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October 02, 2006 Monday Ramazan 8, 1427 KARACHI: Four shot dead, two wounded in Lyari: Police suspect gang-war KARACHI, Oct 1: Four persons believed to be associates of Rehman Dakait were killed by their rivals in the Chakiwara area of Lyari on Sunday night.... KARACHI: Civil servants to get low-cost houses KARACHI, Oct 1: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has enforced the Sindh Civil Servants Housing Foundation Ordinance for the establishment of a foundation which would help provide houses to the serving... KARACHI: 11profiteers sent to jail, 306 fined KARACHI, Oct 1: The city government officials with magisterial powers on Sunday imposed fines totalling Rs0.479 million on 306 and sent 11 others to jail for overcharging.... KARACHI: Young man kidnapped, killed in Saeedabad KARACHI, Oct 1: A young man was killed having been kidnapped by unknown persons. His bullet-riddled body was found in Saeedabad on Sunday.... KARACHI: Sindh govt to start work this year, says Arbab: Coastal highway project KARACHI, Oct 1: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has announced that his government will begin construction of 300-km-long coastal highway this year with its own resources.... KARACHI: KCR revival must for city’s progress KARACHI, Oct 1: The issue of public transport in Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan and seventh biggest city of the world, is getting to worse with each passing day, due... HYDERABAD: Clash leaves one dead, nine wounded HYDERABAD, Oct 1: A man was killed and nine others sustained injuries in an armed clash between two groups following a dispute over a petty issue in Hazra Colony in the jurisdiction of Gulshan-e-Hali police station late on Saturday evening.... KARACHI: Minister for close liaison among wings of LG deptt KARACHI, Oct 1: Sindh Minister for Local Government and Katchi Abadies Muhammad Hussain Khan has underlined the need of maintaining close coordination among all departments and wings of local government.... KARACHI: MMA slams govt for not reducing POL prices KARACHI, Oct 1: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s MNAs Mohammad Hussain Mehanti, Abdul Sattar Afghani and Laeeq Ahmad have condemned the government for not reducing the petroleum prices despite a sharp decline in the international market.... KARACHI: Graduate assembly inspires little KARACHI: Sindh Assembly is likely to come under fire from critics for passing no worthwhile legislation and its apparent failure to address issues of concern to the common man, during its 52-day sitting in the current calendar year.... KARACHI: 65 deprived of vehicles, phones KARACHI, Oct 1: At least 65 people were deprived of their vehicles or cellphones in different parts of the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: Accident KARACHI, Oct 1: People set fire to a minibus involved in a road accident causing injuries to three motorcyclists at the Native’s Jetty Bridge on Sunday.... KARACHI: Rural uplift linked to urban development: Seminar on environmental problems KARACHI, Oct 1: Cities could not prosper unless villages are properly developed, said speakers at a seminar here on Saturday. The seminar on “Environmental problems and our responsibilities” was organised by the Department of Sociology, University of Karachi.... KARACHI: Drive against illegal number plates KARACHI, Oct 1: DIG Traffic Falak Khursheed on Saturday directed all the Zonal SSPs traffic to immediately launch a drive against motorcycles bearing illegal number plates as a step to ensure enforcement of traffic rules.... KARACHI: SESSI spends Rs676m on health facilities KARACHI, Oct 1: The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution is spending over Rs676 million annually to provide medical facilities to the secured workers and their dependants.... KARACHI: Removal of import duty, taxes demanded KARACHI, Oct 1: The National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) has expressed its concern over 41 per cent import duty and other taxes imposed by the government on medical reagents used in laboratories for diagnosis of various diseases.... KARACHI: Rally held against water shortage in Lyari KARACHI, Oct 1: Residents of Chawakiwara staged a protest rally against water shortage on Sunday afternoon. Holding banners and placards, the protesters comprising youth, women and children of Lyari Town’s UC-10... KARACHI: Support for the elderly KARACHI, Oct 1: A walk was held in front of the Karachi Press Club on Sunday to mark the international day for senior citizens.... KARACHI: JI for dialogue on Balochistan KARACHI, Oct 1: Jamaat-i-Islami central leader MNA Maulana Abdul Haq Baloch has said that operation was no solution to the Balochistan issue and it should be solved through dialogue.