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December 02, 2006 Saturday Ziqa'ad 10, 1427 KARACHI: High Court bars entry of long-route buses into city KARACHI, Dec 1: The Sindh High Court barred on Friday all inter-city vehicles whose terminals have already been constructed from entering the main city. Appropriate directives would be issued by the... KARACHI: Early enactment of cadaver law pledged KARACHI, Dec 1: Senate chairman Mohammadmian Soomro has assured enactment of the much-awaited cadaver organ donation bill by the Senate soon. Speaking at an international seminar on “deceased organ donation --... KARACHI: Rumpus restricts PA session to 90 minutes KARACHI, Dec 1: The requisitioned session of the Sindh Assembly began on Friday morning but was prorogued abruptly when Nasrullah Shaji of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal defied repeatedly the chair’s order to stop... KARACHI: Khuhro accuses govt of sabotaging session KARACHI, Dec 1: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has condemned the chief minister, ministers and other treasury members for their aggressive attitude, and accused them of sabotaging the requisitioned session.... KARACHI: Media urged to highlight awareness of Aids KARACHI, Dec 1: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said social organisations and media can play important role in creating awareness among people to control Aids.... KARACHI: 36 more VHF patients admitted KARACHI, Dec 1: Thirty-six more people afflicted by mosquito borne diseases were rushed to seven public and private hospitals in the city during the past 24 hours, with complaints rash and fever.... KARACHI: Pappu’s brothers get bail KARACHI, Dec 1: The Sindh High Court on Friday granted bail to two brothers of alleged gangsters Arshad Pappu in a bus robbery and arson case.... KARACHI: 14 vehicles, 45 phones taken away KARACHI, Dec 1: At least 14 vehicles and 45 cellphones were stolen from different parts of the city on Friday. Police sources said two cars were snatched at gunpoint and five were reported stolen.... KARACHI: Reward for fort’s history KARACHI, Dec 1: Sindh minister for Culture, Tourism and Social Welfare Rauf Siddiqui has asked Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim to increase reward money from Rs150,000 to Rs 500,000 for writing a comprehensive history of the Ranikot Fort.... KARACHI: Errors in record deprive many of scholarship KARACHI, Dec 1: Owing to negligence of education department officials many girls of government schools could not receive their annual scholarship since August.... KARACHI: Trains run behind schedule: Protest continues KARACHI, Dec 1: The trains’ departure schedule remained disturbed causing hardships to passengers, as the protest being observed by train operators entered 10th day here on Friday.... KARACHI: Clifton to get water 24 hours KARACHI, Dec 1: The city government has initiated work on waterline project to ensure round-the-clock supply to Clifton and adjoining areas.... KARACHI: Nazim annoyed over poor sanitation KARACHI, Dec 1: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has expressed dissatisfaction over the state of cleanliness in Gulberg Town and directed the concerned authorities to ensure presence of its 560 sanitary workers on all roads of the town.... KARACHI: Novel by young writer launched KARACHI, Dec 1: Popular Indian novelist and cultural icon Shobha De’ on Friday launched the debut novel of young writer Nadya A.R. titled Kolachi Dreams.... KARACHI: Murder of four women condemned KARACHI, Dec 1: An NGO working for women’s rights condemned the murder of four women in the name of honour and demanded that the killers be arrested, tried and punished sternly.... KARACHI: Role of botanic garden highlighted KARACHI, Dec 1: The Karachi University Botanic Garden (KUBG) organised a lecture in collaboration with the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Karachi chapter. Prof Albert Stevens, Director of the Berlin Botanic Garden,... KARACHI: Facilities urged for handicapped KARACHI, Dec 1: A group of physically challenged people on Friday demanded of the government to enforce implementation of the two per cent employment quota reserved for them so that they could also play their due role in the society.... KARACHI: Paintings show to help improve ties: envoy KARACHI, Dec 1: The exhibition of Syrian paintings in Pakistan is a first step towards the exchange of art and culture and building ties in this field between the two countries.... KARACHI: Encroachments in Site, Orangi towns KARACHI, Dec 1: In Orangi and SITE towns, encroachments along roadsides have multiplied traffic problems with no check from the authorities concerned.... KARACHI: Appeal against commercial complex admitted KARACHI, Dec 1: The Sindh High Court admitted on Friday an appeal against the construction of a three-storey commercial complex in place of Star Cinema without car parking in one of the most congested areas of the city.... KARACHI: Protest day observed on MMA call KARACHI, Dec 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal observed ‘protest day’ on Friday by staging rallies outside various mosques across the city after Juma prayers against the use of force in foiling its Lahore-Gujarat march.... KARACHI: Gang of car-lifters busted KARACHI, Dec 1: Police in pre-dawn raids at two workshops in SITE arrested four suspects of an inter-provincial gang and recovered five vehicles from their possession.... KARACHI: Convocation KARACHI, Dec 1: The convocation of the NED University of Engineering and Technology Karachi will be held on its campus on December 5. