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November 30, 2006 Thursday Ziqa'ad 8, 1427 KARACHI: Court rules out parking space misuse regularisation KARACHI, Nov 29: The conversion or misuse of car parking space cannot be regularised and those who purchase flats and shops built on such spaces do so at their own risk,... KARACHI: First master plan ready for approval: nazim: Moot on Vision-2030 KARACHI, Nov 29: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the first master plan of the metropolis has been prepared and will be presented before the City Council next moth for its formal approval.... KARACHI: HRCP seminar stresses on basic rights KARACHI, Nov 29: Providing basic facilities like food, shelter, health and education is the basic responsibility of government and unless this responsibility is fulfilled, the dream of putting the country on the path of progress and prosperity cannot materialise.... KARACHI: Law on polythene bags to remain ineffective KARACHI, Nov 29: The Sindh Prohibition of Manufacturing, sale and use of Polythene Bags Bill-2006, passed into law by the Sindh Assembly in its previous session and now pending the governor’s... KARACHI: Suspected killers of 12-year-old arrested KARACHI, Nov 29: A joint operation of the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee and the Anti-Violent Crime Cell led to the arrest of members of a gang involved in the kidnapping and killing of a young boy in Landhi.... KARACHI: 800 kidney donors to be honoured KARACHI, Nov 29: About 800 kidney donors will be honoured at a ceremony being organised by the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation at the Sindh Governor’s House on Thursday.... KARACHI: Schoolgirl dies from electrocution KARACHI, Nov 29: A girl student of class four died of electrocution in Hasan Aulia Village, Rexer Lane, on Wednesday. Shaista Naz, 12, a student of Hasan Aulia village Primary School,... KARACHI: Islamabad wants control of SMI KARACHI, Nov 29: Federal government wants to retain the control of Sindh Madressahtul Islam and see it as a well-preserved heritage and a national-level education institution of par excellence.... KARACHI: Utility bills payment kiosk inaugurated KARACHI, Nov 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Wednesday inaugurated a newly-established kiosk for utility bills payment through automated machines in North Nazimabad, and with the setting up of this... KARACHI: Training in resuscitation skills urged KARACHI, Nov 29: Senior paediatricians have strongly recommended regular training of doctors in resuscitation skills to reduce mortality as well as neurological handicaps in neonates.... KARACHI: Ibad advises varsities to submit projects KARACHI, Nov 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Wednesday directed all the public sector universities to prepare their master plans in accordance with Vision-2020.... KARACHI: Hospitals seek early transfer of funds KARACHI, Nov 29: The Board of Governors of Civil Hospital Karachi and Lyari General Hospital has suggested the provincial finance department for early transfer of funds into the account of Maintenance... KARACHI: KBCA razes illegal structures KARACHI, Nov 29: The chief controller of Karachi Building Control Authority, Mumtazur Rehman, on Wednesday said every citizen had responsibility to save the city from environmental pollution.... KARACHI: MQM man convicted KARACHI, Nov 29: The additional district and sessions judge, West, on Wednesday sentenced a worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to a 10-year term.... KARACHI: Sindh public procurement body set up KARACHI, Nov 29: The government of Sindh has notified the Sindh Public Procurement Ordinance-2006. Issued by the Secretary, Law Department, on Wednesday, the ordinance has come into force at once and... KARACHI: Paintings show at Clifton KARACHI, Nov 29: An exhibition of paintings by Shahzad Zer opens at the Clifton art gallery at 5.30pm on Thursday. Fatima Surayya Bajjia, adviser to the CM, and Anwar Maqsood will grace the event as chief guests.... KARACHI: Adviser wants community policing KARACHI, Nov 29: Advisor on home affairs Waseem Akhtar has said although there is a decline in crimes in Sindh, he is not satisfied with the obtaining situation.... KARACHI: KU research facilities lauded KARACHI, Nov 29: The deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Technology, MARA, Malaysia, Dr Salih Hamid Abubakar, called on Karachi University Vice-Chancellor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqi and exchanged matters of mutual interest on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Computerised enrolment cards KARACHI, Nov 29: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, will start issuing computerised enrolment cards for SSC Part-I (class IX) annual examination 2006 on Thursday (November 30).... KARACHI: Aids Day walk KARACHI, Nov 29: The Sindh AIDS Control Programme will organise an awareness walk to observe World AIDS Day on December 1.... KARACHI: BSc paper rescheduled KARACHI, Nov 29: The KU Examinations Department has announced that the BSc-II papers scheduled for December 20 will now be held on January 11.