December 15, 2005	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 12, 1426

Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)

KARACHI: Privatization of solid waste management announced KARACHI, Dec 14: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday announced privatization of the solid waste management system. The announcement was made in a meeting, chaired by the nazim, held at the Civic Centre....		KARACHI: PMDC enrolls 11 private institutions KARACHI, Dec 14: As many as 11 private medical institutions throughout the country have been included in the list of permanent members of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council....
KARACHI: SHC hears arguments on QMMB petition: Demolition of 109 buildings KARACHI, Dec 14: The Sindh High Court heard on Thursday extensive arguments in a Quaid-i-Azam Mazar Management Board petition seeking demolition of 109 buildings exceeding the prescribed height in the vicinity of the mausoleum....		KARACHI: Early disposal of espionage case ordered KARACHI, Dec 14: The Sindh High Court asked a magisterial court on Wednesday to conclude trial of an Air India official for espionage within a month, failing which he should be released on bail in the sum of Rs 100,000....
KARACHI: Schools, colleges closed today KARACHI, Dec 14: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has declared a holiday for government and private educational institutions in the city on Dec 15. An order issued by the DCO,...		KARACHI: Disintegration plan bound to fail: PPP KARACHI, Dec 14: The Karachi Coordination Committee of the Pakistan People’s Party has made it clear that people would never allow General Musharraf to push ahead with his ‘agenda of disintegrating the country’ through pursuing divisive policies....
KARACHI: All About Lifestyles opens tomorrow KARACHI, Dec 14: Dawn’s ‘All About Lifestyles Winter 2005’ exhibition opens in Karachi on Friday (Dec 16) at the Expo Centre and will run through to Sunday....		KARACHI: Dam issue may dominate PA session KARACHI, Dec 14: The new parliamentary year of the Sindh Assembly begins on Thursday amidst the obtaining political heat created by the Kalabagh Dam issue, which is likely to draw much...
KARACHI: Bus firm clarifies KARACHI, Dec 14: A transport company on Wednesday clarified a news item published in Dawn that its buses were imported as new and not as used ones....		KARACHI: Training of midwives in health care stressed KARACHI, Dec 14: The Unicef has embarked upon an extensive training programme for midwives to help strengthen and sustain the Women and Child Health Care Programme in the rural and remote areas....
KARACHI: Protest against privatization KARACHI, Dec 14: A meeting of 11 social, labour and women organizations on Wednesday announced a protest drive against privatization and confirmed their participation in the “Anti-WTO and privatization conference” scheduled at the Karachi Press Club on Dec 22....		KARACHI: Physician executive’s role in hospitals highlighted KARACHI, Dec 14: Physicians with administrative expertise and training can have a better understanding and advantages to run hospitals in a way which ensures best care to the patients....
KARACHI: PIA airlifts 40,400 pilgrims KARACHI, Dec 14: Maintaining a 95 per cent regularity, the PIA Haj operation is continuing smoothly, and, so far, 40,400 Haj pilgrims have been airlifted to the holy land through 118 flights operating from the provincial and federal capitals....		KARACHI: Traffic plan for cricket match KARACHI, Dec 14: The Capital City Traffic Police on Tuesday announced a traffic plan on the occasion of the Pakistan-England One Day International scheduled for Dec 15 at the National Stadium Karachi....
KARACHI: Impartial probe promised KARACHI, Dec 14: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro on Wednesday said an inquiry committee was investigating into allegations of blasphemy against suspended editor and joint editor of Sindhi Adabi magazine Sartioon, and its report would finalize their fate....		KARACHI: High Court acquits four in murder case KARACHI, Dec 14: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday acquitted four convicts in a murder and kidnapping-for-ransom case. Asif alias Sajjad, Shirazuddin Farooqui, Athar Mehmood Khan, Khurram and Ms Shabana, wife...
KARACHI: 5 injured in gas station blast KARACHI, Dec 14: Five employees suffered burns when a blast occurred at a petrol station in Nazimabad late Tuesday night. Zahid, Tauseef, Waqas, Amir, Khursheed and Bilal suffered burn wounds and were initially sent to the Civil Hospital....		KARACHI: Shatrughan meets Ibad KARACHI, Dec 14: Noted film artist and a member of the Indian parliament, Shatrughan Sinha, along with film producer Shashi Ranjan, called on Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad at the Governor’s House here on Tuesday....
KARACHI: Single Baloch party idea mooted by NP KARACHI, Dec 14: The idea of a single Baloch party to unite the Balochs was discussed in detail at the concluding session of the central committee of the National Party (NP)...		KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Dec 14: The Met office has forecast fair weather with cool night for Karachi on Thursday with minimum temperature ranging between 11 and 13°C. Cool and dry weather has been forecast for Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Sukkur and Larkana divisions.—PPI...
HYDERABAD: Concern over failure of social security system HYDERABAD, Dec 14: Spea-kers at a seminar on ‘Sindh Social Security, EOBI and workers’ said that the Sindh social security and EOBI system had failed to protect interests of workers....		HYDERABAD: Deadline given for completion of work on urology ward HYDERABAD, Dec 14: The Hyderabad DCO has directed the officials concerned to complete construction of urology ward at the Shah Bhittai Hospital, Latifabad, by January 10....