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KARACHI: No business as members indulge in verbal clash: Minutes-long PA sitting KARACHI, Dec 2: No business could be taken up in the Sindh Assembly on Friday due to a rumpus set off by the opposition’s insistence that its resolution against construction of...		KARACHI: Two young kidney recipients inaugurate SIUT moot KARACHI, Dec 2: Two leading specialists of organ transplants have called the medical professionals of the world to unite and work together for the betterment of the ailing humanity and to meet the challenges of tomorrow....
KARACHI: Seven more cases of viral fever reported KARACHI, Dec 2: Another seven patients, including one woman, with suspected viral hemorrhagic fever were brought to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) on Friday, said sources in the health circle....		KARACHI: Oncology centre at AKUH inaugurated KARACHI, Dec 2: The chancellor of the Aga Khan University, Prince Karim Aga Khan, on Friday inaugurated a separate facility for diagnosis, treatment and study of cancer on the campus....
KARACHI: Hurdles in cadaver organ transplant discussed: International conference concludes KARACHI, Dec 2: The speakers at the concluding day of the 9th Congress of Asian Society of Transplantation here discussed the issues hindering the cadaver transplant noting that Asia has the lowest transplant rate in the world....		KARACHI: NGO’s plea against building dismissed KARACHI, Dec 2: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed with costs on Friday a petition moved by a non-governmental organization against a regularized building....
KARACHI: SHC seeks report on shifting of Harkat man KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh High Court asked the jail authorities on Friday to submit a report on the shifting of a leader of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami convicted in...		KARACHI: Aga Khan meets Ibad KARACHI, Dec 2: Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual head of the Ismaili community, held a meeting with Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad Khan at the Governor’s House on Friday....
KARACHI: Man acquitted KARACHI, Dec 2: An anti-terrorism court here on Friday acquitted a man of rape and murder charges. Mohammad Khalid, earlier declared absconding co-accused, was arrested by police for murdering a property...		KARACHI: Govt urged to solve problems of disabled people KARACHI, Dec 2: Various programmes are being organized by various organizations to celebrate the International Day for the Disabled People, which is being observed around the globe on December 3....
KARACHI: Buildings in Saddar lack fire safety arrangements KARACHI, Dec 2: Unsatisfactory fire fighting arrangements have reportedly been found in over 90 per cent of high-rise buildings in Saddar Town by the city government’s joint team....		KARACHI: Anti-poverty strategy spelled out KARACHI, Dec 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said the present government is working on a multi-pronged strategy to alleviate poverty and improve the quality of life of the common man....
KARACHI: Inter-school Qirat contest held KARACHI, Dec 2: An inter-school “Hifz-i-Quran and Husn-i-Qirat” competition was held at the Defence Authority Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zaid (SKBZ) College here on Friday....		KARACHI: Teachers’ course ends KARACHI, Dec 2: The staff development course, part of the National Teachers Training Programme, organized by the Higher Education Commission at the Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi concluded on Friday....
KARACHI: DMC’s silver jubilee KARACHI, Dec 2: The silver jubilee functions of the Dow Medical College will be held from Dec 23 to 25, Dr Capt Waseem Ahmad, Chairman and Executive President of Dowites-80 Charitable Trust announced on Friday....		KARACHI: NED assigned resurvey of protected buildings KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh government on Friday assigned the task of re-survey of over 600 protected, dilapidated buildings to the NED University of Engineering and Technology....
KARACHI: Bail of six accused cancelled KARACHI, Dec 2: Justice Zia Pervez of the Sindh High Court cancelled on Friday morning the pre-arrest bail granted to six accused in as many cases, including a murder attempt case, and allowed the police to take them into custody....		KARACHI: PPP spared Rs121bn for uplift: Qaim KARACHI, Dec 2: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) — Sindh president, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, on Friday claimed that people were looking towards the PPP at this critical moment in the...
KARACHI: Tax demand against health care industry set aside KARACHI, Dec 2: A Supreme Court bench finally set aside a 12.5-million-rupee sales tax demand against a multinational healthcare industry on Thursday. The sales tax directorate moved a petition for leave to appeal against a Balochistan High Court order....		KARACHI: Govt has okayed dam plan: PPP KARACHI, Dec 2: Executive Committee of the PPP Sindh on Friday accused the provincial government of compromising on Sindh’s interests viz-a-viz Kalabagh Dam, and claimed that Arbab Rahim’s coalition had already given its consent for the construction of the controversial dam....
KARACHI: Bar body to set up cell for ailing lawyers KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh High Court Bar Association decided on Thursday to set up a cell to keep in touch with ailing lawyers and other members forced out of practice by adverse circumstances....		KARACHI: Accidents claim two lives KARACHI, Dec 2: Two persons died in separate road accidents in various parts of the city on Friday. Police said Waqas son of Shaukat was knocked down by a speeding vehicle in Lyari....
KARACHI: 2 men arrested with explosives KARACHI, Dec 2: The police on Friday arrested two suspects and recovered one and half kg of explosive material and pistols from their possession during snap checking in Gizri area on Friday....		KARACHI: Suicide KARACHI, Dec 2: A young man committed suicide by jumping off the Natives Jetty Bridge on Friday evening. The victim was identified as Ishrat Husain, 38....
HYDERABAD: Scholars urged to pay attention to research HYDERABAD, Dec 2: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has exhorted scholars of the Muslim world to get in the forefront of research as there has been no invention to their credit in recent past....		HYDERABAD: ‘Acquittal vindicates Benazir’ HYDERABAD, Dec 2: Sindh People’s Youth’s secretary-general Aajiz Dhamrah has said that the ‘World Tolerance Award’ given to PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and her acquittal in the PIA reference “has proved...
HYDERABAD: Sindh varsity gets new buses HYDERABAD, Dec 2: Ten new buses were handed over to the University of Sindh at a ceremony held at the Allama I. I. Kazi campus in Jamshoro on Thursday....		HYDERABAD: Status quo extended in Ladies Club case HYDERABAD, Dec 2: The counsel for the Evacuee Trust Property Board on Thursday sought time from the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, to file comments on the Ladies Club petition...
HYDERABAD: Haemorrhagic fever: symptoms and cure discussed HYDERABAD, Dec 2: The Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Friday organised a seminar on ‘Haemorrhagic Fever’ at the city hall of the university hospital here....		HYDERABAD: Need for raising education standard stressed HYDERABAD, Dec 2: The award distribution ceremony of the Hyderabad Public School was held on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jameel said that teachers, parents and students should work together to raise the standard of education....
SHIKARPUR: Workshop held on formation of justice body SHIKARPUR, Dec 2: A training workshop on ‘formation of Insaf (justice) committees and Musalihati Anjumans’ was held here on Friday at the district council hall. The workshop was organized by a...		DADU: Drive against encroachments launched DADU, Dec 2: The Dadu taluka municipal administration (TMA) launched a campaign against encroachments here on Friday and removed 20 encroachments at the Tanga Stand while 500 notices were issued to encroachers....