November 24, 2005	Thursday	Shawwal 21, 1426

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KARACHI: Opposition presses govt to rein in activists: Manhandling of teachers KARACHI, Nov 23: The issue of the prevailing law and order situation at educational institutions in the city, with particular reference to manhandling of teachers by some students in Karachi University, D....		KARACHI: KU teachers vow to continue boycott: FIR registered against unidentified culprits KARACHI, Nov 23: Teachers at the University of Karachi on Wednesday vowed to continue boycott of academic and administrative duties till the expulsion of the students involved in the manhandling of a senior teacher of the varsity’s geology department....
KARACHI: Hunt on for prime suspect in PIDC blast KARACHI, Nov 23: Police are making efforts to arrest the prime suspect in the PIDC House carbomb explosion who has been seen in the clips of a surveillance camera....		KARACHI: House-job doctors continue strike KARACHI, Nov 23: Some 450 house-job doctors serving at Civil Hospital Karachi demanded all necessary precautions to protect themselves against serious health conditions in face of poor sanitation and hygienic conditions at most of the wards functioning in varied departments....
KARACHI: Justice helps attract investment: CJ tells ICC moot KARACHI, Nov 23: The courts in Pakistan are conscious of their role in improving the system of governance. This was stated by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry,...		KARACHI: SHC issues contempt notice to PMDCf KARACHI, Nov 23: The Sindh High Court has asked the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to show cause on November 29 why it should not be prosecuted for contempt of court...
Trust to get govt land for houses: Garhi Habibullah rehabilitation PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The NWFP government will provide 2,000 kanals of land to the Al-Khair Trust in Garhi Habibullah town for construction of houses for earthquake-affected people....		KARACHI: Three shot dead in separate incidents KARACHI, Nov 23: Three men, including an activist of Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi), were shot dead in separate incidents on Wednesday morning. Police said that Muhammad Anwer, 30, was found dead in Block 10-A, Gulshan-i-Iqbal....
KARACHI: 35pc people suffer from ear diseases KARACHI, Nov 23: Urgency to provide modern gadgets and updated training to medical professionals at public sector health facilities was highlighted in the backdrop that approximately 35 per cent people are suffering from different ear diseases in the country....		KARACHI: Funds for uplift plans demanded KARACHI, Nov 23: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain has urged the federal government to release forthwith funds for the development of Karachi and the interior of Sindh so that the...
KARACHI: Niamat, WB team discuss local govt issues KARACHI, Nov 23: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan on Wednesday told World Bank representatives that the local government process was not scaling back, and stressed the need for independent district administrations...		KARACHI: Deletion of Bulri Shah chapter denied KARACHI, Nov 23: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, dispelling an impression that the chapters/lesson on a veteran poet Shah Abdul Karim Bulri had been deleted from...
KARACHI: Adviser briefs delegates on LG system KARACHI, Nov 23: Sindh Adviser on Local Government Waseem Akhtar said that programmes were being implemented for the provision of the basic facilities to the people of Sindh....		KARACHI: BD minister visits SSUET KARACHI, Nov 23: The Minister of Food and Disaster Management of Bangladesh, Kamal Ibne Yousuf, on Wednesday visited the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) Karachi and observed that...
KARACHI: BA exams from 28th KARACHI, Nov 23: The annual examinations-2005 of BA part I and II and both parts for external candidates will commence from November 28. This was announced by the Controller of Examinations, University of Karachi, on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Three identified in corps commander attack case KARACHI, Nov 23: The driver of the van, which was used in the attack on the convoy of the then corps commander Karachi last year, identified on Wednesday three of the...
KARACHI: MQM slams attack on KU teacher KARACHI, Nov 23: The coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has condemned the incident of manhandling of a professor of the University of Karachi by certain persons and demanded...		KARACHI: IJT observes black day KARACHI, Nov 23: Students belonging to the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) on Wednesday observed black day at the University of Karachi against the manhandling of a varsity professor by the activists...
KARACHI: Three granted bail KARACHI, Nov 23: An additional district and sessions court of South granted on Wednesday bail to three activists of a banned militant outfit in an attempt to murder and police encounter case....		KARACHI: Police asked to produce detainee KARACHI, Nov 23: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday asked the Shah Faisal Town police to produce a detainee on Thursday morning. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and...
KARACHI: Extortion case KARACHI, Nov 23: An anti-terrorism court reserved judgement in an extortion case against two alleged associates of Arshad Pappu after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....		KARACHI: Acting governor KARACHI, Nov 23: Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court Justice Sabihudin Ahmed was Wednesday sworn-in as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, who has proceeded to London on a four-day private visit....
HYDERABAD: Most sugar mills yet to start crushing HYDERABAD, Nov 23: A large number of sugar mills in Sindh have not started crushing sugarcane though the government had directed mill owners to commence crushing from Nov 10....		HYDERABAD: Committee formed to end child labour HYDERABAD, Nov 23: A district coordination committee has been formed to work for eradicating child labour, especially in the bangles industry, in the district....
HYDERABAD: Two-day training for council members HYDERABAD, Nov 23: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has announced a two-day training programme to educate taluka and union council nazims and naib nazims and councillors of the district about the Sindh Local Government Ordinance and its enforcement in their jurisdiction....		HYDERABAD: Plan under study for two water supply schemes HYDERABAD, Nov 23: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed, who is the project director of the Hyderabad Development Package (HDP), has said that two water supply schemes were under consideration to cover the shortage of water in the Hyderabad city and Latifabad taluka....
HYDERABAD: Members’ appeal for saving club HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Senior members of the Dialdas club have appealed to people and the district administration to save the club from what they called the builder and club mafia....		HYDERABAD: Admissions HYDERABAD, Nov 23: The principal of the Government Technical Training Centre, Kotri, has announced that admissions to different trades were open at the centre and asked candidates to submit admission forms up to Dec 10....
KHAIRPUR: One killed, two injured in accident KHAIRPUR, Nov 23: One person was killed and two others were injured when a truck hit a motorbike on the National Highway near Thehri on Tuesday evening....		SUKKUR: Bodies to check prices SUKKUR, Nov 23: The DCO and controller of prices and supplies, Sukkur, Shafiq Ahmad Khoso, has constituted price committees at district and taluka levels for checking prices of essential commodities....