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July 18, 2006 Tuesday Jumadi-ul-Sani 21, 1427 KARACHI: 1,500 posts of doctors lying vacant in Sindh KARACHI, July 17: About 1,500 posts of doctors and health specialists are lying vacant at various government health facilities throughout the province, say sources in the provincial health department.... KARACHI: Organisers partly responsible: Nishtar Park tribunal told KARACHI, July 17: The organizers of the Eid-i-Milad function were partly responsible for the Nishtar Park incident of April 11, Pakistan Sunni Movement chairman Shah Sirajul Haq Qadri admitted before the inquiry tribunal probing the blast on Monday.... KARACHI: Anarkali is dead KARACHI, July 17: Anarkali, the lone female elephant of the Karachi Zoological Gardens, died here on Monday morning. She was the oldest inhabitant and the main attraction for the visitors of the zoo, especially children.... KARACHI: Ditches pose threat to motorists KARACHI, July 17: Absence of proper safety measures at the sites of various development projects, especially those relating to the signal-free corridor between Site area and Karsaz may play havoc with... KARACHI: 38 cellphones, 27 vehicles taken away KARACHI, July 17: As many as 65 people were robbed of their cars, motorbikes or cellphones in various localities of the metropolis on Monday.... KARACHI: PPP worried over rise in robberies KARACHI, July 17: The Pakistan People’s Party has expressed its serious concern over the rising graph of street crime and deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi, claiming that the city... KARACHI: Nadra’s tracking system termed impracticable KARACHI, July 17: Police and the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) have expressed their serious reservations over the viability of the Vehicles Identification and Monitoring System (VIMS), designed and proposed by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).... KARACHI: Inter-society dialogue urged KARACHI, July 17: Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany Dr Gunter Mulack has underlined the need to develop cooperation between Muslim world and Europe beyond dialogue to have more understanding and respect.... KARACHI: 15,000 killed during PPP rule: MQM KARACHI, July 17: Founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has demanded that detention of Senator Agha Shahid Bugti, secretary-general of Jamhoori Watan Party and former chief minister of Balochistan Mir... KARACHI: CoD minimum compromise formula, says PPP leader KARACHI, July 17: Secretary-General of Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh chapter, Nafees Siddiqui, said on Monday that the Charter of Democracy hammered out between the PPP and PML (N) and supported by... KARACHI: JI slams govt over Turabi’s killing KARACHI, July 17: Holding the Sindh government directly responsible for the martyrdom of Allama Hasan Turabi, the secretary-general of Jamaat-i-Islami, Syed Munawar Hasan, said that a fascist group was ruling over... KARACHI: SHC issues notices on denial of remission KARACHI, July 17: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the provincial home secretary and prison authorities in a petition challenging denial of remission in jail term to a kidnapping-for-ransom convict serving life imprisonment.... KARACHI: Man dies in accident KARACHI, July 17: A man died and his friend was injured in an accident in North Nazimabad. Police said that two youths on a motorcycle were hit by a truck (LSA-4412) near Intermediate Board Office in North Nazimabad police limits.... KARACHI: Hypoglycemia needs special attention, says report KARACHI, July 17: The impression that diabetes causes hypoglycemia was dispelled with a clarification that factually hypoglycemia occurred in people with diabetes, due to treatment with insulin or tablets.... KARACHI: Public land in Lyari to be vacated soon KARACHI, July 17: The municipal administration of the Lyari Town has started conducting a survey of public land being illegally occupied by unscrupulous persons and after collecting necessary data will recommend the city government to take action against the encroachers.... KARACHI: Rehabilitation plans criticized KARACHI, July 17: Town planner Arif Hassan has drawn a highly disappointing picture of vested interests pursuing their gains and the affected communities being totally excluded from the reconstruction activity in the quake-hit areas.... KARACHI: Authorities overlook litter dump near secretariat KARACHI, July 17: A big garbage dump just behind the Sindh Secretariat and Tughlaque House has become a source of nuisance for the whole area and a question mark on the... KARACHI: Reactivation of 800 water, sewerage schemes KARACHI, July 17: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman on Monday directed the public health engineering department to take immediate steps for reactivating 800 water supply and sewerage schemes across the province so that people could get benefit of such facilities.... KARACHI: Summer camp inaugurated KARACHI, July 17: Sindh Minister for education and literacy Dr Hamida Khuhro on Monday expressed satisfaction over the permission granted to Humanities Group students to participate in the summer camp and also lauded the efforts of chairman of Inter-Board Committee Islamabad.... