October 1, 2005	Saturday	Sha'aban 26, 1426

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KARACHI: All property transactions in city limits are taxable: SHC declares… KARACHI, Sept 30: The entire area within the territorial limits of the city district government of Karachi is urban area and immovable property transactions in it are subject to imposition of...		KARACHI: EC gives final touches to poll arrangements KARACHI, Sept 30: The Election Commission has started dispatching of election material to district returning officers (DROs) for polling for the third phase of the local government elections 2005....
KARACHI: Women clinch top positions in HSC commerce KARACHI, Sept 30: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Friday declared the results of HSC Part-II Commerce annual examinations for regular and private candidates. The overall pass percentage in the two categories remained 60.40...		KARACHI: 12,732 girls placed in humanities group KARACHI, Sept 30: The central admission committee of the city government for first year classes in colleges on Friday released the list of another 12,732 woman students provisionally selected and placed...
KARACHI: Footpath grabbing on the rise KARACHI, Sept 30: A large number of footpaths of major thoroughfares in various towns have almost vanished as the officials concerned of various town councils legalized the otherwise illegally occupied pieces...		KARACHI: Power failures annoy people KARACHI, Sept 30: Prolonged power cuts on Friday annoyed consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and the utility officials failed to attend to complaints on time....
KARACHI: Lankan woman attempts suicide KARACHI, Sept 30: A Sri Lankan woman has been admitted to the JPMC after she consumed some poisonous substance, reportedly at the residence of a senior police official in DHA....		KARACHI: Ulema’s due role in anti-smoking drive stressed KARACHI, Sept 30: Physicians have urged the masses to make the beginning of the holy month of Ramazan as an opportunity to quit smoking and tobacco use, which in one or...
KARACHI: Injustice to women termed global phenomenon KARACHI, Sept 30: Speakers at a workshop said on Friday that discrimination and exploitation of women was not restricted to any particular region but it was a global phenomenon....		KARACHI: Filthy water being supplied in Orangi KARACHI, Sept 30: At a time when water-borne diseases have already claimed 12 lives in this month — 10 in Landhi Town and two in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town —complaints of contaminated water...
KARACHI: Notice issued to EC KARACHI, Sept 30: Sindh High Court on Friday issued notice to the election commission authorities for October 3 on a petition filed by some candidates seeking shifting of a polling station from Surjani Town to Murad Memon Goth in Karachi....		KARACHI: Entry tests for medical admissions on Oct 23 KARACHI, Sept 30: The pre-admission entry test for admissions in the Dow and Sindh medical colleges will be held on Oct 23 at the Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases....
KARACHI: Four Harkat activists acquitted KARACHI, Sept 30: Additional district and sessions judge judicial complex Karachi on Friday acquitted four activists of the Harkatul Jihad Islami in an explosive substance case....		KARACHI: Niamat for stabilizing prices KARACHI, Sept 30: The former city nazim Niamatullah Khan has urged the caretaker of the city government to take immediate measures for controlling prices of essential items in Ramazan....
KARACHI: Obituary KARACHI, Sept 30: The wife of late Ali Ahmed Brohi, a distinguished intellectual and writer, passed away on late Thursday night. She was laid to rest at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi graveyard....		HYDERABAD: ‘EPA tribunal unable to prosecute violators’ HYDERABAD, Sept 30: An official of the Environmental Protection Agency told the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Friday that the environmental tribunal was unable to prosecute cases of contravention...
HYDERABAD: China praised as model for other states HYDERABAD, Sept 30: Speakers at an international seminar on Thursday said China being a ‘non-predatory’ state has never exhibited “winner take all approach” in foreign affairs....		HYDERABAD: Appeal for protection, recovery of haris HYDERABAD, Sept 30: An agriculturist of the Haji Darya Khan Mari village, Chambar taluka in Tando Allahyar district, Mohammad Yousuf Mari, has sought protection from the authorities against the excesses of...
HYDERABAD: Package for poor patients approved HYDERABAD, Sept 30: A package of medical treatment of hepatitis-C and cardiac surgery for poor patients was approved at a meeting of the District Baitul Maal Steering Committee held here on Thursday....		HYDERABAD: Kotri blast suspects held HYDERABAD, Sept 30: Police on Thursday detained four suspects in connection with Wednesday’s bomb explosion on the railway track near Dargah Garho Goth in the Khurshid colony area of Kotri....