December 24, 2005	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 21, 1426

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KARACHI: Free movement across border demanded: Sajjad Zaheer centenary celebrations KARACHI, Dec 23: Progressive and Marxist leaders and activists of South Asia on Friday vowed to continue their struggle for peace, amity and tolerance, as well as economic and political emancipation...		KARACHI: SRTC told to pay Rs3.7m KARACHI, Dec 23: The Sindh High Court asked the Sindh Road Transport Corporation on Friday to pay Rs 3.7 million to a widow and her children as damages for an army major’s death in an accident....
KARACHI: New strategy for anti-dam drive soon, says Qaim KARACHI, Dec 23: The Anti-Kalabagh Dam and Thal Canal Action Committee, comprising a number of Sindh-based political and nationalist parties, would meet in a week to take a joint decision on...		KARACHI: SC has no jurisdiction to decide dam issue: expert: Article 184 of constitution KARACHI, Dec 23: The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to decide the Kalabagh Dam issue under Article 184 or any other article of the Constitution, former Sindh Bar Council chairman Abrar Hasan said here on Friday....
KARACHI: Govt official made KU registrar KARACHI, Dec 23: The University of Karachi has inducted a grade-20 officer of the Sindh government as its new registrar. The new incumbent, a replacement of the senior teacher belonging to...		KARACHI: WB to provide $100m annually: Education reforms KARACHI, Dec 23: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro said here on Friday that the World Bank has pledged an annual funding of US dollars 100 million to the Sindh Education...
KARACHI: SMC may get new teaching hospital KARACHI, Dec 22: Work on establishment of a separate teaching hospital for Sindh Medical College students will begin soon with the assistance of government and the college alumni....		KARACHI: Changes in curriculum, textbooks condemned KARACHI, Dec 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday observed a black-day and held protest demonstrations outside mosques in the city against the planned deletion of procedure of offering prayers from textbooks of Islamiat and changes in the education curricula....
KARACHI: Christmas festivities in full swing KARACHI, Dec 23: Midnight masses will be organized in all the city churches late on Saturday evening marking the beginning of Christmas celebrations. The central congregation of the Roman Catholics will...		KARACHI: Homage paid to Quaid-i-Azam KARACHI, Dec 23: Speakers at a meeting of the Hamdard Naunehal Assembly – Karachi Chapter urged people to follow the principle of the father of the nation, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on unity – “united we stand and divided we fall”....
KARACHI: Education officials face action for negligence KARACHI, Dec 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has issued orders to immediately suspend two assistant district officers and two supervisors of the education department for negligence in duties....		KARACHI: AG issued notice on Asif’s plea KARACHI, Dec 23: The Sindh High Court issued the advocate-general a notice for Dec 26 in a criminal revision petition moved by Asif Ali Zardari against issuance of warrants for...
KARACHI: Five killed in different incidents KARACHI, Dec 23: Five people were killed in separate incidents in various parts of the city on Friday, police said. An elderly man was gunned down by unknown persons at the...		KARACHI: DHA to help city govt in uplift plans KARACHI, Dec 23: The administrator of Defence Housing Authority, Brig Maqsood Hussein, called on the City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, at his office here on Thursday....
KARACHI: KESC takes steps to prevent tripping KARACHI, Dec 23: Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) CEO Frank Scherschmidt has initiated cleaning of city distribution network to avoid sudden tripping of power supply feeders, especially during the rains, a KESC spokesman said here Friday....		KARACHI: Causes of renal failure discussed KARACHI, Dec 23: Diabetes and hypertension contribute to 60 per cent of chronic renal failures in the country, while 50 per cent of renal failure induced deaths are due to cardiovascular complications....
KARACHI: Carols dedicated to quake-hit children KARACHI: Dec 23: Children from the Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi dedicated the 6th Annual Carnival of Carols - a festival of singing Christmas carols – to child survivors of the earthquake in Pakistan....		KARACHI: Ali Amjad passes away KARACHI, Dec 23: Prominent labour lawyer and veteran trade union leader Ali Amjad died here in a local hospital after a protracted illness. He was 81....
KARACHI: Man convicted of rape KARACHI, Dec 23: The additional district and sessions judge, Malir, Khadim Hussain Tunio, sentenced on Friday a man to a six-year term and 30 lashes for raping a 10-year-old girl....		HYDERABAD: PTI calls conference on Kalabagh HYDERABAD, Dec 23: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf president Imran Khan has convened an all-parties conference in the city on Sunday. Leaders of political parties and groups have been invited to discuss the Kalabagh dam issue....