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KARACHI: KIHD yet to start full operation KARACHI, Oct 31: The city government is yet to get its first cardiac disease centre fully operational for want of approval of appointments of required staff by the Sindh government....		KARACHI: Initial study for KCR completed KARACHI, Oct 31: Japanese experts have completed the initial study pertaining to the revival of the Karachi Circular Railway. This was announced by the city district government in a statement issued on Monday....
KARACHI: Water tankers increase charges KARACHI, Oct 31: At a time when the number of tankers supplying water under the general public tankers service (GPTS) is continuously on the decline, the rates of commercial tankers drawing...		KARACHI: Shooting leaves one dead, many wounded KARACHI, Oct 31: A young man died and about five others were wounded in different incidents of firing in Saddar Town on Monday. Police registered two FIRs and arrested 10 suspects...
KARACHI: Release of 4 accused in donation case ordered KARACHI, Oct 31: Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, anti-terrorism courts’ administrative judge for Karachi division, discharged four men allegedly found collecting donations for a banned militant organization when the police failed to establish their link with it....		KARACHI: Order reserved KARACHI, Oct 31: The Sindh High Court reserved its order on Monday in a petition against the provincial government’s failure to appoint four candidates recommended by the Sindh Public Service Commission as senior managers in its information technology department....
KARACHI: 100 beds for survivors KARACHI, Oct 31: The Technical Committee of Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) at its meeting, chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof Masood Hameed Khan, decided to make 10 beds available to each...		KARACHI: Diwali today KARACHI, Oct 31: Members of the Hindu minority community in the city, like everywhere around the globe, will celebrate their annual festival of lights, Diwali, on Tuesday....
KARACHI: More firms contribute to quake relief efforts KARACHI, Oct 31: More organizations have come out with contributions towards the national campaign for immediate and sustainable assistance to the relief and rehabilitation of the victims of the October 8...		KARACHI: Sindh govt to take over four Darul Amans KARACHI, Oct 31: The provincial government is to take over the administration of four darul amans in the province. The decision was taken at a meeting preside over by Chief Secretary...
KARACHI: Karachi to host 9th congress of transplantation KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan has been selected to host the ‘9th Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation’ this year. The meeting will take place in Karachi with the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) playing host....		KARACHI: Demand for new fishing policy KARACHI, Oct 31: The small fishermen living along Sindh and Balochistan coasts have urged the government to review its existing deep-sea policy which allows foreign large trawlers to fish in the country’s territorial waters....
KARACHI: Protesters accuse police of sheltering kidnappers KARACHI, Oct 31: Speakers at a protest demonstration on Monday demanded that three minor girls of the minority community, who had been kidnapped while going to school, be recovered immediately and stern action be taken against the kidnappers....		KARACHI: ‘Language subject issue resolved’ KARACHI, Oct 31: The Sindh Education and Literacy Department on Monday termed the protest of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat and other political parties over the teaching of Sindh language as “unnecessary”....
KARACHI: Admission date extended KARACHI, Oct 31: The Department of Computer Science, University of Karachi, has extended the last date of admission for MCS, PGD and BS (CS/SE) programmes. The department’s Chairman, Dr Nasir Touheed,...		KARACHI: KWSB camp offices KARACHI, Oct 31: KWSB Managing Director Brig Iftekhar Hyder has ordered setting up of seven camp offices to further improve the working of the organization and solve the problems of public representatives and their respective areas....
KARACHI: Free treatment KARACHI, Oct 31: Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad Colony, is providing free treatment to six patients with broken limbs who survived the earthquake disasters on Oct 8. The patients are from Azad Kashmir and the NWFP....		KARACHI: Crisis being created for Iran: CG KARACHI, Oct 31: The Consulate-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran has termed the Western outrage against President Dr Ahmadinejad’s remarks, in which he sought wiping off of Israel from the...
KARACHI: Muttahida dispatches eight more relief trucks KARACHI, Oct 31: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has sent eight more trucks loaded with relief items to Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP as part of its ongoing operations to help the affected people....		KARACHI: 6 acquitted in ransom case KARACHI, Oct 31: An anti-terrorism court acquitted six alleged associates of gangland leader Arshad Pappu in an extortion case. Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 exonerated Riaz, son of Sahib;...
KARACHI: Calamity-hit status for devastated areas urged KARACHI, Oct 31: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has demanded that quake-affected areas be declared as ‘calamity-hit zones’ and be exempted from all kinds of taxes. In a joint statement, MNA Mohammad Hussain...		HYDERABAD: Controversy deepens over sugarcane price HYDERABAD, Oct 31: A controversy over sugarcane price has deepened with the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA), Sindh chapter, and growers failing to reach any accord....
HYDERABAD: Rehabilitation of quake victims in Sindh opposed HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The central executive committee of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz in a meeting held in Radhan on Sunday opposed a move to rehabilitate earthquake victims in Sindh....		HYDERABAD: SU: admission test results announced HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The University of Sindh on Monday announced results of the test for admission to various disciplines of bachelors. The result was announced at 8:30am and was posted on the official website of the university (www.usindh.edu.pk)....
HYDERABAD: Rights for minorities demanded HYDERABAD, Oct 31: Samaj Sevak Congress general secretary Kamla Devi has said the government is not treating minorities fairly. In a statement issued here on Monday, she said government agencies were...		HYDERABAD: Fishermen hold demonstration HYDERABAD, Oct 31: Fishermen of Khanote and other adjoining areas of the Manjhand taluka, Jamshoro district, including women and children, held a protest demonstration outside the press club here against fisheries and forest departments....
HYDERABAD: Jiji Zarina’s death condoled HYDERABAD, Oct 31: Admirers of Jiji Zarina Baloch have continued to offer condolences to Rasool Bux Palijo and his son Ayaz Latif Palijo. Justice Roshan Essani offered condolences on Monday....		LARKANA: Petition for protection of woman filed LARKANA, Oct 31: An NGO fearing that a woman will be murdered as kari has filed a petition in the Qambar sessions court. The court summoned DPOs of Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot...