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KARACHI: Ibad orders review of composite exam issue KARACHI, Feb 22: After a joint representation of the chairmen of educational boards, the Sindh governor has asked the provincial government to review its decision on the issue of composite exams for matriculation and intermediate classes....		KARACHI: Sindh govt to bypass SPSC in recruitment KARACHI, Feb 22: The Sindh government has in principle decided to recruit 1,300 doctors and health specialists against the vacant regular posts in grade-17 and 18 in the health department on contract basis, it is learnt officially....
KARACHI: Ulema Council may get legal cover in Sindh KARACHI, Feb 22: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, stressing the need for early establishment of the Ulema Council in the province, has stated that a blueprint of the proposed council’s aims...		KARACHI: SC admits six appeals to interpret building control law KARACHI, Feb 22: The Supreme Court has admitted six appeals, including two by the Karachi Building Control Authority and one by the Association of Builders and Developers (Abad), to interpret the...
KARACHI: No bird flu case in Sindh reported KARACHI, Feb 22: No case of bird flu has been reported until now in Sindh or any other province, however, health officials at the district level are fully alert to the...		KARACHI: Landgrabbing rampant at Hawkesbay: BRC KARACHI, Feb 22: The Karachi-based Baloch Rights Council (BRC), an NGO working for attainment of rights of the Baloch dominated areas in the metropolis, has expressed concern over land-grabbing activity in the Hawkesbay area of Keamari Town....
KARACHI: Revival of Hawkesbay truck stand ordered KARACHI, Feb 22: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has directed that Hawkesbay truck stand should be revived according to its original layout and master plan and action be taken against the...		KARACHI: City govt can issue licences for billboards KARACHI, Feb 22: The City district government is empowered to license the installation of billboards at appropriate sites and also to recover licence fee from the outdoor advertisers in accordance with the relevant rules, the Sindh High Court declared on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Thar Express KARACHI, Feb 22: Divisional Superintendent (Karachi) of Pakistan Railways on Wednesday issued guidelines for the information and convenience of the passengers of Thar Express....		KARACHI: 250 foreign experts to attend dental congress KARACHI, Feb 22: Some 250 to 350 foreign dental experts and another 3,000 to 3,500 dental practitioners from Pakistan will be attending the 28th Asia Pacific Dental Congress being held here at the Expo Centre....
KARACHI: Lab reports of dead fish ordered KARACHI, Feb 22: The Adviser to Chief Minister on Environment, Alternate Energy and Information Technology, Noman Saigol, has directed the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency to send more samples of dead fish...		KARACHI: Institute of kidney diseases at LNH KARACHI, Feb 22: Prof Adibul Hasan Rizvi, Director, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, chaired the inaugural session of the Institute of Kidney Diseases, Liaqut National Hospital, here on Wednesday....
KARACHI: PML party polls by August KARACHI, Feb 22: The President of Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Sindh’s Labour Wing, Muhammad Arif Hasan, said that according to the decision of the PML Chief, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the process...		KARACHI: 300 posts of doctors vacant KARACHI, Feb 22: The Sindh health department would encourage qualified doctors belonging to rural areas of the province to assume their professional responsibilities against posts lying vacant in public sector rural health care facilities across the province....
KARACHI: Events planned for special children KARACHI, Feb 22: The City District Government, Karachi, will hold shows for special children in all 18 towns of Karachi, paving way for due recognition of the potential these children may be blessed with....		KARACHI: Class X exam forms KARACHI, Feb 22: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi on Wednesday notified that examination forms of SSC Part-II (Class X) Science and General groups (regular and private) and those of ex-students...
KARACHI: City Council meets today KARACHI, Feb 22: The meeting of the City Council will be held under the chairmanship of the Naib Nazim, Nasreen Jalil, at the Council Secretariat at 2pm on Thursday....		KARACHI: HSC result KARACHI, Feb 22: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Wednesday announced the result of HSC Part-II Supplementary Examinations 2005 of Home Economics Group....
KARACHI: Art show at VM Gallery KARACHI, Feb 22: Opening reception of “Silent Souls”, a solo exhibition by Shakira Masood, at 5.30pm at VM Art Gallery. The show will continue till March 1....		KARACHI: Ulema, others condemn blasphemous cartoons KARACHI, Feb 22: A large number of protestors held a protest demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers....
KARACHI: SHC upholds conviction of three LJ activists KARACHI, Feb 22: Upholding the conviction of three activists of the outlawed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in a sectarian killing case, the Sindh High Court maintained on Wednesday the death sentences of two of...		KARACHI: ATC puts off hearing of consulate blast case KARACHI, Feb 22: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of the US Consulate bomb blast case against Naveedul Hassan after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: Altaf urges India to donate sugar KARACHI, Feb 22: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has appealed to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for donating sugar to Pakistan on an urgent basis for tiding over its current difficulties....		KARACHI: Rashid Niaz passes away KARACHI, Feb 22: Senior journalist Abdul Rashid Khan alias Rashid Niaz passed away on Wednesday morning at the Liaquat National Hospital. He was 64. He has left behind his mother, besides widow, a daughter and a son....
KARACHI: Three gunned down KARACHI, Feb 22: Three men, including a traffic police official, were gunned down in separate incidents at various places here on Wednesday....		KHAIRPUR: 20 gamblers arrested KHAIRPUR, Feb 22: Police on Tuesday night raided a place near the Khanan Shah graveyard and arrested 20 gamblers and seized Rs5,000 and playing cards from their possession....