August 23, 2005	Tuesday	Rajab 17, 1426

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KARACHI: KU to stop issuing equivalence certificates: O & A level students KARACHI, Aug 22: The University of Karachi on Monday decided to stop issuing equivalence certificates to students with O/A level background, said sources on the campus....		KARACHI: Attack on Ghafoor’s house a plot: Jamaat not interested in peace, says MQM KARACHI, Aug 22: The Deputy Convenor of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Dr Farooq Sattar, on Monday alleged that the Jamaat-i-Islami was not interested in peace and claimed that firing at the...
KARACHI: Hearing in convoy attack case put off KARACHI, Aug 22: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Monday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....		KARACHI: ST worker shot dead KARACHI, Aug 22: An activist of the Sunni Tehreek was shot dead by unknown persons in Garden area on Monday night, while four persons, including two children, suffered bullet injuries in...
KARACHI: Police yet to arrest Magsi’s killers KARACHI, Aug 22: Though associates of Arshad Pappu have been nominated in the murder case of Rafiq Magsi, senior police officials said the involvement of Pappu is yet to be established....		KARACHI: PPP slams firing on JI leader’s residence KARACHI, Aug 22: A Pakistan People’s Party leader, Senator Raza Rabbani, on Monday condemned the firing incident at the residence of Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmad in Karachi on Sunday....
KARACHI: DUHS to restructure its MBBS programme KARACHI, Aug 22: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is contemplating to restructure its undergraduate curriculum as well as the house job programme to ensure that doctors are well versed in handling diseases pertinent to the local conditions....		KARACHI: Women entrepreneurs urged to help uplift rural women KARACHI, Aug 22: The consul-general of Sri Lanka to Karachi, Manel Desilva, has urged the women entrepreneurs to focus on uplifting the rural women in developing heritage products which will help in creating the country’s soft image in the world....
KARACHI: Alternative paradigm to terrorism A PEACE activist from Britain believes that while democracy presents an alternative paradigm to terrorism, it cannot be brought about through the barrel of the gun....		KARACHI: Measures for Road Safety Year reviewed KARACHI, Aug 22: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has called for effective measures to check road accidents and ensure disciplined and smooth flow of traffic. He also issued directive for taking...
KARACHI: City to have more CNG buses KARACHI, Aug 22: Some 8,000 CNG buses will be brought on city roads during the next 5 years. In this regard the provincial government is carrying out planning on solid basis...		KARACHI: Ombudsman wants FIR registered in rape case KARACHI, Aug 22: The Sindh Ombudsman, Yusuf Jamal, directed the registration of an FIR in a maid servant’s rape case. He also directed the DIG operation to suspend the concerned duty...
KARACHI: Deadline for first year forms extended KARACHI, Aug 22: The deadline for submission of admission forms for first year classes in the city government colleges has once again been extended for five days....		KARACHI: KWSB asked to ensure adequate water supply KARACHI, Aug 22: Engineers of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board have been asked to identify the water deficient areas in the city so that adequate supply from the K-III project,...
KARACHI: BS physiotherapy results KARACHI, Aug 22: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the results of third year BS Physiotherapy (New Course) annual exams-2004. In all, 75 candidates appeared in the examination and of...		KARACHI: Plea seeking land in exchange dismissed KARACHI, Aug 21: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Friday a writ petition seeking allotment of land in the Saddar area in exchange for about 69 acres acquired from the petitioner by Port Qasim....
KARACHI: 2pc of children suffer from congenital cardiac defects: Revascularization course concludes KARACHI, Aug 22: Participants of a two-day Revascularization Course 2005 stressed the need for proper infrastructure to handle congenital heart problems among local children, rectifiable in 90 per cent cases....		KARACHI: Road carpeting in Gulshan’s block 19 under way KARACHI, Aug 22: Carpeting of 60,000-sq-ft road in Block-19 of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town has been completed under the directive of the caretaker of the town, Syed Fazil Ahmed Bukhari, according to a press release issued here on Monday....
KARACHI: Bail plea of Afreen’s husband rejected KARACHI, Aug 22: The additional district and sessions’ judge, South, Farzana Anver Shah, rejected on Monday the bail application of Farooq Mengal, an accused in the murder case of his wife Afreen Baig....		KARACHI: FST sets aside dismissal order KARACHI, Aug 22: Another FST bench, comprising its chairman, justice Amanullah Abbasi (retired), and member Mohammad Iqbal Khan, meanwhile, set aside the dismissal of a Pakistan International Airlines employee and ordered...
KARACHI: Registration made must for DHA estate agents KARACHI, Aug 22: In a move that is likely to check land price speculation, the governing body of the Defence Housing Authority has made it compulsory for estate agents operating in the area under its jurisdiction to register with the DHA....		KARACHI: Heavy vehicles continue to violate ban KARACHI, Aug 22: Drivers of heavy vehicles continue to violate the timings during which their movement on city roads is strictly banned. Thousands of heavy vehicles, including the long vehicles mostly carrying 40-feet containers, pass through the city every day....
KARACHI: Jamaat calls APC for tomorrow KARACHI, Aug 22: The Karachi chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami is holding an All-Parties Conference (APC) on August 24 at the JI office, Idara Noor-i-Haq, to consider adopting a joint strategy against the alleged interference by the government and use of state machinery in the local bodies elections....		KARACHI: Rauf visits Ghafoor’s residence KARACHI, Aug 22: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui visited the residence of JI leader Prof Ghafoor Ahmed in F B Area and inquired about the report of firing at his house and hurling of explosive inside....
KARACHI: Torture of JI man slammed KARACHI, Aug 22: The Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi on Monday condemned the kidnapping of its worker and torture on him allegedly by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists....		KARACHI: Ikebana expert KARACHI, Aug 22: Prof Nobu Kurashige, an Ikebana expert from Ikenobo Headquarters, Koyoto, Japan, is conducting a workshop here at Danishgah. The wife of the consul-general of Japan in Karachi, Miyoko...
HYDERABAD: Govt criticized for rigging LB polls HYDERABAD, Aug 22: People’s Party Parliamentarians leader from Sanghar district Abdul Salam Thaheem has accused the authorities of failing to conduct the local body elections in fair manner....		HYDERABAD: MQM chief lashes out at religious parties’ policies HYDERABAD, Aug 22: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hussain has said that the MQM rejects the Hasba Bill because extremist Ulema from tribal areas want to impose it in Hyderabad and Karachi....
HYDERABAD: Paramedical staff call off hunger strike HYDERABAD, Aug 22: Office-bearers of the Sindh Paramedical Staff Welfare Association, Liaquat Medical University, called off their hunger strike outside the local press club on the intervention by former Sindh minister Dr Irfan Gul Magsi on Monday....		MIRPURKHAS: Vote recount gives another seat to HPG-KPP MIRPURKHAS, Aug 22: The MQM-backed Haq Parast Group (HPG) and PML’s Khushhal Pakistan Panel (KPP) secured another seat of UC-6 Mirpurkhas city after recounting of votes which was ordered on the...
SANGHAR: Boy bitten by rabid dog dies SANGHAR, Aug 22: A boy who had bitten by a dog died in Malik Mohalla here on Monday. The victim’s mother and three brothers were also in a critcal condition....		THATTA: Fisherman, boy drown THATTA, Aug 22: A fisherman drowned while four of his companions succeeded to reach the shore safely when their boat capsized in the Arabian Sea in the early hours on Sunday....