October 10, 2005	Monday	Ramzan 5, 1426

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KARACHI: Thousands flock camps with goods, donations: Massive drive on KARACHI, Oct 9: Thousands of people in the city on Sunday flocked to different camps to donate generously and help their fellow citizens who have been hit by one of the...		KARACHI: Free delivery of remittances KARACHI, Oct 9: The Muslim Commercial Bank has contributed Rs200 million to the President’s Fund for Earthquake Victims-2005. An official told Dawn on Sunday that branches of the bank would accept donations from people throughout the country from Monday....
KARACHI: Coordination cell set up at Governor’s House KARACHI, Oct 9: On the directive of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, a Coordination and Facilitation Cell has been set up at the Governor’s House to provide assistance in the collection...		KARACHI: PPP legislators pledge month’s pay for victims KARACHI, Oct 9: The Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarians has decided to donate one month salary of its legislators to the relief fund created by the party for providing immediate relief to those...
KARACHI: HPG sweeps in big cities of Sindh KARACHI, Oct 9: The Haq Parast Group claimed on Saturday that they have swept polls in all big cities of Sindh, including Karachi, where their candidates have won with heavy mandate....		HYDERABAD: Call for release of 10,000 cusecs water below Kotri HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has demanded that 10,000 cusecs of water continuously be released downstream Kotri barrage on the permanent basis....
KARACHI: Fresh water quota for city needed KARACHI, Oct 9: Having a shortfall of 250 and 300 million gallons of water daily, the city will not be able to draw more water from the Indus source unless a fresh quota is allocated by the federal government....		KARACHI: 482 killed in accidents since Jan KARACHI, Oct 9: A 1.6 per cent rise has been noticed in fatality rate in road traffic accidents during the past nine months as compared with the corresponding span of the previous year, according to statistics compiled by the traffic police....
KARACHI: ST man injured in firing KARACHI, Oct 9: A former councillor of the Sunni Tehreek was injured when unknown persons opened fire on him, while a young boy playing in the street was injured in the...		KARACHI: Keamari land disputes need attention KARACHI, Oct 9: Land related disputes in Keamari Town are one of the major problems which need immediate attention of concerned agencies, a survey shows....
KARACHI: Profiteers fined in various markets KARACHI, Oct 9: Special Magistrate and Caretaker Orangi Town, Qamar Sheikh, fined 12 shopkeepers of Rs5,300 for selling edibles at higher than government-fixed rates....		KARACHI: Teachers’ Day observed KARACHI, Oct 9: The AKU-IED celebrated the “International Teachers Day” under the theme “Teachers making a difference”, which was attended by a large number of teachers and teacher educators....
KARACHI: Need stressed for immediate relief efforts KARACHI, Oct 9: Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Nisar Memon, who is also Senior Vice-President of the PML, has expressed his profound grief over the loss of life...		KARACHI: Police to help check prices KARACHI, Oct 9: Sindh IGP Asad Jehangir has said that police officials besides taking security measures at public places should also extend their full cooperation to the Judicial Magistrates and government officials to control prices of essential commodities during Ramazan....
KARACHI: Teachers suspended KARACHI, Oct 9: The EDO (education) of the city government, Abdul Wahab Abbasi, has suspended a Sindhi language teacher allegedly drawing salary for the last 12 years without attending duties besides suspending ten other teachers on account of unauthorized absence....		KARACHI: Veteran scout passes away KARACHI, Oct 9: The most senior scout leader of Pakistan, Abdul Waheed Rana, died here on Friday after protracted illness. He was 102. The deceased had received a number of awards...
KARACHI: Muttahida establishes relief fund KARACHI, Oct 9: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has called for the setting up of ‘Haq Parast Relief Fund’ under the auspices of the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation (KKF)...		KARACHI: Baloch group stages demo KARACHI, Oct 9: The Balochistan Yekjehti Committee on Sunday staged a protest demo outside Karachi Press Club to express solidarity with Dr Imdad Baloch, who is on hunger strike unto death....
KARACHI: Camps visited KARACHI, Oct 9: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Sunday visited the relief camps set up by Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) in various areas of the city and lauded the arrangements made by the Rangers.—APP...		HYDERABAD: Flour mill owners appeal for wheat policy HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The Atta Chakki-Owners Social Welfare Association has appealed to the Sindh chief minister, the adviser for food and agriculture and agriculture secretary to announce the wheat policy....
HYDERABAD: ADP’s kidnapped councillor freed HYDERABAD, Oct 9: Alam Shoro, a councillor from Allah Bachayo Shoro union council and his son were released on Friday night by their kidnappers....		HYDERABAD: When will Manoo Bheel get justice? HYDERABAD: Over 100 members of the civil society and activists of NGOs staged a symbolic protest march from the press club to the radio station here on Saturday to express solidarity...
HYDERABAD: Fruit prices shoot up with arrival of Ramazan HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The issuing of the official price list for fruits by the district government has been of little effect with no fruit-seller following the officially fixed prices....		HYDERABAD: MQM sets up camps to collect donations for quake victims HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has set up camps in different cities to collect relief goods for earthquake victims of the country. MQM’s zonal in-charge Siraj Rajput and members...
HYDERABAD: MUET interview schedule announced HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, has announced that the district and category-wise interviews of the candidates for admission to the first year will be conducted...		HYDERABAD: Call to raise donations for people hit by quake HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The Sindh Graduates Association has set up a camp at the Library of Shah Latif Community Centre in Islamabad for collecting donations for quake-affected people of the country....
MIRPURKHAS: Plea to remove encroachments MIRPURKHAS, Oct 9: Encroachments on the M. A. Jinnah road, Mirwah road, grain market, Khisakpura, Sir Syed road, Iqbal road, and Railway station road have increased in the month of Ramazan and are causing hardships to traffic and pedestrians....		TANDO MOHAMMAD KHAN: Prices go up in T.M. Khan TANDO MOHAMMAD KHAN, Oct 9: Owing to absence of any control mechanism in the Tando Mohammad Khan district prices of essential items are soaring everyday, breaking all records....