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December 09, 2006 Saturday Ziqa'ad 17, 1427 KARACHI: Master plan for coastal belt on cards KARACHI, Dec 8: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said the city government is preparing a separate master plan for the coastal belt, including Hawksbay and other beaches, so that future development should be undertaken in an organised manner.... KARACHI: By-election schedule KARACHI, Dec 8: The by-elections for three women and two peasants/workers seats in five towns of Karachi district will be held on December 27 while nominations will be received on December 12 and 13.... KARACHI: Three hurt as 50 huts on island razed KARACHI, Dec 8: Centuries-old settlement of fishermen on the an island off Karachi coast were razed at noon on Friday, according to the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum.... KARACHI: SHC restrains PSM from punishing employee KARACHI, Dec 8: The Sindh High Court has restrained the Pakistan Steel Mills from taking any adverse action against its employee sought to be proceeded against for allegedly defaulting on payment of bank loan.... KARACHI: 600 deportees due today KARACHI, Dec 8: A cargo boat carrying 600 Pakistanis, arrested and deported by the Oman government, is arriving at Ghas Bander, Keamari, on Saturday morning.... KARACHI: Release of five convicted in Lanka ordered KARACHI, Dec 8: The Sindh High Court ordered jail authorities on Friday to release the five detainees deported from Sri Lanka after undergoing jail terms ranging from seven to 12 years in a drug smuggling case.... KARACHI: Tammanna ka Chhatta Qaddam — Kara celebrations KARACHI: To celebrate the start of the 6th KaraFilm Festival, titled, Tammanna ka chhatta qaddam – hundreds of invitees were treated to a grand affair at the Mohatta Palace Museum on Thursday.... KARACHI: Wastewater treatment project may be revived KARACHI, Dec 8: The City District Government Karachi and the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board have plans to revive the Korangi wastewater management and sewerage treatment plant project, abandoned in 1997 for several reasons including opposition by some non-governmental organisations.... PESHAWAR: AI urges govt to publish list: Detention centres PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Supporting the campaign launched by civil society groups against “enforced disappearances”, the Amnesty International on Friday urged the government to maintain a central register of “detainees” and to regularly publish a list of “recognised places of detention”.... PESHAWAR: ‘Dam to threaten archaeological remains’ PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Construction of the Bhasha-Diamer dam will inundate 32 villages situated between Bhasha and the Raikot Bridge and displace more than 25,000 people. It will also endanger the region’s archaeological remains.... KARACHI: Motorists suffer traffic jams for hours KARACHI, Dec 8: Citizens experienced yet another day of traffic jams mostly in downtown where vehicles remained stuck on roads and streets for hours on Friday.... KARACHI: Heart patients want an early start: KIHD facility for cardiac surgery KARACHI, Dec 8: People living in the northern part of city, suffering from serious heart diseases, seek an early commencement of cardiac or open heart surgery facility at the Karachi Institute of Heart Disease.... KARACHI: Three die in road accidents KARACHI, Dec 8: Two persons died in road accidents on Friday while a man was crushed beneath a locomotive near Drigh Road Railway Station.... KARACHI: President’s scholarship KARACHI, Dec 8: Students who passed SSC Annual Examination 2006 in science group by securing more than 80 per cent marks are eligible to apply for award of President’s Talent Scholarship 2006-08.... KARACHI: PTCL subscribers in Orangi not getting bills on time KARACHI, Dec 8: Subscribers of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) have been facing great hardship in receiving their monthly bills within the due date and most of them often have... KARACHI: Steps against human trafficking discussed KARACHI, Dec 8: The Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with the Sindh Home Department, held a coordination conference at Coast Guards Headquarters on ‘Migration Management and Prevention of Human Trafficking.’