January 5, 2006	Thursday	Zilhaj 4, 1426

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KARACHI: All public transport routes to be redesigned: Smooth flow of traffic KARACHI, Jan 4: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the concerned officials to redesign all routes of public transport in the city keeping in view both the existing and future requirements....		KARACHI: Altaf warns rulers against army operation KARACHI, Jan 4: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that oppressed people must be given their rights otherwise they would not settle for anything less than independent and sovereign states as enshrined in the Lahore Resolution of 1940....
KARACHI: SECP powers to nominate stocks chief challenged: Stay extended against notification KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh High Court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of two petitions moved by the Karachi Stock Exchange and its two elected directors challenging a Security and Exchanges...		KARACHI: MMA to field joint Senate candidates: Qazi KARACHI, Jan 4: President of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the MMA will field joint candidates in the senate elections to be held in first week of March....
KARACHI: PPP leader hints at Benazir’s return KARACHI, Jan 4: Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, has declared that 2006 would be the year of empowerment of the people and democratic forces, and that PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto would...		KARACHI: ZAB built Pakistan anew after ’71 debacle: Benazir KARACHI, Jan 4: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto has said that when military dictatorship had brought disintegration and defeat to the nation in 1971, Quaid-i-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali...
KARACHI: Academic session to begin on August 16: Summer vacation extension KARACHI, Jan 4: The new academic session for school-goers in the province will now begin from Aug 16, 2006 after the Sindh Education decided to stretch the summer vacation for educational...		KARACHI: Rangers claim arrest of three Lashkar activists KARACHI, Jan 4: The Pakistan Rangers have arrested three alleged high profile terrorists of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi from Korangi Industrial Area....
KARACHI: Karachi to see clear change, says nazim KARACHI, Jan 4: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Wednesday said the city government had initiated various projects worth billions of rupees for the city’s uplift and infrastructure development within...		KARACHI: Nasreen vows to solve problems KARACHI, Jan 4: The City Naib Nazim, Ms Nasreen Jalil, has said special attention would be paid to resolve problems of health, education and transport apart from other problems being faced by Karachiites....
KARACHI: Safe water termed key indicator of uplift KARACHI, Jan 4: Speakers at a seminar on water have pointed out that sustainable access to safe water is a key indicator of international development....		KARACHI: EOBI formulates new strategy to enhance its role KARACHI, Jan 4: The Employees Old-age Benefits Institution under its on-going restructuring process would soon bring a series of potential schemes for maximum benefits to employees and employers with administrative reforms to enhance EOBI’s efficiency....
KARACHI: Plan to set up network of seminaries abroad KARACHI, Jan 4: The Tanzeemul Madaris Ahl-i-Sunnat Pakistan (TMASP) plans to establish an overseas network of religious seminaries to provide religious education to Muslim youth in accordance with their respective surroundings....		KARACHI: Urdu varsity to get 150 acres in Islamabad KARACHI, Jan 4: Deputy Chair of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology Jamiluddin Aali has thanked the head of the Capital Development Authority, Kamran Lashari, for providing 150...
KARACHI: Manghopir Road uplift work lying incomplete KARACHI, Jan 4: Work on the rehabilitation and improvement of Manghopir Road could not be completed within the stipulated time, i.e. by November 15 last year....		KARACHI: Hospital staff issue show-cause notices KARACHI, Jan 4: The Provincial Health Minister, Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani, on Wednesday directed the management of the Sindh Government Hospital Korangi to issue show-cause notices to 16 doctors and 12 paramedical staffers for being absent from duty....
KARACHI: Plots for affectees of LEW KARACHI, Jan 4: A committee led by Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim Muhammad Wasey Jaleel will decide about the allotment of alternate plots to people affected, on account of encroachments for construct Of Lyari Expressway (LEW) Project....		KARACHI: Flower show KARACHI, Jan 3: The municipal administration of Jamshed Town will arrange a three-day exhibition of Gul-i-Daudi from Jan 5 to 8 at Gulistan-i-Ayesha Park on Kashmir Road.—APP...
KARACHI: Paintings show at Canvas KARACHI, Jan 4: An exhibition of paintings by Lahore-based Iqbal Hussain opens at Canvas gallery at 5pm on Thursday. The exhibition will be on till Jan 20, open daily from 11am to 8pm....		KARACHI: SHC reserves order on bail plea KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh High Court reserved on Wednesday its order on bail application moved by a former director of Alliance Motors after hearing the arguments of petitioner’s counsel and the NAB deputy prosecutor-general....
KARACHI: Hearing of blast case put off KARACHI, Jan 4: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of a bomb blast case against four workers of the banned Jundullah group after recording the deposition of a prosecution witness....		KARACHI: Police told not to harass KESC men KARACHI, Jan 4: A division bench of the Sindh High Court restrained the police from harassing officials of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation and issued an SHO and other respondents notices...
KARACHI: ‘Foreign students not to be sent back’ KARACHI, Jan 4: The Rector of the Binoria University International has stated that after the incidents of 9/11 and 7/7, madressahs, in general, and foreign students, in particular, have been targeted and harassed by the government....		KARACHI: Builder agrees to hand over plots to owners KARACHI, Jan 4: The builders of Mehran City Project have agreed to hand over houses and plots to their legal owners due to efforts of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)....
KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, Jan 4: Nasreen, wife of Ghulam Rasool Baloch, programmer of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, died on Wednesday night after a prolonged illness. Her funeral prayer will be held at...		KARACHI: Ku admission KARACHI, Jan 4: The University of Karachi asked the students whose names had appeared in the merit list but who could not deposit fees and relevant documents, to do so on Jan 5 between 9.30am...
HYDERABAD: Violation of labour laws criticized HYDERABAD, Jan 4: Pakistan Workers Federation general secretary Mehboob Ali Qureshi has said that in many industrial units, workers are neither being issued appointment letters nor attendance cards....		HYDERABAD: SNP calls for strike against Kalabagh HYDERABAD, Jan 4: Sindh National Party chairman Ameer Bhambhro has given a call for a shutter-down strike in Hyderabad on Jan 6 and urged people to participate in a procession to...
SANGHAR: CM orders to make tube-wells functional SANGHAR, Jan 4: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the water table in the district has risen because of non-operation of tube-wells installed under the Left Bank Outfall Drain scheme....		JACOBABAD: Woman, two sons shot dead JACOBABAD, Jan 4: Three persons were killed over an old enmity in the Abdul Fatah Jakhrani village in the jurisdiction of Mohammadpur Odho police station on Wednesday....
NAWABSHAH: Coldest day in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Jan 4: Nawabshah experienced the coldest day of last ten years as mercury dropped to —1°C on Wednesday. The district is known for its summers when temperature normally rises to 52°C....		KHAIRPUR: Thieves kill villager KHAIRPUR, Jan 4: A person died on Wednesday in the Ghulam Hussain Kandhar village in the jurisdiction of Babarloi police station as some thieves opened fire at him....