November 3, 2005	Thursday	Ramzan 29, 1426

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KARACHI: City govt undertakes new bypass project KARACHI, Nov 2: The city government has initiated planning to construct Southern Bypass to link the National Highway to the city and ease traffic pressure by diverting the National Highway bound heavy traffic to the new bypass....		KARACHI: Power failure in many areas KARACHI, Nov 2: Many areas of the city experienced intermittent power breakdowns on Wednesday but the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation insisted its network suffered no major fault....
KARACHI: Altaf against fresh taxes KARACHI, Nov 2: MQM chief Altaf Hussain said here on Wednesday that it appeared that the commitment of the international community would not be sufficient to meet the cost of reconstruction and rehabilitation of the earthquake victims despite the UN appeal....		KARACHI: ACE barred from KBCA probe KARACHI, Nov 2: The Sindh High Court barred the anti-corruption establishment (ACE) on Wednesday from taking further proceedings against the Karachi Building Control Authority and gave the provincial ombudsman six months...
KARACHI: KBCA chief quits office KARACHI, Nov 2: Chief Controller of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) Brig (r) A. S. Nasir on Wednesday tendered his resignation after getting embarrassed over the recent arrest of his most-trusted lieutenant by the Anti- corruption Establishment (ACE)....		KARACHI: Fire causes damage to PIA offices at airport KARACHI, Nov 2: A major fire broke out in the offices of the national flag carrier near the old terminal at Karachi airport on Wednesday evening....
KARACHI: Drug firm’s director released on bail KARACHI, Nov 2: An accountability court ordered on Wednesday the release of a director of a pharmaceutical company, who was facing charges of causing Rs90 million to the national exchequer, after accepting his plea of bargain....		KARACHI: PTCL may not invest in ‘dry’ exchanges KARACHI, Nov 2: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company is in no mood to invest in those telephone exchanges which can no longer issue new phone connections. Sources told Dawn that a large...
KARACHI: Sharifs be allowed to return home, says PML-N KARACHI, Nov 2: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (Sindh chapter) leader Mamnoon Hussain has urged the government to allow Sharif Brothers and Benazir Bhutto to retun to their homeland....		KARACHI: Quake-proof buildings be built in city: Waseem KARACHI, Nov 2: Sindh Local Government Advisor and Chairman Disaster Management Committee Wasim Akhtar said on Wednesday that all buildings in the province would be made “earthquake-proof” and builders would be asked to construct quake-proof and stronger structures....
KARACHI: NBP collects Rs1bn donations KARACHI, Nov 2: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has so far collected more than Rs1 billion as donations to the President’s Relief Fund for Earthquake Victims- 2005, according to an NBP press release issued here on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Tribunal for hydel profits criticized KARACHI, Nov 2: The Pakistan People’s Party has maintained that the appointment of a tribunal on the question of computing hydel profits for NWFP is yet another ploy of the federal...
KARACHI: Kidnapping of Hindu girls condemned KARACHI, Nov 2: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed its deep concern at the recent reported incidents of missing girls of the minority Hindu community....		KARACHI: Conviction set aside KARACHI, Nov 2: A Sindh High Court appellate bench set aside the conviction of two employees of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation by an accountability court....
KARACHI: 90-day remission to prisoners KARACHI, Nov 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on the occasion of Eid ul Fitr has granted special remission of 90 days to all prisoners....		KARACHI: Ransom case verdict reserved KARACHI, Nov 2: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Wednesday the judgment in a kidnapping for ransom case against an accused. Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the ATC-3 fixed Nov 10 for...
KARACHI: KWSB complaint centres KARACHI, Nov 2: The complaint centres of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board should remain active during the Eid holidays. This was directed by KWSB MD. Meanwhile, it was pointed out that...		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Nov 2: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi on Thursday with maximum temperature expected to range between 34 and 36°C....
KARACHI: Eid prayer timings KARACHI: The following are the Eid prayer timings in various city mosques and Eidgahs:...		HYDERABAD Govt urged to allow Benazir to return HYDERABAD, Nov 2: Tando Mohammad Khan district People’s Party Parliamentarians president Mohammad Amin Lakho has criticized the government for refusing to allow PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto to return to the country and take part in relief measures for earthquake victims....
HYDERABAD: Nazim wants jail converted into reform centre HYDERABAD, Nov 2: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jameel has asked the jail administration to convert prison into a reforms centre to curb crime from the society....		THATTA: Nazim contests official figures: Literacy rate THATTA, Nov 2: District Nazim Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah Shirazi has contested official figures of 34 per cent literacy rate in the district and said it is not more than 10...
MIRPURKHAS: Rally against attack MIRPURKHAS, Nov 2: A number of people including women of the Kehri community took out a rally from the railway station chowk here on Wedn-esday to protest against an attack...		LARKANA: Policeman killed, two injured in encounter LARKANA, Nov 2: One policeman was killed and two others injured in an encounter between police and outlaws in the mountainous belt of Gaibidero on Wednesday....
KHAIRPUR: Post-mortem confirms boy was strangled KHAIRPUR, Nov 2: A boy, Azmatullah Shah alias Jugnoo, son of Syed Ali Madad Shah, Sajjada Nasheen of the Ibrahim Shah Bukhari Akri shrine, was laid to rest in the shrine’s graveyard on Tuesday night after post-mortem....		HYDERABAD: Demand to arrest killers of SU employee HYDERABAD, Nov 2: Relat-ives of Ghulam Hussain Khask-heli of Kotri, who died of injuries he had suffered in an attack on his house in October, staged a protest demonstration outside the...