September 12, 2005	Monday	Sha’aban 7, 1426

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KARACHI: Eight die as rain continues to lash city: Toll rises to 11 KARACHI, Sept 11: Eight people died and many others were wounded as rain continued to lash the city for the second day raising the death toll in rain-related incidents over the last 48 hours to 11....		KARACHI: People brave prolonged electricity breakdowns KARACHI, Sept 11: People across the city braved another day of prolonged power breakdowns on Sunday as the electricity transmission and distribution system of the army-managed utility collapsed in the face of the downpour lashing the city since Saturday morning....
KARACHI: Final phase of local body polls kicks off today KARACHI, Sept 11: The third and final phase of local body elections begins on Monday when returning officer would start collecting nomination papers from candidates aspiring for the office of nazims or for reserved seats....		KARACHI: PML-N warns of movement KARACHI, Sept 11: Masses will take to the street soon without mobilization by any political force if the government failed to address the pressing issues confronting the common man, according to...
KARACHI: Democracy within parties stressed KARACHI, Sept 11: Organized political parties should strengthen democracy within their ranks for which committed and trained political activists are the asset....		KARACHI: British student not affiliated to militant outfit, claims father KARACHI, Sept 11: The family of the British student, picked up by an intelligence agency, denied that Shoaib Siddiqui was affiliated to any militant or sectarian outfit....
KARACHI: Community water filter plants to be installed KARACHI, Sept 11: Community water filter plants are being installed in various parts of the city on the directives of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad to ensure availability of clean drinking water to people....		KARACHI: Prayer leader wounded KARACHI, Sept 11: The prayer leader of a mosque was shot at near Al-Asif Square on Sunday night. Police said that some unidentified armed men shot at Abdur Razzaq, a local leader of JUI....
KARACHI: Loadshedding KARACHI, Sept 11: A KESC spokesman announced on Sunday that loadshedding would be carried out in the northern portion of the city to string the conductors, and shutdowns would be announced for five days.—APP...		KARACHI: Quaid’s death anniversary observed in city KARACHI, Sept 11: The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Sunday paid glowing tributes to Founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on his 57th death anniversary and reiterated the government’s...
KARACHI: Altaf urges nazims to work with dedication KARACHI, Sept 11: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, has asked the elected representatives of local government to concentrate on development work with dedication for which resources have been put at their disposal....		KARACHI: Child rape suspect held; reward for informer KARACHI, Sept 11: The alleged rapist of four-year-old girl was arrested here on Sunday. The girl was sexually assaulted and subjected to brutal torture in a shantytown of North Nazimabad in the mid of August....
KARACHI: MMA criticizes authorities over apathy to the rain-hit KARACHI, Sept 11: The MNAs of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Muhammad Hussain Mehanti, Abdul Sattar Afghani and Mohammad Laeeq Khan, have expressed concerned over the situation prevailing in the city from rains,...		KARACHI: Urdu varsity not awarding 2-year degree KARACHI, Sept 11: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology refused to grant two-year BA/BSc (pass) degrees to its students, enrolled in the Honours programmes....
KARACHI: Encroachers grab land allotted for Malir parks KARACHI, Sept 11: About 35 houses and shops have been illegally built on a park in union council No 4, Khokhrapar, along Malir Extension Police Station....		KARACHI: Sessi to set up medical college KARACHI, Sept 11: The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution is setting up a medical college in the city. This was stated by a senior official of the Sessi here on Saturday....
KARACHI: CHK waiting area project launched KARACHI, Sept 11: New patient-waiting area project at the paediatrics block of Civil Hospital Karachi was launched on Saturday by Sindh Health Secretary Prof Naushad Shaikh and philanthropist and businessman Salman Burney....		KARACHI: Burns hospital for children planned KARACHI, Sept 11: A team of young and committed doctors has announced to build a burns and general hospital for children to provide free of cost treatment in the country....
KARACHI: PPP women slam govt’s ‘corrupt plan’ KARACHI, Sept 11: The women wing of Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, has castigated the government’s ‘corrupt plan’ chalked out to rig the local body election. The meeting, presided over by provincial...		KARACHI: Shab-i-Baraa’t arrangements KARACHI, Sept 11: The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, on Sunday directed officials to ensure cleanliness besides making necessary lighting arrangements in and around mosques and graveyards on the eve of Shab-i-Baraa’t....
KARACHI: Students’ week KARACHI, Sept 11: The students’ week at the University of Karachi would formally start on Monday in a bid to encourage diversified talents of the students, said a KU press release on Sunday....		KARACHI: Arbab tells officials not to use new vehicles KARACHI, Sept 11: The Sindh Chief Minister, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, called upon the government official to use serviceable old vehicles after necessary maintenance, instead of acquiring new ones....
KARACHI: ISO takes out rally against Israel KARACHI, Sept 11: The Imamia Students‘ Organization on Sunday took out a rally declaring that no solution to the Palestine issue would be acceptable without consent of the Palestinians....		KARACHI: Elections of nazims to be fair: CM KARACHI, Sept 11: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has declared that like the recently held local bodies polls, the election of nazims in the province would also be conducted in a fair and transparent manner....
KARACHI: Book launch KARACHI, Sept 11: ‘World peace the divine way — after 9/11’, a book by Mohsin Rizvi, is being launched at the Arts Council on Monday. Lt-Gen Moinuddin Haider will preside....		HYDERABAD: MQM, Magsi Ittehad part ways in Tando Allahyar HYDERABAD, Sept 11: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a coalition partner in the Sindh government, and the ruling PML-backed Azad Magsi Ittehad decided to field separate candidates for the taluka nazim of Tando Allahyar on Sunday....
KARACHI: Programme for Ustad Manzoor’s anniversary KARACHI, Sept 11: A programme will be held to pay tribute to classical artist of Sindh, Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan, on his 25th death anniversary in Hyderabad....		HYDERABAD: Demand for fixing sugarcane price HYDERABAD, Sept 11: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed concern over, what it calls the negative attitude of sugar mill owners for not fixing sugarcane price and the date for starting the next crushing season....
HYDERABAD: Promotion of senior officers urged HYDERABAD, Sept 11: The Gazetted Officers’ Association, Hyderabad chapter, at a meeting held here on Saturday appealed to the Sindh government to solve problems of gazetted officers....		THATTA: Widespread rainfall THATTA, Sept 11: A man was electrocuted and several katcha houses collapsed when rains lashed several Sindh districts on Sunday. In Mirpur Sakro, Karim, 14, was electrocuted and over half a dozen katcha huts collapsed....
LARKANA: Protest against arrest of ADP supporter LARKANA, Sept 11: A large number of people from different villages took out a procession here on Sunday in protest against arrest of ADP supporter Mohammad Panah Chandio....		NAWABSHAH: Breach inundates villages NAWABSHAH, Sept 11: A numbers of houses in Aitbar Rind, Hameed Rind and Hakeem Rind villages came under water after a 60-foot wide breach occurred in the James minor, Nusrat irrigation...