November 21, 2005	Monday	Shawwal 18, 1426

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KARACHI: Shootout on highway averted: Jeep with SP, judge intercepted KARACHI, Nov 20: An armed encounter was averted at the last minute when a jeep intercepted by police on the Super Highway on Saturday as stolen turned out to be in the possession of a superintendent of police....		KARACHI: 3 activists killed in separate incidents KARACHI, Nov 20: Three political workers were killed by unknown persons in two separate incidents in different parts of the city on Sunday. A former activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement...
KARACHI: Elected govts have no authority: ANP KARACHI, Nov 20: Awami National Party President Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that the elected governments have been transferred powers but not the authority which have always remained with the establishment....		KARACHI: Qazi resents hooliganism ‘under govt supervision’ KARACHI, Nov 20: MMA chief and Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has termed the recent burning of a study centre and misconduct with teachers “under the supervision of the government...
KARACHI: International Children’s Day observed KARACHI, Nov 20: The community development department of the city government organized various programmes at Safari Park to celebrate the International Children’s Day on Sunday....		KARACHI: Pedestrian bridge near FTC demanded KARACHI, Nov 20: Thousands of people working in different offices in the Finance and Trade Centre, Sharea Faisal, have urged the Sindh governor and city nazim to get a pedestrian bridge...
KARACHI: Water supply from K-III may begin next month KARACHI, Nov 20: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has said that Karachi would soon get water supply from the K-III reservoir. He was presiding over a meeting, held to review the...		KARACHI: DCOs told to expedite earthquake relief work KARACHI, Nov 20: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has asked DCOs of all 23 towns of Sindh to accelerate relief activities for quake-affected people....
KARACHI: Public toilets: most neglected basic need KARACHI, Nov 20: The sight a man relieving himself at some isolated street corner, behind a tree, on roadside, bus stop or at railway track, is more or less common in...		KARACHI: Rauf assures SPLA of action against miscreants KARACHI, Nov 20: The Sindh Home Minister, Rauf Siddiqi, said that action would be taken without any discrimination against all those creating lawlessness; nuisance and indulging in vandalism in educational institutions....
KARACHI: World Fisheries Day today KARACHI, Nov 20: The World Fisheries Day is being observed by fishermen communities all over the world on Oct 21 to highlight their problems by holding rallies and meetings in their respective countries....		KARACHI: Education stressed for uplift KARACHI, Nov 20: The only key to the real development is to excel in education and it is only possible if we have good educational institutions and trained teachers....
KARACHI: Arts Council election KARACHI, Nov 20: The annual elections of the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, will be conducted on Dec 18. This was announced in a statement of the organization issued on Saturday....		KARACHI: Art exhibition at Gulmohar KARACHI, Nov 20: An exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Asad Hussain will open at Gulmohar art gallery at 5.30pm on Monday. The exhibition will continue till Dec 5, open daily from 10.30am...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Nov 20: The Met office has forecast dry and fair weather with misty morning for Karachi on Monday. The minimum temperature in the city is expected to range between 17 and 19 degrees Centigrade.—PPI...		KARACHI: 100-bed hospital in Faisal Colony to open soon KARACHI, Nov 20: A 100-bed well-equipped hospital will soon start functioning in Shah Faisal Town while the shortage of medical and paramedical staff of the existing 25-bed maternity home will be overcome, the Town Nazim, Mohammad Imran told Dawn....
KARACHI: Ibad orders preparation of Hyderabad master plan KARACHI, Nov 20: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the officials concerned to prepare a comprehensive master plan for Hyderabad. He called for chalking out a strategy with regard to...		KARACHI: Homage paid to Maulana Noorani on anniversary KARACHI, Nov 20: People from all walks of life, including senior politicians and eminent religious and social figures, assembled in a large number at the Ameer Khusro Park here on Sunday...
KARACHI: PPP condemns activist’s killing KARACHI, Nov 20: PPP Sindh President Syed Qaim Ali Shah has condemned the killing of an activist of the party in Rizvia Society, Syed Nazar Abbas Naqvi alias Babraki, by terrorists and said that the government had failed to restore peace....		KARACHI: Anti-polio drive begins KARACHI, Nov 20: Three-day anti-polio campaign will begin on Nov 21 for vaccination of 2.15 million children of below five years to protect them from crippling disease and make the province free of polio....
KARACHI: Man dies in accident KARACHI, Nov 20: A man died in an accident on Sunday. Police said that a cyclist Qamar, 23, was crossing the Korangi Road when a speeding minibus of route (F-11) knocked him down....		HYDERABAD: Demand for enforcement of language act HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Deputy leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman, has said that tampering with the 1972 Language Act is tantamount to subversion of the Constitution....
HYDERABAD: PPP to celebrate founding day on Nov 30 HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarian president Qaim Ali Shah has said that the founding day of the party will be celebrated at district headquarters on November 30 and the central programme will be held in Hyderabad....		HYDERABAD: Release of JSMM leaders urged HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz and Jeay Sindh Students Federation held a march from the Sindh University old campus to the press...
HYDERABAD: Boy’s body found in gutter HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Police on Saturday night found the body of a minor boy in a gutter near the railway track. The deceased was identified as Amir, son of Akbar Chandio....		HYDERABAD: Department wants to be party in club case HYDERABAD, Nov 20: An application has been filed in the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, by the additional advocate-general of Sindh on behalf of the EDO (revenue), claiming that the...
MIRPURKHAS: Power breakdown in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Nov 20: Many areas in the city went out of power at 1pm on Sunday when an 11kv wire snapped near LBOD colony on the Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road....		NAWABSHAH: Man held for assaulting step-daughters NAWABSHAH, Nov 20: Police on Saturday arrested a man in Doulat Colony for allegedly criminally assaulting his two step-daughters, one aged eight years and the other five....