October 15, 2005	Saturday	Ramzan 10, 1426

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KARACHI: No major earthquake likely to hit Karachi KARACHI, Oct 14: While the city’s proximity to the meeting point of at least three of the world’s major plates adds to its vulnerability to earthquakes, experts feel almost certain that no high-magnitude tremor will pummel it in the foreseeable future....		KARACHI: Most buildings may not withstand tremor: experts KARACHI, Oct 14: The government officials responsible for safety and planning of buildings in the city seem confident and insist that new buildings -– constructed after 1980s — are strong enough to sustain any earthquake up to the magnitude of 6.5...
KARACHI: City lacks resources to deal with disasters KARACHI, Oct 14: Preparedness to meet any calamity can be judged from the fact that Pakistan’s only Mobile Rescue Unit which has become obsolete belongs to the Fire Department of the City District Government Karachi....		KARACHI: Sindh PA demands special package: Quake-hit areas KARACHI, Oct 14: The Sindh Assembly expressed deep sorrow and grief over the colossal loss of precious lives and property caused by the recent earthquake in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the NWFP....
KARACHI: 15,000 cans donated for relief found expired KARACHI, Oct 14: Police are looking for the owner of a food-tin packing unit, who allegedly donated 15,000 expired cans, in the relief goods for the earthquake victims....		KARACHI: Donations continue to pour in KARACHI, Oct 14: Donations for the earthquake victims are pouring in from within the country and abroad. The members of the American Business Council of Pakistan and their parent companies have...
KARACHI: Relief goods exempted from levy of cess KARACHI, Oct 14: The Sindh government has exempted all imports made in connection with earthquake relief from levy of infrastructure cess. The provincial excise and taxation department had moved a summery in this regard....		KARACHI: Relief work: singular efforts by a singer KARACHI: It is close to Iftar time and the voice on the public announcement system is requesting hundreds of volunteers at the PAF museum relief camp to share their personal meal...
KARACHI: Students protest against KU policy KARACHI, Oct 14: Classes at some of the departments at the University of Karachi were disturbed as a group of students not satisfied with the new admission policy continued protest rallies and demonstrations on Friday as well....		KARACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead KARACHI, Oct 14: An activist of the Mutthida Qaumi Movement died and three others, including a former superintendent of Central Prison Karachi, were injured in an ambush in Gulshan-i-Iqbal minutes before Iftar on Friday police said....
KARACHI: Reti-bajri thieves fined KARACHI, Oct 14: Three trucks carrying reti bajri from the Khirthar National Park were caught by the Sindh Wildlife Department’s raid party on Friday afternoon and a fine was imposed on, and recovered from, the owners....		KARACHI: City to get 83 more spy traffic cameras KARACHI, Oct 14: The traffic police had finalized its plan to raise the number of hidden traffic cameras in Karachi from 17 to 100. A spokesman for the traffic department in...
KARACHI: Renovation of nazim’s office under way KARACHI, Oct 14: The city nazim’s office, situated on the ground floor of Civic Centre, is being renovated and refurbished at an estimated cost of around Rs3 million....		KARACHI: DUHS test date KARACHI, Oct 14: The Dow University of Health Sciences, has extended the date of entry test, which was previously scheduled on Oct 23 to Nov 13....
KARACHI: Quran Khwani KARACHI, Oct 14: The Department of Islamic Studies, University of Karachi, arranged a Quran Khwani at the conference hall. A large number of students and faculty members attended the Quran Khwani.—PPI...		KARACHI: Hike in drug prices deplored KARACHI, Oct 14: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi on Friday expressed its deep concern over the charging of high rates of medicines by some medical stores....
KARACHI: Edhi buries 300 in mass grave KARACHI, Oct 14: The Edhi Foundation, with the help of locals, laid to rest 300 dead persons in a mass grave in Muzaffarabad on Thursday. Senior official of the Foundation Faisal...		KARACHI: PPP sends more consignments KARACHI, Oct 14: The Pakistan People’s Party on Friday despatched 16 more trucks loaded with relief goods to Bagh, Dheerkot, Rawalakot, Thub, Batal, Bufa, Mansehra and other affected areas in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP....
KARACHI: Govt urged to provide food in Neelam Valley KARACHI, Oct 14: Founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has appealed to the Relief Commissioner, Maj General Farooq Ahmad, to ensure food airdrops in Neelam Valley on an urgent basis....		KARACHI: Man booked for buying relief items KARACHI, Oct 14: Police on Friday lodged an FIR against a suspect, who is alleged to have purchased 12 truckloads of relief goods from different relief camps across the city at a throw away price with an intent to dump them....
KARACHI: Sir Syed Day KARACHI, Oct 14: Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi shall remain closed on Oct 17 on account of Sir Syed Day.—PPI...		HYDERABAD: Sindh farmers to get machinery at reduced rates HYDERABAD, Oct 14: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on food and agriculture, Mir Murtaza Jatoi, has said that the government will provide drip system and laser land-levellers to farmers at subsidised rates....
HYDERABAD: Completion of watercourses’ lining by June ’06 ordered HYDERABAD, Oct 14: Hyderabad District Coordination Officer Muhammad Hussain Syed has directed the official concerned to complete the lining of watercourses by June 2006....		HYDERABAD: SHC orders payment to construction firm HYDERABAD, Oct 14: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Friday directed the vice-chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, and the project director of the university to pay Rs1.624...