November 17, 2005	Thursday	Shawwal 14, 1426

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KARACHI: CBMs with no action meaningless, says minister KARACHI, Nov 16: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar on Wednesday underscored the importance of the Kashmir dispute and the current peace initiative with India, and said that...		KARACHI: Rs100 billion increase promised: Allocation for education sector KARACHI, Nov 16: Federal Education Minister Lt-Gen (rtd) Javed Ashraf Qazi said that President Musharraf had assured an increase of Rs100 billions in allocation for education in federal budget within the...
HYDERABAD: Official says deal with builder cancelled: Ladies Club HYDERABAD, Nov 16: The deputy administrator of the Evacuee Trust Property, Hyderabad, Mr Abdul Qadeer, said on Wednesday that the Ladies Club was the property of the ETP and at present...		PESHAWAR: WHO seeks urgent preventive steps: Outbreak of epidemics in quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Nov 16: The World Health Organisation has urged the government to take immediate measures to prevent outbreak of epidemics in quake-hit areas. “Insufficient human resources is a big problem which...
KARACHI: Cameras help little in blast probe KARACHI, Nov 16: The surveillance cameras installed at various sensitive points in the city by the police and city administration have proved a mere cosmetic measure time and again, as not...		KARACHI: Release of funds for 35 schemes ordered KARACHI, Nov 16: Provision of funds for completing the ongoing development schemes under in transport and communication sectors were considered at a meeting held here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim....
KARACHI: More relief camps to be set up KARACHI, Nov 16: To increase relief activities for the earthquake-affected people, the Sindh government on Wednesday decided to set up more relief camps and bases in the city on an emergency basis....		KARACHI: Child dies in accident KARACHI, Nov 16: A toddler died in a road accident in Saeedabad on Wednesday. Police said Maimoona, 4, was playing outside the house in Sector D-3 when a speeding minibus of route (D-11) knocked her down....
KARACHI: Steps for occupational safety stressed KARACHI, Nov 16: Technological advancement does not guarantee elimination of occupational health, safety and environment problems. These problems should be assessed in time and a system should be streamlined to...		KARACHI: Autobiography by a trade unionist launched KARACHI, Nov 16: Speakers at the launching ceremony of an autobiography by a former trade union activist, Ali Amjad, lauded the role of the author for being a frontline leader in...
KARACHI: Shortage of water in Saddar, other towns KARACHI, Nov 16: Acute water shortage continues to persist in various parts of Liaquatabad, North Nazimabad, Saddar and Shah Faisal towns, leaving no choice for residents of the affected localities but to either buy private tankers or consume sub-soil unhygienic water....		KARACHI: Attacks on churches condemned KARACHI, Nov 16: Idara Amn-o-Insaf (Committee for Justice and Peace) has condemned the attacks on churches and damage to private properties at Sangla Hills and called for a probe into the sad incident....
KARACHI: Licences of 2 engineers, architect cancelled KARACHI, Nov 16: On the orders of Acting Chief Controller of Buildings, Rauf Akhtar Farooqi, the licences of two engineers and an architect were cancelled while licences of six other engineers and architects were suspended for a specified period....		KARACHI: Space Week from 19th KARACHI, Nov 16: The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission will celebrate the World Space Week from Nov 19 to 27. This was announced in a statement issued by Suparco here on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Honours admission KARACHI, Nov 16: Admission process for Honours programme at the University of Karachi will continue till Nov 19. This was announced by KU Director Admissions Dr Shakil Ahmed Khan on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Absence of midwives in rural areas alarming KARACHI, Nov 16: Only 15,000 registered midwives are serving in 65,000 villages across the country leaving a large majority of local women to high risk of maternity-induced complications including mortality....
KARACHI: West’s perception of Islam & terrorism analyzed KARACHI, Nov 16: European and American perceptions of Islam, extremism and terrorism, ethnic and territorial conflicts in Asia and Africa, and European Union’s role in international peace-keeping operations were deliberated upon...		KARACHI: Old water, sewerage system to be replaced KARACHI, Nov 16: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that city’s old and obsolete water and sewerage systems would have to be replaced and improved within one year....
KARACHI: Petitioner wants report made public: Hostel attack case KARACHI, Nov 16: The High Court was requested on Wednesday to institute a judicial inquiry into the incident of manhandling of a girls hostel administrator and inmates in April as proposed by the provincial government....		KARACHI: ATC puts off hearing in convoy attack case KARACHI, Nov 16: An anti-terrorism court put off on Wednesday the hearing of the corps commander case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: Sindh PML being restructured KARACHI, Nov 16: Pakistan Muslim League Sindh is being re-structured on district, Tehsil level and union level to meet the challenge of coming general elections....		KARACHI: Watercourses to be lined, CM told KARACHI, Nov 16: In all, 4,700 water courses would be lined in Sindh. This was stated by Project Director of the Monitoring Unit of Water Courses Cementing Programme in the Province, Mohammad Younus Dhagha....
KARACHI: New CCPO assumes charge KARACHI, Nov 16: Niaz Ahmed Siddiqui on Wednesday assumed the charge of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of Karachi. Mr Siddiqui had started his career as a PSP officer in 1972....		HYDERABAD: 18 ‘faith healers’ arrested in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Nov 16: Police have arrested 18 aamils (faith healers) from different parts of the city over the past three days in its ongoing crackdown on professional swindlers....
HYDERABAD: Rs200m for projects in first phase of Hyderabad package HYDERABAD, Nov 16: Dist-rict Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said Rs200 million will be released in a month to launch the first phase of development works under the Hyderabad Development Package....		HYDERABAD: Schedule for water rotation announced HYDERABAD, Nov 16: The executive engineer of the Akram Wah, Faiz Mohammad Memon, has announced a water rotation programme due to reduced water level....
HYDERABAD: Contractors refuse to lift cane HYDERABAD, Nov 16: A committee of contractors has refused to transport sugarcane to mills on rates announced by former Sindh sugarcane commissioner Nazar Mohammad Baloch....		HYDERABAD: Nazim pledges judicious use of royalty money HYDERABAD, Nov 16: Tando Mohammad Khan District Nazim Mir Inayat Ali Talpur has said that many development schemes will be launched in the district as soon as funds under a development package are released by the president....