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KARACHI: Mustafa vows to help solve city’s major problems: City government nazims, councillors administered oath KARACHI, Oct 17: The new city government was inducted after city district and 18 town nazims and councillors and those elected on reserved seats were administered oath of their offices on Monday....		KARACHI: PA calls for urgent disaster management plan KARACHI, Oct 17: The urgency for preparing an adequate disaster management plan and effective building control laws for Karachi was highlighted by members of the Sindh Assembly while the house deliberated...
KARACHI: SHC reserves order on special courts’ powers KARACHI, Oct 17: A five-member bench of the Sindh High Court reserved its verdict on the empowerment of anti-terrorism and anti-narcotics courts to try juvenile offenders charged with offences triable by them under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000....		KARACHI: Experts call for adequate training to volunteers: Disaster management KARACHI, Oct 17: Time coupled with proper planning are prerequisite to combat trauma induced casualties, a fast growing phenomenon in the country - attributable to both man made and natural disasters....
KARACHI: 100,000 quake victims treated, says PIMA KARACHI, Oct 17: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association, Karachi, has so far provided medical assistance to over 100,000 people through its 198 medical staff working at its six hospital and various mobile teams operating in the earthquake devastated areas....		KARACHI: Nine more survivors arrive in Karachi KARACHI, Oct 17: Another nine survivors of the October 8 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, including five women, were brought to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and the Civil Hospital Karachi for treatment of injuries on Monday....
KARACHI: Security agency manager shot dead KARACHI, Oct 17: An operations manager of a private security company was shot dead by unknown persons in Defence area early Monday morning. Police said that the bullet riddled body of...		KARACHI: BSE to hold composite exam KARACHI, Oct 17: In line with a decision of the federal government, the Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has decided not to conduct annual examination, 2006, for students who are at...
KARACHI: Transporters told not to overcharge KARACHI, Oct 17: Sindh Transport Minister Adil Siddiqi has warned goods transporters that the government would take over the management if they continued to overcharge the transportation of relief goods being sent to earthquake-hit areas....		KARACHI: 50,000 feared dead in Muzaffarabad KARACHI, Oct 17: Around 50,000 people including 10,000 to 12,000 students and over 10,000 Pakistan Army troops were killed in the October 8 earthquake in Muzaffarabad only....
KARACHI: Multinationals, FPCCI donating over Rs140m KARACHI, Oct 17: Several multinational firms operating in Pakistan, and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry have pledged a total of Rs140 million aid in cash, kind and...		KARACHI: Arbab lauds NAB’s fight against corruption KARACHI, Oct 17: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has lauded the National Accountability Bureau’s fight against corruption and expressed hope that the NAB will keep on exposing corruption and misappropriation in order to help the society purge of various ills....
KARACHI: Schools in Taiser Town inaugurated KARACHI, Oct 17: The adviser to chief minister on local government, Wasim Akhtar, inaugurated two primary schools for boys and girls separately in Taiser Town Scheme 45 here on Monday....		KARACHI: Ban on deep-sea fishing sought KARACHI, Oct 17: Controversy over deep-sea fishing has surfaced again as a complete ban has been demanded by small fishermen on huge foreign trawlers operating in the sea waters of the country....
KARACHI: DCH exams KARACHI, Oct 17: The University of Karachi on Monday announced that the forms of Postgraduate Diploma in Child Health (DCH) annual examination 2005 will be accepted till Oct 24 with a total fee of Rs2,000.—PPI...		KARACHI: ‘Afghan team doing well’ KARACHI, Oct 17: The Afghan Consul-General, Abdul Muqtadir Ferozandfar, has expressed satisfaction that men and material sent by the Afghan government has been doing excellent job in the earthquake areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir....
KARACHI: Altaf asks elected nazims to serve humanity KARACHI, Oct 17: The Muttahida Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain has asked the newly elected city, district and town nazims to serve humanity, solve people’s problems, and carry out development work....		KARACHI: Cemented watercourses across Sindh planned: CM tells assembly... KARACHI, Oct 17: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim informed the Sindh Assembly on Monday that the government intended to construct cemented watercourses throughout the province....
KARACHI: Tribute paid to Hakim Said KARACHI, Oct 17: Paying glowing tributes to Hakim Mohammad Said, speakers at a memorial meeting termed him a legend and a role model for generations to come....		KARACHI: SHC adjourns hearing of detention plea KARACHI, Oct 17: The Sindh High Court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a petition against the detention of a man under anti-terrorism law....
KARACHI: Marines leave for Batagram KARACHI, Oct 17: A 123-member contingent of Pak Marines and Commandos of Special Services Group along with relief goods and equipment left for Batagram to join hands with the PN team busy in relief and rehabilitation operations....		KARACHI: Condolence meeting KARACHI, Oct 17: The Karachi Press Club will hold a condolence meeting for veteran journalist, Mushtaq Memon on Thursday. An announcement to this effect was made in a statement of KPC issued on Monday....
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad district nazim, councillors take oath of office HYDERABAD, Oct 17: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil and 75 members of the district council took oath of office at the council hall here on Monday....		HYDERABAD: Two medical teams leave for Bagh HYDERABAD, Oct 17: Two teams of doctors and paramedics carrying medical and surgical equipment and life-saving drugs have been dispatched to earthquake-affected areas....
HYDERABAD: SU announces results of admission test HYDERABAD, Oct 17: The University of Sindh on Monday announced results of the test conducted for admission to master’s degree programme. The results have been posted on the SU’s website www....		SUKKUR: Two escape SUKKUR, Oct 17: Khalid and Sajid, both residents of New Pind, Sukkur, reached home on Thursday night. They had been kidnapped by armed persons along with their vehicle 20 days ago. ...