September 6, 2005	Tuesday	Shaban 01, 1426

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KARACHI: Muttahida lays claim on Karachi, Hyderabad: Nazim, naib nazim slots KARACHI, Sept 5: As scramble for the top slot in the cities and towns gained momentum in the final phase of the local body elections, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has ruled...		KARACHI: 4-year-old victim of rape in critical condition KARACHI, Sept 5: A four-year-old girl, admitted to Civil Hospital Karachi after being subjected to torture and rape in a shanty town of North Nazimabad, is in a serious condition....
KARACHI: Kidnapped prayer leader killed KARACHI, Sept 5: The prayer leader of a mosque, who was kidnapped last week from Orangi Town, was killed allegedly by his brother. Police said that Abdul Sattar Naqshbandi, a prayer leader of Roomi Mosque, had been missing since Aug 29....		KARACHI: Crackdown on illegal blood dealers within a week KARACHI, Sept 5: The Sindh government will launch an operation against unsafe blood dealers, both in urban and rural areas, in a week’s time, said the provincial minister for health on Monday....
KARACHI: Complaints of filthy water supply on the rise KARACHI, Sept 5: Complaints of filthy water supply continue to pour in newspaper offices from several other localities despite the face that contaminated water recently claimed three lives in Mannoo Goth....		KARACHI: Peaceful city guarantees progress, says Ibad KARACHI, Sept 5: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has said that a peaceful, prosperous, developed and civilized Karachi guarantees progress of the entire country and the nation....
KARACHI: FIA arrests 13 job-seekers KARACHI, Sept 5: The FIA Passport Circle arrested on Monday 13 intending illegal immigrants, who were to be smuggled to Greece. They had paid Rs300,000 to Rs 400,000 to human smugglers...		KARACHI: Funding for varsities linked to governance KARACHI, Sept 5: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Monday linked the future funding to all public sector varsities/degree-awarding institutions with their overall performance, including the level of compliance with the governance criteria and the policy initiatives prescribed by the HEC....
KARACHI: ‘Exhibitions play vital role in boosting FDI’ KARACHI, Sept 5: Exhibitions play a vital role in boosting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and over 25 per cent FDI in the country during the last year was on account of these exhibitions....		KARACHI: Steps to contain HIV KARACHI, Sept 5: Sindh Enhanced AIDS Control Programme under a five-year project is attempting to prevent the mortality among the population by keeping the HIV/AIDS epidemic at the current level of below one per cent in the adult population....
KARACHI: Demo against curtailment of seats KARACHI, Sept 5: Around 50 medical students belonging to the interior of Sindh including 15 doctors on Monday staged a protest demonstration at the Karachi Press Club against curtailing the reciprocal...		KARACHI: Lawyers protest over killing KARACHI, Sept 5: The Karachi Bar Association on Monday stayed away from court proceedings to protest over killing of fellow advocate and member Mirza Qaiser Sohail Hayat....
KARACHI: Sewage overflowing in FB Area KARACHI, Sept 5: Filthy water gushing out from some chocked gutters has spread on some streets of Federal B’ Area’s Block 2 (Hussainabad), causing an stinking environment in the locality....		KARACHI: SSC part-I (Science) results KARACHI, Sept 5: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) is expected to announce the results of SSC part I (Class IX) annual examination 2005 of Science Group this week....
KARACHI: Police told not to spare violators of traffic rules KARACHI, Sept 5: The adviser to the chief minister for Local Government, Waseem Akhtar, has asked the traffic police to act without any discrimination against those involving in violation of laws....		KARACHI: Zakat deptt clarification KARACHI, Sept 5: A spokesman for the Sindh Zakat and Ushr Department, clarifying a newsitem published in Monday issue of Dawn captioned “Rs.2 billion of Zakat could not be disbursed,” has said that during financial year 2004-05, Rs1.04316...
KARACHI: High court dissatisfied with police reply KARACHI, Sept 5: The Sindh High Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the reply by the police regarding detention of one Abdul Hakeem and ordered that a consolidated affidavit be filed before the court....		KARACHI: MSc results KARACHI, Sept 5: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), on Monday announced the results of MSc- Zoology and Physics (Final Year) annual exams-2004....
KARACHI: KBCA warns defaulters KARACHI, Sept 5: Water, electricity and gas supplies to houses, shops and other projects would be disconnected with the help of the concerned utilities in cases where amount of challans in respect of regularization of buildings had not been paid....		KARACHI: Slow pace of work causing hardship KARACHI, Sept 5: Slow pace of work on the reconstruction of Begum Khursheed Road is a constant source of hardship for the people of Malir. The delay is being attributed to the shifting of underground electricity and phone cables....
KARACHI: Scientists say fish killed by pollution KARACHI, Sept 5: Scientists believe that mass mortality of a single class small fish on Friday last took place as the coast was significantly polluted, said sources in the marine circle....		KARACHI: Serious flaws in studies identified: Kotri Barrage KARACHI, Sept 5: Environment, water and biodiversity experts and civil society leaders pointing out serious flaws in the draft reports of two downstream Kotri Barrage studies, said that the reports failed...
KARACHI: Debate on biochemistry KARACHI, Sept 5: A debate on biochemistry was organized by the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), here on Monday. According to a FUUAST announcement the topic of...		KARACHI: Appeals in customs cases dismissed KARACHI, Sept 5: A special Custom appellate bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Mohammad Mujeebullah Siddiqui, on Monday allowed an appeal filed by a convict and directed the Collector...
HYDERABAD: PPP and STPP to field joint candidate in Qasimabad HYDERABAD, Sept 5: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party have decided to field joint candidates for nazim and naib nazim slots in the Qasimabad taluka....		HYDERABAD: No dam on Indus acceptable: SNP HYDERABAD, Sept 5: The chairman of the Sindh National Party, Mr Amir Bhambhro, has criticized construction of the Kalabagh dam or any other dam on the Indus River....
HYDERABAD: 69 IT trainees get degrees HYDERABAD, Sept 5: The vice-chancellor of Sindh University, Mr Mazhar-ul-Haq Siddiqi, has distributed the bachelor of computer and information technology degrees among 69 students on completion of their training at the Institute of Modern Sciences and Arts, Hyderabad....