December 6, 2005	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 3, 1426

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KARACHI: PA Session prorogued amid row over dam: Rumpus sets agenda aside KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh Assembly session was prorogued amid a rumpus and verbal bouts between treasury and opposition benches over the issue of Kalabagh dam on Monday without any business being transacted....		KARACHI: High court wants action against KBCA men KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh High Court gave the Karachi Building Control Authority another opportunity to comply with its orders to demolish three top floors of a seven-storey building in Preedy...
KARACHI: Sindh to raise issue of composite exams: Inter-provincial moot today KARACHI, Dec 5: In the wake of the growing opposition from students and parents, the Sindh education department has decided to raise the issue of composite examination for class IX and...		KARACHI: Nazim takes notice of military land auction KARACHI, Dec 5: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has taken a serious notice of the land auction by the military and cantonments department to commercialize the two prime sites....
KARACHI: Ban on gutka KARACHI, Dec 5: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad on Monday ordered immediate measures to check manufacturing, sale and use of Gutka, Mainpuri and other harmful products in the province....		KARACHI: UN agency terms HIV, AIDS data doubtful KARACHI, Dec 5: The Country Director for UNAIDS – Pakistan, Aldo Landi, expressing his reservations about the reported figure of 3,000 plus HIV/AIDS cases in the country, has called for a...
KARACHI: More money needed for earthquake victims: RI KARACHI, Dec 5: An international NGO on Monday urged the world community to donate generously for the rehabilitation of quake victims. Speaking at a press conference, president-elect of the Rotary International,...		KARACHI: KESC allays workers’ apprehensions KARACHI, Dec 5: The new management of the KESC has underlined that the workers, engineers and officers including the chief executive and chief financial officers would have unanimity and equal working...
KARACHI: Body set up to revamp Abbasi hospital: Three-month deadline KARACHI, Dec 5: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has constituted a four-member committee to revamp and upgrade the services of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital within three months. He stated this while addressing a...		:KARACHI Opposition files request for PA session KARACHI, Dec 5: The combined opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Monday submitted a requisition for the assembly session to deliberate upon the issue of water reservoirs, including the Kalabagh Dam....
HYDERABAD: 100 dog-bite cases in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Dec 5: At least 100 cases of dog bite have been reported to various hospitals of the city in two days. On Sunday night, 24 cases of dig bites were...		KARACHI: Pesh imam shot dead in Lyari KARACHI, Dec 5: The prayer leader of a mosque was shot dead by unknown persons in the early hours of Monday in Lyari. Police said Maulana Habibur Rehman, pesh imam of...
KARACHI: Surveillance of migratory birds urged: Viral fever KARACHI, Dec 5: While the number of patients suffering from haemorrhagic fever is on constant rise in the city, a senior microbiologist suspected that the epidemic was due to circulation of one or two viruses through migratory birds and mosquitoes....		KARACHI: KaraFilm attracts large crowds KARACHI, Dec 5: The KaraFilm Festival continued to attract film buffs from all strata of society on its fourth consecutive day of screening. On Sunday morning, Wallace and Gromit and the...
KARACHI: Transporters demand cut in oil prices KARACHI, Dec 5: The Karachi Transport-owners’ Federation on Monday demanded the government to immediately announce cut in oil prices and rein in the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC)....		KARACHI: DHA residents complain of water shortage KARACHI, Dec 5: The Administrator of the Defence Housing Authority, Brig Maqsood Hussain, has linked water shortage in the DHA to a shortfall of two million gallons daily from the KWSB,...
KARACHI: New anaesthesiology methods stressed KARACHI, Dec 5: Healthcare experts at a “Continued Medical Education (CME)” programme stressed for adopting advanced anaesthesiology methods to ensure safer and effective surgical processes. The annual CME was organized by...		KARACHI: BCom exam centre shifted KARACHI, Dec 5: The examinations department, University of Karachi on Monday announced that exams centre for BCom annual exams 2005 had been shifted from the KU microbiology department to the Institute of Environmental Studies near the university clinic....