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive in Gulshan begins today KARACHI, July 17: The Gulshan-i-Iqbal town administration has finalised all arrangements for the three-day anti-polio drive commencing from July 18.... KARACHI: Deal on IT Tower today KARACHI, July 17: A deal would be inked between the city government and a consortium of companies of India, the UAE and Malaysia on Tuesday evening for construction of an IT Tower and Call Centre in Karachi.... KARACHI: Engineering diploma KARACHI, July 17: The directorate of technical education, Government of Sindh, has invited applications along with all relevant testimonials such as SSC and HSC marks sheets, domicile /PRC duly attested from... KARACHI: Enrolment forms KARACHI, July 17: The enrolment section of Karachi University on Monday announced the schedule for submission of enrolment forms and fee of diploma in diagnostic and lab science for the academic session 2005-2006.... HYDERABAD: Teachers stage sit-in against ‘fake case’ HYDERABAD, July 17: Members of school teachers’ associations and lower staff marched and staged a sit-in in protest against what they said a false case registered against central vice-chairman of the Sindh Employees Union, Amanullah Teghani.... HYDERABAD: Police may seek Rehman’s help to solve mystry: Killing of Rasool Bux Brohi HYDERABAD, July 17: The recent killing of Rasool Bux Brohi, a resident of Kotri Site, by the Lyari Task Force, Karachi, has sparked a controversy in the wake of his family’s... HYDERABAD: Private sector urged to support health, education sectors HYDERABAD, July 17: Renowned scholar and educationist Professor Qavi Ahmed has appealed to philanthropists and the private sector to join hands with the government in extending health and education facilities to the underprivileged.... HYDERABAD: Hesco and hospital in row over power supply HYDERABAD, July 17: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company is putting pressure the Liaquat University Hospital administration to pay Rs180,000 for making alternative arrangements for of power to the hospital because the cost of material has been revised.... HYDERABAD: SHC grants status quo in STB case HYDERABAD, July 17: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Monday issued notices to the secretary education and literacy department, the chairman of the Sindh Textbook Board, board... NAWABSHAH: Protest against police NAWABSHAH, July 17: A family from the Landhi village observed a hunger strike outside the press club in protest against police failure to arrest culprits who tried to rape a girl on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Fake encounter: intervention of judiciary sought HYDERABAD, July 17: A large number of people from Kotri, including women, held a demonstration outside the press club on here Monday in protest against killing of Rasool Bux Brohi, a... DADU: MMA to hold rally in Hyderabad DADU, July 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leader, Khalid Mehmood Soomro, said on Monday that the MMA would stage a rally in Hyderabad on July 28 to protest against the murder of Allama Hassan Turabi in a suicide bombing in Karachi.... PESHAWAR: ‘Local govts to get NFC benefits from next year’ PESHAWAR, July 17: The NWFP government will start passing on benefits to the district governments from the higher proceeds of the amended National Finance Commission (NFC) award from the next financial year, said official sources.... PESHAWAR: Stress on effective plan to minimise flood damage PESHAWAR, July 17: Human settlements and agricultural land situated close to river banks in low-lying areas of the NWFP run a high risk of damage from medium to high floods likely to hit the region this year, said official sources.... PESHAWAR: Hospitals in Peshawar without consultants PESHAWAR, July 17: Patients admitted to three teaching hospitals of the city are facing hadship due to lack of consultants, according to health officials and attendants.... PESHAWAR: US delegation discusses plans for Fata PESHAWAR, July 17: A US delegation, led by Daniel Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, held a meeting with NWFP Chief Secretary Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi here on Monday and discussed with... PESHAWAR: Campaign to plant trees PESHAWAR, July 17: Provincial Minister for Environment and Forests Shah Raz Khan has said that the basic aim of a tree plantation campaign being launched in the province was to create awareness among people about the importance of environment....

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