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September 18, 2006 Monday Sha'aban 24, 1427 KARACHI: CJ stresses enforcement of laws on honour killing KARACHI, Sept 17: The courts in this subcontinent award lesser punishment to the offenders found guilty of killing a female under the influence of ‘grave and sudden provocation’ than they deserved.... KARACHI: Altaf vows to fight oppression KARACHI, Sept 17: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, said that Islam was not the monopoly of the so-called religious parties and his party was not only discharging... KARACHI: Police kill man for ignoring signal KARACHI, Sept 17: Police gunned down a man for merely ignoring their signal to stop on Tariq Road in the small hours on Sunday. Three constables were booked for killing the innocent citizen, later identified as Zafar Hameed.... KARACHI: City finals of Spelling Bee contest today KARACHI, Sept 17: The Karachi city finals of the third “Dawn in Education-National Spelling Bee” competition for school students will be held in the Bahria Auditorium on Sept 18.... KARACHI: Girls clinch top positions in HSC exams KARACHI, Sept 17: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi on Sunday declared separately the results of HSC pre-engineering and Science General groups’ annual examination 2006.... HYDERABAD: Aziz stresses need for planning to cope with natural calamities HYDERABAD, Sept 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday underlined the need for medium-term measures to avoid a recurrence of Hyderabad-like tragedy. He asked district and provincial governments to start a fumigation campaign in areas where rainwater had receded.... NAWABSHAH: Health centres short of doctors, paramedics NAWABSHAH, Sept 17: People are facing difficulties due to shortage of doctors and paramedical staff in public health centres and dispensaries.... SUKKUR: Sukkur getting polluted water SUKKUR, Sept 17: The city is being provided contaminated water for months by the taluka council. As a result, there are widespread complaints of gastroenteritis and other water-borne diseases.... PESHAWAR: Imran opens cancer clinic in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Imran Khan has said a full-fledged cancer hospital will be built in Peshawar. He was inaugurating a walk-in clinic of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in the University Town here on Sunday.... KARACHI: Four die in road accidents KARACHI, Sept 17: Four persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Sunday. Police said a man died and a friend of his was injured when their motorcycle skidded on Mauripur Road.... KARACHI: Body set up for upgrading KMDC KARACHI, Sept 17: For the purpose of upgrading the Karachi Medical and Dental College to the status of a university, a committee has been set up as announced by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad at the time of KMDC convocation.... KARACHI: Smoking cause of over 30 serious diseases KARACHI, Sept 17: Experts at a seminar held here on Sunday highlighted issues relating to heart diseases and called for an increased awareness of the problem.... KARACHI: BSE polls postponed due to disruption KARACHI, Sept 17: Voting for election of one school head to the Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, could not be completed on Saturday as a section of candidates and their supporters disrupted the process halfway.... KARACHI: Boys urged to concentrate on studies KARACHI, Sept 17: Majority of the position holders of the HSC exams were of the view that male students had been failing to excel in education as they did not concentrate... KARACHI: MQM sends relief goods to rain-hit areas KARACHI, Sept 17: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement rushed nearly a dozen truckloads of relief goods to the rain-hit areas of Sindh, including Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Thatta, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas.... KARACHI: 41 cellphones, 16 vehicles taken away KARACHI, Sept 17: Bandits took away 16 vehicles and 41 mobile phones from various parts of the city on Sunday. Police sources said that one car was snatched at gunpoint, while six were reported stolen.... KARACHI: City to have big dental hospital KARACHI, Sept 17: The city government will establish a dental hospital with all essential services in the metropolis. Announcing this, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said that Karachi required a complete... KARACHI: JI relief convoy off to Hyderabad KARACHI, Sept 17: While many people have already lost their lives due to the breakout of water-borne diseases, the stagnant rainwater poses a serious threat to many more in Hyderabad.... DADU: Two SHOs suspended for security lapse DADU, Sept 17: The SHOs of Nooriabad and Loonikot police stations were suspended on Sunday for failing to provide security to FIA vehicles when they passed through their areas.... DADU: PML candidate wins provincial assembly seat DADU, Sept 17: Dr Sajeela Leghari, the candidate of Pakistan Muslim League for PS-75 (Johi), has won the by-election by securing 28,784 votes.... KHAIRPUR: Part of PTCL office roof collapses KHAIRPUR, Sept 17: A portion of the PTCL district revenue office collapsed on Saturday. The staff was safe. The furniture in the clerical section was damaged.... JACOBABAD: Protest against kidnapping JACOBABAD, Sept 17: A large number of political, social and trade union activists took out a procession against kidnapping of children and encroachments. The procession started from Sarafa Bazaar and culminated at the DCO chowk.... PESHAWAR: NWFP rejects draft rules of business: Fata secretariat PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The NWFP government has expressed reservations over the draft rules of business for the newly established Civil Secretariat (Fata) and directed the concerned authorities concerned to seek views of the law department on certain issues, according to sources.... PESHAWAR: Land disputes delay health unit project PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Land disputes are delaying construction of prefabricated health units in the quake-hit areas of the NWFP. Sources said that the World Health Organisation had expressed concern over the... PESHAWAR: 59 judicial officers promoted PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The Peshawar High Court has promoted 59 judicial officers to the next grade and transferred 83 officers across the province on Thursday night.... PESHAWAR: Need stressed for unity among Muslims PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan on Sunday stressed the need for following the teachings of Islam to meet the challenges of the future.... PESHAWAR: Kidnapping for ransom on the rise PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Several people kidnapped in the last two months from the Town-II area of the city were released on payment of huge amounts of money in ransom to secure their release, Nazim Haji Mohammad Sharif told Dawn on Sunday.... SANGHAR: Farmers complain of unfair price SANGHAR, Sept 17: Traders dealing in cotton are fleecing farmers as factories have not yet started ginning. The traders are paying less than the price prevailing in the market telling growers it is because their produce is of low quality.... HYDERABAD: Passenger train rams into trailer HYDERABAD, Sept 17: The Hyderabad-bound Mehran Express rammed into an OGDC trailer at the Jeay Shah railway crossing in the jurisdiction of Tandojam police station on Sunday.... KHAIRPUR: Protest against loadsheding KHAIRPUR, Sept 17: People of Jado Wahan town and adjoining areas held a demonstration on the Jado Wahan road on Sunday in protest against hours of loadsheding and the issuing of detection bills....

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