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KARACHI: Frantic efforts to make tents for quake survivors KARACHI, Oct 23: With millions of quake survivors set to spend the winter outdoors, one of the few beneficiaries is Pakistan’s tent industry, already the world’s largest, which is seeing business exceed its wildest expectations....		KARACHI: Abbasi Shaheed Hospital to be revamped: Ibad KARACHI, Oct 23: Taking notice of disarrayed condition of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital managed under the city government, Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad called for working out a line of action in a...
KARACHI: KWSB at loggerheads with works department: Uplift projects KARACHI, Oct 23: A tug of war has kicked off between the city government’s works and services department and Karachi Water and Sewerage Board over the execution of major sewerage and water development projects under Tameer-i-Karachi Programme....		KARACHI: Turkish doctor sends in another relief plane KARACHI, Oct 23: Dr Mehment Haberal, President of the Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey, a friend of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, has sent the second plane-load of essential medicines, medical equipment and relief goods for quake victims....
KARACHI: Rs130m for irrigation schemes approved KARACHI, Oct 23: The Indus River Commission in its meeting, chaired by Sindh Irrigation and Power Minister Nadir Akmal Leghari, has approved Rs130 million for three irrigation schemes....		KARACHI: Deep-sea trawlers accused of dead fish dumping KARACHI, Oct 23: Stakeholders in the fisheries sector have come out with different opinions about emergence of a huge stock of dead fish Mori at a section of the Karachi beach on Thursday night....
PESHAWAR: R50 pickets set up in five affected districts PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Police have set up 50 pickets in the five earthquake-hit districts of the NWFP to check robberies and abduction of children by unscrupulous elements, said a senior official....		ABBOTTABAD: Students back in campus with tales of misery ABBOTTABAD, Oct 23: Students of the Ayub Medical College returned to the campus from their home-towns to tell tear-jerking stories of wrecked homes and lost families....
GILGIT: Seven-hour curfew break in Gilgit GILGIT, Oct 23: With a slight improvement in the law and order situation, the administration granted relaxation in curfew from 8am to 3pm here on Sunday....		KARACHI: Altaf asks people to donate tents KARACHI, Oct 23: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain, has appealed to people, particularly philanthropists, to deposit a maximum number of relief goods with the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation....
KARACHI: Master plan be prepared on scientific lines: Kamal KARACHI, Oct 23: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that Master Plan-2020, being a very important document for the future of the city, should not be prepared in haste rather steps be taken for making it a consolidated document....		KARACHI: Eid trains reservation KARACHI, Oct 23: Pakistan Railways will operate three special Eid trains for Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Faisalabad on Nov 2. A spokesman for Pakistan Railway said that all of the three...
KARACHI: Cells for crisis management will be upgraded KARACHI, Oct 23: The Ministry of Ports and Shipping will undertake expansion and upgradation work of existing Crisis Management Cells (CMCs) at the three ports to efficiently and effectively respond to natural calamities like earthquake....		KARACHI: Underpass: no relief yet KARACHI: The Clifton underpass has now been ‘in use’ for almost three weeks. But whether it has resolved all traffic issues around the area is a matter that needs probing....
KARACHI: Blood donation KARACHI, Oct 23: Some 300 youth, residents of Karachi, donated blood at Al-Mustafa Blood Bank, bring run under the management of the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society....		KARACHI: Naat contest KARACHI, Oct 23: The Pakistan Crescent Youth Organization (PCYO), in collaboration with the city government and the Arts Council of Pakistan, is organizing the 21st Annual Naat Contest on Oct 25, at 11am at the Arts Council....
KARACHI: JI Sindh elects new council KARACHI, Oct 23: The Jamaat-i-Islami, Sindh chapter, on Saturday announced the names of its new consultative council (Majlis-i-Shoora) elected through a secret ballot....		KARACHI: IBCC to issue equivalence certificates KARACHI, Oct 23: The University of Karachi on Sunday directed all the O/A levels students seeking admissions to the honours/BS programmes to obtain equivalence certificates from the Intermediate Board Chairman Committee (IBCC) before applying otherwise their applications would not be processed....
KARACHI: Baloch urged to unite KARACHI, Oct 23: Expressing concern over the “deteriorating law and order situation” in Balochistan, Baloch Rabita Ittefaq Tehreek chief Prince Mohyuddin Baloch has said it appeared that the situation is getting...		KARACHI: Sindhi to be taught at all levels, says Hamida KARACHI, Oct 23: The Sindh Education and Literacy Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, has dispelled an impression that the education department has held the Language Act 1972 in abeyance and said that...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 23: The Met office has forecast warm weather with misty morning for Karachi on Monday with maximum temperature expected to range between 34 and 36 degrees Centigrade....		KARACHI: JI condemns ‘policy of victimization’ KARACHI, Oct 23: Naib Nazim of Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmed has asked the government to stop victimization of its political opponents, who were being implicated in false cases....
KARACHI: Two brothers killed in Lyari Town KARACHI, Oct 23: Two brothers were killed allegedly by their business rivals over monetary matters in Lyari early on Sunday morning. Police said that Nadeem, 27, and Naeem, 23, were killed...		KARACHI: Reorganization of civil defence KARACHI, Oct 23: Many civil society organizations and activists have urged the government to recognise the alarming gaps in its disaster management capability and policies, which were exposed in the massive Oct 8 earthquake....
KARACHI: Arrangements for Yaum-i-Ali procession finalized KARACHI, Oct 23: Saddar Town Municipal Administration has finalized all arrangements regarding cleanliness and illumination of mosques, Imambargahs and routes of Yaum-i-Ali procession to be taken out on Oct 26....		KARACHI: Govt held responsible for deaths KARACHI, Oct 23: The Sindh Executive Council of the Pakistan People’s Party held a meeting, chaired by Qaim Ali Shah, on Saturday. It criticized the government for its failure in...
HYDERABAD: Call for cottage industries zone HYDERABAD, Oct 23: The chairman of the advisory committee of the Capital Cottage Industries Corporation, Mr Mohammad Amin Khatri, has stressed the need for establishing a cottage industries zone near the Zeal Pak Cement Factory through private sector....		HYDERABAD: Jamshoro officials asked to finalize budget HYDERABAD, Oct 23: Jamshoro District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar has called upon officials of the district government to perform their duties properly and regularly, failing which they could be sent packing....
HYDERABAD: Governor’s language order criticized HYDERABAD, Oct 23: Former Sindh Law Minister Muzaffar Sadiq Bhatti has said that the Sindh governor and the education minister had no constitutional authority to make changes in the “Sindhi teaching promotion and use of Sindhi language act 1972.”...		HYDERABAD: Demand for release of JSSM leader HYDERABAD, Oct 23: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz staged a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday in protest against detention of Muzaffar Bhutto, a senior office-bearer of the party....
DADU: Protest against closure of schools DADU, Oct 23: Activists of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party held a demonstration outside the press club on Saturday in protest against the closure of primary schools in Johi taluka....		MIRPURKHAS: Opening of schools ordered MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: District Nazim Dr Kaneez Sughra Junejo has directed officials concerned to take necessary measures to eliminate corruption and irregularities from the education department....