| October 15, 2006 | Sunday | Ramazan 21, 1427 |
KARACHI: PM asks KESC to overcome shortfall
KARACHI, Oct 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday asked the KESC to take necessary steps to bridge the gap between demand and supply of electricity to resolve the problems faced by the people of Karachi....
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ISLAMABAD: Joint team of WHO, NIH arrives to check dengue
ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: In response to reports of incidence of hemorrhagic fever in Karachi, the health ministry deputed a joint team comprising experts from the National Institute of Health, Directorate of...
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KARACHI: City govt told to combat dengue: Effective steps dictated
KARACHI, Oct 14: The Sindh health department, in consultation with the representatives of city government and other healthcare facilitators, has taken some decisions for an extended anti-mosquitoes fogging as 41 fresh...
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KARACHI: Millions at risk: PMA
KARACHI, Oct 14: The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi chapter, has urged the city government to take special preventive measures to save millions of Karachiites from the fatal dengue fever by launching...
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KARACHI: Hospitals neglected in fumigation campaign
Karachi, Oct 14: Although the city government claims that a fumigation drive in different parts of Karachi is being carried out by its vector control wing, it has been neglecting hospitals,...
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KARACHI: Four killed in separate incidents
KARACHI, Oct 14: Four people were killed, including a woman and her daughter, in different incidents here at various localities on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Yaum-i-Ali today
KARACHI, Oct 14: Yaum-i-Ali is observed to commemorate the martyrdom of Hazrat Ali (A.S.) on 21st of Ramazan falling on Oct 15 this year....
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KARACHI: Generators to be installed at Malir pumping stations
KARACHI, Oct 14: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Saturday directed the KWSB authorities to install generators at all pumping stations in Malir to continue water pumping in case of power breakdown or failure....
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KARACHI: Steps urged to help blind
KARACHI, Oct 14: Speakers at a press conference on Saturday urged the authorities to solve the problems being faced by the blind people on priority basis so that they could also lead a normal and respectable life....
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KARACHI: SSC suppl exams
KARACHI, Oct 14: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi on Saturday notified the extension of the date of commencement of SSC supplementary examination 2006 Science and General Groups (Regular and Private)...
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KARACHI: Women’s bill a trick to divide opposition: JUI
KARACHI, Oct 14: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam secretary-general, MNA Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, on Saturday said that the basic purpose to introduce the so-called women protection bill was to divide the opposition....
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KARACHI: Book fair ends
KARACHI, Oct 14: A three-day book fair organised by students belonging to the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) on Saturday concluded at the Govt Islamia Arts and Commerce College, Karachi....
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KARACHI: Scholarships
KARACHI, Oct 14: The Nazaria Pakistan Foundation, Sindh Committee, has decided to extend scholarships to those students of the public sector and local government schools who have secured 80 per cent or more marks in the 9th class examination.—APP...
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KARACHI: LJ men deny charges in Suparco case
KARACHI, Oct 14: Lashkar-i-Jhangvi activists on Saturday denied prosecution charges of murdering and injuring employees of Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Organization (Suparco) in an attack on its bus in October 2003....
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KARACHI: Tributes paid to Mushtaq Memon
KARACHI, Oct 14: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday paid rich tributes to their former colleague and a senior journalist, late Mushtaq Memon, at a function organized in connection with his first death anniversary at the Press Club....
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KARACHI: Lyari facing housing shortage
KARACHI, Oct 14: Lyari has presently become a problem-ridden locality owing to housing shortage problem as those living here for decades have not shifted to other areas, although availability of land has reached a saturation point....
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KARACHI: Search body for VCs
KARACHI, Oct 14: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has constituted a six-member search committee for the selection of suitable persons for appointment as vice-chancellors/director of universities/degree awarding public sector institutions in Sindh....
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KARACHI: Landfill site
KARACHI, Oct 14: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal would inaugurate Jam Chakro landfill site on Oct 15. The city government has developed the modern landfill site on 500-acre land.—PPI...
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