February 3, 2006	Friday	Muharram 4, 1427

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KARACHI: Body set up to maintain sectarian harmony: Ulema conventions planned KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday announced formation of a Council of Religious Scholars at the provincial level to devise a long-term strategy for maintaining sectarian harmony....		KARACHI: Govt allocates Rs5bn for city transport KARACHI, Feb 2: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Thursday said the federal government had allocated Rs5 billion for turning the transport system in Karachi environment friendly....
KARACHI: Attachment of razed lawns ordered KARACHI, Feb 2: Justice Gulzar Ahmed of the Sindh High Court ordered attachment of five partially demolished marriage lawns at Sabzazar, Sharea Faisal, and issued the city nazim a notice to...		KARACHI: Jaswant wants visa camp office set up: Resumption of ferry service stressed KARACHI, Feb 2: Opposition leader in the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian parliament) Mr Jaswant Singh has welcomed moves towards the resumption of the rail service on Khokhrapar-Monabao sector...
KARACHI: 400 illegal billboards removed KARACHI, Feb 1: The city government’s revenue department in its ongoing campaign against unauthorized and mismanaged billboards has, so far, pulled down over 400 billboards in various parts of the city....		KARACHI: Two of four kidnapped men released KARACHI, Feb 2: Two of the four persons kidnapped on late Wednesday night were freed on Thursday by their captors in Gadap. Those released were identified as Nazeer and Akbar, labourers....
KARACHI: Manufacture, sale, use of polythene bags banned KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday promulgated Sindh Prohibition on Manufacture, Sale and Use of Polythene Bags Ordinance 2006....		KARACHI: Killers of abducted boy nabbed KARACHI, Feb 2: The police on Thursday arrested three alleged killers and kidnappers of an eight-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from Jacobabad and killed here in Risala police limits four days back....
KARACHI: Unawareness, corruption termed root causes of transport problem KARACHI, Feb 2: Lack of awareness and corruption are two major factors responsible for public transport problems in Karachi, speakers at a seminar said on Thursday....		KARACHI: Oil company sets up chair at NED university KARACHI, Feb 2: A petroleum firm will establish a chair at the NED University of Engineering and Technology for its Department of Petroleum Engineering, whose salary would be arranged through a grant promised by the firm, said sources on the campus....
KARACHI: More schools for workers’ children ordered KARACHI, Feb 2: The management of the Sindh Workers Children Education Board is taking all necessary steps to provide modern education at par with private schools for the workers’ children in the province....		KARACHI: Lecture on brain tumour KARACHI, Feb 2: The neurosurgery department of the Liaquat National Hospital as part of its continuing medical education programme has arranged a series of lectures on brain tumour....
KARACHI: Problems of fisheries KARACHI, Feb 2: Sindh Ombudsman Yousuf Jamal here on Thursday discussed in detail the problems faced by the fisheries and livestock department and steps to resolve them with Dr Baz Mohammad Junejo, secretary of the department....		KARACHI: Stickers for vehicles KARACHI, Feb 2: The Karachi Traffic Police on Thursday notified that owners of vehicles, and workers of welfare organizations and ambulance services should obtain permits (pass and stickers) for Muharram processions....
KARACHI: Uplift of tanneries KARACHI, Feb 2: Korangi Town will take steps for uplift of tanneries in Korangi Industrial Area. This was stated by town nazim while talking to members of Pakistan Tanners Association on Thursday....		KARACHI: Judgment reserved in doctor brothers’ case KARACHI, Feb 2: A Sindh High Court division bench on Thursday reserved its judgment in appeals moved by Dr Akmal Waheed and Dr Arshad Waheed against their conviction by an anti-terrorist court for aiding and abetting terrorism....
KARACHI: Boy commits suicide after being scolded KARACHI, Feb 2: An 11-year-old boy committed suicide after being admonished by his mother at his residence in Baldia Town on Thursday. Ataur Rehman did not go to school and made...		KARACHI: Trader’s son identifies kidnappers KARACHI, Feb 2: A minor son of a trader who was kidnapped for ransom identified on Thursday three accused before an anti-terrorism court. Judge Syed Saghir Hussain Zaidi of the ATC-3...
KARACHI: APC rejects govt’s Kashmir policy KARACHI, Feb 2: The All-Parties Kashmir Solidarity Conference, held here on Thursday under the auspices of the Jamaat-i-Islami, has rejected the formulas of ‘self-governance’ and ‘United States of Kashmir’, claiming that...		KARACHI: Over 100 seats reserved in Thar Express KARACHI, Feb 2: More than 100 tickets of Thar Express were sold till Thursday evening after Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad inaugurated a special booking counter at the Cantonment Station here on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Town nazim’s arrest ordered KARACHI, Feb 2: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, consisting of Justices Syed Zawwar Hussain Jaffery and Maqbool Baqar, has issued a bailable warrant for the Jamshed Town nazim’s arrest when he failed to appear before it on Thursday....		HYDERABAD: Rs2.64bn Hyderabad budget presented HYDERABAD, Feb 2: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Thursday presented in the district council a Rs2.647 billion budget for 2005-06....
HYDERABAD: Security plan for Muharram HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Sindh Home Minister Abdul Rauf Siddiqui presided over a meeting at the circuit house here on Wednesday to review a security plan prepared by police for maintaining law and order in the region during Muharram....		HYDERABAD: Factory sealed, medicines seized HYDERABAD, Feb 2: A huge quantity of medicines was seized in a raid on Thursday on a factory, which had been closed under orders of the federal government for manufacturing substandard drugs one year ago....
LARKANA: Embankments of canals being strengthened LARKANA, Feb 2: The irrigation department, in collaboration with the district government, is strengthening embankments of the Rice canal and Ghar Wah passing through the city....		KHAIRPUR: Two bodies found KHAIRPUR, Feb 2: Two bodies have been found in different areas of Khairpur district. One of the bodies was found lying on a donkey cart on the National Highway near the Bhurgari regulator here on Thursday morning....