November 14, 2005	Monday	Shawwal 11, 1426

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KARACHI: Deployment of police for UN mission lapsed twice KARACHI, Nov 13: Pakistan’s share of allocated seats of police personnel for deployment on the United Nations peace keeping missions lapsed twice, in July and October, causing considerable loss to the national exchequer in terms of foreign exchange earnings....		KARACHI: Cultural street activity resumes KARACHI, Nov 13: After six week’s interval, cultural activities resumed on Sunday at Koocha-i-Saqafat, organized by the Arts Council of Pakistan in collaboration with the Sindh government, on M.R. Kiyani Road....
KARACHI: 4 friends killed as dumper hits car KARACHI, Nov 13: Four friends died when a speeding dumper hit a car carrying six persons on M. T. Khan Road Sunday night. The two other occupants of the car were injured....		KARACHI: PPP decides to contest by-elections KARACHI, Nov 13: The Pakistan People’s Party has announced that it would field candidates for the Dec 10 by-election in three provincial constituencies of Karachi. PPP is the second major opposition...
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad’s Ladies Club sealed HYDERABAD, Nov 13: The only ladies club in the city which was set up in 1940 was sealed by the Evacuee and Auqaf departments on Saturday....		KARACHI: Awareness, willingness stressed to control diabetes KARACHI, Nov 13: Lack of will and dearth of awareness about prevention of diabetes has not only exposed the country to a constant surge in the disease incidence but is also...
KARACHI: Quake predictable, says geologist KARACHI, Nov 13: While geophysicists and geologists continue to believe that occurrence of earthquake cannot be forecast, a senior professor in Electronics claims that study of related electromagnetic phenomena can enable one to predict earthquake....		KARACHI: New industrial estates planned in Sindh KARACHI, Nov 13: The Sindh government is planning to set up a number of industrial estates in the province in view of the keen interest shown by entrepreneurs to make investment by setting up their industrial plants....
KARACHI: Govt asked to stop ignoring workers’ problems KARACHI, Nov 13: The National Labour Foundation (NLF), Karachi Zone, has asked the government to shun its policy of ignoring the problems faced by the working class as workers are the backbone of the country’s economy....		KARACHI: Heads of four schools suspended KARACHI, Nov 13: EDO Education Abdul Wahab Abbasi has suspended headmasters and headmistresses of four public schools for not observing class and off timings of their schools....
KARACHI: Ban on LPG in vehicles KARACHI, Nov 13: The CNG Stations Owners Association has dispelled the impression that the government has allowed use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in vehicles and setting up of LPG stations....		KARACHI: Training for midwives KARACHI, Nov 13: The Sobhraj Maternity Hospital of the City District Government Karachi has evolved a ‘Continuous Medical Education’ programme for midwives. Prof Shabeen Naz Masood told APP here on Sunday...
KARACHI: JI accused of harassing MQM men KARACHI, Nov 13: MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday appealed to people to donate more foodstuff for earthquake victims. In a statement, he said that the victims of the quake in...		KARACHI: Parliamentary body for relief work urged KARACHI, Nov 13: Jamaat-i-Islami, Sindh, on Sunday demanded that the relief and rehabilitation operation for earthquake survivors be carried out through a committee of parliamentarians in collaboration with all political parties....
KARACHI: Four research centres at Urdu varsity KARACHI, Nov 13: The Federal Government Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology will set up four new research centres — Urdu Language, English Language, Seismic Centre and Social Policy Centre....		KARACHI: Justice of Peace KARACHI, Nov 13: The Sindh government has appointed Syed Mujahid Al Hashmi (advocate) as Justice of Peace for three years within the local limits of Gulshan-i-Iqbal....
HYDERABAD: Nazim accused of taking up lopsided development plans HYDERABAD, Nov 13: Four union council nazims have accused District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil of discriminating against Sindhi-speaking areas of Hyderabad (rural) and Qasimabad talukas....		HYDERABAD: Call for Sindhi to be given status of national language HYDERABAD, Nov 13: Lead-ing Sindhi scholars, writers and educationists have said that the Sindhi language has been the official language of Sindh for centuries and it should be given the status...
HYDERABAD: Demand to enforce ’72 language act HYDERABAD, Nov 13: About two dozen writers, intellectuals, teachers and political activists staged a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday on the language issue....		HYDERABAD: Over 4,100 take medical admission test HYDERABAD, Nov 13: As many as 4,106 candidates including 2,254 girl candidates appeared in a test for admission to MBBS in the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro here on Sunday....
KARACHI: Admission test held at SSUET KARACHI, Nov 13: Aptitude test for admission in the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in various disciplines was held at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) campus here on Sunday....		SUKKUR: Saint Rohil’s Urs begins SUKKUR, Nov 13: A seven-day Urs of Sufi saint and poet Hazrat Rohil Fakir started on Sunday in Kandri, Sukkur district. Thousands of devotees from different parts of Sindh and Punjab,...
KHAIRPUR: Canal breach inundates crops KHAIRPUR, Nov 13: Faiz Nahar Wah developed a 100-foot breach at RD-197 near Agra town, Sobhodero taluka, was reported on Sunday morning....		DADU: Job-seekers hold rally DADU, Nov 13: Demanding jobs on merit, around 50 people from Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka, who had applied for jobs in Hesco took out a rally in the town on Sunday....
SANGHAR: Bandits kidnap two in Sanghar SANGHAR, Nov 13: An armed gang of eight bandits kidnapped two people and hijacked two cars, looted thousand of rupees in cash, mobile sets and a repeater gun from Mano Jamali...		THATTA: UN population agency helping rural people THATTA, Nov 13: The logistic and health awareness support being extended by the United Nations Fund for Population Assistance (UNFPA) has so far helped 88.8 per cent rural population of the...