October 22, 2005	Saturday	Ramzan 17, 1426

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KARACHI: Rumpus as treasury censures Khuhro: ‘Derogatory’ remarks KARACHI, Oct 21: An unending pandemonium, stirred up by a government motion censuring leader of the opposition Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, led to the adjournment of the Friday proceedings of the Sindh Assembly....		KARACHI: Language issue prompts CM’s intervention KARACHI, Oct 21: The Sindh government and its education department appeared on different wavelengths on Friday in regard to the implementation of Sindhi Salees as a compulsory subject at the intermediate level....
KARACHI: CBF cannot impose tax on KWSB properties KARACHI, Oct 21: The Sindh High Court restrained a cantonment board on Friday from recovering property tax imposed by it on the immovable properties owned by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board in its territorial jurisdiction....		PESHAWAR: Over 1,600 students killed in Mansehra: ‘2,166 school buildings collapsed in NWFP’ PESHAWAR, Oct 21: The NWFP assembly was informed on Friday that 1,610 students were buried when the Oct 8 earthquake flattened school buildings in the Mansehra district....
KARACHI: 15 more survivors admitted KARACHI, Oct 21: Another 15 earthquake survivors evacuated with injuries from different parts of the country were admitted to three government hospitals, including the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), on Friday....		KARACHI: Arbab orders separate exams for class IX, X KARACHI, Oct 21: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ordered the restoration of the old system of examinations for the 9th and 10th classes, instead of holding joint exams....
KARACHI: Lashkar man arrested KARACHI, Oct 21: Police on Friday held an activist of Laskhar-i-Jhangvi after what they claimed an encounter in Orangi. Police said that the suspect was identified as Hafiz Qasim Rasheed belonging to Asif Choto group, having a head money of 500,000....		KARACHI: Opposition leader stands by his remarks: Censure motion slated KARACHI, Oct 21: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has defended his stand on the functioning of the house and rejected the treasury members’ reaction over his certain remarks....
KARACHI: Relief efforts for quake victims continue KARACHI, Oct 21: The Sui Southern Gas Company has dispatched a team of doctors and nursing staff to Azad Kashmir, headed by Chief Medical Officer Dr Shehla Naqvi....		KARACHI: Roads with technical lacuna to be redesigned KARACHI, Oct 21: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal inspected various road projects during a visit to different towns on Friday and decided that the roads having technical lacuna in design would be re-designed....
KARACHI: Sindh PA to get new tools for record-keeping KARACHI, Oct 21: A two-member team of consultants from Development Alternatives, Inc. which is working for strengthening National and Provincial assemblies in Pakistan on Thursday called on Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah....		KARACHI: Three die in road accidents KARACHI, Oct 21: Three persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city Friday. Haji Abdullah, 70, was returning home after offering Juma prayers when he was hit by a vehicle near Dawood Chowrangi in Landhi....
KARACHI: DO culture retires KARACHI, Oct 21: The district officer culture of the city government, Saifur Rehman Grami, went on retirement after reaching the age of superannuation. Mr Grami started his journalistic career from an English Daily The Sun in 1970....		KARACHI: Eid on Nov 4 subject to moon sighting KARACHI, Oct 21: As experts agree that the 1st of Shawwal 1426 AH will fall on Nov 4, religious scholars insist that Eidul Fitr can be celebrated only if the Shawwal moon is visible to the naked eye....
KARACHI: Traffic jams annoy residents KARACHI, Oct 21: Regular flouting of all the traffic rules by transporters at the junction of truck stand on the main Hawkesbay Road in Keamari Town is causing immense hardships and inconvenience to the area people and picnickers....		KARACHI: Deadline for demolition of building extended KARACHI, Oct 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justices Mushir Alam and Syed Zawwar Hussain Jaffery, extended the deadline for demolition of an unauthorized building on a plot in Jungle Shah, Keamari....
KARACHI: Dead fish removed from beach KARACHI, Oct 21: About 100 tons of small fish which had come onto dry land in the Sea view area were cleared from beach on Friday, said fisheries circle....		KARACHI: Sabzimandi master plan to be revised KARACHI, Oct 21: The high-powered committee constituted for Sabzi Mandi met here under the chairmanship of Secretary Agriculture Department Nazar Hussain Mahar to look into the issues of Sabzi Mandi....
KARACHI: Rare copies of Holy Quran KARACHI, Oct 21: The National Museum of Pakistan Karachi has arranged a special exhibition of the rare manuscripts’ copies of the Holy Qur’an along with some specimen of illuminated pages of Qur’anic calligraphy and some art specimens of the Qur’anic verses....		KARACHI: Special prayers KARACHI, Oct 21: Special prayers are being organized at Swami Narayan Temple, opposite defunct KMC head office building, for the victims of earthquake on Oct 25 in the evening....
KARACHI: PMA to bring more victims KARACHI, Oct 21: The Pakistan Medical Association is making arrangements for shifting more patients from earthquake-hit areas to Karachi. They would then be admitted to different public and private hospitals....		KARACHI: Eid allowance KARACHI, Oct 21: On account of Eidul Fitr falling on Nov 4 and 5 and Diwali on Nov 1, the Sindh government has decided that full pay and allowances and pension...
KARACHI: SSUET semester KARACHI, Oct 21: The Fall Semester of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology is beginning from Nov 14. All students have been directed to submit their admission forms by Oct 25 while admit cards will be issued from Nov 7.—APP...		HYDERABAD: MQM plans tent city in quake-hit areas HYDERABAD, Oct 21: Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s zonal in-charge Siraj Rajput has said that the party is setting up a tent city for earthquake-affected people who will get free ration till Eid....
HYDERABAD: Sale of Eid cards declining in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Oct 21: There has been a sharp decline in the sale of Eid cards in the city over the past few years. A survey conducted by this correspondent at...		SUKKUR: Breach inundates crops over hundreds of acres SUKKUR, Oct 21: Hundreds of acres of agricultural land came under water when a 20-foot-wide breach occurred in Mahar wah, near Khanpur Mahar, Ghotki district, on Wednesday night and Thursday....
HYDERABAD: St. Qalandar’s shrine being renovated HYDERABAD, Oct 21: Jamshoro DCO Qabool Ahmed Shaikh has said that the shrine of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar is being renovated on modern lines to provide maximum amenties to devotees....		HYDERABAD: Protest HYDERABAD, Oct 21: A large number of people held a demonstration outside the press club here on Friday in protest against kidnapping of Ram Maheshwari from Umerkot....