November 22, 2005	Tuesday	Shawwal 19, 1426

Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)

KARACHI: Police to face action for not registering FIR, PA told KARACHI, Nov 21: The Sindh Assembly session on Monday was wrapped up abruptly by Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah soon after resumption of business when Sassui Palejo of PPP did not...		KARACHI: Probe demanded into lady doctor’s death KARACHI, Nov 21: The house-job officers of Civil Hospital Karachi have demanded official investigation into the death of their young colleague, Yusra Afaq, who was suspected of contracting Congo virus and died at Aga Khan University Hospital on Sunday....
KARACHI: Teaching process in colleges resumes KARACHI, Nov 21: The Sindh Home Minister, Rauf Siddiqi, paid a surprise visit to the D.J. Science and S.M. Arts colleges on Monday. on the occasion, he regretted the ugly incident of misbehaviour with the college teachers a few days back....		KARACHI: Woman, man killed in road accidents KARACHI, Nov 21: Two persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday. A young man died in a road accident in Nazimabad Monday morning....
KARACHI: Major reshuffle in KWSB KARACHI, Nov 21: In a major reshuffle, the KWSB on Monday transferred and promoted a number of its officials, besides merging the post of deputy managing director (Revenue Resource Generation) and DMD (Finance) and renaming it as DMD (Finance and Revenue)....		KARACHI: Govt urged to solve fishermen’s problems KARACHI, Nov 21: Fishermen belonging to the coastal areas of Sindh staged a rally to observe the World Fisheries Day here on Monday and renewed their pledge to continue their struggle against the “exploitative contract system” in the province....
KARACHI: Role of space technology in development stressed: KU seminar on space science KARACHI, Nov 21: Speakers at a seminar on Monday underlined the application of space science and technology in the development of a country’s economy and transformation in the infrastructure of social and educational services....		KARACHI: Hamida stresses proper use of federal funds KARACHI, Nov 21: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro on Monday directed the education department officials to make all out efforts for proper and timely utilization of funds provided by...
KARACHI: Gender equality must for uplift: moot KARACHI, Nov 21: Women are invisible and unrecognized players in management of natural resources particularly in agriculture sector This was stated by Sindh Secretary for Environment and Alternate Energy Shamsul Haq...		KARACHI: KWSB’s restructuring geared up KARACHI, Nov 21: The process of restructuring of KWSB has been geared up with a view to transforming the water utility into a corporation, the KWSB managing director, Brig Iftikhar Haider, told a news conference here on Monday....
KARACHI: Anti-polio drive begins KARACHI, Nov 21: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday inaugurated three-day anti-polio campaign in the province by administering anti-polio vaccine drops in a simple ceremony at Chief Minister’s House....		KARACHI: French envoy calls on governor KARACHI, Nov 21: The new French Ambassador to Pakistan, Regis De Belenet, accompanied by his consul-general at Karachi, called on Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan at the Governor’s House on Monday....
KARACHI: Release of funds to 17 TMAs ordered KARACHI, Nov 21: The adviser to the chief minister on finance, M.A. Jalil, has ordered release of Rs17 million to the 17 new taluka municipal administrations for development works....		KARACHI: PPP warns govt over false cases against Benazir KARACHI, Nov. 21: The Secretary General of Pakistan People’s Party Sindh, Nafees Siddiqui, on Monday warned government of strong resistance if any other “false case” is lodged against party chairperson Benazir Bhutto through NAB....
KARACHI: Italian ship with heavy machinery due today KARACHI, Nov 21: An Italian ship will arrive Karachi on Tuesday with 1,800 tons of heavy machinery, including 140 vehicles, for reconstruction of infrastructure destroyed by the October 8 quake in Bagh area....		KARACHI: Sindh, city govts told to explain land transfer: SHC summons revenue officials KARACHI, Nov 21: The Sindh High Court summoned on Monday revenue officials of the provincial and city governments to explain how hundreds of acres of state land was allegedly transferred to...
KARACHI: Cricket match to raise funds proposed KARACHI, Nov 21: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro on Monday said that the opposition was considering to a hold a benefit cricket match between the...		KARACHI: Sabzimandi problems discussed KARACHI, Nov 21: The matters relating to new Sabzi Mandi at Super Highway and problems thereof came under consideration at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman on Monday....
KARACHI: Qazi calls for rushing special shelters to quake-hit areas KARACHI, Nov 21: MMA President and Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed has underscored the urgent need for dispatching wooden and fibre shelters, got manufactured by the Al-Khidmat Welfare Society, to quake-affected areas....		KARACHI: Train bogie catches fire KARACHI, Nov 21: A bogie of goods train caught fire near Ghakkar Phatak, on the outskirts of the city, on Monday. The chief fire officer said a goods train was at...
KARACHI: Civil defence Karachi, Nov 21: All civil defence warden posts will be reactivated and more volunteers would be recruited. Moreover, training would be imparted to individuals at schools, colleges, semi-government and government institutions level where warden posts exist....		KARACHI: Temporal bone dissection KARACHI, Nov 21: The Dow University of Health Sciences is organizing the first hands on workshop on ‘Temporal Bone Dissection’ and a course on ear surgery from Wednesday to Saturday....
HYDERABAD: ‘1.5m benefiting from social security cover’ HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The commissioner of the Sindh Employees Social Security Institution, Mr Rasool Bux Phulpoto, has said that 311,000 workers have been covered under the social security scheme in Sindh....		HYDERABAD: ‘No country should interfere in affairs of Arab world’ HYDERABAD, Nov 21: The vice-chancellor of the Jama ul Arbiat ul Rasaat in Damascus, Dr Sheikh Mohiyuddin Makri, has said that the introduction of reforms in the Arab countries is their...
HYDERABAD: Obituary HYDERABAD, Nov 21: Well-known academician, columnist and author, Professor Kafeel Khanzada died here on Monday. He was 63. He leaves behind a widow, six sons and three daughters....		SHIKARPUR: Bandits kidnap 3 farmers SHIKARPUR, Nov 21: Three farmers were kidnapped by a group of seven bandits from an agriculture field on Sunday night within the jurisdiction of Amrote police....
DADU: ADB team conducts survey DADU, Nov 21: A team of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reached Dadu on Monday and conducted socio-economic survey of the area. The team was led by Fiza Qureshi, the gender...		KHAIRPUR: PPP alleges political victimization KHAIRPUR, Nov 21: Sindh PPP President Qaim Ali Shah said on Sunday that previous records of political victimization were broken during the recent local body elections in Sindh as the government...