September 19, 2005	Monday	Sha'aban 14, 1426

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KARACHI: Over 300 new victims of dirty water disease: 3-year-old dies of dehydration KARACHI, Sept 18: With the death of a three-year-old boy, the toll in the waterborne epidemic outbreak in Landhi rose to nine on Sunday. More than 300 people were brought to...		KARACHI: 500 houses getting contaminated water KARACHI, Sept 18: More than 500 houses and apartment buildings in Baghdadi union council areas of Lyari Town are getting contaminated water for the past two weeks....
KARACHI: New body to analyze water quality in 3 cities KARACHI, Sept 18: A three-member committee has been formed to collect samples of potable water from Karachi, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas for laboratory analysis. The committee will submit its report to the Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad within a week....		KARACHI: 10-year-old criminally assaulted KARACHI, Sept 18: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly criminally assaulted by three men in a shantytown of Gadap on Sunday evening. Police claimed to have arrested one of them....
KARACHI: Three private institutions get representation on PMDC KARACHI, Sept 18: The Ziauddin Medical University (ZMU) and two other private institutions imparting qualifications recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council would be allowed representation on the PMDC, the Sindh High Court ordered on Friday....		KARACHI: Historical sandstone building being razed: Heritage sacrificed for high-rise KARACHI, Sept 18: A building that is protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act is being demolished gradually although it has been sealed off more than once by the Karachi Building Control Authority, it is learnt reliably....
KARACHI: Tributes paid to Hasan Abidi KARACHI, Sept 18: Rich tributes were paid to the late Hasan Abidi, journalist, poet, writer and rights activist, at a condolence meeting at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday....		KARACHI: Firecrackers being sold openly in many areas KARACHI, Sept 18: The defiant anti-social elements are selling fire crackers and other explosives illegally imported from a neighbouring country openly right from Mochko to New Karachi and Defence to Landhi as the holiest night “Shab-i-Baraat” draws near....
KARACHI: Taiser Town balloting by Nadra demanded KARACHI, Sept 18: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan has demanded that balloting of plots in Taiser Town be done through the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) and an honest officer be...		KARACHI: PPP blames govt for deaths KARACHI, Sept 18: Pakistan People’s Party has held the government responsible for the death of innocent children due to water contamination. Flaying the apathy of the rulers towards the problems of...
KARACHI: Minister reviews work on uplift projects KARACHI, Sept 18: The Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, Babar Khan Ghauri, on Sunday paid a detailed visit to the sites of various development projects and reviewed progress on them....		KARACHI: DHA begins work on desalination plant KARACHI, Sept 18: The work on setting up of DHA Co-generation project, consisting of a desalination plant with a capacity of three million imperial gallons per day and combined cycle power...
KARACHI: Law urged against illegal immigrants KARACHI, Sept 18: Leaders of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz, addressing a rally here on Saturday, demanded legislation against illegal immigrants who, they said, had been creating economic problems for the people of Sindh....		KARACHI: Ibad vows to retrieve every inch of grabbed land KARACHI, Sept 18: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that every inch of Karachi’s encroached upon lands will be retrieved and the city’s face will be changed in just six...
KARACHI: Young girl killed KARACHI, Sept 18: A young girl died after she was hit by a bullet fired by her brother at their sister’s wedding in Lines Area late on Saturday night....		KARACHI: Murtaza’s birth anniversary KARACHI, Sept 18: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto Ms Ghinva Bhutto on Sunday paid rich tributes to Mir Murtaza Bhutto, her husband who founded the party, for laying down his life for the cause of the downtrodden....
KARACHI: PEC restores accreditation of four DCET batches KARACHI, Sept 18: The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has restored its accreditation for three passed out batches (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98) and one studying batch (2000) enrolled in the Chemical, Electronics and...		KARACHI: Shab-i-Bara’at arrangements KARACHI, Sept 18: Shab-i-Bara’at will be observed on Monday night with great religious fervour. Mosques would be illuminated and ulema will deliver sermons regarding the significance of Shab-i-Bara’at....
KARACHI: Pre-medical placement list KARACHI, Sept 18: The central admission committee released the placement list of 10,677 female students for admission to pre-medical classes in 51 government colleges and higher secondary schools on Saturday....		KARACHI: BDS exam schedule KARACHI, Sept 18: The examinations department of the University of Karachi on Saturday announced that the final professional Bachelor of Dentistry annual examinations 2005 will commence from Sept 24....
KARACHI: SSC suppl exams KARACHI, Sept 18: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi (BSEK) on Sunday said that admit cards and exam schedule for SSC supplementary exams 2005, commencing from Sept 22 could be collected from BSEK from Sept 19 and onwards....		KARACHI: Meeting at KU KARACHI, Sept 18: A national conference will be organized by the Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, from Sept 22. A KU spokesman in a statement issued here said the...
HYDERABAD: Plea to restore peace in varsities HYDERABAD, Sept 18: Activists of the Sindhi Shagird Tehrik observed a hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday to protest against lawlessness in the Sindh Agriculture University and the University of Sindh....		HYDERABAD: Demand to amend sugar mills act HYDERABAD, Sept 18: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has demanded that the government should introduce amendments in the Sugar Factories Control Act to include mill-owners in the sugarcane control board....
JACOBABAD: Strike against police inaction in Sindh, Balochistan towns: Kidnapping of Hindu girl JACOBABAD, Sept 18: A strike was observed in several towns of upper Sindh and Balochistan on Sunday to protest against kidnapping of a Hindu girl by a group of armed men five days ago....		LARKANA: Five ADP councillors join KPP LARKANA, Sept 18: Five councillors of the Awam Dost Panel from the Badah town joined the Khushhal Pakistan Panel on Saturday in the presence of Sindh minister Altaf Unnar....
SUKKUR: Officials accused of grabbing ransom money SUKKUR, Sept 18: Two senior police officials, former superintendents of police of the Shikarpur district, K.K Memon and Mehtab Shaikh, have been accused of misappropriating about Rs3 million from ransom money...		SUKKUR: Train derails SUKKUR, Sept 18: Four bogies of a goods train derailed near Sukkur at Saturday-Sunday midnight. The derailed bogies suspended railway traffic for 12 hours between Sukkur and other cities of the country....
KHAIRPUR: Workshop for activists KHAIRPUR, Sept 18: The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, in collaboration with the Indus Resource Centre, held a training workshop for capacity building of political workers here on Sunday....		MITHI: Mithi radio starts today its test transmission MITHI, Sept 18: Radio Pakistan Mithi is going to start its experimental test transmission from Monday on FM 108MHz. A press statement issued by the station director of the Pakistan Broadcasting...