November 28, 2005	Monday	Shawwal 25, 1426

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KARACHI: Elimination of parallel judicial system urged: Moot on karo-kari KARACHI, Nov 27: Experts at the concluding session of an international conference held jirgas responsible for honour killings and urged to eliminate these parallel judicial systems, saying that jirgas should be banned and treated as an offence under the law....		KARACHI: Kamal, Niamat hold each other responsible: Rs7bn reduction in Karachi package KARACHI, Nov 27: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal and former city nazim Niamatullah Khan held each other responsible for reduction in funds for Tameer-i-Karachi Programme from Rs29 billion to Rs22 billion....
KARACHI: Consumers term power crisis artificial KARACHI, Nov 27: Delay in delivery of electricity bills, intermittent power failures and voltage fluctuation in various localities have forced citizens to view this as an artificial crisis being created allegedly by the army-managed Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and its employees....		KARACHI: Experts call for effective steps to cope with virus KARACHI, Nov 27: Karachi has been experiencing an outbreak of Dengue viral fever, which is largely self-limiting, but second infection from the virus to the same person in later years does...
KARACHI: Committee set up for survey KARACHI, Nov 27: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has constituted an eight-member committee of senior doctors and city government official to probe into matter of hemorrhagic virral diseases....		KARACHI: Measures to contain spread of infections ordered KARACHI, Nov 27: The Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazlur Rehman, has called for taking effective measures against bird flu, Congo virus and other viral infections in all the districts of Sindh....
KARACHI: HSC-I (commerce) results announced KARACHI, Nov 27: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi declared on Sunday the results of HSC part-I (Class XI) annual exams 2005, Commerce Group (Regular). ...		KARACHI: Sindh health secretary’s powers curtailed KARACHI, Nov 27: The provincial health minister has stripped the health secretary of his powers of transfers and postings and concentrated them to his office, according to a notification....
KARACHI: SC bench disposes of 165 cases KARACHI, Nov 27: A Supreme Court bench disposed of 165 cases, including matters relating to the grant of bail to a NAB accused, recovery of government dues, compensation, land acquisition, labour...		KARACHI: Women take away cash, jewellery at gunpoint KARACHI, Nov 27: In an unusual armed robbery, two aged women deprived a household of cash and jewellery in Usmania Colony, Nazimabad on Saturday....
KARACHI: Accident KARACHI, Nov 27: A vegetable seller died and two others were injured in a road accident in North Nazimabad on Sunday morning. Police said that Muhammad Imran, 25, died and two...		KARACHI: Consensus on constitution attributed to Noorani: Memorial meeting KARACHI, Nov 27: Speakers at a memorial meeting paid rich tributes to late Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani for his services to the cause of Islam and the key role he played in preparing and evolving a consensus on the 1973 constitution....
KARACHI: Shortage of water persists in parts of Lyari Town KARACHI, Nov 27: Water shortage persists in parts of Shah Beg Lane and Baghdadi union councils in Lyari and residents of affected areas have threatened to go on strike if steps are not taken for its solution....		KARACHI: Nipa course participants visit Baldia, Taisar towns KARACHI, Nov 27: A delegation comprising senior officers of federal and provincial governments participating in NIPA Advanced Course paid a visit to Taisar Town and Baldia Town sites of Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project on Sunday....
KARACHI: BS actuarial sciences KARACHI, Nov 27: Karachi University on Sunday announced that admission interviews for BS Actuarial Sciences would be held on Nov 30 at the Department of Statistics....		KARACHI: Public support for education reforms urged KARACHI, Nov 27: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro said that the government was trying its best to improve the system of education but the masses were not cooperating with the government....
KARACHI: Shortage of vehicles hindering campaign: Anti-mosquitoes drive KARACHI, Nov 27: Despite the city government’s ongoing town-wise anti-mosquitoes campaign, mosquitoes have invaded most parts of the city, giving rise to cases of malaria....		KARACHI: Four cities included in anti-poverty programme KARACHI, Nov 27: The project implementation and coordination committee of the National Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme of the UNDP and Sindh government in its meeting has approved inclusion of four more...
KHAIRPUR: Transfer of nursing school principal sparks protest KHAIRPUR, Nov 27: Nursing staff of the Lady Wellington Hospital, Civil Hospital and the City Hospital boycotted their duties and staged a protest in front of the hospitals here on Sunday....		LARKANA: 36 policemen booked for detaining women LARKANA, Nov 27: Police on Saturday night registered an FIR against 36 policemen, including a TPO, two SHOs and 11 ASIs of Shahdadkot and Mirokhan police stations....
DADU: Women councillors seek funds for neglected areas DADU, Nov 27: Women councillors have demanded that 33 per cent share of the budget should be allocated for social and development schemes in neglected areas....		SUKKUR: More prisoners shifted from Sukkur jail SUKKUR, Nov 27: A search operation in the Sukkur central jail-I continued for the third consecutive day on Sunday. Operation DIG Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah and intelligence agencies supervised the operation and shifted eight prisoners to another jail....
MIRPURKHAS: Govt urged to let Benazir return MIRPURKHAS, Nov 27: The district chapter of the People’s Party Parliamentarians at a meeting held here on Sunday demanded that the government should allow Benazir Bhutto to return to the country....		NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Congregation ends NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 27: A congregation held in memory of spiritual leader of the Naqashbandi Ghaffari school of thought, Khwaja Allah Bux alias Suhino Saeen, ended near Kandiaro on Sunday....