the initial fact-finding of HRCP, on May 31, 2006, in Lucky Ghulam Shah Tahsil, Shikarpur, an advocate Agha Sanaullah Durrani heard a complaint of Imdad Sathar against his cousin Muhammad Ramzan Sathar for the recovery of his 11 buffaloes.
Ramzan failed to pay for the 11 buffaloes and finally with the consent of his father and grandfather he agreed before a Jirga to give his daughters (9 years old Heer and 1 year Karima) as compensation for 11 buffaloes.
HRCP believes that Jirgas are being encouraged by the Sindh government to strengthen the powers of the Sardars and Waderas and to further weaken the judicial and law enforcement systems.
www.onlinenews.com.pk /details.php?id=98816   (364 words)

  
 PAKISTAN: A dual murder of a woman and a man in the pretext of honor killing
It has been brought to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission that a dual killing has taken place in the Shikarpur district, the same district where recently another double murder in the name of "honor" caused Aabida and Tahmeena Bhutto their deaths.
Kora Khan Bhayo, who had pressurized the police not to register the FIR and instead urged the families of the victims for a private settling of the matter.
On the intervention of the DPO, the case then was lodged at Jagan Police Station in Humaayoon, Taluka, Shikarpur on 3 June 2004 by Mr.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/696   (1279 words)

  
 Eight file papers in Shikarpur -DAWN - National; August 24, 2002
SHIKARPUR, Aug 23: Eight nomination papers were filed for the national and provincial assembly seats of Shikarpur district before the returning officer here on Friday.
Maher and Kumaryo also filed nomination papers for the Sindh Assembly seat of PS-9, Garhi Yasin and PS-10, Shikarpur.
EX-MNA: Former federal minister Agha Tariq Khan Pathan, who had been detained in a plot case by the NAB, was allowed to attend burial of his wife in Sultankot on Thursday night under the police security.
www.dawn.com /2002/08/24/nat37.htm   (0 words)

  
 WLUML: Calls for Action
All are residents of Abdu village, Lakhi Ghulam Shah town, Shikarpur district, Sindh Province, Pakistan Alleged Perpetrators identified: 1) Mr.
Ali Hassan son of Khair Muhammad, relative of the victims All are of the Mahar tribe and residents of Abdu village, Lakhi Ghulam Shah town, Shikarpur district, Sindh Province, Pakistan.
The case is to be brought before the Court of First Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate of the Shikarpur District, but the HREF and other civil society organizations are pushing to have it heard at the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), which will rule judiciously in favor of the victims and their family.
www.wluml.org /english/actionsfulltxt.shtml?cmd[156]=i-156-549956   (2293 words)

  
 JI Media News: JI holds sit-in despite tight security in Jacobabad   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Press parties from Sukkur and Shikarpur counted more than 50 tree trunks on the road which were used to block the road.
SHIKARPUR: Police and Shikarpur district administration foiled the attempt of Jamaat-e-Islami activists to proceed to Jacobabad to attend a sit-in there against the presence of US troops at Shahbaz airport.
A journalists team of the district visited the police points and camps set-up at Lakhi, Jehan Khan, Rais Wah, Shikarpur- Jacobabad bypass and Humayoon near Bari Begari canal which were aimed at to block the main entrance routes including National Highway by Shikarpur district police.
www.jamaat.org /news/news01/pr102301.html   (805 words)

  
 Hindu Human Rights - Serving Hindus Worldwide
The Hindu communities in Sindh are victims of the terrible law and order situation which remains under the control oflocal influentials, writes Imdad Soomro.
Khahi, a city near Shikarpur, once a business hub of the Hindu community in Sindh, is now deserted.
In the hub cities of this community - Jacobabad, Thul, Kashmore and Shikarpur - you will find a majority of the community all set to leave their native cities.
www.hinduhumanrights.org /Pakistan/pakistan.htm   (905 words)

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