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 1: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather for the city on Monday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 34 and 36 degrees Centigrade.... KARACHI: Faculty urged for legal profession KARACHI, Oct 1: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed on Saturday called for an academic faculty for the legal profession.... KARACHI: Fumigation drive launched KARACHI, Oct 1: The city government health department launched a fumigation drive on Sunday. In the first phase of the drive launched on the directive of City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal,... KARACHI: Completion of projects before IDEAS ordered KARACHI, Oct 1: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said that the ongoing work on roads and flyovers had to be completed before the mega event, IDEAS-2006 Exhibition, to be held in November.... KARACHI: KKF dispatches relief goods KARACHI, Oct 1: The Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Sunday dispatched four more trucks, loaded with relief goods, to Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Thatta and Sanghar for distribution among those affected by the recent monsoon rains.... KARACHI: SHC disposes of stay application KARACHI, Oct 1: A single bench of the High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain disposed of a stay application filed by a city transporter, Rana Muneer Ahmed, in a suit against KASB Bank.... BADIN: People, traders demand withdrawal of CVT BADIN, Oct 1: People in general and traders in particular have criticised the levy of Capital Value Tax (CVT) on transactions of immoveable property in urban areas.... HYDERABAD: Sugar mills urged to obey CM’s orders HYDERABAD, Oct 1: Sindh Chamber of Agriculture president Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah has demanded that the Sindh government should direct sugar mills to immediately start crushing cane and use force against mills refusing to do so.... KHAIRPUR: Govt criticised over cane-crushing delay KHAIRPUR, Oct 1: President of People’s Party Parliamentarians, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, said here on Sunday that the Sindh government had failed to get its crushing season schedule implemented in... HYDERABAD: Cane crushing yet to begin in Sindh HYDERABAD, Oct 1: None of the 28 sugar mills of Sindh has started crushing cane for the 2006-07 season on October 1 as per the notification issued by the Sindh government.... DADU: Protest against spiralling prices DADU, Oct 1: Activists of political parties and social workers held a rally here on Sunday in protest against high prices of fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat.... MITHI: Fear of krait snakes keeps villagers awake MITHI, Oct 1: A girl student bitten by a krait snake a couple of days ago died while she was being taken to the Mithi civil hospital.... KHAIRPUR: Hesco officials suspended KHAIRPUR, Oct 1: The chief executive of Hesco, Maqbool Khwaja, suspended the SDO of Hesco, Setharja, Abdullah and line superintendent, Ghous Bux, on public complaints on Saturday.... KOHAT: Kohat businessmen oppose tehsil tax KOHAT, Oct 1: The action committee of a grand alliance of local businessmen has rejected the imposition of professional tax by the tehsil administration, terming it an attempt to economically cripple the traders and consumers.... QUETTA: Fund for canal increased QUETTA, Oct 1: The federal government has increased the amount allocated for the Pat Feeder canal extension project from Rs2,243.71 million to Rs4.80 billion and ordered the officials concerned to start... SWABI: Teachers waiting for allowance SWABI, Oct 1: Teachers in the NWFP are still not being paid the special qualification allowance announced in the federal budget.... PESHAWAR: Man ‘missing’ for 17 months PESHAWAR, Oct 1: Family members of a rickshaw driver, who has allegedly been in detention of an intelligence agency for 17 months, are under great mental suffering because nobody knows anything about him.... ISLAMABAD: Azad Kashmir group calls for fresh polls ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The president of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Abdul Majeed Malik, has said opposition parties will launch a joint protest movement after Ramazan if fresh polls are... GUL MERAH: Quake victim’s body found after a year GUL MERAH, Oct 1: Nearly a year after a devastating earthquake struck the country, the body of a man has been found in rubble, snuffing out his family’s lingering hopes that he had survived.... QUETTA: Mobile phone dealers assure government of cooperation QUETTA, Oct 1: The All-Balochistan Mobile Phone Dealers Association has said it will cooperate with the government in introducing the phone jamming mechanism to curb cellphone theft.... SWAT: Gastroenteritis claims 2 lives SWAT, Oct 1: Two people died and dozens others were hospitalized following outbreak of gastroentritis in the Bahrein village on Sunday....

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