... KARACHI: Seminar on HR-friendly culture KARACHI, Dec 8: A seminar on “Development of Human Rights Friendly Culture is Must for the Social Fibre”, sponsored by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights, is being organised... KARACHI: HSC Part-I Humanities result KARACHI, Dec 8: The Board of Intermediate Education has announced humanities group results of HSC Part-I annual exams 2006 for private candidates.... KARACHI: Land record scrutiny ends by 15th KARACHI, Dec 8: Scrutiny of the land records pertaining to Karachi will be completed by December 15 and in the next phase, with the computerisation of the land revenue records, a... KARACHI: 400 police stations to be linked through IT KARACHI, Dec 8: The Adviser to Chief Minister for Information Technology, Noman Saigal, said 400 police stations in the province would be connected to each other through information technology where citizens could file their complaints via email.... KARACHI: Karachi’s problems at WEF moot KARACHI, Dec 8: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal will attend the forthcoming World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos to discuss the problems of Karachi. The city is included in the list... KARACHI: 37 vehicles, 45 cellphones taken away KARACHI, Dec 8: At least 37 vehicles and 45 mobile phones were taken away from different parts of the city on Friday.... LARKANA: Police book freed illegal detainees in theft case LARKANA, Dec 8: The Qambar police on Friday filed a theft case against five people, including a minor boy and a woman, who were found in illegal confinement at the police station by a court official on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Water discharge into river allowed: Manchhar Lake HYDERABAD, Dec 8: The Manchhar Lake water control committee has decided to allow water discharge from the swollen lake into the Indus River at Sehwan and maintain it at the ratio... MIRPURKHAS: Man demands arrest of daughters’ killer MIRPURKHAS, Dec 8: Father of two murdered sisters allegedly killed by his son-in-law has appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to order an impartial inquiry into the double murder and ensure the alleged killer, Aurangzeb Leghari, was behind bars.... MIRPURKHAS: Landlord feigning illness, says Bheel MIRPURKHAS, Dec 8: Manu Bheel, a peasant whose entire family is missing for a couple of years after being kidnapped by a landlord, told newsmen on Friday after the Sindh police... HYDERABAD: Law college entry test schedule HYDERABAD, Dec 8: The principal of the Government Sindh Law College announced on Friday that the students of LLB Part-I who had submitted their admission forms (Reference No.... MIRPURKHAS: Demo against sale of islands MIRPURKHAS, Dec 8: Activists of Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee staged a demonstration and observed token hunger strike on Thursday to protest against the sale of two islands of Sindh to a foreign firm.... DADU: Dadu TMA under fire DADU, Dec 8: A large number of people took out two protest rallies here on Friday against the taluka municipal administration for failure of drainage system, sanitation and water supply.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Protest over Hesco bills NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 8: The consumers took out a procession in Bhirya Road on Friday to protest against the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company’s practice of issuing detection bills.... PESHAWAR: Fight against corruption to continue, vows CM PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the MMA-led provincial government will continue to ensure good governance and to take measures to eradicate corruption.... PESHAWAR: New law to spread indecency, says jui-f PESHAWAR, Dec 8: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman) on Friday staged a protest rally against the Protection of Women Act, characterising it as a “licence for spreading obscenity and vulgarity”.... PESHAWAR: Cheat remanded in NAB custody PESHAWAR, Dec 8: An accountability court on Friday remanded an employee of the livestock department, charged with impersonation, in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau for 15 days.... ABBOTTABAD: Case disposal rate good in Hazara: law experts ABBOTTABAD, Dec 8: Despite the complete collapse of infrastructure after last year’s earthquake in the Hazara region, the rate of disposal of legal cases in its five districts remained high this year.... CHARSADDA: Land set aside for cadet college CHARSADDA, Dec 8: The provincial government has provided 400 kanals of land for the establishment of a cadet college here.... PESHAWAR: ‘USAID to help develop Fata’ PESHAWAR, Dec 8: The United States is keen to put the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on the path to progress and prosperity.... SWABI: Plan to supply water from Ghazi Barotha criticized SWABI, Dec 8: Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party provincial president Arshad Ali has said that the government’s plan to supply water from the Ghazi Barotha hydro-project to Islamabad would be resisted at all costs.... PESHAWAR: Youth urged to acquire IT skills PESHAWAR, Dec 8: NWFP Minister for Information Technology Hussain Ahmad Kanju has asked the youth to focus on software and hardware engineering because the province lacked expertise in the two disciplines....

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