January 24, 2006	Tuesday	Zilhaj 23, 1426

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KARACHI: Alternative routes to NICVD on cards KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh government has identified three alternate access routes to the Rafiqui Shaheed Road with Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, National Institute of Child Health and National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases located on the stretch....		KARACHI: Hundreds more held for violating traffic rules KARACHI, Jan 23: Hundreds more motorists were held for having tinted glasses, flashlights, blue headlights, sirens, and fancy number plates in their respective vehicles across the metropolis during a campaign launched by the police....
KARACHI: SHC seeks expeditious trial of Murtaza case KARACHI, Jan 23: Justice Zia Pervez of the Sindh High Court asked the sessions court trying Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case on Monday to dispose it ‘expeditiously without any unreasonable delay’....		KARACHI: Sir Abdullah Haroon’s life, role lauded at book launch KARACHI, Jan 23: Sir Haji Abdullah Haroon’s name is etched in Sindh’s history amongst its leaders. In fact, his role in the creation of Pakistan and as a close associate of...
KARACHI: School teacher shot dead KARACHI, Jan. 23: A teacher of a private school was shot dead by unknown persons near in North Nazimabad on Monday morning. Ghazala Yasmeen, 25, was heading to work....		KARACHI: 3 cellphone connection dealers held KARACHI, Jan 23: Three franchise dealers of two mobile phone companies were picked up by the Anti-Violence Crime Cell late Sunday night for selling mobile phone connections without verification....
KARACHI: Speedy progress on DHA projects ordered KARACHI, Jan 23: Corps Commander and President Executive Board of Defence Housing Authority, Lt-Gen Syed Athar Ali, has expressed dissatisfaction over slow progress of ongoing refurbishment and renovation work in Defence....		KARACHI: Karachiites enjoy classical music: Three-day event concludes KARACHI, Jan 23: Not many good things happen on a regular basis, or in a disciplined manner, in this country. But it was a different case this time....
KARACHI: SESSI’s help for quake relief lauded KARACHI, Jan 23: Sind Minister for Labour and Chairman Government Body of Sindh Employuees’ Social Security Institution Mohammad Adil Sididiqui has lauded the efforts of the governing body of SESSI for steps taken for the victims of earthquake....		KARACHI: 4,000 schools being reactivated: CS KARACHI, Jan. 23: The Sindh government has adopted a pragmatic approach to promote literacy and education across the province, Provincial Chief Secretary, Fazal-ur-Rehman told the participants of 25th Special Diplomatic Course (Foreign Service) here on Monday....
KARACHI: SIUT, KU introduce diploma in bioethics KARACHI, Jan 23: A postgraduate diploma in bioethics was introduced at Dewan Farooq Medical Centre of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation on Monday....		KARACHI: Free IT centre opens in Lyari KARACHI, Jan 23: A free computer learning centre was opened in Khadda Market area in UC-4, Lyari Town, on Monday. The centre has been established in the premises of the KI...
KARACHI: Plantation campaign planned KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh Chief Minister’s Adviser on Information Technology, Environment and Alternate Energy, Noman Saigol, said that the government would soon launch province-wide tree plantation drive during which saplings and...		KARACHI: Teams set up to enforce ban on wedding meals KARACHI, Jan 23: Saddar Town Municipal Administration has formed monitoring teams to ensure strict implementation of the ban on serving meals in wedding ceremonies imposed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan....
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Jan 23: Fair weather with cool night has been forecast for the city on Tuesday. According to the meteorological department, minimum temperature is expected to range between 10 and 12 degrees Centigrade....		KARACHI: 68 position holders get cash awards KARACHI, Jan 23: The position holders of the Higher Secondary School Certificate annual examination conducted by various educational boards of the province in 2004 were given cash awards at a ceremony on Monday night....
KARACHI: Ulema vow to resist govt agenda of secularism KARACHI, Jan 23: Leaders of the Ittehad Tanzimat Madaris-i-Deeniah, Sindh, have stated that madressahs, which have been playing an important role in increasing literacy rate in the country without receiving any...		KARACHI: No threat to govt, says Arbab KARACHI, Jan.23: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said here Monday that there was no threat to his government....
KARACHI: Military operation in Balochistan condemned KARACHI, Jan 23: The National Party Karachi and Baloch Alliance Karachi on Monday staged separate protest rallies outside Karachi Press Club against the arrests of Balochs, and bombing of civilian population....		KARACHI: Baloch leader passes away KARACHI, Jan 23: Eminent political and social figure of Baloch community in Karachi Haji Ahmed Khan Brohi died here on Sunday at the age of 81 after a brief illness....
KARACHI: Writer dies in accident KARACHI, Jan 23: Prominent writer, intellectual and critic Prof Riaz Siddiqui, 62, died on Monday at the Jinnah Hospital, where he was shifted after being injured in a traffic accident on Sharea Faisal in the morning....		KARACHI: Code of conduct for Muharram explained KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that the code of conduct implemented during the previous year for regulation of processions and gatherings in Muharram would be valid this year as well....
KARACHI: Training course for nazims begins KARACHI, Jan 23: A week-long training programme on “office management” for nazims and naib nazims of district and tehsil/town and union councils and functionaries of local councils began on Monday....		KARACHI: Transplants KARACHI, Jan 23: Pakistan Eye Bank Society has initiated a programme to provide corneal transplantation as well as restoration of eyesight through laser, under the supervision of most experienced eye surgeons, the Pakistan Eye Bank said in a press statement.—APP...
HYDERABAD: Call to set up registry for cancer cases HYDERABAD, Jan 23: A three-day symposium which concluded on Monday recommended establishment of a registry to keep record of diagnosis and treatment of cancer cases....		HYDERABAD: Transfer challenged HYDERABAD, Jan 23: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad bench, on Monday issued notices to the education secretary, district officer, EDO, and a high school teacher, on a petition....
LARKANA: Old dispute claims two lives LARKANA, Jan 23: Two people were killed and a passerby was injured in a clash between two groups here on Monday. Some armed men shot dead Ghulam Mohammad Abro near Deeni Madressah and escaped....		SUKKUR: ‘Sukkur through centuries’ SUKKUR, Jan 23: The district government has formed various committees to look after arrangements for a seminar on ‘Sukkur through centuries’. The date of the seminar would be announced soon....