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November 07, 2006 Tuesday Shawwal 14, 1427 KARACHI: PA adopts resolution on disaster management: MPA barred from session KARACHI, Nov 6: Treasury benches in the Sindh Assembly on Monday demonstrated their determination that they meant business in the ongoing session when the day witnessed half of the legislation business,... KARACHI: 77 dengue patients admitted KARACHI, Nov 6: The city is still in the grip of dengue panic as another 77 people from across the city were brought to hospitals, with the history of rash, high fever, bleeding and abdominal pain.... KARACHI: SHC orders fresh probe into land-grabbing along coast KARACHI, Nov 6: The Sindh High Court ordered on Monday a fresh inquiry into the alleged parceling out of land along the coastal belt by land grabbers.... KARACHI: 1,300 schools to be reopened: CM KARACHI, Nov 6: The Sindh government is making all-out efforts to materialise the dream of hundred per cent literacy in the province and steps are being taken to reopen 1,300 closed schools of the province.... KARACHI: Rangers deployed at Lyari Hospital KARACHI, Nov 6: The Rangers personnel have been deployed at the Lyari General Hospital to improve security in and around the hospital. On the request of Sindh government, the personnel of... KARACHI: CM accuses opposition of obstructing legislation KARACHI, Nov 6: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday accused the opposition in provincial assembly of creating hurdles in legislation by the house and praised Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain... KARACHI: Opposition slams speaker for taking sides KARACHI, Nov 6: Leader of Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said that treasury benches and the speaker appeared trampling the sanctity of the assembly during the session on Monday.... HYDERABAD: JSQM in disarray after senior leader quits HYDERABAD, Nov 6: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz is facing a severe crisis following resignation of Abdul Wahid Arisar, the ideologue of the party and a close associate of late G.M.... PESHAWAR: Lawmakers want voters’ lists corrected PESHAWAR, Nov 6: NWFP lawmakers on Monday asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to get the factual errors corrected made by its field staff during preparations of the new electoral lists in different parts of the province.... PESHAWAR: Councillors condemn Bajaur air strike PESHAWAR, Nov 6: The Agency Councillors Alliance on Monday condemned the recent air strike on a Bajaur Agency madressah and the kidnapping of councillor Dilawar Khan Mohmand.... KARACHI: EPA collects samples of hazardous material KARACHI, Nov 6: The staff of the Environment Protection Agency collected samples of the hazardous material which caused burn injuries to seven children in Orangi on Sunday.... KARACHI: Camp offices for revival of Scheme-33 KARACHI, Nov 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has called for setting up camp offices of all the departments providing facilities, including project director by December 2006 for revival of Scheme-33 (Gulzar-i-Hijri) and early start of housing activities.... KARACHI: Accident KARACHI, Nov 6: An unidentified man died in a hit-and-run accident in North Karachi on Monday. Police said the victim in his mid-70s was brought to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.... KARACHI: CDGK coins idea of joint fumigation KARACHI, Nov 6: The growing number of complaints from the areas controlled by cantonment boards (CBs), DHA, KPT and other land owning agencies has led the city government to suggest for... KARACHI: MBBS classes at DMC begin KARACHI, Nov 6: The academic session of first year MBBS 2006 started at the Dow Medical College here on Nov 6. The vice-chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences, Prof... KARACHI: DSc conferred on Turkish expert KARACHI, Nov 6: Professor Mehmet Haberal, an eminent educationist, renowned surgeon and a scholar from Turkey, was conferred the degree of Doctorate of Science (DSc) Honoris Causa by Sindh Governor Dr... KARACHI: Water supply project for Hawkesbay Scheme KARACHI, Nov 6: The Lyari Development Authority (LDA) will soon launch a project to supply pure water to the residents of Hawkesbay Housing Scheme. This was stated by the director-general, LDA,... KARACHI: Nazim orders proper sanitation in all towns KARACHI, Nov 6: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday directed all town municipal officers (TMOs), deputy town officers (DTOs) health and sanitation of all the18 towns for improving health and... KARACHI: Hunger strike KARACHI, Nov 6: Shipyard workers under the aegis of Karachi Shipyard Workers Solidarity Committee started their ‘protest week’ against the ban imposed on trade union activities by holding a hunger strike camp outside Karachi Press Club on Monday.Leaders... KARACHI: Appointment tests KARACHI, Nov 6: The Directorate of Manpower and Training on Monday announced that written tests for the vacant posts of the department, recently published in the local dailies, would be held... KARACHI: BSc results KARACHI, Nov 