September 30, 2005	Friday	Sha'aban 25, 1426

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KARACHI: No attraction in Ramazan package for consumers: Price list issued KARACHI, Sept 29: Consumers will have to buy essential items like pulses, rice, basin, dates, etc., at much higher prices in this Ramazan as compared to the rates prevailed in the same month last year....		KARACHI: People will not allow MQM to rig polls again: Niamatullah says… KARACHI, Sept 29: People of Karachi will not allow the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to repeat the rigging and unfair means it had resorted to in the August 18 elections, former Karachi...
KARACHI: Altaf renews pledge to serve people KARACHI, Sept 28: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has reiterated his party’s commitment of serving humanity, and said that those who did not support this cause should quit the MQM....		KARACHI: Benazir challenges EC notification KARACHI, Sept 29: The Sindh High Court adjourned to a date in office on Thursday Pakistan People’s Party chairperson and former premier Benazir Bhutto’s petition against the merger and registration of...
KARACHI: MQM claims support of 1,700 councillors KARACHI, Sept 29: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) demonstrated its strength on Thursday night for city nazim and naib nazim elections of Oct 6 by gathering over 1,700 councillors forming the electoral college....		KARACHI: 6 children undergo renal transplant at SIUT: Unique procedure in country KARACHI, Sept 29: Doctors at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) have performed renal transplantation in six children. Although the process was unique and challenging, it was accomplished successfully at the institute, doctors said....
KARACHI: Campaign against errant drivers from today KARACHI, Sept 29: Police, on the provincial home minister’s directive, are launching a campaign from Friday against violation of traffic signals. During the campaign, anyone violating the signals would be detained in a lock-up for at least eight hours....		KARACHI: People criticize KESC’s working: Power failures KARACHI, Sept 29: People have criticized the poor performance of the military-run Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and have asked army officers to quit the utility service to pave the way for its privatization....
KARACHI: Steps urged to check indoor air pollution KARACHI, Sept 29: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday called for measures leading to clean and affordable household energy in rural areas so that the poor masses could be saved from risks of diseases....		KARACHI: Timely completion of projects ordered KARACHI, Sept 29: A high-level meeting held here on Thursday stressed on completing the projects of the Tameer-i-Karachi programme on time, asserting that the progress of Karachi was tantamount to the progress of Pakistan....
KARACHI: Workshop for training of police personnel KARACHI, Sept 29: Speakers at a workshop on Thursday called for providing gender sensitization training to police personnel, and said it would lead to a positive change in their attitudes while dealing with women victims who come to lodge a complaint....		KARACHI: Declamation contest at DHA College KARACHI, Sept 29: The All Karachi Bilingual Declamation Contest 2005 was held at the DHA College for Women here on Thursday. Students from various colleges and varsities of the city took part in the competition....
KARACHI: Mental health week from Sunday KARACHI, Sept 29: The prevalence of socio-economic related clinical depression is as high as 44 per cent in Pakistan with 55 per cent of these patients being women, according to the...		KARACHI: Umeed Fazli passes away KARACHI, Sept 29: Noted poet Umeed Fazli died after protracted illness late Wednesday night. He was suffering from kidney ailment for the last three years. The septuagenarian poet leaves behind a widow, two sons and three daughters....
KARACHI: Admissions at varsity KARACHI, Sept 29: The process for admissions to various programmes at the University of Karachi for 2006 will begin, with sale of forms and prospectus through designated bank branches on Oct 17....		KARACHI: Five illegal hydrants demolished KARACHI, Sept 29: The staff of Liaquatabad Town in an operation on Thursday demolished five illegal hydrants operating along the Orangi Nullah in the Liaquatabad Town....
KARACHI: Exams schedule KARACHI, Sept 29: The examinations department of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Karachi on Thursday announced that the MA Mass Communication part-I and Taleemat (Evening) annual examinations 2005 will commence from Oct 1....		KARACHI: HSC commerce results today KARACHI, Sept 29: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, will announce the results of HSC Commerce (regular and private) Part II annual examinations on Friday. A ceremony would also be held for introduction of meritorious students at the board at 10.30am....
Senators watch PAF exercises KARACHI, Sept 29: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production visited an Operational Base on Thursday to witness phase III of the ongoing Exercise High Mark 2005....		KARACHI: Fire helpline KARACHI, Sept 29: The Fire Brigade Department of the city government on Thursday requested the public to use an alternate city helpline, ‘134’, or 9230060-61 for any emergency or fire breakout citing some technical reasons in the original fire helpline ‘16’.—PPI...
KARACHI: Karachi city Spelling Bee contest concludes KARACHI, Sept 29: The Karachi city competition of the second “Dawn in Education National Spelling Bee” championship concluded on Thursday with three more students qualifying for the finals....		KARACHI: Builder told to demolish illegal construction KARACHI, Sept 29: The Sindh High Court asked a builder on Thursday to demolish all illegal construction on his plot and on the land encroached by him in the PECHS within...
KARACHI: Justice Hafeez Memon dies KARACHI, Sept 29: Former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Mr Justice (retd) Abdul Hafeez Memon, died of cardiac arrest here on Thursday evening. The funeral prayers for the late Justice...		KARACHI: Ibad returns KARACHI, Sept 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday morning reached Karachi from London,...
KARACHI: Eligibility questioned KARACHI, Sept 29: The candidates declared elected in the first and second phases of the local government election-2005 have no legal status as councillors until they are administered oath as members of their respective councils....		HYDERABAD: SHC seeks govt’s viewpoint: Harassment of legislator HYDERABAD, Sept 29: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday directed the additional advocate-general of Sindh to seek comments from the home department before the next hearing of a constitutional petition of PPP MPA Tariq Masood Arain....