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September 26, 2006 Tuesday Ramazan 2, 1427 KARACHI: PA session fails to take up agenda KARACHI, Sept 25: The requisitioned session of the Sindh Assembly was prorogued on Monday without any item of the agenda having been taken up in 15 days.... KARACHI: Prices must remain stable round the year: CM KARACHI, Sept 25: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday ordered the administration to maintain a strict price-control during Ramazan and take stringent action against those found indulged in hoarding and profiteering.... KARACHI: No traffic jam in Karachi: city govt KARACHI, Sept 25: The city district government Karachi (CDGK) and Karachi Traffic... KARACHI: Complaint centres to check overcharging KARACHI, Sept 25: The city government has set up complaint centres in every town of the metropolis as part of its efforts to control prices of the items of daily use during the month of Ramazan.... KARACHI: ATMs leave many to borrow cash KARACHI, Sept 25: A large number of account holders using ATM cards in nationalized and private sector banks were baffled by a gruesome technique adopted by the banks, viz-a-viz freezing of accounts, prior to deduction of Zakat on Monday.... KARACHI: Rs245m being spent on fisheries: Arbab KARACHI, Sept 25: Sindh government is implementing 10 different schemes, eight ongoing and two approved, at a total cost of Rs245.203 million to enhance fish production and curtail over-fishing in the territorial waters of the province.... KARACHI: Hearing put off in US diplomat killing case KARACHI, Sept 25: An anti-terrorism court put off on Monday the hearing of the US diplomat killing case against two activists of Al-Qaeda after initiating the process to declare an absconding accomplice proclaimed offender.... KARACHI: PPP slams govt for price-hike, power cuts KARACHI, Sept 25: Pakistan Peoples'' Party (PPP) Sindh on Monday criticized the government for greeting holy month of Ramzan with nationwide power failure and brisk price-hike.... LARKANA: Imran invites all parties to join grand alliance LARKANA, Sept 25: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that political parties interested in restoration of genuine democracy in the country should join a grand alliance and launch a collective movement to oust Gen Musharraf.... PESHAWAR: 25 women released under presidential ordinance PESHAWAR, Sept 25: About 25 woman prisoners have been released so far from the Peshawar central prison on bail under the presidential ordinance issued two months ago.... KARACHI: 36 mobile phones, 27 vehicles taken away KARACHI, Sept 25: At least 27 vehicles and 36 cellphones were taken away by bandits in different parts of the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Electricity continues to play hide-and-seek KARACHI, Sept 25 Electricity supply in the city continued to play hide-and-seek on Monday testing the nerves of Karachiites on the first day of the holy month of Ramazan.... KARACHI: OT complex at CHK needs more funds to go functional KARACHI, Sept 25: An operation theatre complex project, launched by the old students of the Dow Medical College in June 2003 at Civil Hospital Karachi, needs the last philanthropic push for going functional.... KARACHI: Oil companies urged to help beautify city KARACHI, Sept 25: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Monday said that the city government with the help of foreign firms, especially oil companies, could improve Karachi’s infrastructure and beautify it.... KARACHI: Bishop greets Muslims on Ramazan KARACHI, Sept 25: Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, Evarist Pinto, on Monday greeted Muslims of the country on the start of the holy month of Ramazan and expressed... KARACHI: Nazim, DCO inspect carpeting of roads KARACHI, Sept 25: Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal along with District Coordination Officer, Fazlur Rehman, and other officials, visited various city areas on Sunday and Monday night from 11pm till Sehri time and inspected patch-work and carpeting of roads.... KARACHI: Reuse of inorganic waste stressed KARACHI, Sept 25: Nargis Latif of Gul Bahao, an NGO concerned with environmental issues, on Monday said that inorganic industrial waste could be effectively reused and several things like rooms, shelters, and even