December 17, 2005	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 14, 1426

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KARACHI: Funds for cardiac facility promised: PM addresses moot KARACHI, Dec 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here on Friday expressed concern over cardiovascular diseases emerging as a major health issue in the country, and said that the federal government would provide funds for establishment of a ‘heart house’ in Karachi....		KARACHI: PA debate on Kalabagh dam put off for 5 days: Rumpus thwarts business KARACHI, Dec 16: The Sindh Assembly proceedings on Friday were adjourned abruptly following noisy protest and uproar, as well as walkout by the combined opposition, less than 20 minutes after the...
KARACHI: Completion of K-III by March next ordered KARACHI, Dec 16: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Friday directed Karachi Water and Sewerage Board officials and contractors to complete the work on K-III Project meant to supply 100-MGD extra water to the metropolis before March 31, 2006....		KARACHI: Many visit All About Lifestyles at Expo KARACHI, Dec 16: Large crowds of men, women and children thronged the All About Lifestyles Winter 2005 exhibition, which opened at the Expo Centre on Friday....
KARACHI: CM has consented to KBD plan: Khuhro KARACHI, Dec 16: The leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, claimed on Friday that Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim had given his consent to the...		KARACHI: Protest by JPMC doctors continues: Manhandling of vice-principal KARACHI, Dec 16: Teachers, staff, house-officer doctors and students of School of Physiotherapy, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, on Friday continued their protest and took out another rally against brutal torture on...
KARACHI: Karachi Bar polls today KARACHI, Dec 16: The members of the Karachi Bar Association will elect on Saturday their 21-member body, comprising six office-bearers and 15 managing committee members....		KARACHI: Drive against encroachments in full swing KARACHI, Dec 16: The town municipal administration of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town is launching a fumigation drive on Saturday. As many as 13 vehicles will spray insecticides in the 13 UCs of the town....
KARACHI: Notice again issued to govt in detention case KARACHI, Dec 16: The Sindh High Court repeated on Friday a notice given to a federal attorney to ascertain the whereabouts of a former Lashkar-i-Tayba leader allegedly arrested by law enforcement agencies last month....		KARACHI: Rules on prosecution of policemen issued KARACHI, Dec 16: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has given his approval to the rules on prosecution, arrest and detention of police officers for their misconduct....
KARACHI: Experts urged to harness science of medicine: Hamdard varsity moot KARACHI, Dec 16: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Friday urged medical scientists to come out with more solutions towards prevention and cure of human diseases....		KARACHI: SPLA seeks restoration of student unions KARACHI, Dec 16: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association on Friday demanded government to restore student unions at educational institutions to end political interference into their affairs and curb growing incidents of manhandling teachers by student activists....
KARACHI: KU signs MoU with Singapore varsity KARACHI, Dec 16: The Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre (MRCC) of the University of Karachi and Raffles Museum of Bio-diversity Research, National University of Singapore (NUS) have singed a Memorandum...		KARACHI: Hazardous feed seized KARACHI, Dec 16: As a result of the efforts made by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), the Customs authorities have seized 35 containers of imported poultry feed, made of hazardous meat, at two seaports of Karachi....
KARACHI: Air tickets for survivors KARACHI, Dec 16: The city government has provided Karachi-Islamabad air tickets to 28 people, who were seriously injured in the earthquake, returning to their hometowns after getting treatment here in Karachi....		KARACHI: MBBS exams schedule KARACHI, Dec 16: The University of Karachi announced on Friday the schedule of first professional (part-A) MBBS annual exams 2006 to be held in January next....
KARACHI: Urdu varsity results KARACHI, Dec 16: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology have announced the results of BEd first and second year exams. An announcement of the institution on Friday said the percentage of BEd first year exams was 70.31...		KARACHI: Opposition not serious, says law minister KARACHI, Dec 16: Sindh Law Minister Iftikhar Chaudhry has defended adjournment of the provincial assembly session, claiming that the opposition appeared not serious in resuming the general discussion on an adjournment motion that pertained to water resources....
KARACHI: Naval exercises conclude KARACHI, Dec 16: The joint naval exercise of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, Naseemal Bahr, concluded with a comprehensive debrief session at the PNS Jauhar on Friday....		KARACHI: Three killed in separate road accidents KARACHI, Dec 16: Three persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Friday. Police said that Saqib,11, was heading for school when he was hit by a speeding minibus near Qayoomabad....
KARACHI: Korangi package KARACHI, Dec 16: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has rebuked KWSB officials for not having executed the package he had announced for the Korangi Industrial Area....		HYDERABAD: Demand to withdraw teachers’ transfers HYDERABAD, Dec 16: The Principals’ Association of Hyderabad region has threatened to boycott annual examinations of the Sindh University if transfer orders of the principal and a lecturer, Abdullah Rajar, of the Thatta government college were not withdrawn....
HYDERABAD: Biotechnology can improve quality of life HYDERABAD, Dec 16: Renowned scholars and scientists from various national and international universities have claimed that biotechnology can help in reduction of poverty, hunger and disease....		HYDERABAD: Inquiry into watercourse case ordered HYDERABAD, Dec 16: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday asked the director of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Karachi, to conduct an inquiry about why growers were being deprived of water....