September 27, 2005	Tuesday	Sha'aban 22, 1426

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KARACHI: UTS fails to change transport culture KARACHI, Sept 26: The Urban Transport Scheme (UTS) launched by transport department of the city government has not succeeded in attracting transporters to increase the number of large buses in the city....		KARACHI: Transporters block induction of UTS: Shah Faisal Colony KARACHI, Sept 26: A powerful group of transporters is creating hurdles in the introduction of new routes of public transport buses in Shah Faisal Town. Area people regretted that the transport...
KARACHI: Immunization campaign from today: Polio eradication KARACHI, Sept 26: No fresh polio case has been reported from Karachi and its periphery during the current year and only three in the province of the total 17 reported from across the country in the same period....		KARACHI: Notice in Murtaza murder case KARACHI, Sept 26: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued a notice to the state in a petition seeking expeditious trial of Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case....
KARACHI: PPP rejects CEC’s claims KARACHI, Sept 26: Pakistan People’s Party has rejected the statement of Chief Election Commissioner Abdul Hameed Dogar that the foreign election observers raised no objection against the two phases of local...		KARACHI: 2 acquitted in sectarian case KARACHI, Sept 26: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Monday two alleged activists of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba in a case pertaining to possession of objectionable sectarian material....
KARACHI: Traders ignore directive to declare stocks KARACHI, Sept 26: A cool response has been accorded to the city government’s directive to wholesalers and stockists of essential commodities with regard to the declaration of their stocks....		KARACHI: 4,904 pass NED’s entry test KARACHI, Sept 26: Of the 5,645 candidates who took admission test for different programmes at the NED University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday, 4,904 were declared successful....
KARACHI: Spelling Bee competition begins today KARACHI, Sept 26: The Karachi round of the second Dawn In Education competition begins from today (Tuesday) in the Bahria auditorium. Over 700 students from 137 schools of the Karachi region are participating in the three-day Karachi city championships....		KARACHI: PPP decision stirs rift KARACHI, Sept 26: Councillors of the PPP-backed Awam Dost group in Lyari Town are divided over the nomination of Malik Mohammad, former naib nazim, as the candidate for the slot of town nazim....
KARACHI: Man shot dead KARACHI, Sept 26: A man was shot dead by two bandits in Manzoor Colony on Monday. Fatah Alam, 32, had come to visit his sister’s home in Sector H, Manzoor Colony....		KARACHI: Govt moves to check illegal constructions KARACHI, Sept 26: Sindh government has directed the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) to submit a report regarding illegal construction being carried out in the Sindh High Court building, which is...
KARACHI: Observance of highway code stressed KARACHI, Sept 26: Sindh Minister for Transport Adil Siddiqui has urged the owners of coaches and buses plying on inter-city routes to make it strictly binding for their drivers to observe...		KARACHI: Scholar’s death condoled KARACHI, Sept 26: Literary and research organizations and political parties have expressed deep sorrow over the death of noted intellectual Dr Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Author of 90 well-researched books, Dr Khan died on Sunday in Hyderabad after a long illness....
KARACHI: KU book fair from today KARACHI, Sept 26: A three-day book fair will commence at the University of Karachi from Sept 27. An announcement on Monday said that the event would be held under the auspices of Dr Mahmood Hussain Library, University of Karachi....		KARACHI: FUUAST to produce 200 PhDs in future KARACHI, Sept 26: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) plans to produce more than 200 PhDs during the next few years. This was stated by FUUAST Vice-Chancellor...
KARACHI: Teachers training at DUHS KARACHI, Sept 26: The fourth teachers training programme commenced here on Monday at the Dow University of Health Sciences in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission....		KARACHI: Pemra deputes watchdog on broadcasters KARACHI, Sept 26: Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Mr Iftekhar Rasheed has said that the institution’s Council of Complaints, Sindh Region, has been assigned the task of...
KARACHI: Consumers’ rights awareness stressed KARACHI, Sept 26: Ombudsman Sindh Yousuf Jamal said on Monday that if only 50 per cent, out of 2,417 councillors in Sindh, would have awareness about quality products and services, they can create a positive change in society....		KARACHI: World Mental Health Day KARACHI, Sept 26: A number of activities on the theme of ‘Mental and Physical Health Across the Life Span’ have been planned by the Karachi Port Trust and Karawan-e-Hayat Psychiatric Care...
KARACHI: Beach cleaning KARACHI, Sept 26: The World Wildlife Fund Pakistan organized a beach cleaning activity on Monday at Sandspit and Hawkesbay. This particular event marked the beginning of the marine turtle conservation initiatives for the present nesting season.—PPI...		KARACHI: Anti-polio walk held KARACHI, Sept 26: An anti-polio walk, led by Liaquatabad Town caretaker, was organized here on Monday. The walk started from Rashid Minhas Nazimabad School and marched through different roads.—PPI...
KARACHI: Defence Post Mall project launched KARACHI, Sept 26: The government will spend an amount of Rs5 billion in three years to train 300,000 persons to cater the needs of skilled manpower in the country....		KARACHI: Young man found dead KARACHI, Sept 26: Body of a young man was found in Ayub goth in F B Area on Monday. Police said that the victim has been identified as Abdul Rafay, 26....
KARACHI: Wedding feasts KARACHI, Sept 26: The Sindh government has authorized all district officers (revenue) to file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction against serving of food in weddings....		HYDERABAD: AGN Abbasi report be made public, demands PPP HYDERABAD, Sept 26: Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro has called for making the A.G.N. Abbasi technical committee report on water reservoirs public....
HYDERABAD: Wapda union submits charter of demands HYDERABAD, Sept 26: The Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union in a charter of demands has called for payment of day-off wages and other allowances. A meeting of the Joint Works Council...		HYDERABAD: SHC seeks govt’s viewpoint by 29th: Jihadi activists’ petitions HYDERABAD, Sept 26: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Monday gave another and ‘last’ chance to additional advocate-general, Sindh, Masood A....
HYDERABAD: High court to verify nazim’s documents HYDERABAD, Sept 26: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, summoned the controller of examinations of the Hyderabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Tuesday along with the examination record of Ghulam Rasool Shah....		HYDERABAD: Plea to deploy army on election day HYDERABAD, Sept 26: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur has demanded that army be deployed at all polling stations of the Jamshoro district for the third phase of local body elections....