January 31, 2006	Tuesday	Muharram 1, 1427

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KARACHI: Legislators discuss steps to contain Aids KARACHI, Jan 30: The two-day parliamentarians’ seminar on HIV/Aids Policy began here on Monday with legislators from within the country and abroad emphasizing the need for an effective strategy to contain...		KARACHI: PPP stages rallies against ‘media trial’ of top leaders KARACHI, Jan 30: Pakistan People’s Party cadre on Monday staged protest rallies and sit-ins in various district headquarters of the city to register their anger over, what they termed, ‘media trial’ of Ms Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Zardari....
KARACHI: Notice issued to AG on Asif’s appeal KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued notice to AG Sindh on an application submitted by Asif Ali Zardari, a spouse of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, seeking...		KARACHI: Allotment of land according to master plan ordered KARACHI, Jan 30: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Monday directed the Sindh Board of Revenue and City District Government Karachi (CDGK) officials to only allot land in accordance with master...
KARACHI: Bifurcation of social studies subject delayed KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh Textbook Board is unlikely to publish two separate books of history and geography for the students of Class VI in the province as a replacement of...		KARACHI: Man sentenced to death in murder case KARACHI, Jan 30: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Ms Munawwar Sultana, sentenced on Monday a man to death in a murder case. Malik Sarfraz was found guilty of having...
KARACHI: Dawn Group’s ‘Education Expo’ gets under way KARACHI, Jan 30: The two-day Dawn Education Expo-2006, the third of its series organized by the Dawn Group of Newspapers, formally got under way at the Expo Centre here on Monday....		KARACHI: Two found dead KARACHI, Jan 30: Two unidentified bodies were recovered in different parts of Gadap town on Monday. The body of a young man in his mid-20s was found at a derelict place in Nagori Society....
KARACHI: Youth urged to benefit from IT knowledge KARACHI, Jan 30: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday urged the youth to derive maximum benefit from modern information technology through sharing of knowledge and experience with others across the world....		KARACHI: More police reporting centres soon KARACHI, Jan 30: The Karachi police have decided to establish ‘reporting centres’ in the city for quick response to public complaints, and spotted some 60 locations in its 18 towns....
KARACHI: DHA school holds annual day KARACHI, Jan 30: The annual day of the DHA Higher Secondary School Ph-IV held here on Monday. Speaking as chief guest of the function, Dr Akhlaque Ahmed said that the real...		KARACHI: Water purification plant set up in Malir KARACHI, Jan 30: Director-General of Pakistan Rangers Major-General Javed Zia inaugurated a water purification plant at Jaffar-i-Tayyar Society in Malir Town on Monday....
KARACHI: Action against land mafia demanded KARACHI, Jan 30: The Pakistan Railways Workers’ Federation on Monday expressed deep concern over the encroachments on the land allotted to the railway employees and demanded removal of the illegal occupation by the land mafia....		KARACHI: Bryan Adams performs KARACHI, Jan 30: The visiting Canadian rock star, Bryan Adams, performed at a concert ‘Rock for a Cause’ here at a local club on Sunday night, held under the banner of...
KARACHI: Moot slams US attack on Bajaur KARACHI, Jan 30: A seminar to discuss the implications of the US attack on Bajaur, resulting in the tragic loss of 18 innocent lives of Pakistani citizens, was organized at the Department of International Relations, University of Karachi....		KARACHI: Fisherfolk dissociates itself from strike KARACHI, Jan 30: Pakistan Fisher-folk Forum, an NGO working for the betterment of fishermen communities, has announced its dissociation from the strike being observed by boat-owners in Karachi against a hike in diesel prices....
KARACHI: Mobile bookshop KARACHI, Jan 30: A mobile bookshop of the Oxford University Press Pakistan was formally inaugurated here on Monday. This was described as an innovative venture and first of its kind in the country....		KARACHI: Production house launched KARACHI, Jan 30: A production house of celebrated film artist Nadeem was formally launched at ceremony held here on Monday. It is a joint venture of Nadeem and Syed Mukhtar Ahmed....
