| October 22, 2006 | Sunday | Ramazan 28, 1427 |
KARACHI: Health deptt shies away from details on dengue
KARACHI, Oct 21: In a situation when Karachiites appear more concerned over the spread of dengue fever, the provincial health department on Saturday stopped providing related details to media, without assigning any reason....
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KARACHI: ‘300 dengue patients in serious condition’
KARACHI, Oct 21: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the city government was providing medical and financial assistance to the patients suffering from dengue fever....
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KARACHI: Four new polio cases confirmed
KARACHI, Oct 21: Four new cases of polio have recently been detected in Sindh, including one at Karachi, said Sindh Health Secretary Dr Noshad Shaikh on Saturday....
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KARACHI: ATC reserves judgment in Suparco bus killing case
KARACHI, Oct 21: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Saturday reserved judgment in a trial against two activists of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in Suparco bus killing case after hearing closing arguments of special prosecutor and defence counsel....
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KARACHI: PPP demands caretaker set up for elections
KARACHI, Oct 21: Secretary General of the PPP, Sindh, Nafees Siddiqui on Saturday said that the general elections next year would usher in a new phase of people’s democratic rule in the country....
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KARACHI: Opposition vows to raise real issues in next PA session
KARACHI, Oct 21: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro on Saturday said that in the next month’s session of the provincial legislature, his party would certainly raise...
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KARACHI: Oil siphoned off from Orion-I
KARACHI, Oct 21: The furnace oil sealed in the tanks of sunken barge, Orion-I, was safely siphoned off to another oil barge Nameera from where it has been properly disposed off ashore....
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KARACHI: Thriving on dengue incidence
KARACHI, Oct 21: Dengue fever has sent a wave of concern and insecurity among the people of the city but, on the other hand, it has benefited the individuals and organisations associated with fumigation business, investigations show....
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KARACHI: Utility bills
KARACHI, Oct 21: The due date for the payment of KESC bills has been extended up to Oct 31....
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KARACHI: Girls clinch top three positions: HSC (Humanities) results
KARACHI, Oct 21: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Saturday declared the results of HSC part-II (Class XII) Humanities (private) annual examination, 2006, with a pass percentage of 47.42,...
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KARACHI: Govt trying to sidetrack key issues: JSM
KARACHI, Oct 21: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM) has criticised the government for plotting to divide political parties on the pretext of bringing regional parties into the mainstream, and described it as a crude attempt to sidetrack the pressing issue....
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KARACHI: Liquor seized
KARACHI, Oct 21: The staff of Anti-Smuggling Organisation, Customs Preventive Collectorate, foiled an attempt to transport smuggled foreign liquor from Turbat to Karachi....
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KARACHI: Serial killers remanded
KARACHI, Oct 21: Two alleged serial killers, involved in killing cases of police and ranger personnel, were remanded to police custody till Oct 27....
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PESHAWAR: Call for new health system
PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Speakers at a workshop held here on Saturday said that the health system had failed to deliver and there was an urgent need to introduce a new system for promptly treating people....
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PESHAWAR: Woman arrested
PESHAWAR, Oct 21: National Highways and Motorway Police arrested a woman on charges of drugs smuggling on Saturday....
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PESHAWAR: Hospital security beefed up
PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Medical Superintendent of the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) Khosdil Khan has said that tight security measures have been taken after rise in cases of kidnapping of newborn babies from the hospital....
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HARIPUR: Drug firm staff demanding salary beaten up
HARIPUR, Oct 21: Dozens of workers of a pharmaceutical company on Saturday blocked the Rawalpindi-Abbottabad road to protest against delay in payment of their salaries by the factory administration....
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NOWSHERA: Rs5.3m looted from bank
NOWSHERA, Oct 21: Bandits took away Rs5.3 million from a branch of Habib Bank on the main street in Nowshera cantonment in a strike that continued from Friday evening till early hours of Saturday, officials said....
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