6: The examinations department of the University of Karachi, on Monday announced the results of BSc (pass) part II /both parts supplementary examination 2005.... KARACHI: ATC reserves order on transfer of ransom case KARACHI, Nov 6: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Monday order on the application of the defence seeking transfer of a kidnapping for ransom case against two police officer, including a DSP.... KARACHI: Young man hammered to death KARACHI, Nov 6: A young man was hammered to death allegedly by a friend of his in the Sohrab Goth area on Monday.... KARACHI: War crimes tribunal on Iraq urged KARACHI, Nov 6: Senior politician Mairaj Mohammad Khan has condemned the death sentence given by an Iraqi court to former President Saddam Hussain and two others, as it did not meet demands of justice.... KARACHI: Serial killers sent to jail KARACHI, Nov 6: The administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Monday sent three alleged serial killers, involved in the killing cases of police and Ranger personnel, to jail... KARACHI: Pre-arrest bail KARACHI, Nov 6: The Sindh High Court on Monday dismissed an application by an assistant sub-inspector seeking pre-arrest bail in a custodial killing case. ASI Atif with others is charged with... NAWABSHAH: Rs25m lithotripsy machine out of order at PMC NAWABSHAH, Nov 6: Patients belonging to Nawabshah and the adjoining districts are suffering due to non-functioning of lithotripsy machine at the People’s Medical College hospital for two months.... MIRPURKHAS: Kalabagh dam will destabilise country: Magsi MIRPURKHAS, Nov 6: Sindh Taraqi Passand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said that the country will be dismembered the day the foundation stone of controversial Kalabagh dam is laid as three of the four provinces are against it.... HYDERABAD: Police seize large quantity of mainpuri, gutka HYDERABAD, Nov 6: Police seized thousands of kilograms of mainpuri, gutka and raw material used to prepare the banned items and rounded up 15 people allegedly involved in the business in a secret midnight operation on Sunday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Teachers demand salary NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 6: More than 100 teachers, including women, working under the National Commission for Human Development, held a rally and observed a token hunger strike on Monday in protest against non-payment of three months’ salary.... SUKKUR: SHC sends Sanam to Darul Aman SUKKUR, Nov 6: The Sukkur bench of the Sindh High Court sent Sanam Jatoi to Darul Amman on Monday after she appealed to the court to protect her from her relatives... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Teacher injured in attack NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 6: Armed men injured a primary teacher after he refused to close the school in Ubed village near Kandiaro on Monday. Reports reaching here said that Ghazi Khushik,... HYDERABAD: Irregularities alleged in admission test HYDERABAD, Nov 6: Over half a dozen students who had appeared in the test for admission to the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences and other medical colleges have rejected the results of Hyderabad, Larkana and Nawabshah centres.... BADIN: Differences between nazim and councillors deepen BADIN, Nov 6: Differences between the district nazim of Badin and members of the district council have deepened over what UC nazims alleged unfair attitude of the nazim to their demand for development schemes.... HYDERABAD: Teaching of English begins in 10 govt schools HYDERABAD, Nov 6: The teaching of English language has been introduced in 10 Urdu/Sindhi medium schools under the instructions of the district nazim of Hyderabad, Kanwar Naveed Jamil, for the 2006-2007 session.... SUKKUR: Protest against SSGC SUKKUR, Nov 6: More than 100 people of Mughal Colony, Ahmed Nagar and New Pind localities, including women and children, staged a demonstration in front of the local press club in... KOHAT: Kohat hospitals without dengue fever test kits KOHAT, Nov 6: A boy belonging to Orakzai Agency, who is suspected of having contracted dengue fever, had to be shifted to Peshawar for treatment owing to unavailability of medical facilities in any of the hospitals in the district.... PESHAWAR: Call to launch ANP membership drive PESHAWAR, Nov 6: Awami National Party leader Asfandyar Wali Khan has asked district level office-bearers of the party to start a vigorous campaigning for party membership in the country.... GILGIT: Transfer of tax money stopped GILGIT, Nov 6: The Northern Areas Chief Court has granted an interim injunction to the Northern Areas Importers and Exporters Association in connection with the transfer of money collected at the... PESHAWAR: Detention of 104-year-old man challenged PESHAWAR, Nov 6: The Peshawar High Court on Monday put on notice the NWFP advocate-general on a writ petition challenging detention of two persons including a 104-year-old man under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) for more than three years....

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