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KARACHI: Commercial use of flat in Clifton forbidden KARACHI, Oct 26: The Sindh High Court forbade on Wednesday use of an apartment in an exclusively residential building in Clifton for commercial purposes. Advocate Mahfooz Yar Khan complained that he...		KARACHI: By-polls for three seats on Dec 10 KARACHI, Oct 26: The Election Commission has announced that the by-elections in three constituencies PS-106, 117 and 120 of the Sindh Assembly in Karachi will be held on Dec 10....
KARACHI: Traffic police fail to avert traffic jams KARACHI, Oct 26: All arrangements made by the Traffic Police to ensure a smooth flow of vehicular traffic on the occasion of Yaum-i-Ali on Wednesday proved ineffective as all main thoroughfares in the city remained clogged with vehicles deluge....		KARACHI: New batch of 33 survivors arrives in Karachi KARACHI, Oct 26: Another batch of 33 survivors, with multiple injuries, evacuated from earthquake hit areas was brought to the city by a PAF C-130 aircraft for treatment at the government and private hospitals, including Civil Hospital, on Wednesday evening....
KARACHI: 264 rape cases reported in Sindh last year, PA told KARACHI, Oct 26: A total of 264 rape cases were reported to the police in 15 out of 20 districts in the province during the last year....		KARACHI: MNCs’ help sought in rehabilitation KARACHI, Oct 26: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, lauding multinational companies for the support they have extended in relief efforts for quake victims, has appealed to them to play their role...
KARACHI: Health deptt seeks volunteer doctors KARACHI, Oct 26: The Sindh Health Department is looking for specialized physicians and paramedical staff, including women nurses, willing to serve the earthquake affected people in Azad Kashmir and northern parts of the country....		KARACHI: Altaf asks experts to look into tremors KARACHI, Oct 26: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, has urged the government of Pakistan and the world community to immediately look into the strange phenomenon of aftershocks...
KARACHI: Honorary degree for Edhi KARACHI, Oct 26: The Institute of Business Administration has decided to award an honorary doctorate degree to Abdul Sattar Edhi for his services to humanity. A decision to this effect was...		KARACHI: Man shot dead in encounter KARACHI, Oct 26: An alleged gangster was shot dead in what police claimed to be an encounter in Saeedabad early on Wednesday morning. Police got a tip-off that some members of Rehman Dakait gang were hiding in a house in Saeedabad....
KARACHI: Same day mail delivery KARACHI, Oct 26: The Express Post Karachi, a unit of Pakistan Post, has introduced the same day delivery of local express articles from Eid-ul-Fitr. According to a handout issued here on...		KARACHI: PIA flights carry 328 tons of relief goods KARACHI, Oct 26: To cope with emergency workload due to earthquake, PIA has transported 328 tons of domestic relief goods on Karachi-Islamabad sector on scheduled flights to date....
KARACHI: Awareness stressed to cope with disasters KARACHI, Oct 26: In order to reactivate Civil Defence Services in all major cities of the province, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Home Secretary Brig (retd) Ghulam Mohammad Mohtaram on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Sessi pays Rs2.798m to workers KARACHI, Oct 26: The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (Sessi) disbursed a total of Rs2.798 million as cash benefits to secured workers and their dependents in September last....
KARACHI: Zarina Baloch’s death condoled KARACHI, Oct 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Wednesday expressed sorrow over the demise of Sindhi folk singer Zarina Baloch, who passed away late Tuesday night....		KARACHI: AKU sends 4th medical mission KARACHI, Oct 26: A fourth team of the Aga Khan University doctors left for the quake-hit areas on Tuesday to provide basic medical care and specialized treatment to the ailing survivors in and around Shaheed Gali....
KARACHI: Pasban supplies 5,000 tents KARACHI, Oct 26: NGO Pasban Pakistan has so far got manufactured 5,000 water/wind proof tents for earthquake victims. The orders for the supplies had been placed by the Pakistan Army, Al-Khidmat...		KARACHI: KU journal KARACHI, Oct 26: The quarterly magazine “Al-Tafseer” edited by Dr Muhammad Shakeel Auj of Karachi University’s Islamic Studies Department, has been published, said a KU statement on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, Oct 26: The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi on Thursday with the maximum temperature ranging between 35 and 37 degrees Centigrade. —PPI...		KARACHI: Milk-seller shot dead KARACHI, Oct 26: A man died and his employee was wounded while attempting to resist a dacoity in Aziz Bhatti police limits early on Wednesday morning....
KARACHI: Hearing of kidnapping case put off KARACHI, Oct 26: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case after recording the deposition by three prosecution witnesses. Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the...		KARACHI: Students to observe Quds Day tomorrow KARACHI, Oct 26: Muslims all over the world have been observing Al-Quds Day on Jummatul Wida to express solidarity with their oppressed Palestinian Muslims. Likewise, the conscious students of Pakistan have...
KARACHI: Neelum Valley, Chinari badly need relief: Faisal Edhi KARACHI, Oct 26: An Edhi Foundation statement has quoted Faisal Edhi as saying that the situation in and around Chinari and Neelum Valley is worsening day by day as relief aid has not yet reached these areas....		HYDERABAD: HDA labour union wants payment of salary before Eid HYDERABAD, Oct 26: HDA Labour Union (CBA) has expressed resentment over the non-payment of three months’ salaries to the employees. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, the general secretary of...
HYDERABAD: 13 MPAs named on sugar cess bodies HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The government of Sindh has nominated 13 MPAs as members of the district sugarcane cess zonal committees. According to a notification of the agriculture department, Kareem Dino Shah...		HYDERABAD: Protest sit-in by PML activists HYDERABAD, Oct 26: More than two dozen activists of the labour wing of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League staged a sit-in outside the press club here on Wednesday....
HYDERABAD: Anniversary of Hazrat Ali’s martyrdom observed HYDERABAD, Oct 26: The anniversary of the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (A.S) was observed with solemnity throughout the interior Sindh on Wednesday. Majalis were held at Imam-bargahs and Zoljinah mourning processions were taken out....		LARKANA: MBBS admission test LARKANA, Oct 26: The entry test for admission to the first year of MBBS 2005-2006 for the Chandka Medical College, which was scheduled on October 23, 2005, has been postponed....
LARKANA: Medical aid for prisoners LARKANA, Oct 26: The Larkana district government decided to bear the medical expenses of prisoners in the central prison of Larkana. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of a council presided over by Nazim Moha-mmed Bakhsh Arijo....		NAWABSHAH: New check-points for vehicles set up NAWABSHAH, Oct 26: Temp-orary check-points set up by the Excise police have created difficulties for residents. Excise police officials are stopping all vehicles including motorcycles, cars, rickshaws and trucks at different chowks of the city....