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September 16, 2006 Saturday Sha'aban 22, 1427 KARACHI: Cadaver law demanded to curb organ trade: SIUT marks 20th anniversary KARACHI, Sept 15: Speakers at a function on Friday called for enactment of cadaver organ donation law so that many precious lives could be saved through transplantations.... KARACHI: Hub-Baldia water link to resolve crisis: Nazim opens park KARACHI, Sept 15: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced that Baldia Town would be supplied water from Hub dam through a separate pipeline to be laid shortly by the city government.... KARACHI: Promotion of social sciences at university level urged KARACHI, Sept 15: Speakers at a national seminar on social sciences at the University of Karachi on Friday stressed the need for promotion of social sciences disciplines at university level, which would largely lead to development of social policies encompassing humanism.... KARACHI: ‘Black day’ against ban on teachers’ unions KARACHI, Sept 15: More than 35,000 college teachers on call of the All Pakistan Professors and Lecturers Association observed a nationwide ‘black day’ on Friday.... KARACHI: 7 robbed every hour in July, Aug KARACHI, Sept 15: Seven people fell prey every hour to robbers and thugs in Karachi in the last two months (July and August) as the statistics put the number of total robbery incidents during the period at 10,320.... KARACHI: Depriving city of greenery KARACHI, Sept 15: Trees are being mercilessly cut down in Karachi on the pretext of security of installations and construction and widening of roads, and thousands of trees have already been cut down, only to deprive the city of its greenery.... KARACHI: Man kills ex-wife, her mother; commits suicide KARACHI, Sept 15: A man killed his ex-wife, her mother and shot at her brother before committing suicide in Site area on Friday.... KARACHI: Spelling Bee contest continues KARACHI, Sept 15: The third “Dawn in Education-National Spelling Bee” competition continued on the fifth day on Friday at the Bahria Auditorium in which six more teams qualified for the Karachi... KARACHI: 42 vehicles, 36 cellphones snatched KARACHI, Sept 15: At least 42 vehicles and 36 cell phones were taken away by bandits in different parts of the city on Friday.... KARACHI: Stronger Ummah to face enemies’ challenge stressed KARACHI, Sept 15: Speakers at a seminar here on Friday discussed growing Zionist aggression and stressed the need for Ummah to become active militarily and technologically to counter the challenge.... KARACHI: NED test postponed KARACHI, Sept 15: Due to the inordinate delay in the declaration of HSC Science (pre-engineering) annual examination results by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi, the NED University of Engineering and... KARACHI: Complaint cell KARACHI, Sept 15: City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil inaugurated a computerised complaint cell, established in collaboration with Transparency International Pakistan, here in North Nazimabad on Friday.... KARACHI: KBCA told to pay fine KARACHI, Sept 15: A Sindh High Court division bench asked the Karachi Building Control Authority to pay Rs5000 as costs for not complying with a court order to demolish an unauthorized structure.... KARACHI: Bank robbed in PECHS KARACHI, Sept 15: Bandits looted a bank in the PECHS on Friday after taking customers and staff hostage at gunpoint.... KARACHI: New dean of science at KU KARACHI, Sept 15: Prof (Dr) Iftikhar Imam Naqvi, a former chairman of the Karachi University’s chemistry department, has been appointed as the Dean of Science Faculty.... KARACHI: City Council KARACHI, Sept 15: The postponed meeting of the City District Council would now be held on Sept 16 at the City Council hall, Council Secretariat, M. A. Jinnah Road, at 3pm.—PPI... HYDERABAD: Water still stagnating in many areas HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The level of water stagnating in areas of Latifabad-2 and 11 and pockets of Qasimabad taluka for nine days has receded only marginally.... HYDERABAD: ‘Work to be completed soon’ HYDERABAD, Sept 15: Work of draining out rainwater from low-lying areas of City, Latifabad and Qasimabad talukas has been stepped up and the water level is rapidly receding.... HYDERABAD: New curriculum recommended HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The 7th meeting of the board of Science Faculty, University of Sindh, on Thursday recommended for approval revised curriculum for four year B.S.... PESHAWAR: Scholarship for girls PESHAWAR, Sept 15: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said his government will give Rs200 each as scholarship to girl students of class 6 to 10 of government schools in underdeveloped and backward areas of the province.... PESHAWAR: Remote regions being developed, says Aurakzai PESHAWAR, Sept 15: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammed Jan Aurakzai has said that the government is taking steps to develop far-flung areas of the province and solve people’s problems.... PESHAWAR: Registrationof refugees from Oct 15 PESHAWAR, Sept 15: Countrywide registration of Afghans will begin from October 15 to segregate genuine refugees from illegal immigrants.... PESHAWAR: Contracts of Qazis in Pata extended PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The contract period of Qazis in the Provincially-Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) has been extended for three years till their regularisation under the Shariat Nizam-i-Adal Regulation.... PESHAWAR: South African woman held PESHAWAR, Sept 15: A South African woman, arrested at the Peshawar International Airport on charges of drug trafficking, was granted bail on Thursday because under a presidential ordinance, the offence has become bailable for women.... Two women shot dead MARDAN, Sept 15: Two women were shot dead in two areas of Mardan district on Thursday and Friday. In the first incident which took place in the Kohi Barmol village on... LAKKI MARWAT: Steps taken to enforce Shariah: Durrani LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 15: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said the MMA government has taken practical measures for implementation of Shariah and introducing large-scale reforms in all sectors to improve the system of providing service to the masses....

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