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October 11, 2006 Wednesday Ramazan 17, 1427 KARACHI: KPT yet to approve salvage operation: Oil-spill feared KARACHI, Oct 10: Foreign and local experts have said that possibilities of oil spill from the capsized oil barge Orion-1 could not be ignored during any salvage operation yet to be approved by the Karachi Port Trust.... KARACHI: Steps being taken to check street crimes: Ibad KARACHI, Oct 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that concrete steps are being taken to control street crimes and some arrests have been made and the situation has already started improving.... KARACHI: Cases of suicide on the rise in Pakistan: Mental Health Day observed KARACHI, Oct 10: Some 37 per cent of a million global suicides occur in India and China. This was revealed at a seminar on... KARACHI: SHC seeks updated lists of UTPs cases KARACHI, Oct 10: The High Court of Sindh on Tuesday directed the Member Inspection Team of the SHC to obtain progress reports about cases of under-trial prisoners from the respective trial courts.... KARACHI: Builder told to recompense KBCA for debris lifting KARACHI, Oct 10: The Sindh High Court ordered attachment of an apartment complex in Garden East on Tuesday to ensure that the builder recompenses the Karachi Building Control Authority for expenses... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Ghulam Mustafa Shah HYDERABAD, Oct 10: Glowing tribute was paid to Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah for his services to the cause of education and development of Sindhi society at a seminar held here on Monday evening.... ISLAMABAD: Yarkhun valley cut off with bridge being washed away ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The only bridge connecting the Yarkhun valley with other parts of Chitral near Brep village is being slowly washed away because the authorities have not taken notice of its gradual deterioration.... KARACHI: Factory worker shot dead by robbers KARACHI, Oct 10: A man was shot dead while resisting bandits in New Karachi Industrial Area on Tuesday.... KARACHI: City govt told to take steps against spread of mosquitoes KARACHI, Oct 10: The Sindh health minister wrote a letter to the Karachi city nazim, urging him to take measures against the menace of high grade fever and dengue virus related... KARACHI: 28 vehicles, 69 cellphones taken away KARACHI, Oct 10: At least 28 vehicles and 69 cellphones were taken away by bandits from the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: 3 towns to get separate water lines: Kamal KARACHI, Oct 10: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday that separate water pipelines would be given to Baldia, SITE and Orangi in order to ensure that every town could get its due share of water.... KARACHI: Protesters block road against power failures KARACHI, Oct 10: Irked by prolonged power failures in the commercial area of Saddar, angry shopkeepers blocked a portion of Abdullah Haroon Road near Zainab Market here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: 2 Al Qaeda men indicted in diplomat killing case KARACHI, Oct 10: An anti-terrorism court indicted on Tuesday two activists of Al-Qaeda in the US diplomat killing case.... KARACHI: Cleanliness around mosques ordered KARACHI, Oct 10: Lyari Town Nazim Malik Muhammad Fayyaz on Tuesday ordered cleaning the surrounding areas of all major mosques of Lyari so that people did not face any trouble while... KARACHI: Principals asked to provide information for scholarships KARACHI, Oct 10: The DO education, secondary and higher secondary (female), of the city government on Tuesday asked the heads of government girls secondary and higher secondary schools to provide information... KARACHI: CS for early completion of Tughlaq House reconstruction KARACHI, Oct 10: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed the works and services department to complete the reconstruction and renovation of Tughlaq House and fourth floor of old KDA building at the earliest.... KARACHI: KUTS asks for concession in power tariff KARACHI, Oct 10: The University of Karachi should be provided electricity on concessional rate and not on commercial rate.... KARACHI: No threat to marine life, says minister: Oil barge KARACHI, Oct 10: The Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy, Dr Sagheer Ahmed, on Tuesday said that there was no danger to the marine life in the wake of sinking... KARACHI: Gender in Journalism awards announced KARACHI, Oct 10: The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), in collaboration with the Unesco, here on Tuesday gave Gender in Journalism awards to journalists and writers for their best articles and reports on gender-based issues in Pakistan.... KARACHI: Illumination planned KARACHI, Oct 10: The mosques in Hawkesbay and Taisar Town resettlement sites of the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project will be illuminated on Shab-i-Qadr on the 27th of Ramazan and prayers will be offered for the integrity of the country.... KARACHI: Data sent to Australia for salvage report