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KARACHI: Sindh, city govts lack essential equipment: Disaster management KARACHI, Oct 16: With the 20-year-old obsolete disaster management plan available with it, the city government is unlikely to cope with a situation in the city if it is hit by an earthquake measuring even 6.5...		KARACHI: Helicopters needed for relief: Altaf KARACHI, Oct 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has appealed to philanthropists and multinational companies to arrange on temporary basis one or two helicopters to help his party workers carrying...
KARACHI: Retailers continue to fleece people KARACHI, Oct 16: Fruit, vegetable and milk sellers have been continuing their looting spree, charging exorbitantly higher prices of their merchandize than those of official rates, as the city government machinery has...		KARACHI: Civil Defence proves redundant KARACHI, Oct 16: The once effective organization of Civil Defence, which had played an effective role during the 1965 war, has become totally redundant over the years and has degenerated to...
KARACHI: Conference planned to promote literacy KARACHI, Oct 16: The Sindh Education Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, has decided to arrange a conference in the mid of November to discuss ways for the promotion of education in Sindh....		KARACHI: Multi-million conservation project approved: Country’s wetlands KARACHI, Oct 16: A seven-year and over Rs700 million ($11.8 million) foreign-funded project to conserve the country’s wetlands and biodiversity has been approved and is expected to be formally launched shortly, it is learnt....
KARACHI: 77 rape cases reported in nine months KARACHI, Oct 16: Seventy-seven women were subjected to rape in various localities of the city during the last nine months, the data compiled by the police shows....		HYDERABAD: 1,589 take admission test at Sindh University HYDERABAD, Oct 16: The University of Sindh on Sunday conducted a test for admission to master’s degree programme for the academic session-2006 at the Allama I.I. Kazi campus Jamshoro....
HYDERABAD: Arrest of nationalist leaders condemned HYDERABAD, Oct 16: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz and Jeay Sindh Students Federation staged a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday in protest against arrest of JSMM leader Muzaffar Bhutto and others....		HYDERABAD: MMA slams govt for slackness in relief work HYDERABAD, Oct 16: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNA Asadullah Bhutto has said that recent meeting of the National Security Council convened to take decisions for the rehabilitation of the earthquake victims was unconstitutional....
KARACHI: Fire erupts in chemical warehouse KARACHI, Oct 16: A fire broke out in a chemical warehouse in Site area on Sunday, which was put out in nine hours by fire fighters. No casualty was reported....		KARACHI: PA session resumes today KARACHI, Oct 16: The Sindh Assembly session, when it meets on Monday at 9am, will resume discussion on the post-earthquake situation prevailing in Azad Kashmir, the NWFP and Northern Areas....
KARACHI: Oath-taking of nazims, councillors today KARACHI, Oct 16: The elected institutions of the local government would become functional on Monday when the candidates declared elected as nazims and councillors of city district, district, town, taluka and...		KARACHI: Insanitary conditions pose health hazards KARACHI, Oct 16: Insanitary conditions prevail in Mohammadi Colony (formerly Machchar Colony) located on Mauripur Road in Keamari Town which is posing a constant threat to health conditions, say residents....
KARACHI: Installations of KESC vulnerable KARACHI, Oct 16: Installations of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation are likely to sustain a great deal of damage in the event of an earthquake in the city....		KARACHI: Benazir voices anger over KU policy KARACHI, Oct 16: The chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto, on Sunday expressed concern over continued disturbance at the University of Karachi due to protests against the discriminatory admission policy....
KARACHI: Yaum-i-Babul Islam observed KARACHI, Oct 16: Nations should be aware of their history in order to build a better future. These views were expressed in a lecture arranged to celebrate “Yaum-i-Babul Islam”, arranged by...		KARACHI: 1,800 teachers promoted KARACHI, Oct 16: Above 1,800 junior and primary school teachers of the city government’s education department have been promoted as higher secondary school teacher (HST)....
KARACHI: PPP sends more relief goods KARACHI, Oct 16: The Pakistan People’s Party has said its NWFP chapter on Sunday dispatched nine truck-loads of relief goods to the earthquake-stricken areas of Garhi Habibullah, Balakot, Batagram and Muzaffarabad....		KARACHI: PCSIR urged to help donors get vitaminized rice KARACHI, Oct 16: The Pakistan Rice Syndicate (PRS) has urged the Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR) to transfer the technology of ‘vitaminized rice’ to rice processors who are...
KARACHI: CM prohibits official Iftar parties KARACHI, Oct 16: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Sunday prohibited holding of official Iftar parties in Sindh in wake of devastating earthquake in northern parts of the country and Azad Kashmir....		KARACHI: HU sends another team of doctors KARACHI, Oct 16: The Hamdard University on Saturday dispatched its second team of 10 doctors along with medicines and blood units to the areas devastated by the October 8 earthquake....
KARACHI: Volunteers for relief work required KARACHI, Oct 16: Col Shah Ali of the Sindh Boy Scouts has appealed to citizens to donate blankets and tents which are the most urgently needed items for quake victims....		KARACHI: Al-Khidmat dispatches 10 trucks KARACHI, Oct 16: The Al-Khidmat Welfare Society Karachi has sent two more containers and eight trucks, loaded with relief goods, from the Idara Noor-i-Haq to earthquake-hit areas on Sunday....
KARACHI: Ibad shocked at deaths in crash KARACHI, Oct 16: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has expressed his profound grief and sorrow over martyrdom of army officers and soldiers in a helicopter crash during relief operations in the quake-hit district of Bagh, in Azad Kashmir on Sunday....		KARACHI: Naat contest KARACHI, Oct 16: The Pakistan Crescent Youth Organization in collaboration with the city government and the Arts Council of Pakistan will be organizing the 21st Annual Naat Contest on Oct 25 at 11am at the Arts Council.—PPI...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 16: The Meteorological department has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi on Monday with maximum temperature expected to range between 38 and 40 degrees Centigrade.—PPI...		HYDERABAD: Funds not released for development projects: Hyderabad package HYDERABAD, Oct 16: Funds are yet not released for development of parks and playgrounds which were announced in May by the Sindh local body adviser to the chief minister, Wasim Akhtar....
HYDERABAD: Opposition to teaching of Sindhi criticized HYDERABAD, Oct 16: People from all walks of life have taken exception to propaganda unleashed by principals of some colleges of Karachi against decision to introduce Salees (simple) Sindhi for the Urdu-speaking students of class-XI as a compulsory subject....		KHAIRPUR: Call for construction of quake-proof buildings KHAIRPUR, Oct 16: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said she is in touch with young leaders of the world group for carrying out relief work in earthquake-hit areas....