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October 08, 2006 Sunday Ramazan 14, 1427 KARACHI: Action soon against ghost schools, says Arbab KARACHI, Oct 7: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said that raising the standard of education and eradicating corruption was among his top most priorities, as the province could not prosper until the improvement in the quality of education.... KARACHI: Oil slick threatens city shores KARACHI, Oct 7: The crude oil spilling into the sea from the oil barge which capsized near the Karachi Port on Friday may pose a grave danger to the marine life as well as people living on the seaside.... KARACHI: 71 more deprived of vehicles, cellphones KARACHI, Oct 7: As many as 71 people were deprived of cars, motorbikes and cell-phones in various localities here on Saturday.... KARACHI: Court told about Asif’s ailment KARACHI, Oct 7: The special anti-corruption judge, Central, Shaukat Memon, put off on Saturday hearing of the container case against Asif Ali Zardari.... KARACHI: Contradictions in Musharraf’s book pointed out KARACHI, Oct 7: Contradictions in General Pervez Musharraf’s account of some of the key issues concerning Pakistan in his book “In the line of fire” were pointed out by most of... KARACHI: SIUT, PIMA putting in best efforts KARACHI, Oct 7: One whole year after one of the few worst disasters in Pakistan’s history, hospitals and health care centres elsewhere in the country still echo with the screams of... KARACHI: Compensation claims by families in city KARACHI, Oct 7: Zulfiqar Shah was luckier than many that when the October 8 earthquake destroyed his house in Battal, one of the worst-hit areas in the Mansehra district, nobody was in.... PESHAWAR: Monthly allowance for homeless quake victims PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The NWFP government will pay Rs3,000 per month for one year to each of the 300,000 people rendered helpless by last year’s earthquake in five districts of the province.... THATTA: Sale of two islands along Sindh coast opposed THATTA, Oct 7: People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA Sassui Palijo has said that the sale of two islands Bundar and Buddo situated off the Thatta coast to a foreign company is a... PESHAWAR: ANP demands elections under caretaker setup PESHAWAR, Oct 7: General Parvez Musharraf has failed to implement his seven-point agenda of restoration of democracy, rule of the law, end to disharmony among provinces and normalisation of relations with... KARACHI: Sale of islands criticized KARACHI, Oct 7: The sale of two Karachi islands Baddo and Baddal is a continuation of the ''loot sale'' of national assets and this act is linked to the bids of... KARACHI: Quintuplets, mother to leave hospital in three days KARACHI, Oct 7: A woman who delivered quintuplets, three boys and two girls, will leave the Kharadar General Hospital in two to three days, said the medical director of the hospital on Saturday.... KARACHI: A year of paediatric unit at CHK KARACHI, Oct 7: The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Civil Hospital, Karachi has completed its first year of operation.... KARACHI: Fisheries auction suspended KARACHI, Oct 7: The Marine Fisheries Department suspended the use of auction hall ‘K-1’ for handling, auction, storage of seafood meant for export to the European Union on the grounds of sanitation, fisheries sources said on Saturday.... KARACHI: KU student rusticated KARACHI, Oct 7: The University of Karachi has rusticated a student for his inappropriate behaviour with a female teacher of the Department of Political Science.... KARACHI: Tribute paid to Sachal KARACHI, Oct 7: Sachal Sarmast was a poet of the past, present and the future, said the resident director of Pakistan Academy of Letters Agha Noor Muhammad Pathan.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 7: 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.—PPI... KARACHI: Govt’s disaster management plan still in cold storage: KBCA role dubious KARACHI, Oct 7: None of the government functionaries is prepared to meet a natural calamity if it hits the 14 million population of Karachi as the authorities virtually have not learnt... KARACHI: Karachi’s overwhelming response They came in fancy four by fours and sedans; they came in rickshaws; they rode on motorbikes; or they simply walked in from their villages and hutments.... KARACHI: New dialysis unit set up in Muzaffarabad KARACHI, Oct 7: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) has established a 12-station dialysis centre, capable of doing 10,800 dialysis sessions a year, in Muzaffarabad for the victims of natural disaster, building collapse and other such incidents.... KARACHI: Directive issued to streamline mega projects KARACHI, Oct 7: City Nazim on Saturday ordered stream-lining of Karachi Mega City Project with the master plan.... HYDERABAD: Dist council demands relief package for rain-hit people HYDERABAD, Oct 7: Members of the district council on Saturday demanded that a relief package should be announced for compensating damages to people’s property and crops caused by recent heavy rains.... HYDERABAD: Committee formed to probe into delay in draining out rainwater HYDERABAD, Oct 7: Hyderabad district council convenor Zafar Ali Rajput on Saturday formed a committee to probe into the failure of Wasa and HDA in draining out rainwater from Latifabad and Qasimabad talukas.... SUKKUR: Kalpars, Mazaris agree to end 17-year old rivalry SUKKUR, Oct 7: The Kalpar Bugtis and Mazaris agreed to end their rivalry after 17-years of feud that left many dead and injured in Kashmore.... HYDERABAD: CM advises growers to send cane to three sugar mills HYDERABAD, Oct 7: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has advised the sugarcane growers to start transporting their produce to three sugar mills, which have completed preparations for crushing.... BADIN: Badin villages still under rainwater BADIN, Oct 7: The district government has failed to drain out rainwater from a number of villages of the district despite passage of one month.... MIRPURKHAS: Fertiliser godown sealed MIRPURKHAS, Oct 7: A fertiliser agency’s distribution point and its godown were sealed during a raid by an officer of the agriculture extension department, Mirpurkhas, in Khipro Naka chowk here on Friday.... MIRPURKHAS: Motorcyclist dies, two others injured MIRPURKHAS, Oct 7: A motorcyclist was killed and two others, including a woman, injured in a road accident on the Umerkot-Samaro road on Friday.... NAWABSHAH: Two die in road accidents NAWABSHAH, Oct 7: Two people were killed and five others were injured in two road accidents on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Stress laid on cooperation to speed up work PESHAWAR, Oct 7: Lengthy procedures and lack of cooperation among provincial government departments and Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority’s (Erra) subsidiary.... PESHAWAR: Warrant issued for nazim PESHAWAR, Oct 7: An accountability court on Saturday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Peshawar city district Nazim Haji Ghulam Ali after he failed to appear in a corruption reference.... HARIPUR: Man killed on court premises HARIPUR, Oct 7: A man was killed and two others were seriously injured when a ‘hired assassin’ opened fire on them outside the district courts here on Saturday, police said.... PESHAWAR: Dispute over mehr: man kills wife PESHAWAR, Oct 7: A man allegedly killed his young wife and injured her brother at the Judicial Complex here on Saturday over a dispute on haq-i-mehr, witnesses said.... PESHAWAR: Hospital ready in Garhi Habibullah PESHAWAR, Oct 7: A 60-bed hospital housed in a newly- built prefabricated structure will start functioning in Garhi Habibullah after inauguration by President General Pervez Musharraf on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Focus on villages in uplift plan PESHAWAR, Oct 7: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said that the development strategy for the current financial year lays emphasis on community-oriented schemes in small villages.... PESHAWAR: Special polio campaign from 10th PESHAWAR, Oct 7: NWFP Additional Chief Secretary Ghulam Dastagir Akhtar has called upon the authorities concerned to make coordinated efforts to eradicate polio from the province....

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