KARACHI: International book fair opens tomorrow KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh Education Minister, Dr Hamida Khuhro, will inaugurate an international book fair on Dec 7 at the Expo Centre, which will be opened to the public the following day....		KARACHI: Arrangements for law & order moot KARACHI, Dec 5: The arrangements for the 11th inter-provincial conference on law and order, scheduled to be held on Dec 7, were reviewed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazlur Rehman here on Monday....
KARACHI: Exhibition atArts Council KARACHI: An exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by M. A. Bukhari under the auspices of the Fine Art Committee commences at the Arts Council here on Tuesday....		KARACHI: Nazim lays foundation of Rs2.1bn uplift work KARACHI, Dec 5: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday laid the foundation stone of Rs2.1 billion special package project for water, sewerage and drains construction and improvement in Korangi Industrial Area....
KARACHI: Session ended to revalidate LG ordinance, says MPA KARACHI, Dec 5: The Sindh Assembly was prorogued to make way for the re-promulgation of the Sindh Local Government Amended Ordinance-2001 as the ordinance had completed its three-month validity and the...		KARACHI: Man found dead in Quaidabad KARACHI, Dec 5: The body of a young man was recovered from a vacant plot in Quaidabad on Monday morning. Police said the body identified as that of Asghar Ali, 26, had two bullet wounds....
KARACHI: First Haj flight leaves Karachi KARACHI, Dec 5: The Pakistan International Airlines’ first pre-Haj flight from Karachi left on Monday with 456 intending pilgrims on board. It signals the national flag carrier’s start of a massive...		KARACHI: KBD project only after consensus, says minister KARACHI, Dec 5: The present government has a clear policy that any decision with regard to the construction of the Kalabagh Dam would be taken after a consensus is developed on...
KARACHI: JSM opposes construction of big dams KARACHI, Dec 5: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM) has opposed the construction of big dams in the country, saying that it would only serve the interests of a single unit particularly of the federation....		KARACHI: Dam project may harm integrity: ANP KARACHI, Dec 5: The Awami National Party has warned that the Kalabagh Dam may endanger the country’s integrity, and urged the government to scrape the project instead of seeking a consensus....
KARACHI: PPP slams govt for rising corruption KARACHI, Dec 5: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the regime for the alleged rise in corruption and lack of transparency despite the massive amounts spent by it on National Accountability Bureau....		HYDERABAD: Hesco ordered to curb power theft HYDERABAD, Dec 5: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi has directed the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company to be careful in issuing detection bills to consumers....
HYDERABAD: Plan for setting up trauma centre HYDERABAD, Dec 5: The vice-chancellor of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Jan Mohammad Memon, has said that the Sindh chief minister has approved a proposal for setting up a trauma centre at the LUMHS....		HYDERABAD: Gynaecology seminar concludes HYDERABAD, Dec 5: Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences vice-chancellor Prof Jan Mohammad Memon has asked under-training nurses and midwives to gain expertise in latest technologies with a view to reducing the mortality rate of pregnant women....
HYDERABAD: Four of a family killed in accident HYDERABAD, Dec 5: Four members of a family were killed and seven others were injured when a car collided head-on with a coach on the Indus Highway near Khanote on Sunday....		HYDERABAD: Change in admission schedule opposed HYDERABAD, Dec 5: The Tanzim-i-Asatza Pakistan, Sindh chapter, has criticized the government for changing the admission and annual examination schedule, saying this will reduce the academic session by one month and be harmful to students....
HYDERABAD: Canal closure announced HYDERABAD, Dec 5: The superintending engineer of the Pinyari irrigation circle has announced four-month closure of the Old Fulleli and Pinyari Feeder Lower. The system channels, including Pinyari and Darro branches,...		HYDERABAD: Indian visa office in Karachi urged HYDERABAD, Dec 5: The Pakistan chapter of the Association of People of Asia has demanded that Indian consulate and visa office be set up in Karachi before the opening of the Khokhrapar route....