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KARACHI: Ibad orders revival of Scheme-33 in a month KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan ordered the authorities concerned to remove all the impediments in the revival of Scheme-33 Gulzar-i-Hijri within a month....		KARACHI: Judgment reserved in convoy attack case KARACHI, Feb 6: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Monday judgment in the corps commander convoy attack case against 11 activists of the banned Jundullah group. Judge Feroze Mehmood Bhatti of the...
KARACHI: Owais sees foreign hand in Balochistan KARACHI, Feb 6: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said on Monday that the government was “effectively” dealing with trained insurgents, saboteurs and terrorists using most sophisticated weaponry in only three tehsils...		KARACHI: Dialogue on Balochistan issue vital, says Altaf KARACHI, Feb 6: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Monday expressed the apprehension that Pakistan was drifting towards isolation, and stressed the need for immediately initiating dialogue for overcoming the Balochistan crisis....
KARACHI: Rs1.77bn new projects to be launched this month KARACHI, Feb 6: The city government is initiating new projects worth Rs1.77 billion during the current month and will ensure expeditious work on these projects which would be launched after Ashura....		KARACHI: Muharram procession routes notified KARACHI, Feb 6: The Central Police Office, Sindh, has released details of Muharram processions and traffic arrangements in the city on Muharram 8, 9 and 10 (Feb 7, 8 and 9):...
KARACHI: SHC seeks AG’s help on legal question KARACHI, Feb 6: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued notice to Advocate General Sindh, senior lawyers A.Q Halepota and Azizullah K Sheikh for Feb 27 to assist the court on...		KARACHI: Security guard shot dead KARACHI, Feb 6: A security guard was shot dead on Monday by an employee of a private company, where the guard was posted in Samnabad. Police said Arif and his manager...
KARACHI: Cellphone snatcher awarded 4-year term KARACHI, Feb 6: The district and sessions judge, South, Agha Rafique Ahmed Khan, sentenced on Monday a cellular phone snatcher to suffer rigorous imprisonment for four years....		KARACHI: Cases lodged against CM’s opponent KARACHI, Feb 6: Police have registered three cases against Wali Mohammad Rahimo, a political opponent of the Sindh Chief Minister from his constituency. The first case pertains to alleged possession and...
KARACHI: Anti-polio campaign KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh Health Minister Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani on Monday noted with optimism that Sindh registered no polio case during the last 16 months but warned that the paralyzing menace could hit back as witnessed in Egypt and Yemen....		KARACHI: BSE receives 2,500 incorrect SSC forms KARACHI, Feb 6: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has asked the private candidates having submitted faulty or incomplete examination forms for SSC (General Group) annual exams 2006 to report to it at the earliest for rectification....
KARACHI: Ibad to open IT centre on 15th, says Saigol KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh IT Adviser Mohammad Noman Saigol emphasized the need for creating awareness on IT among the masses and put it to use for their benefit....		KARACHI: Exhibition at DHA college opened KARACHI, Feb 6: The annual arts exhibition organized by the fine arts department of the Defence Authority Degree College was inaugurated by Begum Rukhshana Maqsood, wife of the DHA administrator, at the institution’s premises here on Monday....
KARACHI: MA (external) results announced KARACHI, Feb 6: The University of Karachi on Monday declared the results of MA (final) external annual examination, 2004, with an overall pass percentage of 36.82....		KARACHI: KUTS criticizes HEC’s policies KARACHI, Feb 6: The Karachi University Teachers’ Society (KUTS) on Monday urged chancellors of all the varsities of Sindh to take notice of the “unnecessary interference of the Higher Education Commission...
KARACHI: Traders’ strike against blasphemy today KARACHI, Feb 6: The Alliance of Market Associations, Karachi, a grouping of small traders, has announced that it would observe a shutter-down strike on Tuesday (Feb 7) against the publication of blasphemous sketches by certain European newspapers....		KARACHI: HRCP slams custodial death KARACHI, Feb 6: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Sindh chapter, has strongly condemned the custodial death of one, Hasan Gichki, and claimed that its fact-finding team had examined the...
KARACHI: PPP not yet ready for senate poll KARACHI, Feb 6: Prospective PPP candidates for the upcoming Senate elections are in a fix as the party has not yet formed a parliamentary board for inviting applications for a ticket....		KARACHI: Airblue gets two aircraft KARACHI, Feb 6: Airblue has acquired two Airbus A231 aircraft which are being inducted in its fleet this week, increasing the private airline’s fleet size to six aircraft and weekly operation to over 180 flights....
KARACHI: Control rooms set up KARACHI, Feb 6: Special control rooms were set up in the province on Monday on the orders of Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui to monitor law and order situation during Muharram....		KARACHI: Workshop on research methodology KARACHI, Feb 6: A workshop on research methodology was organized by the Sobhraj Maternity Hospital in collaboration with the Community Health Sciences Department of the Aga Khan University Hospital and the University of Albama....
KARACHI: Bahauddin award KARACHI, Feb 6: The Sindh Minister for Sports and Culture, Qamar Mansoor, announced that in recognition of the outstanding services of the late Bahauddin Qawwal in the field of qawwali, an award in his name would be introduced....		HYDERABAD: ‘Rural areas neglected in budget’ HYDERABAD, Feb 6: Members of the Hyderabad District Council have complained that the district government has neglected the Hyderabad taluka (rural) in allocation of development funds in the budget for 2005-06....
HYDERABAD: ‘All closed institutions to be made functional’ HYDERABAD, Feb 6: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jameel has said that the district government is giving top priority to education and health sectors and a task force has been formed to make all closed institutions functional....		LARKANA: Probe ordered into death in custody LARKANA, Feb 6: Larkana DIG Akhtar Hassan Gorchani on Monday ordered an inquiry into custodial death of Abdul Ghaffar Shaikh. The deceased had been arrested by the Jacobabad police for allegedly kidnapping and killing a boy....
KHAIRPUR: JSM opposes Khokhrapar rail route KHAIRPUR, Feb 6: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Junejo group) held a meeting here on Monday in protest against opening of the Khokhrapar railway route. The meeting was presided over by JSM district president Naimatullah....		HYDERABAD: Varsity extends date for depositing admission fees HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The director, admissions, University of Sindh, on Monday extended the date for depositing admission fees for next higher classes by students of bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes to Feb 26....
HYDERABAD: Handicraft training for women HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The Aurat Foundation will launch a ‘home net Pakistan movement’ in Sindh to create awakening among women and to train them in handicrafts....		BADIN: ‘Police refusing to register FIR’ BADIN, Feb 6: A man of Tando Ghulam Ali village in the Matli taluka has said that police have refused to register an FIR against his brother-in-law who allegedly tried to kill his sister, Nasreen....