December 23, 2005	Friday	Ziqa’ad 20, 1426

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KARACHI: Operators slam Pemra move to ban channels: Closure of 35 channels likely KARACHI, Dec 22: People will not be able to watch at least 35 cable television channels, as the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority has barred cable operators from broadcasting “non-permitted” channels....		KARACHI: No threat to foreigners in Karachi: governor KARACHI, Dec 22: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said all possible steps are taken to provide protection to people, including foreigners. He was talking to a delegation of the...
KARACHI: Dam bogy Musharraf’s election stunt: Beg KARACHI, Dec 22: Chief of the Awami Qayadat Party and a former army chief Gen (rtd) Mirza Aslam Beg on Thursday said that Kalabagh dam issue should be debated in assemblies...		KARACHI: Desalination plant in DHA to be ready next year KARACHI, Dec 22: The Defence Housing Authority Administrator, Brig Maqsood Hussein, on Thursday said that work on installation of a second 3-MGD desalination plant would start in second half of the...
KARACHI: Demo against changes in curricula KARACHI, Dec 22: A large number of students on Thursday staged a protest demonstration outside Karachi Press Club against the federal education minister’s announcement regarding deletion of procedure for offering prayers from curricula and other changes in the textbooks....		KARACHI: City govt plans 28 pedestrian bridges KARACHI, Dec 22: The city government is going to construct 28 overhead bridges in various parts of the city with the financial support of different domestic enterprises in order to facilitate...
KARACHI: Rs9bn uplift projects to be completed in two years KARACHI, Dec 22: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the city government has started execution of uplift projects worth Rs9 billion within a short span of time for infrastructure uplift and overall development of the city....		KARACHI: SHC seeks clarification on land allotment KARACHI, Dec 22: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the federal law officer to satisfy the court as to the authority and jurisdiction of the federal government to allocate and earmark provincial land for use by the army....
KARACHI: Police fail to check traffic jams KARACHI, Dec 22: The city witnessed a worst kind of traffic mess on various roads on Thursday owing to a political procession and because of the movement of the president Pervez Musharraf....		KARACHI: Violence against teachers slammed KARACHI, Dec 22: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has condemned growing incidents of violence against teachers, including the recent torture on Federal Urdu University’s teacher Abdul Latif and Government College Kharipur’s teacher Prof Sikander Murri....
KARACHI: Body found KARACHI, Dec 22: A mutilated body of a middle-aged woman was found in a gunny bag in Site Town on Thursday. Police said that the body was recovered in a narrow street in Musilmabad....		KARACHI: SC admits appeal KARACHI, Dec 22: A Supreme Court comprising Justices Rana Bhagwandas, Hamid Ali Mirza and Saiyed Saeed Ashhad on Thursday admitted an accused in Naya Daur Motors case to bail....
KARACHI: FUUAST plans admission of leftover applicants KARACHI, Dec 22: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology is working on a plan under which the leftover meritorious applicants would be admitted to some other departments of sciences and social sciences....		KARACHI: No bird flu traces found in tested waterfowl KARACHI, Dec 22: No traces of the Avian Influenza Virus, commonly known as ‘bird flu’ have been found in any of the migratory bird species in Sindh, it is learnt here reliably....
KARACHI: Students to get free books from 2006 KARACHI, Dec 22: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to expedite the publication work of textbooks to be provided to school children free of cost....		KARACHI: MBBS exams schedule KARACHI, Dec 22: The Karachi University announced on Thursday the programme of First Professional Part-B MBBS Annual Examination 2006 to be held in January 2006. The examination will be held at the Department of mathematics between 2.30...
KARACHI: IoBM award KARACH, Dec 22: The Institute of Business Management has awarded a certificate of merit to its student Asima Zahid, a graduate of MBA (Health and Hospital Management) programme for securing highest honours in May 2005 examinations....		KARACHI: AG issued notice on KBCA submissions KARACHI, Dec 22: The Sindh High Court issued the advocate-general a notice on Thursday when the Karachi Building Control Authority submitted before a division bench that it was unable to demolish an unauthorized structure due to police failure to provide assistance....
KARACHI: SSUET admissions KARACHI, Dec 22: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology has released the third and final merit list of candidates selected for admission to bachelor’s degree programmes in various disciplines.—PPI...		KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Dec 22: The Met office has forecast fair weather with cold night and a minimum temperature of 11 to 13 degrees Centigrade in Karachi on Friday....
HYDERABAD: Nazim sets deadline for completion of projects HYDERABAD, Dec 22: Dist-rict Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has set a deadline of April 30 for completion of a project for improving the water supply and drainage system in all three talukas of the Hyderabad city....		HYDERABAD: Ombudsman’s office disposes of 223 complaints HYDERABAD, Dec 22: The regional office of the Sindh ombudsman has disposed of 223 of 320 complaints, redressing people’s grievances....
HYDERABAD: Action sought against owners of sugar mills HYDERABAD, Dec 22: Wel-coming the Sindh government’s decision to fix minimum price of sugarcane at Rs60 per 40kg, president of the Sindh chapter of the National Labour Federation, Rana Mehmood Ali,...		HYDERABAD: Order to revise rickshaw fares HYDERABAD, Dec 22: A bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Thursday directed authorities concerned to evolve a mechanism to curb the menace of noise and smoke emission from...