November 18, 2005	Friday	Shawwal 15, 1426

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KARACHI: Senate chief supports cadaver organ bill KARACHI, Nov 17: Acknowledging the significance of ‘Cadaver organ donation’, Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro has stressed the need to satisfy certain concerns of the Senate Standing Committee on Health....		KARACHI: Three remanded in bomb blast case KARACHI, Nov 17: Three activists of a suspected insurgent group of Balochistan, arrested on Tuesday for the deadly car bomb attack in front of the PIDC House, were remanded in police custody on Thursday....
KARACHI: CM annoyed over security lapse leading to bombing KARACHI, Nov 17: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has directed law-enforcement agencies to adopt all precautionary and preventive measures to curb activities of anti-social elements....		KARACHI: Warrants issued against ex-IG on Asif’s plea KARACHI, Nov 17: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Munawwar Sultana, issued on Thursday non-bailable warrants for the arrest of former Sindh police chief Rana Maqbool Ahmed, former city police...
PESHAWAR: Most injured children living in quake fear PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Most of the children admitted to hospitals here after the October 8 earthquake still appear to be living in fear. “I am afraid here under the roof, because...		PESHAWAR: Minister hopeful of big donor response PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Aneesa Zeb Tahirkheli has expressed the hope that the international donors’ conference on Nov 19 will raise a sizable amount for the reconstruction of areas hit by the October 8 earthquake....
KARACHI: Law, order to figure high in PA session KARACHI, Nov 17: The Sindh Assembly session beginning on Friday would draw firework from the opposition benches over the law and order situation and the issue of good governance....		KARACHI: 3 killed in road accidents KARACHI, Nov 17: Three persons died in two separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Thursday. Police said that a couple died and their granddaughter was injured when a speeding bus knocked them down in the DHA....
KARACHI: Catholic schools remain closed KARACHI, Nov 17: The educational institutions run by the Catholic Board of Education remained closed in the city on Thursday in protest against what they called attacks on churches, schools and other places in Sangla Hill on Nov 12....		KARACHI: Wedding exhibition KARACHI, Nov 17: A three-day exhibition of wedding dresses and wedding accessories called the Wedding Extravaganza will begin here on Friday (today)....
KARACHI: Fishermen demand special uplift programme KARACHI, Nov 17: Karachi-based fishermen communities have urged the government to provide them alternative sources of income as the fisheries sector is under tremendous pressures and could hardly meet their economic needs.....		KARACHI: Participation of masses urged for sustained development KARACHI, Nov 17: The dream of social development could not be materialized until public consultation is not declared an integral part of all the uplift schemes....
KARACHI: Shahi urges historians to maintain objectivity KARACHI, Nov 17: The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) on Thursday held a ceremony to mark the launch of a commemorative stamp issued by the Pakistan Post Office in the memory of Khwaja Sarwar Hasan, founder secretary of the institute....		KARACHI: Plea to arrest killers KARACHI, Nov. 17: A meeting of representatives of a cross-section of people has demanded judicial inquiry into the murder of Faraz Ahmad Naved and arrest of his killers....
KARACHI: 46 Metro, UTS buses challaned for violations KARACHI, Nov. 17: The vigilance committee, comprising transport, city government and traffic police officials, challaned 46 UTS and metro buses on the 4th day of their drive against buses overcharging passengers,...		KARACHI: FUUAST admissions KARACHI, Nov 17: The admissions to the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) for the academic year 2006 are in progress. This was announced by the FUUAST registrar here on Thursday....
KARACHI: SSC suppl results today KARACHI, Nov 17: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi (BSEK) announced on Thursday that it would declare the results of SSC supplementary examination 2005 Science and General groups (regular and private) on Nov 18 at 9am.—PPI...		KARACHI: EU’s role in ensuring safe transit routes discussed: ASCE seminar KARACHI, Nov 17: Experts at a seminar on Thursday emphasized the need for ensuring security of transit routes through Afghanistan, and a more pro-active role for the European Union in conflict resolution in South Asia....
KARACHI: Ibad orders community policing to curb terrorism KARACHI, Nov 17: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has ordered introduction of community policing system in all the 18 towns of Karachi to curb terrorism and criminals with the help of the general public....y....		KARACHI: Heroin smuggling attempt foiled KARACHI, Nov. 17: The Customs preventive staff foiled an attempt to smuggle out 7.25 kg heroin powder to Cameroon at Jinnah International Airport. A Customs preventive spokesman said on Thursday that...
KARACHI: Nomination of two by-poll candidates rejected KARACHI, Nov 17: Nomination papers of two candidates, Syed Javed Iqbal and Prof Abdul Quadir Shaikh, intending to contest the December 10 by-election for PS-106 and PS-117, were rejected by the respective returning officers on technical ground on Thursday....ars....		KARACHI: Two govt employees reinstated KARACHI, Nov 17: The Sindh Service Tribunal reinstated two government employees and set aside the demotion of the third on Thursday. Allowing an appeal moved by Pir Maqsood Hussain Sarhandi, former...
KARACHI: High Court suspends govt notification KARACHI, Nov 17: The Sindh High Court suspended on Thursday a provincial government notification extending the tenure of the incumbent office-bearers and executive committee of the Karachi Electronic Dealers Association, Saddar, from one year to three years....		KARACHI: KU merit list KARACHI, Nov 17: The University of Karachi announced on Thursday that the merit list for Masters admissions-2006 will be displayed on Nov 25 instead of Nov 19 at 3pm.—PPI...
HYDERABAD: Consultants’ estimate of downstream water needs termed flawed HYDERABAD, Nov 17: The secretary general of the Sindhu Agricultural Forum has said that the people of Sindh are highly disappointed at findings of consultants’ report on water requirements downstream Kotri....		HYDERABAD: Nazim rejects EPTB claim: Hyderabad Ladies Club HYDERABAD, Nov 17: Dis-trict Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has made it clear that the Ladies Club of Hyderabad was not the property of the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB)....
HYDERABAD: Magsi backs proposal to form new alliance HYDERABAD, Nov 17: The central committee of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has welcomed proposals to form a new alliance of nationalists to solve Sindh’s problems....		MIRPURKHAS: Handcuffing of boy: probe ordered MIRPURKHAS, Nov 17: DIG Saleemullah Khan has ordered an inquiry into reports of producing a 14-year-old boy with handcuffs in a local court. A constable has been suspended by the SP investigation in this connection....