January 28, 2006	Saturday	Zilhaj 27, 1426

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KARACHI: Rs7bn cut in funds hits city projects: Tameer-i-Karachi Programme KARACHI, Jan 27: Various mega development projects initiated by the city government in the fiscal year 2005-06 will either be abandoned or delayed following a reduction of Rs7 billion in the Tameer-i-Karachi Programme (TKP)....		KARACHI: Shifting of bus termini begins, says nazim KARACHI, Jan 27: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Friday said that process of shifting inter-provincial bus termini, truck stands and warehouses outside the city on Northern Bypass had started....
KARACHI: Judgment reserved in carnage case KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh High Court on Friday reserved its judgment on appeals moved by activists of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi against their conviction in an imambargah carnage....		KARACHI: ACLC told to deposit impounded vehicle KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh High Court ordered the anti-car lifting cell (ACLC) on Friday to deposit a vehicle impounded by it with its nazir....
KARACHI: Young girl found dead in Sohrab Goth area KARACHI, Jan 27: A teenage girl was shot dead on Friday morning. Police said that the bullet-riddled body was recovered from river bed in Sohrab Goth area....		KARACHI: Derailment delays many trains KARACHI, Jan 27: Thousands of passengers suffered as rail traffic remained suspended for several hours between Karachi and the upcountry owing to derailment of a goods train near Tando Adam on the main line....
KARACHI: NICH workshop Precautions urged to prevent infections KARACHI, Jan 27: Almost 80 per cent of the infections acquired during treatments at hospitals can be prevented through due realization and care on the part of nurses and paramedics....		KARACHI: Recovered traders narrate ordeals KARACHI, Jan 27: The tip off, that helped locate the three traders kidnapped last month in Karachi, had been provided by the Military Intelligence, AIG Investigation Nayyar Hasnain Zaidi told a press conference here on Friday....
KARACHI: HEC asked to increase fellowships for diploma KARACHI, Jan 27: Sindh Additional Education Secretary Deedar Murtaza has asked the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to increase the number of fellowships for the advanced diploma by the Aga Khan University...		KARACHI: Committee ordered to manage institute KARACHI, Jan 27: A managing committee would be formed for running the Monotechnic Institute for Computer Information Technology, Textile Dyeing and Printing....
KARACHI: Rs78.23m coastal project document approved KARACHI, Jan 27: The Provincial Development Working Party has approved a project document of Rs78.232 million of the Sindh Coastal Development Authority (SCDA) calling for setting up of a Project Monitoring...		KARACHI: Hamas victory celebrated KARACHI, Jan 27: Thanksgiving prayers were offered throughout the province to express happiness over the victory of Palestinian movement, Hamas, in the Palestinian parliamentary elections....
KARACHI: City council meeting KARACHI, Jan 27: The City Council will meet on Feb 4 to take up discussion on matters pertaining to the Sindh Local Government Ordinance 2001....		KARACHI: Journalist dies KARACHI, Jan 27: Naseem Taqvi, a journalist, poet and critic, died here on Wednesday night after protracted illness. He was buried in the Sakhi Hasan graveyard on Thursday. He was 62....
KARACHI: Final arguments on Feb 6 in convoy case KARACHI, Jan 27: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Friday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group after recording statements of the accused....		KARACHI: PPP plans protest campaign from 30th KARACHI, Jan 27: The Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, will stage protest rallies on Monday (Jan 30) against the alleged victimization of the party chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif...
KARACHI: MALC says leprosy successfully controlled KARACHI, Jan 27: The Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre has successfully controlled Leprosy in the country and is now focusing on checking tuberculosis and eye ailments....		KARACHI: WB team meets CS KARACHI, Jan 27: The World Bank mission on supporting provincial education sector reforms held the wrap-up meeting with the Sindh government officials with Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman in the chair on Friday....
KARACHI: NAB arrests two former Wapda men KARACHI, Jan 27: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Sindh has arrested a former chief engineer and a director of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on charges of corruption, said a NAB press release here on Friday....		KARACHI: Premier’s US visit termed successful KARACHI, Jan 27: The prime minister’s visit to the US has been very successful and would further promote the strategic partnership between the two countries in trade, economic, defence and security...
KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, Jan 27: Zakia Rasheed, sister of Dawn staffer Tariq Ali Khan, died here on Thursday night. She was 43. She was buried in Shershah Graveyard after Juma prayers....		HYDERABAD: Protest against demolition of houses HYDERABAD, Jan 27: Residents of Hosh Nagar on the Hali Road staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Friday in protest against demolition of their houses by the Hyderabad Development Authority....
HYDERABAD: Governor’s monitoring team visits SU HYDERABAD, Jan 27: A monitoring team set up by the governor of Sindh visited the University of Sindh on Thursday to apprise itself of academic programmes and progress on construction projects funded by the Higher Education Commission....		HYDERABAD: Seminar on road network organized HYDERABAD, Jan 27: The secretary, works and services, Mr Faisal Saud has said that engineers of works and services department must try to grasp advanced techniques at workshops and seminars being arranged by the road sector development directorate....