KARACHI, Oct 10: Technical data and photographs of Orion-I have been collected and sent to Australia for a report after which salvage operation would be undertaken.... KARACHI: HRCP concerned over encounter killings KARACHI, Oct 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday showed its deep concern over rising incidents of encounter killings in Sindh.... KARACHI: Firing of 2,000 men condemned KARACHI, Oct 10: The National Labour Federation (Karachi Zone) has expressed concern over dismissal of 2000 daily wagers of PTCL, terming it a cruel and illegal step.... KARACHI: Nasreen for strengthening IT services KARACHI, Oct 10: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said it is need of the hour to change old mindset and realize the importance of information technology.... KARACHI: 2 teams to probe double murder KARACHI, Oct 10: The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi, Niaz Ahmed Siddiqui, formed two separate teams for the early arrest of killers of a trader and his son, and dismissed the staff of the nearby police post.... KARACHI: Payment of teachers’ salaries ordered KARACHI, Oct 10: The division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Yasmin Abbasey on Tuesday directed for the disbursement of due salaries among teachers/members of unions/associations of teachers in Sindh.The... KARACHI: Body set up for reforms in KWSB KARACHI, Oct 10: Sindh minister for local government and kachchi abadies Mohammad Hussain Khan said on Tuesday that the KWSB needed to be organized on modern lines, and as such its... KARACHI: Charged parking to be reintroduced KARACHI, Oct 10: Police have decided in principle to reintroduce charged parking system to control rising crimes of vehicle lifting in the metropolis.... KARACHI: 10 injured in accident KARACHI, Oct 10: At least 10 passengers of a minibus were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned at University Road near Hasan Square Tuesday morning.... HYDERABAD: PM urged to save Sindh agriculture HYDERABAD, Oct 10: The Sindh Agriculture Forward Group has appealed to the prime minister to come to the rescue of agriculture sector by solving the problem confronted by it.... HYDERABAD: 12 centres set up for price control HYDERABAD, Oct 10: The revenue, Mr Abdul Sattar Jatto, on Tuesday announced that the district government had set up 12 complaint centres to register complaints regarding prices of essential commodities in the 12 talukas of the district.... HYDERABAD: MUET adivce to students HYDERABAD, Oct 10: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro announced on Tuesday that the students who had submitted their admission forms without marks sheets of intermediate or diploma,... SUKKUR: Man kills wife in Rohri SUKKUR, Oct 10: A woman was killed by her husband following adomestic dispute in Bedil-Bekas colony in Rohri.... MIRPURKHAS: Boy crushed to death MIRPURKHAS, Oct 10: A boy was crushed to death and two others were seriously injured when a tractor hit them on Maula Bux More near Umerkot town on Monday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Judge orders action against SHO NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 10: Iqbal Khwaja, the additional sessions judge of Kandiaro, has ordered registration of an FIR against the SHO, head constable and constables of Lakha Road police station for... PESHAWAR: Gas project in NWFP discussed PESHAWAR, Oct 10: Federal Minister for Political Affairs Engr Amir Muqam has said that the government is vigorously pursuing its welfare agenda to bring about positive changes in the socio-economic condition of the masses.... PESHAWAR: Wapda bound to pay outstanding amount: ANP PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The Awami National Party (ANP) has expressed scepticism about Wapda abiding by the arbitration tribunal’s decision to pay Rs110 billion to the NWFP government from the net hydel profit.... PESHAWAR: NWFP hopes to get Rs 51bn over two years PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The NWFP government is hopeful of getting over Rs 51 billion as its share of hydel profit for 2005-06 and 2006-07 financial years as a result of the arbitration tribunal’s decision, according to official sources.... PESHAWAR: Department asked to get polio drops tested PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the provincial health department to have three samples of polio drops tested in an international-level laboratory.... PESHAWAR: Rs918m being spent on higher education PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The NWFP government will spend Rs918 million on 45 projects of Higher Education Department during the current financial year.... PESHAWAR: MMA to build consensus on renaming of NWFP PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has said that it will work for promoting consensus on the renaming of the Frontier province.... SKARDU: Poor quality of work on canal project SKARDU, Oct 10: Local people are expressing concern over flawed planning and poor quality of work on a canal project in the area....

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