September 1, 2005	Thursday	Rajab 26, 1426

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KARACHI: More people suffer from waterborne diseases KARACHI, Aug 31: People falling sick after the consumption of contaminated water in certain localities of Gulshan Town continued to pour into hospitals and healthcare centres on Wednesday also....		KARACHI: Tampered lines caused contamination, says KWSB KARACHI, Aug 31: The Managing Director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brig (retd) Iftikhar Haider, on Wednesday said that tampering with water supply lines in some kutchi abadies had resulted in contamination of water....
KARACHI: Crackdown on bogus housing societies KARACHI, Aug 31: The Sindh home department has initiated action against fake housing societies and police have been directed to arrest those selling tokens of Rs25 to Rs250 on the pretext...		KARACHI: Jirga member sent to jail KARACHI, Aug 31: An alleged member of the so-called jirga, which was held in connection with the Ayub Goth rape case, was sent to jail on Tuesday for his involvement in a murder case....
KARACHI: Court acquits son of employer: Maid’s murder KARACHI, Aug 31: The accused in Asiya murder case was acquitted on Wednesday by the district and sessions court of East. Judge Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani exonerated Yasin Bawani from the...		KARACHI: Notices issued to police in detention case KARACHI, Aug 31: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notice to police officials of Mubina Town police station for Sept 2 on a petition against detention....
KARACHI: PPP acts against breach of party discipline KARACHI, Aug 31: Amid criticism of poor showing in the local body elections, especially in Sindh, the Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to MNA Syed Qurban Ali...		KARACHI: Contestants of UC-10 fear vote fraud KARACHI, Aug 31: The candidates of two rival panels, Al-Khidmat and Awam Dost, contesting for the slots of nazim in UC-10, Clifton, Saddar Town have appealed to higher authorities to take...
KARACHI: E-education programme to start soon at DUHS KARACHI, Aug 31: E-Education Programme would become an integral component of Dow University of Health Sciences in the next three months along with a full-fledged digital library....		KARACHI: Measures to avoid typhoid, diabetes suggested KARACHI, Aug 31: Doctors warning steady surge in the incidence of diabetes, hypertension and typhoid among local people reminded that availability of comparatively safer drugs could not but be precise substitute for prevention....
KARACHI: Disposal of plots, flats ordered KARACHI, Aug 31: The city government has re-constituted its committee for disposal of different categories of plots and flats falling under the jurisdiction of its Revenue group of offices through public auction....		KARACHI: Teachers to get road safety training KARACHI, Aug 31: On the directive of Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad, teachers of city government’s education department will be imparted road safety education. This was decided in a meeting held on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Officials told to expedite work on DEEP project KARACHI, Aug 31: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, has directed officials concerned to accelerate the activities of the Decentralised Elementary Education Project (DEEP) including the execution...		KARACHI: Yaum-i-Mustafa conference KARACHI, Aug 31: The Yaum-i-Mustafa (PBUH) Conference will be organized at the University of Karachi on Sept 3. This was announced by the university spokesman on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Urdu varsity to open new faculty KARACHI, Aug 31: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) is considering creating new faculty and departments of humanities. This was said in a statement of the varsity quoting its Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Iqbal Mohsin, on Wednesday....nesday....		KARACHI: Fishermen hold protest against use of banned nets KARACHI, Aug 31: A large number of fishermen from coastal villages of the city on Wednesday marched from Fountain Chowk near the Governor House’s to Karachi Press Club under the auspices...
KARACHI: Medical conference on 10th KARACHI, Aug 31: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan will formally inaugurate the “Preventive Medicine Conference 2005” at the Liaquat National Hospital auditorium on Sept 10....		KARACHI: Education centre building KARACHI, Aug 31: Senior Sindh Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed will lay the foundation stone of the Higher Education Centre building at the Sindh Madressahtul Islam Board (SMB) campus in Education City, Malir on Sep 1....
KARACHI: SSUET holiday tomorrow KARACHI, Aug 31: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) will remain closed on Sep 2 on account of Shab-i-Meraj, said a university announcement on Wednesday. — APP...		KARACHI: Govt schools charge no fee KARACHI, Aug 31: The Sindh government does not charge any fee under any head from students studying in Class I to Class X in all public sector schools....
HYDERABAD: Darul Aman staff held responsible for woman’s death HYDERABAD, Aug 31: Preliminary findings of an inquiry into the death of Kanwal, an Indian national, has held negligence of night duty staff of Darul Aman as the main cause of the death....		HYDERABAD: ‘Water shortage cause of vanishing forests in Sindh’ HYDERABAD, Aug 31: Sindh Secretary for Forest and Wildlife Mehmood Ahmed Khan has said that the growth of forests in Sindh has been adversely affected by non-availability of water....
HYDERABAD: University announces admission schedule HYDERABAD, Aug 31: The University of Sindh announced on Wednesday the admission schedule in all disciplines for bachelors and masters degree programme for academic session 2006....		HYDERABAD: PPP activists get pre-arrest bail HYDERABAD, Aug 31: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday granted pre-arrest protective bail to eight PPP supporters and activists of Thatta in an attempted murder case against sureties of Rs50,000 each till Sept 12....
HYDERABAD: Draft proposed for development HYDERABAD, Aug 31: The Planning and Development Department of Sindh organized a workshop in collaboration with the IUCN-the World Conservation Union, at a hotel here on Tuesday....		HYDERABAD: Court accepts bail plea HYDERABAD, Aug 31: The second additional district judge has granted pre-arrest bail to candidates of the Awam Dost panel in an attempted murder case in a sum of Rs50,000....
LARKANA: SNF offers support to other parties: Nazims’ election LARKANA, Aug 31: Sindh National Front leader Amir Bakhsh Bhutto has offered support to the People’s Party Parliamentarians and other political parties for forming local government in the district....		NAWABSHAH: Students block road in protest NAWABSHAH, Aug 31: Hundreds of students of the Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah, blocked the Nawabshah-Sakrand link road in protest here on Wednesday....