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KARACHI: Garbage lifting, disposal privatized KARACHI, Feb 15: The garbage lifting in Karachi and its disposal was on Wednesday privatized while city’s entire solid waste management system will be privatized phased-wise in a period of one year....		KARACHI: Violence damaging Islam’s image: German envoy KARACHI, Feb 15: Dr Gunter Mulack, Germany’s Ambassador to Pakistan, has deplored the publication of ‘ugly and insulting’ caricatures in the Danish press, and sympathized with Muslims over their victimization through...
KARACHI: Holiday in schools, colleges today KARACHI, Feb 15: The Sindh government has ordered all public and private educational institutions in the province, including Karachi, to suspend academic activities for one day on Feb 16....		KARACHI: More rallies held against blasphemous sketches KARACHI, Feb 15: Various political and religious parties, women groups and minority organizations staged protest demonstrations and took out rallies on Wednesday against the publication of sacrilegious cartoons by the European press....
KARACHI: Ulema urged to help maintain peace KARACHI, Feb 15: A high-level meeting at the Sindh Governor’s House reviewed thoroughly the events which took place during the last two days in Lahore and Peshawar and directed the law-enforcement...		KARACHI: PR workers’ strike delays trains KARACHI, Feb 15: Several trains departed after a delay of one to two hours as railway workers observed a strike and refused to operate trains on Wednesday in protest against the arrest of two of their fellow workers....
KARACHI: Mo’s Stars, a book for children, launched KARACHI, Feb 15: A book for children of five years and younger, titled, Mo’s Star, was launched here on Wednesday in a star-studded function....		KARACHI: Altaf urges protesters to stay peaceful KARACHI, Feb 15: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has appealed to the countrymen, particularly the people of Sindh, to register their protests against the publication of blasphemous drawings in the Western media in a peaceful manner....
KARACHI: Transfer of juveniles’ cases ordered KARACHI, Feb 15: A full bench of the High Court of Sindh on Wednesday disposed of two references and transfer applications pertaining to trial of juveniles by the Control of Narcotics...		KARACHI: Changes likely in schools’ monitoring system KARACHI, Feb 15: The Executive District Officer of Schools, Haider Ali Novien, has said the existing system of monitoring primary and elementary schools was failing to deliver any good and required an overhauling....
KARACHI: 3 factories sealed for polluting environment KARACHI, Feb 15: The Adviser to Chief Minister on Environment and Alternative Energy, Noman Saigol, on Wednesday sealed three factories and issued show-cause notices to other factories in the Korangi and Landhi industrial areas for violating environment laws....		KARACHI: Removal of illegal billboards demanded KARACHI, Feb 15: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Wednesday expressed extreme concern over injuries caused to citizens by a falling billboard on Rashid Minhas Road in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Tuesday....
KARACHI: Students visit Gulbahao centre KARACHI, Feb 15: A group of 50 students from the NED University visited the work centre of Gulbahao and were shown “Chandi Ghar” on display. They were also taken around wastic blocks (blocks made from waste plastic) in the manufacturing section....		KARACHI: Free IT centre opens in Liaquatabad KARACHI, Feb 15: A free IT awareness centre was opened in Liaquatabad on Wednesday. Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari performed the inauguration along with Adviser to chief minister on Information technology Mohammad Noman Saigal....
KARACHI: Action against quacks ordered KARACHI, Feb 15: The Sindh Health Minister, Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani, on Wednesday warned quacks to close down their so-called clinics by the end of this month or otherwise face stern action under the law....		KARACHI: CM acts to end sugar crisis KARACHI, Feb 15: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has signed the Sindh Sugar (Price Control) Order-2006 which would be effective immediately....
KARACHI: MPhil results KARACHI, Feb 15: The Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) has announced the result of MPhil/PhD course work in the Department of Chemistry....		KARACHI: ATC puts off hearing in ransom case KARACHI, Feb 15: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case after recording the deposition of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: Rally against US invasion of Iraq planned KARACHI, Feb 15: The newly-formed forum, Stop the War Coalition, has condemned publication of blasphemous sketches in the European press, and announced holding of a rally on March 18 against the US-led forces, which invaded Iraq three years ago....		KARACHI: MMA sees ‘hidden hand’ in violence KARACHI, Feb 15: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Sindh, has strongly condemned violence and loss of precious lives in Lahore and Peshawar, and claimed that ‘a hidden hand’ is fully active to sabotage the peaceful protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons....
KARACHI: Cases against Afghan DPs to be withdrawn KARACHI, Feb 15: The federal government has decided to withdraw all cases pending against Afghan refugees under the Foreigners Act 1947 and such prisoners would soon be released from all the...		KARACHI: HRCP urges Muslims to exercise restraint KARACHI, Feb 15: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday, rejecting all attempts to malign Islam, asked Muslims to exercise restraint and not to resort to indulging in violence...
KARACHI: Traffic board to solve traffic problems: CS KARACHI, Feb 15: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman has expressed the hope that traffic problems of Karachi would be effectively solved by the newly- established Traffic Management Board, led by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal....		KARACHI: Accident KARACHI, Feb 15: A young boy was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Wednesday. Police said that Aleem Akhtar was playing near his house in Block 1, Gulshan, when a speeding car knocked him down.—Staff...
HYDERABAD: Nazim urges sustainable development schemes HYDERABAD, Feb 15: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said officials concerned have been directed to prepare feasibility reports of each development scheme with the capacity to cater to the needs of people up to 2025....		HYDERABAD: Call to promote IT education HYDERABAD, Feb 15: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has observed that the country is lagging behind in the field of IT education which is the key to development in the era of globalization....
HYDERABAD: Arrest of activists criticized HYDERABAD, Feb 15: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Bashir Qureshi has accused the authorities of launching an operation against workers of nationalist parties....		SUKKUR: Rs13.37m for Sukkur taluka development SUKKUR, Feb 15: The Sukkur taluka administration has allocated Rs13.376 million under the Annual Development Pro-gramme to carry out 13 development programmes of surface drains, CC topping, drainage disposal and rehabilitation of Sukkur city and adjoining areas....