—PPI... KARACHI: Prosecution concludes evidence in ransom case KARACHI, Nov 29: Prosecution in a kidnapping for ransom case concluded evidence on Wednesday in an anti-terrorism court. Judge Ghulam Ali A. Samtio fixed December 6 for the next hearing after... KARACHI: Two murder case suspects remanded KARACHI, Nov 29: The Sindh High Court administrative judge for anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Wednesday remanded two suspects in police custody till December 6 in a kidnapping-cum-murder case.... KARACHI: Upcoming elections significant: Sattar KARACHI, Nov 29: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Farooq Sattar has described the upcoming general elections as ‘very significant’ in view of the serious challenges, both at national and international levels, being faced by the country.... KARACHI: Need of promoting education stressed KARACHI, Nov 29: A women''s moot held in the Turkish city of Istanbul under the auspices of the Organisation of Islamic Conference has emphasised the need for fostering education, especially among... KARACHI: 400 reserves cops to be deployed at hour’s notice KARACHI, Nov 29: Acting DIG Sindh Reserve Police and Security, Nasir Khan Yousafzai, visited the Baldia Range Headquarters on Wednesday to inspect the IG Sindh Reserve Platoon.... KARACHI: Senior journalist grieved KARACHI, Nov 29: Haroon Rashid Bakhtiar, father of Idrees Bakhtiar, chief reporter of Herald magazine and BBC correspondent at Karachi, passed away after a protracted illness on Thursday. He was 85.... KARACHI: 26 vehicles, 47 phones taken away KARACHI, Nov 29: At least 26 vehicles and 47 mobile phones were taken away by bandits in different parts of the city.... HYDERABAD: Over 6,659 villages to get ‘sanads’: minister HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Sindh Revenue Minister Dr. Irfan Gul Magsi said on Wednesday that the revenue department would regularise around 6,659 villages and issue them ‘sanads’ (ownership certificates) in January next year.... HYDERABAD: SHC grants pre-arrest bail to Jamshoro nazim HYDERABAD, Nov 29: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, comprising Justice Mohammad Moosa K.Leghari and Justice Maqbool Baqar on Wednesday granted pre-arrest bail to the district nazim of Jamshoro, Malik Asad Sikandar, in a sum of Rs100,000.... HYDERABAD: Mumtaz urges people to unite on one platform HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Sindh National Front (SNF) chief Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has said that it is time Sindhis unite on one platform to foil conspiracies being hatched against their land.... HYDERABAD: APMSO distributes books among students HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO) organised a ‘book bazaar’ here on Tuesday. At the fair, books were given to diserving students to who had clinched top positions in secondary school certificate (class-X) examination.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Black day observed NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 28: Activists of the youth wing of PPP (SB) observed black day on Tuesday and staged a rally and a demonstration in front of the local press club... PESHAWAR: ‘Rs130bn projects under way in Fata’ PESHAWAR, Nov 29: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai on Wednesday said that a massive development drive was under way in Fata was with special focus on promotion of education, health and infrastructure.... ISLAMABAD: Device on leopard yields important data ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The satellite-tracking collar fitted on a snow leopard before it was released in the Chitral Gol National Park earlier this month, has fed back unprecedented data on her movements.... PESHAWAR: Collector put on notice in Sherpao case PESHAWAR, Oct 29: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday put the collector customs, Karachi, on notice in Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Kahn Sherpao’s petition seeking exemption from payment of Rs10 million as duty levied on import of a luxury car.... PESHAWAR: Hearing deferred on anti-polio drive petition PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing of a writ petition seeking discontinuation of the polio eradication programme in the country.... PESHAWAR: Introduction of Pushto as compulsory subject discussed PESHAWAR, Nov 29: A meeting of the NWFP Assembly’s standing committee on schools and literacy was held under here on Wednesday. The committee, which met under Habibur Rahman, discussed matters referred to it by the provincial assembly.... PESHAWAR: VCs asked to take action against trouble-makers PESHAWAR, Nov 29: NWFP Chief Secretary Ejaz Ahmed Qureishi has asked vice-chancellors of universities to take strict action if anyone violated the peaceful academic atmosphere in the educational institutions of the province.... PESHAWAR: Man jailed for four years, fined Rs40m PESHAWAR, Nov 29: An accountability court on Tuesday sentenced Faqir Hussain of Kohat to four years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs40 million on charges of defrauding public on the pretext of foreign trade.... PESHAWAR: Nine dengue fever cases confirmed in NWFP PESHAWAR, Nov 29: Nine cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in the Frontier province. Eight of the patients have recovered while one has died, says an official press release issued here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: NWFP plans major events for ‘Visit Pakistan’ year PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The NWFP government will observe the year 2007 as the year of tourism with a theme ‘Visit Pakistan’ in accordance with a decision of the federal government....

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