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October 01, 2006 Sunday Ramazan 7, 1427 KARACHI: Two islands go to foreign firm without Sindh govt’s knowledge KARACHI, Sept 30: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Rahim has expressed his ignorance about the much publicised plan of developing ‘a new city of international standards’ on the threshold of Port Qasim.... KARACHI: Sakhi Hasan road inaugurated KARACHI, Sept 30: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal inaugurated newly constructed road from Nagan Chowrangi to Sakhi Hasan on Friday night.... KARACHI: Traffic jams at Jail Chowrangi a routine KARACHI, Sept 30: Massive traffic jams at M. A. Jinnah extension road and Jail chowrangi road have become an order of the day owing to closure of atrack of the road for reconstruction.... KARACHI: 98 deprived of phones, cars, bikes KARACHI, Sept 30: As many as 98 people were deprived of cellular phones, cars or motorbikes in various localities here on Saturday.... KARACHI: 750 doctors to be inducted before Eid KARACHI, Sept 30: Sindh Health Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed has announced induction of 750 doctors in the provincial health department before Eidul Fitr.... KARACHI: SIUT opens dialysis Centre KARACHI, Sept 30: A 12-bed dialysis centre donated by the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation will be functional at Muzaffarabad on Oct 7.... KARACHI: KU approves promotion of professors KARACHI, Sept 30: The University of Karachi syndicate on Saturday approved the grant of grade 21 to seven senior professors of the varsity, said sources on the campus.... KARACHI: NED entry test today KARACHI, Sept 30: The entry test for admission to the NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi for the session 2006-07 will be held on Oct 1.... KARACHI: Sanitary workers demand wages KARACHI, Sept 30: A large number of sanitary workers of Saddar Town staged a protest demonstration at the Karachi Press Club on Saturday against non-payment of their wages for the last couple of months.... KARACHI: Minister vows to check drug trafficking KARACHI, Sept 30: Sindh Excise and Taxation Minister Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani on Saturday vowed to make all-out efforts to introduce reforms in his department with greater focus on elimination of the menace of drugs from the province.... KARACHI: EOBI withdraws educational facilities KARACHI, Sept 30: The Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) has ceased the facility of reimbursement on account of tuition fee and stationary charges under the deceased employees'' children education fund (DECEF)... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Sept 30: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather for the city on Sunday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees Centigrade.... KARACHI: Govt slammed over price-hike KARACHI, Sept 30: MPA Shazia Marri of PPP has accused the government of having miserably failed in controlling price of essential items during Ramazan as the vendors are charging their own... KARACHI: More cottage industries planned KARACHI, Sept 30: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said that the city government wants to set up more cottage industries in every town so that woman could get jobs near their homes.... KARACHI: Prosecutor appointed for cases against Al Qaeda suspects KARACHI, Sept 30: The Sindh home department has appointed Naimat Ali Randhawa, advocate, as ''public prosecutor'' for terrorism cases against activists of Al Qaeeda and other banned militant outfits, arrested in... KARACHI: Reform unit’s services in education lauded KARACHI, Sept 30: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman lauded services of the ''Reform Support Unit'' (RSU) towards introducing reforms in the Sindh education department.... KARACHI: Media drive to promote literacy KARACHI, Sept 30: The Sindh education department is utilising all available resources for the promotion of education in the far-flung areas of the province.... KARACHI: Action against profiteers continues KARACHI, Sept 30: The authorised city government officials with magisterial powers on Saturday imposed a collective fine of Rs497,450 on 278 shopkeepers for overcharging and sent five profiteers to jail.... KARACHI: Conquering clutter to bring peace of mind KARACHI, Sept 30: Keeping and hoarding unnecessary things at your home, kitchen, office and garage is called clutter, and it make one living confused and unorganized.... HYDERABAD: Clashes leave 11 injured in Hyderabad hospital HYDERABAD, Sept 30: Six paramedics and five representatives of pharmaceutical companies were injured on Friday when clashes broke out between the two groups over a ban on medical representatives’ visit to the civil hospital.... HYDERABAD: Minister praises Hesco for regularising ‘kundas’ HYDERABAD, Sept 30: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi showered praise on the task force and vigilance committees of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) for achieving the feat of regularising 56,325 kunda connections.... HYDERABAD: Protest against decline in cotton price HYDERABAD, Sept 30: The Communist Party of Pakistan and Sindh Hari Committee on Friday staged a joint protest demonstration against steep decline in the price of cotton.... NAWABSHAH: Tribute paid to MRD martyrs NAWABSHAH, Sept 30: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians on Friday said that struggle would continue till removal of the dictatorship from the country.... KHAIRPUR: Man, woman found dead KHAIRPUR, Sept 30: Bullet-riddled bodies of a man and woman were found in a date palm orchard near Mubarak Shah village on Saturday.... LARKANA: Hepatitis reaches alarming level in Larkana: nazim LARKANA, Sept 30: District Nazim Mohammad Bakhsh Arijo on Saturday appealed to the provincial coordinator of the prime minister’s programme on hepatitis-B and C to help the district provide urgently needed treatment to hepatitis patients.... BADIN: Prisoners complain of inhuman treatment BADIN, Sept 30: Prisoners in Central Jail complain that the jail administration subjects them to harsh and inhuman treatment, forces them to eat insufficient and poor quality food and demands bribes from their relatives in return for sending in gifts.... NAWABSHAH: Brohi murder case adjourned till Oct 18 NAWABSHAH, Sept 30: Chaudhry Aslam, former SP of the Lyari Task Force and main accused in the Rasool Bux Brohi encounter case was not produced in the Nawabshah session court on Saturday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Woman beaten up by husband NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 30: A woman was severely beaten and injured by her husband in Ghulam Nabi Solangi village of the Kandiaro taluka on Saturday....

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