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, who is... KARACHI: Dawn staffer’s house robbed KARACHI, Dec 1: Bandits looted the house of a Dawn staffer in Korangi’s Lucknow Society on Friday. Three armed men barged into the house of Abdul Latif Shaikh on Friday afternoon and held the family at gunpoint.... KARACHI: PIA clarifies report KARACHI, Dec 1: Pakistan International Airline has said that it was never banned, barred or blacklisted, nor was it ever put on notice by the European Union.... HYDERABAD: Protests against detention of MMA activists HYDERABAD, Dec 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal organised demonstrations across Sindh on Friday in protest against detention of MMA activists, use of baton charge and registration of cases by the Punjab police during a protest rally.... HYDERABAD: Removal of SESSI officials demanded HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Activists of various trade unions affiliated with the National Labour Federation on Thursday held a protest demonstration against the Sindh Employees Social Security Institute.... BADIN: People drinking polluted water in Badin, says study BADIN, Dec 1: Residues of pesticides and their inappropriate introduction into air, water and land have left a negative impact on the environment of Badin in general and human health in particular.... NAWABSHAH: Lawyers in Nawabshah boycott court NAWABSHAH, Dec 1: Members of the District Bar Association of Nawabshah, led by its president Rahim Bux Jamali, staged a protest demonstration against the attitude of the second senior civil judge... JACOBABAD: Strike in Thul JACOBABAD, Dec 1: A complete strike was observed in Thul town on Friday against the TPO of Thul. On the call of the Citizen Action Committee, PPP and other political parties all shops remained closed.... PESHAWAR: ANP to resist Kalabagh dam project PESHAWAR, Dec 1: The Awami National Party has reiterated that it will never allow the government to construct the Kalabagh dam at the cost of the Pakhtuns.... PESHAWAR: Durrani says centre blocking Hasba bill PESHAWAR, Dec 1: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Friday said that the federal government was blocking the enforcement of the Hasba Bill which had been adopted by the provincial assembly.... PESHAWAR: Court issues warrant for mother of abuse victim PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan on Friday issued bailable arrest warrant for the mother of a minor girl allegedly molested by her stepfather.... PESHAWAR: Bar council asked to arrange lawyer for murder accused PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan on Friday directed the Pakistan Bar Council to provide a lawyer to a man charged with killing a social activist and lawyer at the sessions court in Dera Ismail Khan.... PESHAWAR: Robber killed in ‘encounter’ PESHAWAR, Dec 1: A robber was killed in an encounter with police in the Bhatta Thall Khwar area on Thursday night, police said.... GILGIT: Phone theft on rise in Gilgit GILGIT, Dec 1: Traders selling cellphones have urged the authorities to take stern action against burglars targeting their shops. They said that burglars had taken away cellphones and scratch cards worth... SWABI: Tobacco board to earn Rs98m in ’07 SWABI, Dec 1: The Pakistan Tobacco Board will get Rs98.95 million in 2007 from the companies purchasing tobacco, whose requirement for the year is 79.16 million kilogrammes.... GILGIT: Appeals court disposes of 90pc cases GILGIT, Dec 1: The Northern Areas Court of Appeals has disposed of more than 90 per cent of cases. The chairman of the region’s apex court, Qazi Ehsanullah Qureshi, has reiterated... MARDAN: Two injured as police baton-charge traders MARDAN, Dec 1: Two traders were seriously injured and several others were arrested when police baton-charged a protest demonstration in the old Sabzi Mandi on Friday.... PARACHINAR: 40 Aids cases registered in Kurram Agency PARACHINAR, Dec 1: About many as 40 cases of Aids have been registered in the Kurram Agency so far, speakers said at a function held to mark the World Aids Day here on Friday.... SWABI: ‘MPs ignore education sector’ SWABI, Dec 1: Speakers at a meeting here on Friday criticised the parliamentarians for ignoring the education sector, saying that they mostly spent funds on activities other than education in their constituencies.... LAKKI MARWAT: Steps to check population growth urged LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 1: The growing imbalance between resource generation and population increase is a major cause of poverty, joblessness and poor state of economy, said speakers at a seminar here on Friday.... KOHAT: Gas reserves found in Hangu KOHAT, Dec 1: A Hungarian oil and gas exploration company has discovered gas reserves in the Hangu district of the Thall block. Earlier, Messrs MOL had discovered oil and gas reserves... QUETTA: Seminary chain vows to keep aloof from sectarianism QUETTA, Dec 1: The Ittehadul Madaris Al-Arabia Pakistan (Imap) will keep itself away from politics and sectarianism as it is only providing religious and worldly education to people....

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