November 23, 2005	Wednesday	Shawwal 20, 1426

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KARACHI: Language issue, MP’s conduct stir rumpus: Sindh PA session KARACHI, Nov 22: The issue of the implementation of the Sindhi Language Act dominated Tuesday’s proceedings of the Sindh Assembly during which, in the second half, the house witnessed a rumpus...		KARACHI: SSC composite exams from 2007 KARACHI, Nov 22: The Sindh Education Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, told the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday that the examination of class IX would not be held in the year 2006 but...
KARACHI: Student activists beat up teacher: KU faculty members protest today KARACHI, Nov 22: The teachers'' fraternity at the University of Karachi has decided not to perform academic or administrative duties on Wednesday to protest at the beating of a senior teacher...		KARACHI: Separate exams for IX & X demanded KARACHI, Nov 22: Students of ninth and tenth grades demanded of the Sindh education department to immediately issue a notification in compliance with the orders of the Sindh chief minister for...
HYDERABAD: Survey to identify non-functioning schools HYDERABAD, Nov 22: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has directed the management of the district education department to conduct a survey to identify closed schools....		PESHAWAR: Patients from quake-hit areas discharged before recovery PESHAWAR, Nov 22: Patients from earthquake-hit areas have complained that they have been shifted to a relief centre in Hayatabad before their recovery due to shortage of beds in government hospitals....
KARACHI: Body formed to probe doctor’s death KARACHI, Nov 22: The Sindh health department on Tuesday set up a committee of senior doctors to look into the possible causes of the death of Dr Yusra Afaq, who was...		KARACHI: Private guard shot dead in Bin Qasim KARACHI, Nov 22: A private security guard was shot dead by unknown persons in Bin Qasim Town on Tuesday morning. Police said that Allah Jan, 36, resident of Eidhu Goth, was...
KARACHI: SHC upholds conviction of Harkat men KARACHI, Nov 22: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday upheld conviction of six activists of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami in possession of illegal weapons case....		KARACHI: 3-year project on marine mammals launched KARACHI, Nov 22: Marine scientists from Pakistan and the United Kingdom have jointly launched a three-year project to survey the abundance, diversity and habitat quality of key but “endangered” marine mammals of Pakistan....
KARACHI: ‘Free high school education from 2006’ KARACHI, Nov 22: Sindh Education Minister Hamida Khuhro said on Tuesday that free education up to high school would be introduced in the province from the academic session 2006....		KARACHI: Urdu varsity seismic centre KARACHI, Nov 22: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology will set up a seismic research institute. This was announced by FUUAST Vice-Chancellor Dr Iqbal Mohsin here on Tuesday....
KARACHI: Govt delaying Language Act enforcement: Khuhro KARACHI, Nov 22: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro on Tuesday accused government of using ‘delaying tactics’ in the implementation of the Sindhi Language Act-1972 in...		KARACHI: Police wouldn’t turn away any complainant: PA told KARACHI, Nov 22: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui told the Sindh Assembly during question hour on Tuesday that all SHOs in the province had been bound down to register every FIR without any apprehension....
KARACHI: Building code with seismic specifications KARACHI, Nov 22: Insisting that there are numerous faults around Karachi, a senior geologist has stressed the need to regulate constructions in the city according to a building code with seismic specifications....		KARACHI: Pemra sends relief goods KARACHI, Nov 22: Chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Iftekhar Rasheed on Monday saw off a convoy of relief goods dispatched to quake-affected areas....
KARACHI: Paintings show at Citi gallery KARACHI, Nov 22: An exhibition of paintings by Ahmed Zoay begins at the Citi art gallery at 5.30pm on Wednesday. The exhibition will continue till Nov 30, open daily from 11am to 8pm....		KARACHI: Police given two weeks to recover Bheel family KARACHI, Nov 22: Police have been trying in vain to recover a 10-member Bheel family since 1996, Advocate-General Anwar Mansoor Khan told a Supreme Court bench here on Tuesday....
KARACHI: Murderer gets life term KARACHI, Nov 22: The additional district and sessions judge, Central, sentenced on Tuesday a man to suffer life imprisonment for killing a police constable during a shootout....		HYDERABAD: Need to encourage cultivation of sunflower stressed HYDERABAD, Nov 22: Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Sikandar Hayat Bosan has said that the government is striving to develop the agriculture sector which is the backbone of the country’s economy....
HYDERABAD: Police officials directed to curb crimes HYDERABAD, Nov 22: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jameel has directed police officers to curb crimes and peddling of narcotics in the district, failing which strict action will be taken against them....		HYDERABAD: Universal Children’s Day observed HYDERABAD, Nov 22: The Pakistan Medical Association, HealthSoft, NGO ASAAS and MSc students of telemedicine of the University of Sindh jointly organized an awareness seminar here on Sunday evening to mark the World Children Day....