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KARACHI: Body set up to chalk out disaster control plan: 15-day task assigned KARACHI, Oct 13: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad chaired a high-level meeting here on Thursday to consider disaster management measures in the event of any eventuality in Karachi and elsewhere in Sindh....		KARACHI: Relief fund continues to swell with hefty amounts KARACHI, Oct 13: Humanitarian relief in cash and kind for earthquake victims continued to pour in from all sides on the fifth consecutive day, Thursday....
KARACHI: Three more survivors brought in KARACHI, Oct 13: Three more earthquake victims evacuated from Azad Kashmir and Balakot, have been brought to the Civil Hospital Karachi and the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment....		KARACHI: Edhi slams customs officials KARACHI, Oct 13: The Edhi Foundation on Thursday criticized the customs officials at the Islamabad airport for levy of customs duty on relief goods being received from various countries....
KARACHI: Girl donates her dowry KARACHI, Oct 13: A young girl from Faisalabad requesting anonymity has donated her entire dowry to the quake relief fund, being collected by the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement....		KARACHI: Third SIUT mission leaves KARACHI, Oct 13: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation has sent another medical mission, along with machines and equipment to establish its third centre in Muzaffarabad for quake victims....
KARACHI: High Court dismisses customs officials’ plea KARACHI, Oct 13: The Sindh High Court dismissed a petition moved by four customs officers to challenge an inquiry report holding them responsible for the death of an alleged Nigerian trafficker in the customs lock-up....		KARACHI: Nazims to take oath on Monday KARACHI, Oct 13: The newly-elected nazims of all tiers of local government, including Karachi City nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, would be administered oath on Monday....
KARACHI: Need for disaster control ministry stressed KARACHI, Oct 13: Experts at a seminar on Need For Disaster Management, held here on Thursday under the auspices of the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), called for the establishment of an...		KARACHI: Protest at KU continues KARACHI, Oct 13: A number of students under an alliance at the University of Karachi continued raising concern over the new admission policy by holding rally and demonstration on Thursday....
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly meets today KARACHI, Oct 13: The Sindh Assembly is meeting here on Friday at a time when the entire nation has joined hands in government efforts to provide relief and solace to the earthquake-hit people of the country....		KARACHI: City govt fails to control prices: 2,500 profiteers fined KARACHI, Oct 13: As many as 2,500 retailers and shopkeepers have been fined Rs925,595 from Oct 7 to Oct 13 for overcharging, majority of whom are fruit, milk and vegetable sellers....
KARACHI: Two ST activists shot dead KARACHI, Oct 13: Tension prevailed on Thursday in parts of Baldia and Orangi following killing of two activists of the Sunni Tehreek late Thursday night....		KARACHI: Man held for trading in relief goods KARACHI, Oct 13: Police picked up a man on Thursday for allegedly buying 12 truckloads of relief goods which were to be sent to the upcountry for the earthquake victims, police sources said....
KARACHI: UTS buses overcharging commuters KARACHI, Oct 13: Operators of the Urban Transport Service (UTS) buses have started indulging in irregularities, with a majority of people complaining that they were being overcharged by the operators....		KARACHI: Black marketing of lattha at its peak KARACHI, Oct 13: White cloth, commonly known as lattha, used as shroud is in great demand in Karachi market owing to its shipment to the quake-hit areas as appeals have been...
KARACHI: Minister orders probe KARACHI, Oct 13: The Sindh Health Minister, Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani, has directed senior health authorities of the province to investigate facts regarding the prevalence and intensity of a strange but fatal disease effecting inhabitants of Kacho in district Dadu....		KARACHI: FCS joins in relief efforts KARACHI, Oct 13: Karachi-based fishermen communities have joined in the nationwide relief efforts for the rehabilitation of quake victims in Azad Kashmir and northern areas of Pakistan....
KARACHI: PPP sends 88 trucks of relief supplies KARACHI, Oct 13: The Pakistan Peoples Party has sent 88 truckloads of relief goods to the earthquake-hit areas in Northern Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, as party Chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto attended a mourning prayer in Dubai for the quake victims....		KARACHI: Sindh people urged to take part in relief efforts KARACHI, Oct 13: The meeting of Parliamentary Party of the Sindh government’s coalition parties was held here at Chief Minister House on Thursday with Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim in the chair....
HYDERABA: ‘Relief yet to reach many AJK villages’: Kashmiri leaders urge speedy action HYDERABAD, Oct 13: Prominent Kashmiri leaders have appealed to Gen Pervez Musharraf to launch rescue operation in remote villages of Azad Kashmir which have so far remain neglected....		HYDERABAD: TMA employees challenge cancellation of promotion HYDERABAD, Oct 13: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday issued pre-admission notices to officials of the Sindh government for October 19 on a constitutional petition filed by 12 employees of the TMA city, challenging cancellation of their promotions....
HYDERABAD: Court summons DCO HYDERABAD, Sept 24: The fifth additional district and sessions judge, Hyderabad, Mr Obaidullah, has issued a show-cause notice to Tando Mohammad Khan DCO Mohammad Siddique Memon for disobeying court order and avoiding to attend the court....		HYDERABAD: Water rotation schedule announced HYDERABAD, Oct 13: The executive engineer of the Nasir irrigation division has put several water channels on the rotation programme due to the silt bar problem and absence of rains during summer and monsoon seasons....
HYDERABAD: Workshop on patent system in December HYDERABAD, Oct 13: An International Training Workshop on Patent System is being organized by the National Centre of Excellence in analytical chemistry, University of Sindh, on December 2 to 4 in Jamshoro....		HYDERABAD: Indian judge visits Institute of Sindhology HYDERABAD, Oct 13: A judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, India, Justice V. Eswaraiah, has called upon the people of Pakistan and India to play their due role for...
HYDERABAD:,Two policemen held after prisoner’s escape HYDERABAD, Oct 13: Police on Thursday arrested two policemen following escape of an under-trial prisoner from the surgical ward of the Civil Hospital Hyderabad....		SHIKARPUR: Profile of Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, Oct 13: A meeting of district officers of federal and provincial departments was held at the DCO secretariat here on Wednesday. The meeting, presided over by DCO Khwaja Shafiq...