August 29, 2005	Monday	Rajab 23, 1426

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KARACHI: Preparations under way for 3rd phase of LB polls: Nominations from Sept 3 KARACHI, Aug 28: The process of local body election in the country will complete on Sept 29 when the newly-elected union council members, forming the electoral college, will elect nazims of their respective city district governments or taluka/ tehsil/town councils....		KARACHI: LB polls: PPP, JI preparing whitepapers KARACHI, Aug 28: The Pakistan People’s Party and Jamaat-i-Islami have started preparing separate whitepapers containing evidences of rigging, bogus voting, changing of results and capturing of polling stations allegedly by the...
KARACHI: Experts want law on organ donation KARACHI, Aug 28: The long-pending brain death law in the country is largely hampering life expectancy as well as quality survival of numerous local patients suffering from renal and/or liver failure besides those suffering from relevant malignancies....		KARACHI: Rs193m seismic activity monitoring centre soon KARACHI, Aug 28: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has started to establish a seismic activity monitoring project worth Rs193 million, which would also serve as an early warning tsunami system....
KARACHI: NGO worker threatened for helping rape victim KARACHI, Aug 28: A worker of a non-governmental organization (NGO), who was assisting a victim, has been harassed and given life threats. She has been warned not to provide any assistance to an alleged rape victim, it is learnt....		KARACHI: Jirga member held again: Ayub Goth rape case KARACHI, Aug 28: Police have again picked up one of the members of a jirga, that had ‘tried’ two alleged rapists, for his act of concealing the gang-rape and providing shelter to the rapists....
KARACHI: Contaminated water takes lives of two children KARACHI, Aug 28: Two children of Manno Goth, located adjacent to Essa Nagri, died after drinking contaminated water on Sunday. Besides, over 100 other people of the same locality, who had...		KARACHI: Police-ANF clash averted KARACHI, Aug 27: An FIR was registered against three captains and an SHO of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) for allegedly assaulting two policemen and preventing them from discharging their duty....
KARACHI: 2 die in road accidents KARACHI, Aug 28: Two persons died in separate road accidents in various parts of the city on Sunday. A teenager died and his friend was seriously injured when a speeding coach knocked their motorcycle on Manghopir Road on Sunday....		KARACHI: Decision to demolish hospital withdrawn KARACHI, Aug 28: Due to opposition from senior officials and doctors, the Sindh Health Department has withdrawn its decision to demolish the Services Hospital Karachi for a new project....
KARACHI: 600th anniversary of Zheng He’s voyages KARACHI, Aug 28: A seminar was held to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the great Chinese Admiral Zheng He’s voyages of discovery, organized by the Pakistan Institute of Maritime Affairs (PIMA), here on Saturday....		KARACHI: Emergency centres in Saddar Town KARACHI, Aug 28: All necessary arrangements have been completed including setting up of an emergency centre and control rooms by the Saddar Town Municipal Administration to meet any emergency in case of the expected rains....
KARACHI: Baba-i-Urdu’s death anniversary KARACHI, Aug 28: Although Urdu can meet the requirements of modern ways of expression it has not been accorded its due place in society. This was stated by Dr Aftab Ahmad...		KARACHI: University Road KARACHI, Aug 28: The former city nazim Niamatullah Khan has lauded the reconstruction of University Road and urged the caretaker city government to ensure timely completion of the first phase of this Rs300 million project....
KARACHI: HRCP exposed claims of fair polls, says MMA KARACHI, Aug 28: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leaders have said that the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has exposed the hollowness of the government claims of free, fair and transparent election and...		KARACHI: Govt advised not to reopen settled issues KARACHI, Aug 28: Maulana Ajmal Qadri, chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Q) has advised President Pervez Musharraf not to reopen settled issues like registration of religious seminaries, otherwise it will have serious repercussions....
KARACHI: Syria seeks help for education reforms KARACHI, Aug 28: Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy Dr Hamida Khuhro held a meeting with a high-powered delegation from the Syrian ministry of education and higher education....		HYDERABAD: Plea to make Abbasi report public HYDERABAD, Aug 28: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed concern over non-publication of the technical committee’s report on water. At a meeting held here on Sunday, the chamber called upon the prime minister to release the report....
HYDERABAD: Case against nationalist leader condemned HYDERABAD, Aug 28: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNA Asadullah Bhutto has condemned registration of what he called a false case of desecration of national flag against Dr Qadir Magsi, chairman of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party....		DADU: Two SHOs cast bogus votes, alleges ADP DADU, Aug 28: Former MPA Syed Ghulam Shah Jilani and ADP candidate for nazim of UC Chhini, Syed Shahan Shah, has alleged that SHO Ayub Shahani and SHO Din Mohammad along...
LARKANA: ‘PPP will form district govt in Larkana’ LARKANA, Aug 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has announced to nominate candidates for posts of nazim for Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts within a couple of days....		SANGHAR: Protest against water shortage SANGHAR, Aug 28: Hundreds of farmers demonstrated against artificial shortage of irrigation water in various branches and minors of Tando Adam-I sub division on Sunday....
KARACHI: Jail threats cannot scare PPP: Khuhro KARACHI, Aug 28: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Sunday said that threats to fill jails with PPP workers would not work, as PPP workers had braved dictators in the past as well....		KARACHI: Mismanagement in govt hospitals KARACHI, Aug 28: Sindh chief minister’s advisor on health Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani has taken notice of reports about mismanagement in government hospitals, including Civil Hospital Karachi, and directed the health secretary...