October 2, 2005	Sunday	Sha’aban 27, 1426

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KARACHI: City’s first underpass opened for traffic: Project cost Rs170m KARACHI, Oct 1: The city’s first underpass constructed under the Tameer-i-Karachi programme at a cost of Rs170 million was opened for traffic on Saturday after its formal inauguration by the Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, Senator Babar Khan Ghouri...		KARACHI: Ban on serving meals in weddings KARACHI, Oct 1: The DCO and Caretaker of the city government, Fazalur Rehman, on Saturday imposed ban under Section 144 on serving meals in wedding and valima ceremonies with immediate effect....
KARACHI: Steps for judicial reforms urged KARACHI, Oct 1: Judges and judicial officers at a conference on Saturday outlined steps for judicial reforms in the province. They were speaking at the provincial judicial conference, organized by the...		KARACHI: Raana Liaquat’s 100th birth anniversary KARACHI, Oct 1: A programme was organized to celebrate first birth centenary of Begum Raana Liaquat Ali Khan by the Quaid-i-Millat Memorial Committee, at the Vocational Training Centre for Disabled persons on Saturday....
KARACHI: NED admission process to begin on 3rd KARACHI, Oct 1: The process of admissions to first year engineering classes at the NED University of Engineering and Technology will begin on Oct 3, with the sale of forms and prospectus....		DADU: Candidates of ADP being harassed, says Khuhro DADU, Oct 1: Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that government-backed candidates for district and taluka nazims are using police and other government machinery against candidates of the Awam Dost Panel in Sindh....
PESHAWAR: Gem show begins in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Oct 1: A 3-day 12th Pakistan Gems and Minerals Show 2005 commenced here on Saturday at a local hotel. The show has been organized by Export Promotion Bureau, in collaboration with All Pakistan Commercial Exporters Association (APCEA)....		KARACHI: EC card must for casting vote KARACHI, Oct 1: The Election Commission has asked all elected councillors, nazims and naib nazims of union councils to get their identity cards prepared by the EC and obtain the same...
KARACHI: Steps urged for welfare of elderly KARACHI, Oct 1: Senior Citizens of Sindh have urged that zakat funds be made available for provision of free health care and medication needs of aged and retired members of the society....		KARACHI: Woman, 3 men found dead KARACHI, Oct 1: The torso of a woman was found in Korangi and three men were killed in various places in separate incidents here on Saturday....
KARACHI: Desalination plant gets 3mgd add-on KARACHI, Oct 1: The Defence Housing Authority’s executive board has given approval to the installation of another identical three mgd add-on desalination plant unit, which would produce a combined output of...		KARACHI: Breastfeeding for first 6 months urged KARACHI, Oct 1: Senior doctors at an advocacy seminar on Saturday urged mothers to breastfeed their babies exclusively for the first six months and then continue while providing adequate, safe and complimentary food for two years....
KARACHI: PMA holds evaluation test KARACHI, Oct 1: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Science and Health Council held the 9th Proficiency Evaluation Test (PET-2005) on Saturday at 11 different centres all over the country....		KARACHI: Tax inspectors empowered to collect tax KARACHI, Oct 1: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has decided to entrust its tax inspectors with powers of tax collection for the convenience of industrial, commercial, government and semi-government organizations....
KARACHI: Rs15m for schools KARACHI, Oct 1: The Sindh government has accorded to release an amount of Rs15 million as budgetary allocations for 100 community supported schools during the current financial year 2005-06....		KARACHI: CJ for hiring of competent judicial officers KARACHI, Oct 1: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed, has stressed the need for improvement in terms of quality of service of judicial officers, appointment of competent judicial officers, promotions on merits rather than routine seniority basis....
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 1: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather for Karachi on Sunday, with maximum temperature expected to range between 33°C and 35°C...		KHAIRPUR: Woman killed over karo-kari KHAIRPUR, Oct 1: A woman was killed by her father with a knife in Wali Mohammad village on Friday. Abdullah Kandhro stabbed his daughter Safeeat Khatoon, 18, to death on the pretext of karo-kari....
PESHAWAR: Murder case: court summons SHO PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The Peshawar district and sessions judge, Shahjehan Khan Akhundzada, on Saturday summoned a police officer and a woman in connection with a case regarding death of a woman due to police torture....		NAWABSHAH: Army personnel laid to rest NAWABSHAH, Oct 1: Major Mohammad Khan Korai, who was martyred in the North Waziristan operation on Friday, was buried in the Khalifa Shah graveyard in Moro, Naushahro Feroze district, on Saturday....
MARDAN: Reopening of public library demanded MARDAN, Oct 1: People have demanded the reopening of a public library which was closed three months ago. The library was closed when one Jehangir stabbed one Ismail in front of the DHQ hospital here over a minor incident....		SUKKUR: EC officials asked to hold fair and free elections SUKKUR, Oct 1: The chief election commissioner, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, has directed deputy election commissioners of Sindh to ensure that the third phase of the Local Government Elections 2005 is held in a fair, free, impartial and transparent manner....