KARACHI: JCSC chief briefed on naval projects KARACHI, Jan 30: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Ehsanul Haq, on Monday visited the Pakistan Navy dockyard where he was briefed on the working and operational...		KARACHI: Ombudsman concerned over sale of gutka KARACHI, Jan 30: Sindh Ombudsman Yousuf Jamal has taken notice of ‘massive sale’ and consumption of gutka. A report was submitted to him in this regard by district police officer, Thatta, about the ban on gutka sales....
KARACHI: New KBA members take oath KARACHI, Jan 30: The judiciary is completely independent and would not bow to any pressure from any quarter, said Chief Justice of High Court of Sindh (SHC), Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed here on Monday....		KARACHI: Cancellation of bail ordered KARACHI, Jan 30: The Additional District and Session Court Karachi East Judge, Mrs Akhter A Chaudhry, on Monday passed order for cancellation of the bail and arrest of former MLO Karachi...
KARACHI: Judge’s death condoled KARACHI, Jan 30: The Sindh High Court suspended hearing of cases after tea break on Monday to mourn the death of its former judge and Pakistan Bar Council member Abdur Rahim Kazi....		KARACHI: Fatehyab to attend peace moot KARACHI, Jan 30: Chairman, Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi, Fatehyab Ali Khan, on Monday left for India to participate in World Peace Conference 2006 at Pune being held on eve of 60th anniversary year celebrations of UN and Unesco....
KARACHI: KUJ elects new office-bearers KARACHI, Jan 30: Ayub Jan Sarhandi was elected president of the Karachi Union of Journalists in the election for 2006 held here on Monday. The general secretary, two vice-presidents and the treasurer were elected unopposed....		HYDERABAD: Govt blamed for fabricating cases against PPP leaders HYDERABAD, Jan 30: On the call of the party high command, workers and supporters of the People’s Party Parliamentarians staged rallies at district headquarters of interior of Sindh to protest against...
HYDERABAD: Demand to implement labour laws HYDERABAD, Jan 30: The Pakistan Workers’ Federation has criticized non-implementation of labour laws in different industrial units and said that workers were being deprived of their rights....		HYDERABAD: Resolution on Kalabagh dam not allowed: Hyderabad district council session HYDERABAD, Jan 30: Convener of the district council Zafar Rajput here on Monday rejected a move by some members to table anti-Kalabagh dam resolution in the council on the ground that...
SUKKUR: CM defends opening of Khokhrapar route SUKKUR, Jan 30: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ruled out the apprehension of influx of illegal immigrants in Sindh through the Khokhrapar rail route....		LARKANA: 68 girls get scholarships LARKANA, Jan 30: Sixty-eight girl students of schools in Naudero, Panjodero and Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto were given scholarships under the Decentralized Elementary Education Programme, sponsored by the Asian Development Bank....
NAWABSHAH: Education dept staff boycott work NAWABSHAH, Jan 30: Employees of the Nawabshah education department under the banner of Sindh Lower Staff Association boycotted work and staged a demonstration outside the EDO (education) office here on Monday for acceptance of their demand....		HYDERABAD: 17 police checkpoints to be set up HYDERABAD, Jan 30: The Tando Mohammad Khan district nazim, Mir Inayat Ali Talpur, has directed the district police to make foolproof security arrangements in the three talukas of the district during the month of Muharram....
MITHI: Protection demanded MITHI, Jan 30: The President of the Lund Welfare Association Tharparkar, Mr Mohammad Khan Lund, has appealed to the government as well as the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, HRCP, to...		NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: FIR registered NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 30: The Tharushah police on Sunday night registered a second FIR in the murder case of a woman, Sakina. Earlier, on a complaint of the woman’s mother, police...