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KARACHI: Blasphemous caricature unanimously condemned: Sindh PA session KARACHI, Feb 3: The Sindh Assembly on Friday strongly condemned the publication of highly blasphemous cartoons by a Danish newspaper and a reproduction of the same by certain other newspapers and periodicals of France, Norway and other European countries....		KARACHI: Police station to stay on hospital plot KARACHI, Feb 3: KARACHI, Feb 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court ordered on Friday that 14,075 square yards of the 23,999-plot at Orangi would be utilized for construction of a hospital while the structure raised on the remaining 9924 square yards would continue to serve as a police station...
KARACHI: Atmosphere ideal for investment: Grant KARACHI, Feb 3: The British High Commissioner in Pakistan, Mark Lyall Grant, observed that the environment of Karachi was conducive to investment, saying British investors are keen in making investments in the city....		KARACHI: Factory worker shot dead KARACHI, Feb 3: A worker of a garment unit was killed after being kidnapped in Saeedabad early on Friday morning.Police said that Imran Abbas, 24, was kidnapped late on Thursday night....
KARACHI: 7 activists picked up by LEAs, claims JWP KARACHI, Feb 3: Seven activists of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) were whisked away reportedly by the personnel of law enforcement agencies in plain clothes from outside the Karachi Press Club on Friday....		KARACHI: KBCA told to demolish structure KARACHI, Feb 3: The Sindh High Court issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of a petitioner builder and directed the Karachi Building Control Authority to complete the demolition of a violative building on Tariq Road....
KARACHI: Defaulters asked to get lease renewed KARACHI, Feb 3: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Friday took notice of some people’s failure in getting the lease agreement of their properties renewed, and directed the revenue department to serve a one-week final notice to all such defaulters....		KARACHI: SHC grants stay against removal of billboards KARACHI, Feb 3: The Sindh High Court restrained the city district government from removing billboards and hoardings put up by outdoor advertisers across the city....
KARACHI: SPSC results declared void KARACHI, Feb 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ordered null and void results of written examinations conducted by Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC)....		KARACHI: No drug for arsenic poisoning available: Hospitals helpless KARACHI, Feb 3: Two members of a family from Sukkur, who were confirmed as “chronic arsenic poisoning” cases were discharged from the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) without giving chelation therapy,...
KARACHI: The water jet and other gimmicks KARACHI: THE debate concerning the Karachi Port Trust’s water jet fountain refuses to settle. There is a barrage of comments in newspapers almost daily by concerned citizens regarding the necessity of...		KARACHI: ATC records statement of witness in ransom case KARACHI, Feb 3: An anti-terrorism court put off on Friday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case against three accused after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: FIA foils Rs9.8 million bank fraud KARACHI, Feb 3: The crime circle of the Federal Investigation Agency has foiled an attempt of over Rs9.8 million bank fraud. Officials said that Deputy Director Mohammed Ashraf received information about...		KARACHI: HU exam schedule KARACHI, Feb 3: The Hamdard University, Karachi, on Friday announced the schedule of second professional MBBS annual examination 2005. The pathology paper-1 will be held on Feb 13, pharmacology and therapeutics on Feb 15, forensic medicine and toxicology on Feb 17....
KARACHI: No layoffs in KWSB: MD KARACHI, Feb 3: KWSB MD Brig (retd) Iftikhar Haider has said that neither the KWSB is being privatized, nor its employees are being laid-off....		KARACHI: City Council meets today KARACHI, Feb 3: The City Council will meet on Saturday at the Council Secretariat to discuss matters pertaining to Sindh Local Government Ordinance-2001....
KARACHI: LLB exams KARACHI, Feb 3: The supplementary examinations 2005 of law for LL.B. final (third year) will commence on Feb 17. The candidates can collect their admit cards and examination programme from their colleges.—APP...		KARACHI: HEC to establish five law varsities KARACHI, Feb 3: The Higher Education Commission will establish five law varsities, one each at four provincial capitals and Islamabad, which will offer an integrated five-year programme after intermediate level education, said chairman of the commission Dr Attaur Rahman....
KARACHI: Govt asked to withdraw envoys from EU states KARACHI, Feb 3: Thousands of enraged people gathered outside major mosques in Karachi after Jumma to protest against publication of blasphemous caricature in Danish, French, German, Spanish, Dutch and other European and Scandinavian countries’ newspapers....		KARACHI: Jaswant critical of Nato forces in Kabul KARACHI, Feb 3: The visiting opposition leader in Indian Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh, said here on Friday that an economically strong Pakistan, with political stability, would be “good for close relations in future between the two countries....
KARACHI: Fumigation in all towns planned KARACHI, Feb 3: All the 18 town municipal administrations (TMAs) will, simultaneously, launch fumigation campaign in a couple of days....		KARACHI: Altaf draws CJ’s attention to prisoners’ plight KARACHI, Feb 3: MQM chief Altaf Hussain has drawn the attention of President General Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhri towards the plight...
KARACHI: Compensation amount raised KARACHI, Feb 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justices Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Mohammad Athar Saeed, raised the amount of compensation decreed in favour of the legal heirs of an accident victim to Rs 2 million....		KARACHI: New ordinance KARACHI, Feb 3: The Sindh government has authorized town / Tehsil / Taluka Municipal Officers (TMOs) to file complaint in the court of competent jurisdiction regarding commission of any offence under...