regular houses could be built from them.... KARACHI: NED varsity admissions KARACHI, Sept 25: The entry test for NED University of Engineering and Technology for the batch 2006-07 will be held on Oct 1.... KARACHI: Villages survey KARACHI, Sept 25: The government has started survey of three fishermen villages in Keamari to be developed as model villages, it is learnt here.... KARACHI: Town staff warned KARACHI, Sept 25: Nazim Lyari Town Mohammad Fayaz warned on Monday that departmental action would be taken against officials and staff found absent from their duties.... KARACHI: Workshops for NGOs KARACHI, Sept 25: The Social Welfare Training Institute has organised mobile training workshops in Sukkur and Khairpur to enhance the capabilities of volunteers of NGOs and social work organisations.... KARACHI: Cook, another man killed KARACHI, Sept 25: A domestic servant was found murdered at the steps of the house where he was employed as a cook.... KARACHI: Town nazim granted pre-arrest bail KARACHI, Sept 25: The Sindh High Court on Monday granted interim pre-arrest bail to the Keamari Town nazim and four others in a harassment case.... KARACHI: Two die in accidents KARACHI, Sept 25: Two young men died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday.... HYDERABAD: 20 days after rain, several areas lying submerged HYDERABAD, Sept 25: The Qasimabad Action Committee has said that even 20 days after the city was hit by torrential rains, several areas in Qasimabad taluka are still submerged.... HYDERABAD: Call for solving growers’ problems HYDERABAD, Sept 25: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has demanded that the government should hold a farmers’ conference to discuss problems confronting the community and find ways to resolve them.... HYDERABAD: Prices shoot up on first day of Ramazan HYDERABAD, Sept 25: Price-checking magistrates were not seen anywhere in markets of the city on Monday to ensure enforcement of prices fixed by the district administration for Ramazan.... KHAIRPUR: Protest against crime increase KHAIRPUR, Sept 25: The Sindhi Adabi Sangat held a meeting on Monday in Kotdiji to protest against the worsening law and order in the taluka. Joint-Secretary Mushtaq Phul presided over the meeting.... KHAIRPUR: Govt accused of spoiling Hudood bill KHAIRPUR, Sept 25: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Manzoor Hussain Wassan has said that the government does not want to get the Hudood bill passed because it has no interest in solving issues of women.... SUKKUR: Load-shedding in Sindh towns SUKKUR, Sept 25: Following massive country-wide power breakdown on Sunday due to fault in transmission lines at Ghazi Barotha gird station the Hesco has started load-shedding in Sukkur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, Kandhkot, Ghotki and other areas.... MIRPURKHAS: Farmers lost billions of rupees: Rain and flood MIRPURKHAS, Sept 25: Farmers of the district have sufferd heavy losses because of the recent rain and flood. According to official sources 67 per cent cotton, 80 per cent chillies, 25... PESHAWAR: Effective use of resources urged PESHAWAR, Sept 25: NWFP’s Chief Secretary Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi on Monday stressed the need for sincere and dedicated efforts for implementing schemes meant useful for the common man.... PESHAWAR: Policemen booked on PML-N leader’s plea PESHAWAR, Sept 25: A local court on Monday ordered registration of an FIR against an ASI and other policemen for trespassing on the residence of Saranjam Khan, secretary general of Pakistan Muslim League (N), here.... PESHAWAR: Man charged with pension fraud PESHAWAR, Sept 25: The National Accountability Bureau has filed a corruption reference in the accountability court here against a person charged with fraudulently withdrawing pension of his late father who was a former employee of the Hong Kong Police Department.... PESHAWAR: Union council gets 40 filter plants PESHAWAR, Sept 25: Forty filter plants have been installed in Andersher’s Union Council 16 for providing clean drinking water to local people.... MARDAN: Tehsil nazim unseated MARDAN, Sept 25: The convener of Takhtbhai Tehsil Council of Mardan district was unseated as 13 members voted for a no-confidence motion against him here on Monday....

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