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September 10, 2006 Sunday Sha'aban 16, 1427 KARACHI: Indictment of PPP MPAs deferred KARACHI, Sept 9: The district and sessions judge, South, Agha Rafique Ahmed Khan, deferred on Saturday the indictment of five MPAs of the Pakistan People’s Party in the Eshwar Lal case.... KARACHI: EC collects 2.5m forms for voters’ enlistment KARACHI, Sept 9: About five million forms for enlistment of eligible voters have been distributed and over 2.5 million have so far been submitted dully filled by people in Sindh.... KARACHI: 3 rescued from flooded Malir River KARACHI, Sept 9: Three people, stranded in high floods in Malir River, were rescued in an hours-long rescue operation late Friday night.... KARACHI: Inundated roads add to public miseries KARACHI, Sept 9: Inundated roads and streets in the aftermath of Friday’s rainfall continued to add to the miseries of Karachiites, although it was mostly dry and bright to start the... KARACHI: Pre-engineering placement list announced KARACHI, Sept 9: The Centralised Admission Committee of the Sindh education department on Saturday released the list for placement of 13,673 male candidates selected for admission to pre-engineering first year classes at government colleges and higher secondary schools.... KARACHI: Empress Market KARACHI, Sept 9: Following Friday’s rain, rainwater mixed with sewerage water has once again accumulated around the Empress Market.... KARACHI: Proposed changes in Hudood laws hailed KARACHI, Sept 9: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday hailing the proposed amendments to the Hudood Ordinance expressed concern over the reports that the government might bring some more changes in the laws as per demands of certain religio-political parties.... KARACHI: 45 deprived of vehicles, phones KARACHI, Sept 9: As many as 45 people were deprived of their cars, motorbikes or cellphones in various localities on Saturday.... KARACHI: Pakistan lags behind in clinical research KARACHI, Sept 9: Experts at a two-day workshop on Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and Biostatistics, that concluded here on Saturday, urged clinical researchers in Pakistan to gain knowledge of the GCP... KARACHI: KESC to launch fault removal system soon KARACHI, Sept 9: Taking notice of mounting public complaints about power failures, the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation is planning to launch a state-of-the-art centralized complaint center for consumers.... KARACHI: Discount on books KARACHI, Sept 9: The National Book Foundation has initiated a scheme whereby a member can purchase books of choice up to Rs2,000 on 50 per cent concession.... KARACHI: Home deptt clarification KARACHI, Sept 9: The Sindh Home Department, taking serious notice of a news item about interference of the department in transfers and postings, has expressed its disagreement, saying that the provincial police chief is autonomous under the Police Order-2002.... PESHAWAR: NWFP fund to bear pension burden PESHAWAR, Sept 9: Provincial government employees reaching the age of retirement in July 2010 and after will get pension from a special investment fund designed to grow so that it will... PESHAWAR: ‘Peace must for Fata development’ PESHAWAR, Sept 9: Corps Commander, Peshawar, Lieutenant-General Mohammed Hamid Khan has said that development projects undertaken by Pakistan Army would usher in a socio-economic revolution in Fata.... PESHAWAR: Experts discuss proposed health system PESHAWAR, Sept 9: Religious scholars and health experts deliberated upon devising a social cooperative health system for financing healthcare expenditure in which members will pay according to their ability and get health services according to their needs.... PESHAWAR: President’s visit to boost ties with Kabul: Sherpao PESHAWAR, Sept 9: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that President Pervez Musharraf’s recent visit to Afghanistan will go a long way in countering terrorism and improving ties with Kabul.... PESHAWAR: JUI pledges to resist change in Islamic laws PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The NWFP chapter of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam has said that it will not allow rulers to change Islamic laws in line with their policy of appeasing the West.... PESHAWAR: 2.7kg heroin seized, two arrested PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested a police constable and his accomplice, both allegedly members of ‘international drug mafia’ and recovered 2.72... PESHAWAR: Small power units planned PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The government plans to establish small hydel power stations on the Swat river to meet electricity shortage in the province, says Information Technology and Tourism Minister Hussain Ahmad Kanju.... PESHAWAR: Call for curbing interference PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The chairman of the National Commission for Government Reforms, Dr Ishrat Hussain, has stressed the need for evolving policies to curb political interference and undue use of discretionary... CHAMAN: Bid to smuggle arms foiled CHAMAN, Sept 9: Pakistan authorities have seized a cache of arms and ammunition being smuggled into the country from Afghanistan after an exchange of fire on border.... MARDAN: ‘50 coalition legislators support MMA’ MARDAN, Sept 9: About 50 lawmakers belonging to the ruling coalition have assured of their support on the issue of Hudood bill, according to MMA legislator Dr Attaur Rehman....

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