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October 24, 2006 Tuesday Ramazan 30, 1427 KARACHI: 68 patients with VHF report at 11 hospitals: Death toll rises to 22 KARACHI, Oct 23: One more patient succumbed to dengue fever while 68 fresh cases of suspected viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) were reported at 11 government and private hospitals on Monday, said official sources.... KARACHI: PMA wants emergency declared KARACHI, Oct 23: The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi chapter, on Monday demanded that the city government should declare emergency in the metropolis and put the authorities concerned to control severity of the dengue fever’s spread during Eid holidays.... KARACHI: Private labs asked to charge 50pc for blood test KARACHI, Oct 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has directed all private blood banks and laboratories to charge only 50 per cent of free for the tests of dengue fever as... KARACHI: 65 deprived of vehicles, phones KARACHI, Oct 23: At least 65 people were deprived of their vehicles or cellular phones in different parts of the city on Monday. Police said 22 vehicles, including six cars and... KARACHI: Utility bills’ date extended KARACHI, Oct 23: The Sui Southern Gas Company has extended the last date for the payment of gas bills for the month of September to October 28.... KARACHI: City govt plans skyline along coast KARACHI, Oct 23: The city government has got summaries for the development of a skyline on a four-kilometer stretch along the beach approved by the Sindh government to ensure that no... KARACHI: Colleges, high schools await SNEs’ approval KARACHI, Oct 23: The government’s tall claims about improvement in quality of education can be judged from the fact that the Statement of New Expenditures (SNEs) of various higher secondary schools... KARACHI: No respite from price-hike KARACHI, Oct 23: Despite strict warnings of legal actions against profiteers and tall claims by the city government prices of essential commodities during Ramazan in the city remained sky-rocketing both at... KARACHI: More clues to vision loss KARACHI, Oct 23: Two international research teams say they have found a genetic variation that greatly increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in older people.... KARACHI: KWSB sets up complaint centres KARACHI, Oct 23: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has set up zone-wise complaint centres to facilitate lodging of complaints by people from 8am to 8pm during Eid holidays.... KARACHI: Khuhro slams govt for growing crimes KARACHI, Oct 23: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said that Karachi had broken the world record of street crimes, as Karachiites were deprived of belongings worth... KARACHI: Conference on research KARACHI, Oct 23: An international multi-disciplinary conference would be held at the University of Karachi campus on Nov 3. This was announced by a KU spokesman in a statement here.... KARACHI: Mission Green initiative welcomed KARACHI, Oct 23: Shahida Farooq, a noted activist working for better environment has appreciated the city government’s initiative of launching the ‘Mission Green Karachi’, saying that such an initiative was long due.... KARACHI: 147 profiteers fined KARACHI, Oct 23: The city government officials having magistrate powers imposed fines of Rs238,250 on 147 shopkeepers for overcharging, while no arrest was reported on Monday.... KARACHI: Govt out to hoodwink opposition: PML-N KARACHI, Oct 23: Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz believe that the government is trying to achieve a ‘breakthrough’ by getting the opposition forces, especially the PPP and PML-N, agreed on... KARACHI: Baloch parties set to resume anti-govt campaigns KARACHI, Oct 23: Baloch nationalist parties have planned to resume their anti-government campaign after Eidul Fitr with rallies and seminars to be held in Balochistan, Sindh and other parts of the country.... KARACHI: Police told to beef up security on Eid KARACHI, Oct 23: Sindh IGP Jehangir Mirza on Monday directed the Capital City Police Officer, Additional IGP, Special Branch, DIG CID and Regional Police Officers Hyderabad and Sukkur to undertake security measures on the eve of Eidul Fitr.... KARACHI: Property dealer kills employee KARACHI, Oct 23: An employee of an estate agency was shot dead by a property dealer in Defence on Monday. Police said that the incident occurred in the office of Property... KARACHI: Eid prayers timings KARACHI, Oct 23: The following are Eidul Fitr prayer timings in various mosques, and Eidgahs:... KARACHI: NICVD symposium KARACHI, Oct 23: The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) in collaboration with the Advanced Radiology Clinic - Karachi plans to organise a day-long CT Coronary Angiography Symposium for local cardiologists and radiologists here on Oct 29.... PESHAWAR: No joy for families of ‘missing persons’ PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The festival of Eid brought anything but joy for families of scores of missing persons allegedly picked up by intelligence agencies.... DANNA: Women aspiring to be self-reliant join sewing course DANNA, Oct 23: Young women sit demurely behind hand-operated sewing machines in the mountain village of Attyasa in Azad Kashmir practising their newly-acquired sewing skills on scraps of fabric....

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