October 6, 2005	Thursday	Ramazan 1, 1426

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KARACHI: Stage set for final round of LB polls KARACHI, Oct 5: The stage is set for holding the last phase of local body elections on Thursday when members of the electorate college comprising members of union councils would exercise...		KARACHI: SHC declines to restrain nazim from voting KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh High Court declined to restrain the nazim and deputy nazim of a union council from voting in the city and town nazims and deputy nazims’ polls...
KARACHI: 26 surgeries postponed at civil hospital: Water crisis KARACHI, Oct 5: As many as 26 operations had to be postponed in the last two days at orthopaedic operation theatres of the Civil Hospital Karachi due to non-availability of water in the theatres....		KARACHI: Police, MQM terrorizing councillors, alleges MMA KARACHI, Oct 5: Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, Naib Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami and a central leader of MMA, on Wednesday alleged that police in connivance with MQM activists were terrorizing and abducting...
KARACHI: PPP slams Irsa for breaching accord KARACHI, Oct 5: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday condemned announcement by the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) that water shortages would not be distributed under paragraph 2 of the 1991...		HYDERABAD: Arrangements completed for nazim polls: Four polling stations set up in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Oct 5: Four polling stations, one for each of the four talukas, have been established for the final phase of local body elections 2005, where 673 elected voters will cast...
KARACHI: Shahrah-i-Altaf project launched KARACHI, Oct 5: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Shoaib Bukhari on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a 4.5km-long road named as Shahrah-i-Altaf Hussain from Murtaza Chowk through Malir River to Landhi/Shah Faisal towns....		KARACHI: SIUT plans more transplants KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) will continue the unique and challenging task of renal transplantation in children weighing less than 20 kg in future as well, said officials....
KARACHI: Madressah students top HSC (private) exams KARACHI, Oct 5: Top position holders of HSC Humanities (Private) Part-II annual examinations, who also happened to be students of madressahs, said seminaries were undermined only by people who were not acquainted with the functioning and academic environment of the institutions....		KARACHI: Fruit, sugar prices continue to rise KARACHI, Oct 5: Consumers had to pay more than double the actual prices of fruits on Wednesday just one day before Ramazan. Shopkeepers also took full advantage of the burgeoning demand...
KARACHI: Edhi fears serious traffic jams KARACHI, Oct 5: Expressing his concern over the growing traffic jams in the city, renowned social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi has apprehended that with the beginning of the holy month of Ramazan, the problem would become even more serious....		KARACHI: Two bodies found KARACHI, Oct 5: Two bodies were found at the Hub pumping station on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Humanities results today KARACHI, Oct 5: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, will announce the results of Humanities (Regular and Special candidates) Part-II Annual Examinations 2005, on Thursday....		KARACHI: Ban on weapons KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh government has prohibited display and carriage of all weapons throughout the province for a period of 30 days with effect from Oct 4, said an official handout issued here on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Meera asks filmmakers to learn from industry abroad KARACHI, Oct 5: Actress Meera said on Wednesday that her success in Indian films put Pakistan on the map, though she conceded that a couple of steamy scenes, which raised priggish hackles in the country, embarrassed her no end....		KARACHI: Teachers’ Day observed KARACHI, Oct 5: The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Karachi, Dr Ikhlaq Ahmed, has said teachers should present themselves as role models for students because they were the second major source of inspiration for children after parents....
KARACHI: Competition KARACHI, Oct 5: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi is holding the 15th Inter Board Science Essay Competition among government and private schools on behalf of the Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad....		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 5: The meteorological department has forecast warm and humid weather for the city on Thursday. The maximum temperature is expected to remain between 32 and 34 degrees Centigrade....
KARACHI: Army may be called out to streamline traffic: Rauf KARACHI, Oct 5: Sindh law minister Rauf Siddiqui said on Wednesday that if need was felt, army’s help may be sought for traffic control. “Army’s help can be sought any...		KARACHI: Stern action against profiteers ordered KARACHI, Oct 5: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister on Local Bodies Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday asked the city government to take stern action against profiteers and hoarders in order to provide relief to citizens in the holy month of Ramazan....
KARACHI: Pesh imam’s detention challenged KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the AG Sindh for Oct 11 on a petition challenging detention of an Imam of a mosque under anti-terrorism law....		KARACHI: Complaint centres KARACHI, Oct 5: Six complaint centres have been set up in different areas of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town to facilitate the campaign against hoarding and profiteering at retail....
KARACHI: Plea dismissed Karachi, Oct 5: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Sardar Muqeem Khan Khoso against his disqualification from contesting the post of district nazim’s election for Jacobabad....		KARACHI: Detention case KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh High Court issued notice to SHO of Nazimabad for Oct 17 on a petition against detention of a patient by the police....
HYDERABAD: Legal aid office for women opened HYDERABAD, Oct 5: The former judge of the Supreme Court and a member of the government-backed committee for welfare of women prisoners, Justice (rtd) Nasir Aslam Zahid, has stressed the need for judicial activism to provide quick justice....		HYDERABAD: Increase in POL prices criticized HYDERABAD, Oct 5: The Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a statement issued here on Tuesday condemned the increase in POL prices....
HYDERABAD: Over 2,000 prisoners being moved to new jails HYDERABAD, Oct 5: The Inspector-General of Prisons, Sindh, Brig M. A. H. Ayaz Mughni, has said that in consultation with judiciary and police, efforts are being made to ensure regular production...		HYDERABAD: SITE office-bearers HYDERABAD, Oct 5: Mazharul Haq was elected chairman of the Hyderabad Site Association of Trade and Industry in the annual elections of the association for the year 2005-06 held here on Tuesday....
SUKKUR: Farmers urged to store water SUKKUR, Oct 5: Release of irrigation water to canals drawing from the Guddu Barrage will be discontinued with effect from Oct 10....		DADU: ‘Rural women to be trained as birth attendants’ DADU, Oct 5: EDO health Dr Dhani Bux Thebo has said that among 1,000 newly-born babies, 136 are dying due to poverty and malnutrition among pregnant women in far-flung areas of the country....