November 29, 2005	Tuesday	Shawwal 26, 1426

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KARACHI: Treasury ignores rumpus to pass bill KARACHI, Nov 28: The Sindh Assembly on Monday witnessed the most chaotic and uproarious scenes of the ongoing session that disrupted the day’s proceedings for three times....		KARACHI: High Court calls for check on MVR wing KARACHI, Nov 28: Justice Muhammad Mujeebullah Siddiqui of Sindh High Court on Monday observed that a check on Motor Vehicle Registration wing of Excise and Taxation Department had become absolutely necessary,...
KARACHI: Election plea against Kamal dismissed KARACHI, Nov 28: Sindh Election Tribunal, headed by Justice Mushir Alam of Sindh High Court, on Monday dismissed election petition filed by Ghulam Abbas Panjwani of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, challenging the...		KARACHI: Importance of bioethics in research highlighted KARACHI, Nov 28: Research ethics holds extreme relevance and importance for local healthcare professionals and researchers in a scenario where human subjects are particularly at risk owing to non-existent or weak accountability at institutional and government levels....
KARACHI: Opposition mulls no-trust move against speaker KARACHI, Nov 28: Deputy opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly Makhdoom Jamiluz Zaman has accused Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah of showing partiality, complaining that while the speaker favoured the treasury...		KARACHI: Nazim links water tariff with better services KARACHI, Nov 28: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Monday categorically stated that that any increase in the water tariff must be linked with the improvement of water and sewerage systems....
KARACHI: SHC disposes of MNA’s bail plea KARACHI, Nov 28: The High Court of Sindh on Monday disposed of bail applications of PPP-P MNA Pir Aftab Shah Jilani and his brother Shafqat Jilani in murder case, as the court was told applicants were not nominated in the case....		KARACHI: Ibad orders cleanliness campaign in city KARACHI, Nov 28: The Governor, Ishratul Ibad, on Monday called for a massive cleanliness drive as part of a face-lifting programme for Karachi. He assured the city and town nazims that...
KARACHI: Cadaver bill must to check organ trade: WHO moot KARACHI, Nov 28: Urgent measures are required to introduce cadaver organ donation law coupled with efficient national regulatory authority to monitor the procedures related to organ donation and transplantation in Pakistan....		KARACHI: Two more cases of viral fever reported KARACHI, Nov 28: Two more patients were brought to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Monday, with a history of fever and bleeding. According to the deputy director of JMPC,...
KARACHI: Modern labs demanded to diagnose viral diseases KARACHI, Nov 28: The Pakistan Medical Association Karachi on Monday expressed serious concern over the increase in the number of haemorrhagic fever cases in Karachi....		:KARACHI: People urged to follow standards of hygiene KARACHI, Nov 28: Renowned virologist and course director, clinical laboratory at St. George’s University, Grenada West Indies, Dr Ateef Qureshi on Monday asked people to keep personal and environmental hygiene and...
:KARACHI Minister spells out need for space technology KARACHI, Nov 28: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, has said that in this age of information technology and because of the universal role of science and...		KARACHI: Livestock deptt told to block entry of infected animals KARACHI, Nov 28: The Sindh Health Minister, Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani, on Monday asked the livestock department to take steps so that entry of infected sacrificial animals from Balochistan and other provinces into Sindh and especially Karachi could be blocked....
KARACHI: Teachers slam HEC decision KARACHI, Nov 28: The Karachi University Teachers’ Society on Monday strongly criticized the decision of the Higher Education Commission in which it had barred ten varsities from new PhD admissions and...		KARACHI: Exam forms KARACHI, Nov 28: The University of Karachi on Monday advised the students of disaffiliated Ar-Rahman College, 26-BMCHS, Main Shaheed-i-Millat Road, to submit their examination forms for BBA and BCom I/II examinations...
KARACHI: Law minister criticizes opposition MPs’ attitude KARACHI, Nov 28: Sindh Law Minister Chaudhry Iftikhar on Monday criticized the ‘undemocratic’ and ‘uncalled for’ behaviour of many of the opposition members in the Sindh Assembly during its Monday session....		KARACHI: Muzaffar defends his rulings KARACHI, Nov 28: The Sindh Assembly Speaker, Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, defending his actions said it was within his powers as the speaker to preserve order and decorum in the assembly....
KARACHI: Doctors’ strike at CHK continues KARACHI, Nov 28: A number of patients visiting the out-patients’ department (OPD) or admitted to the different wards of the Civil Hospital Karachi could not be attended again as the house-job doctors continued their strike on Monday....		UK minister hails anti-narcotics efforts KARACHI, Nov 28: The visiting British Minister of State at Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr Kim Howells, has praised the efforts of Pakistani officials to prevent the scourge of drugs....
KARACHI: ‘LB system meant to solve problems’ KARACHI, Nov 28: The Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Justice (Retd) Abdul Razak Thaheem said on Monday that the local body system was purely a provincial subject and that there was no interference in it by the centre....		HYDERABAD: Fazl stresses parliament’s supremacy HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said the parliamentary committee constituted by the prime minister for monitoring the post-earthquake relief and rehabilitation work should be made subservient to parliament....
HYDERABAD: Karachi-Hyderabad bus service hit by owners’ strike HYDERABAD, Nov 28: A large number of passengers faced inconvenience on Monday due to a strike by air-conditioned coaches and deluxe buses, plying between Hyderabad and Karachi in protest against police...		HYDERABAD: Online lecturing HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The first video conference among vice chancellors of various universities and the higher education commission was held here on Monday under a new project, ‘online lecturing and net-meeting’ initiated by the HEC....
SUKKUR: Demonstration by nurses against police excesses SUKKUR, Nov 28: Over 50 nurses of the civil hospital in Sukkur staged a protest demonstration in front of the hospital and the DIG office on Monday following maltreatment of police with nurses of the Khairpur civil hospital on Sunday....		DADU: Demand for compulsory Sindhi teaching DADU, Nov 28: Members of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat took out a procession on Sunday, demanding that Sindhi should be made a compulsory subject in class XI and XII....
SUKKUR: Hindu devotees due from India SUKKUR, Nov 28: About 200 Hindu devotees will come from India to attend a religious congregation at Shadhani Darbar in the Hayat Pitafi village in the district of Ghotki....		KARACHI: Decomposed body found KARACHI, Nov 28: A decomposed body of a man was recovered from his apartment in the limits of Shah Latif police station. Police said that the stench emanating from a locked apartment forced neighbours to inform police....