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August 25, 2006 Friday Rajab 29, 1427 KARACHI: Teachers boycott academic activities: Grand rally on Sept 5 KARACHI, Aug 24: Protest rallies and meetings against the Sindh education department were held at various educational institutions including the University of Karachi, while teaching activities remained suspended at government colleges on Thursday.... KARACHI: Karachi suffers major traffic jams KARACHI, Aug 24: Vehicular traffic remained disturbed on various roads and thoroughfares here on Thursday due to traffic diversions as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a protest rally on a busy artery in the downtown.... KARACHI: JI sees US, West behind changes in Hudood laws KARACHI, Aug 24: Naib Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami Prof Ghafoor Ahmed has said that the government was insisting on amending the Hudood laws and has moved a bill for the purpose under... KARACHI: Mumtaz advises PM to step down KARACHI, Aug 24: Chairman of the Sindh National Front Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Thursday said that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz should stepped down along with his entire cabinet now when... KARACHI: Facilities for fishermen’s villages announced KARACHI, Aug 24: Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai has written two beautiful lines in his famous Shah-jo-Risalo: `Some folks erect their huts over water, but even then they die of... KARACHI: Newly built parks sustain damage KARACHI, Aug 24: Accumulation of rainwater at the Beach Park and Bagh Ibn-i-Qasim for eight days since Aug 17 has caused considerable damage to the swings, fountains and grass at the newly-developed recreational spots.... PESHAWAR: Law and order situation in NWFP, Fata discussed PESHAWAR, Aug 24: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai and Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Thursday reviewed the law and order situation in the province and discussed matters relating to public welfare.... PESHAWAR: Camp for flood-hit people set up PESHAWAR, Aug 24: The Alkhidmat Women Trust set up a free medical camp in the flood-affected area of Baricham in Mardan. Trust’s provincial head Nasreen Murad inaugurated the medical camp.... KARACHI: City govt to take steps for welfare of street children KARACHI, Aug 24: City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil said that it was the responsibility of both government and the society to provide protection to street children.... KARACHI: Malnutrition termed major problem KARACHI, Aug 24: Despite numerous advances and improvements in child health globally, malnutrition still remains a major problem, with most cases occurring in South Asia. Almost three quarters of the entire... KARACHI: Integrated efforts urged to manage water resources KARACHI, Aug 24: A consultative workshop on water management in Pakistan here on Thursday stressed the need for multi-stakeholder platform which should take up the issue on a broader prospective to develop a national consensus on this vital issue.... KARACHI: Portion of another road caves in KARACHI, Aug 24: A minor accident involving a truck and a van occurred, leaving a few people slightly injured when a portion of Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Road caved in on Thursday.... KARACHI: SHC orders probe into unauthorised construction KARACHI, Aug 24: The Sindh High Court has directed the chief controller of buildings, Karachi Building Control Authority, to conduct an inquiry into all cases of unauthorized constructions in the city... KARACHI: 67 deprived of vehicles, cellphones KARACHI, Aug 24: Bandits took away 24 vehicles and 43 cellphones on Thursday in various parts of the city. Police sources said two cars were snatched at gunpoint in Saddar while... KARACHI: BDS suppl exams KARACHI, Aug 24: The examination department of the University of Karachi on Thursday notified the schedule for second and third professional BDS supplementary examination-2006.... KARACHI: Show-cause notice issued to secretary in contempt plea KARACHI, Aug 24: The Sindh High Court has issued a show cause notice to the establishment secretary in a contempt application moved by a grade 20 income tax officer for violation of a court order in his favour.... KARACHI: Young man shot dead by bandits KARACHI, Aug 24: A young man who was chasing bandits was shot dead in Baloch Colony on late Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Rainwater causing losses to industries KARACHI, Aug 24: Site industrial area, the largest revenue-producing zone of Pakistan, remained affected by stagnant rainwater and sewage on Thursday, even one week after heavy rains, causing hardship to thousands of industrialists and industrial workers.... KARACHI: Bahrain’s military team in city KARACHI, Aug 24: The visiting military delegation of Bahrain on Thursday visited Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) training centre and school and exchanged views on matters of mutual cooperation.... KARACHI: JI annoyed over fake encounters KARACHI, Aug 24: Leader Jamaat-i-Islami Sindh chief Dr Mumtaz Ali Memon said on Wednesday that after killing an innocent villager Rasool Bux Brohi in the garb of a notorious dacoit, police... KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, Aug 24: The Met office has forecast cloudy weather with chances of drizzle for Karachi on Friday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 30°C and 32°C.... KARACHI: Flooded areas getting due attention: DHA KARACHI, Aug 24: The Defence Housing Authority on Thursday said that a section of press, including electronic media, had inadvertently joined in the propaganda aimed at creating an impression that the... KARACHI: Disbursement of textbooks reviewed KARACHI, Aug 24: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has directed the officials concerned to ensure speedy disbursement of textbooks.... KARACHI: Law to protect women KARACHI, Aug 24: Sindh Minister for Women Development, Dr Saida Malik Thursday underscored need for legislation to protect women. Chairing a meeting at her office, she said an efficient strategy is required to obtain rights of women.—APP... KARACHI: Paintings show at Ashkal’s KARACHI, Aug 24: An exhibition of paintings by Ashkal opens at Ashkal’s gallery at 6pm on Friday. The exhibition will continue till Sept 19, open daily from 11am to 8pm.... KARACHI: Dumping in Baghicha continues KARACHI, Aug 24: The Gutter Baghicha and a cricket ground within its vicinity have been turned into a garbage dumping site, people of the area have complained.... KARACHI: SZABIST goes online KARACHI, Aug 24: Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) on Thursday announced offering its courses and degree programmes online, first ever in Pakistan through the internet.... HYDERABAD: Traders protest against rising crime graph HYDERABAD, Aug 24: Grocery, grain and seed merchants closed their shops on Thursday in protest against rising incidents of robbery and burglary during the last one month in the Market Tower area.... PESHAWAR: Computer science graduate held for killing father PESHAWAR, Aug 24: Police have claimed to have resolved the case of murder of a senior State Bank official and arrested his son and a man described by a senior official as a professional killer.... PESHAWAR: Chemical waste treatment plant for Hayatabad PESHAWAR, Aug 24: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Thursday laid the foundation of a plant for treating the chemical waste of the Hayatabad Industrial Estate.... PESHAWAR: Aids therapy centre to be set up in Kohat PESHAWAR, Aug 24: The National Aids Control Programme (NACP) has decided to set up an anti-retroviral therapy centre in Kohat for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/Aids.... PESHAWAR: Blood bank clerk jailed for 4 years PESHAWAR, Aug 24: An accountability court on Thursday convicted a junior clerk of a blood bank of selling blood and sentenced him to four years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs2 million.... PESHAWAR: Assaulted boy’s mother threatened PESHAWAR, Aug 24: The mother of an Afghan boy, allegedly sodomised by an influential man who later killed a complainant, on Thursday urged the chief minister and provincial police chief to help her against the accused.... PESHAWAR: Quake victims hit by diseases PESHAWAR, Aug 24: Thousands of patients of diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections have reported in hospitals over the past week in areas affected by the October earthquake, says the World Health Organisation....

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