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KARACHI: 45 survivors discharged from JPMC, CHK KARACHI, Oct 27: About 45 earthquake survivors have been discharged from two government hospitals after treatment during the last week, medical circles said on Thursday....		KARACHI: US ship with relief goods, equipment arrives KARACHI, Oct 27: The US navy ship USS Cleveland carrying 14 containers of engineering equipment and 18 tons of humanitarian assistance supplies from Egypt and France arrived here on Thursday....
KARACHI: Civil Defence deptt goes to local govts KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Thursday ordered the transfer of the Civil Defence Department to the local governments in the province, forthwith....		KARACHI: Pooled services stressed for better results: Medical treatment of quake victims KARACHI, Oct 27: Medical practitioners engaged in treatment and rehabilitation of the injured earthquake survivors have stressed the need for collaborative and comprehensive efforts to be made at the earliest....
KARACHI: Proper master plan for city demanded KARACHI, Oct 27: The creation of a potent and capable planning agency with necessary statutory cover is vital for Karachi, which is functioning without a master plan....		KARACHI: Shopkeepers charging at will KARACHI, Oct 27: The deadly earthquake of October 8 has shifted the city government’s focus from its price control checking campaign to fund and donation raising efforts, giving a free hand...
KARACHI: Aid worth Rs1.1bn sent: Altaf KARACHI, Oct 27: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has sent relief aid worth of Rs1.1 billion and the relief operation is still being carried out. The MQM Chief, Altaf Hussain, stressed...		KARACHI: PML sends 141 containers, trucks to quake-hit areas KARACHI, Oct 27: The Pakistan Muslim League, Sindh, and its youth wing have so far dispatched 141 containers and trucks of relief goods to the quake-affected areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP....
KARACHI: High Court orders production of prisoner KARACHI, Oct 27: The Sindh High Court ordered on Thursday production of a death row prisoner whose counsel is not available to argue his appeal in the US consulate-general car bombing case of 2002 on the next date of hearing....		KARACHI: Sale, supply of tents restricted KARACHI, Oct 27: The Sindh government has prohibited sale and supply of all types of tents to anyone except government departments by tent manufacturers for a period of 30 days with immediate effect....
KARACHI: Special children enjoy Iftar, function KARACHI, Oct 27: Students of Ida Rieu School and College for the Deaf and Blind recited naats at an Iftar organized for over 100 handicapped children at a fast food outlet here on Thursday....		KARACHI: Transparency in relief accounts KARACHI, Oct 27: Leader of the opposition in the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said on Thursday that it was imperative, given the magnitude of the task of reconstruction and rehabilitation, that...
KARACHI: Karachiites not much enthusiastic about Eid KARACHI, Oct 27: With the images of earthquake affected people fresh in memory, Karachiites seem to be in no mood to celebrate Eid with their traditional fervour this season....		KARACHI: Action against teachers KARACHI, Oct 27: On the directives of Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro, EDO Nawabshah has immediately suspended two primary school teachers, Abbas Ali Unar and Imtiaz Ali Mahr on charges...
KARACHI: Tiwana visits quake injured KARACHI, Oct 27: The Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly, Raheela Tiwana, visited the earthquake victims at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Thursday. She instructed the doctors on duty there to...		KARACHI: Corneal transplant at LGH KARACHI, Oct 27: The Lyari General Hospital has started corneal transplant surgery, it is learnt. For the first time, eye keratoplasty was performed on the left eye of a patient who had lost her eyesight....
KARACHI: Japanese firm donates Rs2.58m KARACHI, Oct 27: The Tajima Industries of Japan has donated five million yen, equivalent to Rs2.58 million, to The Citizens Foundation for quake victims. In an announcement made here on Thursday,...		KARACHI: New ordinance KARACHI, Oct 27: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has promulgated the Sindh Civil Servants Housing Foundation Ordinance 2005. This was announced in an official statement here on Thursday. — APP...
KARACHI: Water shortage KARACHI, Oct 27: The KWSB said that the city would face a shortage of some 25 million gallons in water supply due to power breakdown at Dhabeji Pumping Station Phase-II....		KARACHI: Two killed in Lyari gang-war KARACHI, Oct 27: Two persons were killed and two others injured in a gang-war between two notorious groups belonging to Lyari on Thursday. Police said that dead and the injured reportedly...
KARACHI: Waseem calls for relief teams at Mohallah level KARACHI, Oct 27: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Local Government Waseem Akhtar has said that people should be given training of safety measures against natural calamities....		KARACHI: Nazim calls for expeditious work on LERP KARACHI, Oct 27: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Thursday issued directives for gearing up work on the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project and in connection with the shifting of allottees to ensure early completion of the project....
KARACHI: Tributes paid to late Justice Hafeez Memon KARACHI, Oct 27: Tributes were paid to the late Justice Abdul Hafeez Memon, who died on Sept 29, at a full Sindh High Court reference here on Thursday....		KARACHI: Ruet meeting on Nov 3 KARACHI, Oct 27: A meeting of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee for sighting the moon of Eidul Fitr will be held on Nov 3, an hour before sunset, at the Habib Bank Plaza....
HYDERABAD: Advisory body formed to identify issues and concerns of Sindh HYDERABAD, Oct 27: Leaders of public opinion, intellectuals, writers and technocrats have decided to constitute an advisory committee under the leadership of noted intellectual and educationist, Ibrahim Joyo, to identify problems...		HYDERABAD: High-tech lab opened at SU HYDERABAD, Oct 27: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has called upon scientists of the universities to join hands for collaborative research work for the benefit of society....
HYDERABAD: Jiji Zarina’s death condoled HYDERABAD, Oct 27: A large number of prominent people on Thursday visited residence of Ayaz Latif Palijo, son of late Jiji Zarina Baloch, and offered condolences to Rasool Bux Palijo, chief of Awami Tehrik, on the passing away of his wife....		HYDERABAD: Use of telemedicine urged in disaster management HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The Hyderabad chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association, in collaboration with students of MSc telemedicine, University of Sindh, NGO and technical group Health Soft, organized an awareness seminar...
HYDERABAD: Demand for probe into trader’s murder HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The Maheshwari Students Organ-ization staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday in protest against murder of Ram Lal Maheshwari, a businessman of Umerkot....		HYDERABAD: 80pc work on water project completed HYDERABAD, Oct 27: Eighty percent rehabilitation work on 10 minors and distributaries of Nara canal has been completed at a cost of Rs74.8 million. This was disclosed at a joint meeting...