December 7, 2005	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 4, 1426

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KARACHI: Provincial govts again get control of colleges KARACHI, Dec 6: A meeting of the education ministers from all the four provinces and Azad Kashmir on Tuesday decided that colleges would be taken back from local governments and given...		KARACHI: Academics seek true projection of Islam: Moot on facets of Ummah in globalized world KARACHI, Dec 6: Poverty and injustices were considered as the main cause of violence and terrorism and the need to correct the distorted image of Islam presented by the Western media...
KARACHI: K-III project to be ready in March: nazim KARACHI, Dec 6: Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that 100 MGD K-III project will be completed in March 2006 – three months ahead of its scheduled date of completion....		KARACHI: Federal minister says no to separate exams KARACHI, Dec 6: Not showing any flexibility on the issue of composite exams of IX and X classes at SSC level, the inter-provincial moot of education ministers on Tuesday decided to...
KARACHI: Cases of disappearance make new records: HRCP KARACHI, Dec 6: The chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Asma Jahangir, has said that an unprecedented number of cases of “disappearance” has been reported from all over the country....		KARACHI: Notices issued in detention case KARACHI, Dec 6: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the federal and provincial law officers in two petitions alleging illegal arrests and detention for December 16....
KARACHI: Disaster management board to be set up KARACHI, Dec 6: The Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has said that a comprehensive plan is being prepared and a coordinated system is being evolved to provide protection to people in case of any calamity in the province....		KARACHI: Holistic approach urged to understand Islam KARACHI, Dec 6: Participants of an international conference on Tuesday called for adopting holistic approach in the understanding and interpretation of Islam. They were speaking in the working session of the...
KARACHI: Transporters ignore law on colour scheme: Deadline expires KARACHI, Dec 6: Despite the expiry of one-month notice given to pubic transporters to repaint their minibuses according to the prescribed yellow and white colour scheme, minibuses are seen plying on city roads as usual with multi-colours....		KARACHI: Need stressed to promote volunteerism KARACHI, Dec 6: There is no dearth of selfless volunteers in Pakistan but it is necessary to take concrete steps to encourage them for promoting a volunteer culture in the country....
KARACHI: KESC initiates consumer-friendly service KARACHI, Dec 6: Taking notice of the difficulty being faced by a Gulistan-i-Jauhar consumer regarding errors in the electricity bill, the KESC Chief Executive Officer, Frank Scherschmidt, asked the concerned chief...		KARACHI: PTCL union seeks end to surplus pool KARACHI, Dec 6: A trade union of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited staged a protest demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club here on Tuesday, demanding reinstatement of 1,900 contract employees and seeking abolition of the surplus pool....ol....
KARACHI: Imtiaz’s plea for quashment dismissed KARACHI, Dec 6: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Tuesday a petition moved by former provincial minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh for quashment of a kidnapping-for-ransom case against him....		KARACHI: Witnesses identify LJ men in attack case KARACHI, Dec 6: Three eye-witnesses identified on Tuesday three workers of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in a prison van firing case before an anti-terrorism court. Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5...
KARACHI: Work on water treatment plant to begin soon KARACHI, Dec 6: The Sindh Minister for Industries, Adil Siddiqui, said here on Tuesday that currently a plant was being installed in Karachi to treat...		KARACHI: NP to meet on 13th KARACHI, Dec 6: A meeting of central committee of National Party, headed by Dr Abdul Hayee Baloch, will meet in Karachi on Dec 13 to take a decision on the idea of a single Baloch party in the country....
KARACHI: Fumigation drive KARACHI, Dec 6: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Tuesday ordered the second phase of fumigation drive in areas where fumigation was not carried out during the first phase....		KARACHI: SNF to hold conventions KARACHI, Dec 6: The Sindh National Front Chairman, Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, on Tuesday announced holding of anti-Kalabagh Dam conventions at district levels across the province....
KARACHI: Obituary KARACHI, Dec 6: Mr Dawood Adam Gangat passed away in Karachi on Tuesday. He was 95 years’ old. He is survived by two sons, Mr Shabbir Gangat, Director, Finance of the...		KARACHI: Students disturb exam process KARACHI, Dec 6: Activists of a student organization on Tuesday tore answer scripts of students, taking exams of Microbiology and Geology of BSc Part-II at the Federal Urdu University of Arts,...
KARACHI: Paintings show KARACHI: A painting exhibition by Naima Dadabhoy opens at Canvas Gallery on Dec 7 at 5pm. The show will continue till Dec 17....		HYDERABAD: Youth dies of burn injuries HYDERABAD, Dec 6: A 20-year-old youth died of burn injuries in the civil hospital on Tuesday. A-section police station SHO Rao Nazim said Waseem, son of Yaqoob, was a resident of Raja-Ki-Kothi area of Latif-abad-12....
HYDERABAD: Sindh’s subsoil water harmful for human consumption: expert HYDERABAD, Dec 6: Profe-ssor (Dr) M. Y. Khuhawar of the University of Sindh has said that underground water in Sindh is mostly saline and toxic and it is not fit for human consumption or irrigation....		SUKKUR: Demonstration against low cotton price SUKKUR, Dec 6: Hundreds of cotton growers held a demonstration on the Salehpat-Rohri link road, near here, on Tuesday in protest against reduction in the support price of cotton....
MIRPURKHAS: Wheat-sowing may be delayed MIRPURKHAS, Dec 6: The sowing of wheat in Mirpurkhas, Sanghar and Umerkot districts has been delayed due to delay in harvesting of sugarcane because of a row between sugar mill owners and growers....		KHAIRPUR: Khairpur civil surgeon suspended KHAIRPUR, Dec 6: The Sindh health secretary on Tuesday suspended Dr Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh, civil surgeon of the Khairpur Civil Hospital, and directed him to report to the health secretariat....