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January 14, 2006 Saturday Zilhaj 13, 1426 KARACHI: Rota virus alert KARACHI, Jan 13: Children aged between six months and two years, suffering from rota virus-induced watery diarrhoeal episodes, are being increasingly brought to Civil Hospital Karachi and other health care facilities in the metropolis.... KARACHI: Balloting for Taiser plots still awaited KARACHI, Jan 13: The applicants of Taiser Town housing scheme, announced by the city district government last year, are anxiously waiting for the announcement of the date for balloting of plots by the Malir Development Project.... KARACHI: BNP calls for international mediation: Balochistan crisis KARACHI, Jan 13: Balochistan National Party President Sardar Akhtar Mengal has called for “international mediation” with a view to resolve the simmering Balochistan crisis saying that Balochs are not ready to negotiate with either President General Musharraf or his hand-picked government.... KARACHI: MQM seeks probe into killing of Balochs KARACHI, Jan 13: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) condemning the reported massacre of 12 people by government personnel in Balochistan has demanded that a high-level inquiry be instituted into the issue... KARACHI: NAB issued notice on aircraft deal inquiry KARACHI, Jan 13: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notice to deputy prosecutor general of National Accountability Bureau for Jan 18 on petition of senior vice-president of Pakistan International Airlines... KARACHI: 100mgd more water from March 31 KARACHI, Jan 13: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that Karachiites will start getting another 100 million gallons of water per day from March 31.... KARACHI: Boy shot dead on Eid in Lyari KARACHI, Jan 13: A boy was killed allegedly by an accomplice of Arshad Pappu on the first day of Eid in Lyari. Police ruled out that the killing was in some... KARACHI: Clue found to bank robbery suspects: Rauf KARACHI, Jan 13: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui said on Friday that the police were almost close to those allegedly responsible for the second bank robbery and would soon arrest the culprits.... KARACHI: 1.05 million offal removed in three days, says nazim KARACHI, Jan 13: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said that 1,050,000 offal were removed from 18 towns of the city during Eidul Azha. The work of removing and destroying offal of... KARACHI: Ibad visits various city localities KARACHI, Jan 13: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Friday visited different localities of the city for over three hours to take stock of the sanitation work especially with regard to the removal of offal during Eid.... KARACHI: IT moot to be organized soon: Saigol KARACHI, Jan 13: Pakistan has made headway in the realms of IT and its impact has now started becoming visible on the country’s economy. This was stated by Sindh Adviser on Information Technology Mohammad Noman Saigol.... KARACHI: Final Profexams of MBBS in March KARACHI, Jan 13: The final professional annual exams of MBBS for the students of Dow Medical College, Sindh Medical College and other colleges affiliated with the University of Karachi will commence on March 11.... KARACHI: Children enjoy Eid KARACHI, Jan 13: Karachiites performed the ritual of “qurbani” (sacrifice of animals) on the third day of Eidul Azha on Friday. A significant number of children, meanwhile, enjoying the festival as... KARACHI: Music festival KARACHI, Jan 13: A music festival will be held in the city from Jan 20 to 22. This was announced in a statement of the All Pakistan Music Conference issued here on Friday.... KARACHI: Unclaimed body KARACHI, Jan 13: The unclaimed body of a girl child, Maimoona, who died on Eid day at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, is lying at cold storage facility of Edhi Foundation.... KARACHI: Seats vacant in KU KARACHI, Jan 13: Some seats are still available in various departments of science and pharmacy faculties of Karachi University. According to the university spokesman, the students who had already applied for... KARACHI: MMA slams snatching of hides by armed men KARACHI, Jan 13: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has condemned the snatching of hides by armed members of a government party and has demanded that the culprits be arrested and punished according to law.... KARACHI: Police yet to find whereabouts of missing PPL CBA men KARACHI, Jan 13: The whereabouts of the twenty people, including office-bearers of the CBA of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and their associates, are still unknown exactly a month after their... KARACHI: New Comkar takes charge KARACHI, Jan 13: Vice Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi has taken over the charge of Commander Karachi from Vice Admiral Asad Qureshi who has been appointed Chairman of Port Qasim Authority (PQA).... KARACHI: Maximum facilities to traders assured KARACHI, Jan 13: Sindh Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, Dr Sohrab Khan Sarki, describing traders as the backbone of the country’s economy, has said that the government was taking steps to provide maximum facilities to them.... KARACHI: Edhi alarmed at meagre donation of hides KARACHI, Jan 13: The Edhi Foundation has expressed apprehensions that its countrywide welfare work could suffer on account of meagre donation of the sacrificial hides, as its annual budget depends on the collection of Zakat, Fitra and hides.... KARACHI: Nazim bans encroachment on city govt land KARACHI, Jan 13:City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has under Section 144 prohibited encroachments over government land in the jurisdiction of CDGK. The order shall come into force with immediate effect and remain in force for a period of three months.... KARACHI: PPP slams army operation KARACHI, Jan 13: The Sindh PPP chief, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has condemned the raid at Dera Bugti and taking over of the house of Nawab Akbar Bugti by security forces.... KARACHI: Govt urged to remove flaws in flyover KARACHI, Jan 13: A section of the main Rashid Minhas Road flyover taking vehicular traffic towards Nipa Chowrangi and onwards is posing a threat to the lives of people using the road.... KARACHI: ‘No layoffs planned in PTCL’ KARACHI, Jan 13: Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has denied that contract employees of PTCL are being laid off.... KARACHI: Body recovered KARACHI, Jan 13: Police on Friday recovered the decomposed body of a young man near Mai Kolachi Bypass. Police said that a suspect had jumped into the water off the Mai... KARACHI: Symposium KARACHI, Jan 13: The Chairman Senate, Mohammadmian Soomro, will inaugurate the second annual symposium of National Institute of Child Health (NICH) on January 27.... KARACHI: JI grieved over Mina incident KARACHI, Jan 13: The Jamaat-i-Islami’s leaders have expressed profound grief over the loss of lives in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, during the Haj’s stoning ritual.... HYDERABAD: Protest against water shortage in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Jan 13: Water-related violence broke out in different parts of the city as there was no water on two consecutive days of Eid ul Azha.... HYDERABAD: Demand to abandon Kalabagh project HYDERABAD, Jan 13: Activists of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Friday in protest against Kalabagh dam, greater Thal canal and army ‘operation’ in Balochistan.... HYDERABAD: Rights for peasants demanded HYDERABAD, Jan 13: The Bhandar Hari Sangat held a seminar on “Problems facing Sindh’s agriculture and bonded labour” at the press club here on Monday evening.... BADIN: Nazim bans visits to Lowari Sharif BADIN, Jan 13: A curfew-like situation prevailed in Lowari Sharif and at a radius of five kilometres after imposition of Section 144 of the CrPC by the district nazim on the eve of 9th and 10th Zilhaj.... NAWABSHAH: Journalist kidnapped NAWABSHAH, Jan 13: A local journalist was kidnapped and tortured by some influential landlords of Sakrand on Wednesday. According to reports, Adam Jamali, a reporter of a vernacular daily and a...rraf or his hand-picked government.... NAWABSHAH: Three killed in accident NAWABSHAH, Jan 13: Three persons were killed and two others injured in an accident near the Aliabad bus stop on the Sanghar Road on Wednesday....

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