October 8, 2005	Saturday	Ramazan 3, 1426

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KARACHI: Students worried over govt decision: Compulsory Sindhi teaching KARACHI, Oct 7: Students are not happy about the Sindh government’s decision to make the teaching of Sindhi subject — with immediate effect — compulsory for Urdu speaking students in intermediate classes in the province....		KARACHI: Extremists rejected in LB polls: Altaf KARACHI, Oct 7: Founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has said that the outcome of the LB election proves that Karachiites and people of other parts of Sindh oppose...
KARACHI: Opposition leaderships rejected: PML leader KARACHI, Oct 7: The mandate given by people to the panel backed by the ruling PML and its allies in the just concluded local government election is a manifestation of the...		KARACHI: SHC orders recovery of four detainees KARACHI, Oct 7: The Sindh High Court directed the police on Friday to recover four people allegedly detained as a sequel to matrimonial dispute....
HYDERABAD: Call for year-round release of water downstream Kotri HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The Servants of Sindh Society has expressed serious concern over the state of Sindh’s economy, especially with regard to an acute water shortage for many years....		KARACHI: Civil hospital short of resources KARACHI, Oct 7: The Civil Hospital Karachi is in dire need of major repair, and a master plan, to bring an end to persisting problems like water shortage, sanitation, electricity failure, etc....
KARACHI: Water shortage in many areas KARACHI, Oct 7: Private water tankers on Friday had a field day as several parts of the city either went without water or received scant supply....		KARACHI: Number of unattended telephone complaints on the rise KARACHI, Oct 7: The number of unattended phone complaints has risen considerably since the privatization of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company earlier this year....
KARACHI: Two nabbed for human trafficking KARACHI, Oct 7: The Federal Investigation Agency on Friday arrested two alleged human smugglers and seized a large number of passports and national identity cards of jobseekers from their possession....		KARACHI: Egg-laying season of turtles KARACHI, Oct 7: The two-month peak egg-laying season of marine turtles is going on in full swing at the sandy beaches of the city. Sandspit and Hawkesbay are among the most...
KARACHI: AKUH celebrates 20 years of service in health sector KARACHI, Oct 7: The Aga Khan University Hospital celebrated its 20th anniversary on Friday with the theme “20 Years of Healing”. It was on Oct 7, 1986, when the AKUH admitted its first patient....		KARACHI: Schedule for issuance of SSC–I marks sheets KARACHI, Oct 7: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi notified on Friday for the information of all concerned that the marks sheets pertaining to SSC part-I (Class IX) Science Group annual...
KARACHI: Enforcement of ban on heavy vehicles ordered KARACHI, Oct 7: The Sindh Transport Minister, Mohammed Adil Siddiqi, directed the traffic police to take all possible measures for smooth flow of traffic during the month of Ramazan so that people could reach their homes for “Iftar” in time....		KARACHI: Man fires at ex-wife for child’s custody KARACHI, Oct 7: A US national of Pakistani origin reportedly opened fire at his former wife and brother-in-law in a bid to snatch his son from them in Defence on Friday morning....
KARACHI: Installation of traffic signals ordered KARACHI, Oct 7: DG Mass Transit and EDO Transport Malik Zahirul Islam reviewed the development work at Yasinabad inter-section on Friday and directed that installation of traffic signals be completed in one month....		KARACHI: Hamida returns from Turkey KARACHI, Oct 7: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro returned from Turkey on Friday after a six-day official visit. During her stay in Turkey, she visited several top level educational institutions in different cities like Ankara, Istanbul and Kayseri....
KARACHI: Hashish seized KARACHI, Oct 7: Sindh Excise Police seized 500 rods of hashish from secret cavities of a passenger coach at Hub river road and arrested four persons....		KARACHI: Exhibition KARACHI, Oct 6: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said the nation should lead lives in the light of the guidelines laid down in the holy Qur’an for achieving success in life and here after....
KARACHI: Admission schedule KARACHI, Oct 7: The admission process for both evening and morning programmes of Computer Science Department of Karachi University for session 2006 will start from Oct 18....		KARACHI: Governor felicitates elected nazims KARACHI, Oct 7: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad congratulated the elected nazims and naib-nazims in the third phase of the LB polls. The gvernor expressed the hope that they would utilize...
KARACHI: Navy’s role highlighted KARACHI, Oct 7: The new chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir, said that the responsibilities of the Pakistan Navy at sea had increased manifold with the passage of...		KARACHI: Dawn staffer passes away KARACHI, Oct 7: Mr Hashmul Mannan, Manager Plate-making, Dawn Group of Newspapers, died on early Friday morning. He was 53. The funeral prayers were offered at Masjid-i-Babul Islam, Sector No 7–D/3, North Karachi, near Anda Morr, after Juma prayers....
KARACHI: 22 profiteers fined KARACHI, Oct 7: As many as 22 shopkeepers and pushcart vendors selling items at rates higher than the officially notified were fined under Price Control Act and four persons arrested on violating Ramazan Ordinance in Saddar Town on Friday....		KARACHI: PS official acquitted KARACHI, Oct 7: An accountability court acquitted on Friday a former deputy general manager and a contractor of the Pakistan Steel in a Rs167 million corruption case....
KARACHI: LB candidates KARACHI, Oct 7: The returning officer for the City District Karachi has advised all candidates for any seat in the city district in the October 6 election to collect form-15 from the office on Saturday....		HYDERABAD: Doctors avoid rural areas, says minister HYDERABAD, Oct 7: Sindh Health Minister Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani on Tuesday depicted a bleak picture of health infrastructure in interior Sindh and said doctors were not ready to work in rural areas....
HYDERABAD: Petition against Kotri bridge toll taken by SHC HYDERABAD, Oct 7: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, issued notices on Friday to Pakistan Railways divisional superintendents of Karachi and Sukkur, Kotri police station SHO, Jamshoro...		HYDERABAD: Admission schedules announced HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The director of admissions of the University of Sindh announced on Friday that the last date for submission of the admission forms to all disciplines of the university is October 8, 2005....
LARKANA: Leaguers celebrate Larkana victory LARKANA, Oct 7: Celebrating the landslide victory in the local body polls in the Larkana district, the Pakistan Muslim League took out a big procession from Aliabad, the native village of Sindh Minister Haji Altaf Unnar, to the city on Friday....		NAWABSHAH: Govt-backed panels grab 12 seats in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Oct 7: The government-backed panels grabbed 12 out of 23 reserved seats of the district council of Nawabshah, according to unofficial results....