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December 13, 2006 Wednesday Ziqa'ad 21, 1427 KARACHI: Four die in mysterious explosion KARACHI, Dec 12: Four persons died and three others were wounded in an explosion at a makeshift workshop in Shireen Jinnah Colony on Tuesday evening.... KARACHI: City government sets up municipal services office KARACHI, Dec 12: An independent department — Municipal Services Group of Offices — to handle solid waste, fumigation, fire brigade and others tasks has been established in the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) by the Sindh government.... KARACHI: Man kills wife KARACHI, Dec 12: A man killed his wife in the old city area on Tuesday. Police said Mohsin Ali hit to death his wife Saima, 20, with a blunt weapon in... KARACHI: City govt to tax poultry shops KARACHI, Dec 12: Ignoring protest by the opposition benches, the City Council on Tuesday levied a new tax on poultry shops operating in the jurisdiction of Karachi.... PESHAWAR: Tesco plans flat rate for domestic consumers PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The Tribal Electric Supply Company (Tesco) is introducing a flat rate for domestic consumers in all agencies and Frontier Regions of the Federally Administered Tribal Area, sources say.... KARACHI: Deal with foreign firms expensive: city govt: Solid waste management KARACHI, Dec 12: Top officials of the city government seem reluctant to hire a foreign operator for longstanding issue of solid waste disposal while citing that any such deal would be too expensive for the municipal managers, sources told Dawn.... KARACHI: Indian movies to help revive Pakistani cinema: SHC told KARACHI, Dec 12: The release of Indian films in Pakistan would revive the flagging fortunes not only of cinemas but also of the film industry, a prominent lawyer argued before a division bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Changed mindsets can tackle West-Islam conflict KARACHI, Dec 12: The need for changing the respective mindset in Western and Muslim communities was emphasized by scholars at an international conference. The participants also expressed the belief that the... KARACHI: 88 vehicles, phones taken away KARACHI, Dec 12: At least 34 vehicles and 54 mobile phones were taken away by bandits in different parts of the city on Tuesday. Police said two cars were snatched at gunpoint and nine were reported stolen.... KARACHI: 19 carjackers held; stolen vehicles, CNG kits recovered KARACHI, Dec 12: The Anti-Car Lifting Cell arrested 19 men for their involvement in carjacking and recovered stolen vehicles and CNG kits from their possession.... KARACHI: Sewage overflow in Bath Island KARACHI, Dec 12: Clogging of a 51-year-old main trunk sewer in Clifton Pumping Station has resulted in inundation of roads and streets in Bath Island area.... KARACHI: Old poles create traffic hurdle in Orangi KARACHI, Dec 12: The closure of a road in ‘L’ Block, Orangi has diverted traffic to main Shahrah-i-Orangi, which is also under construction.... KARACHI: Nazim wants more doctors at ASH KARACHI, Dec 12: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has directed the authorities concerned to increase the number of doctors and paramedics at the Trauma Centre of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital to provide improved and efficient services to patients.... KARACHI: Production of ‘accused’ urged KARACHI, Dec 12: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, expressing concern over the disappearance of Maula Bakhsh, who was picked up in Sehwan by a law-enforcement agency, has demanded that he should be produced in court.... KARACHI: Govt criticised over women law KARACHI, Dec 12: The Shia Ulema Council’s Karachi president, Allama Nazir Taqvi, has said the rulers are eager to impose western culture on the nation and put the country on the road to secularism.... KARACHI: Group show at Momart KARACHI, Dec 12: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by 45 painters opens at the Momart art gallery at 5pm on Wednesday. The following artists are participating in the exhibition: Abrar... KARACHI: Riaz Rafi at Zenaini KARACHI, Dec 12: Riaz Rafi’s solo art exhibition opens today (Wednesday) at the Zenaini gallery at 5pm.... KARACHI: Wife killer gets life term KARACHI, Dec 12: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Ms Sher Bano Karim, sentenced on Tuesday a man to suffer life imprisonment for killing his wife.... KARACHI: PIA guards awarded KARACHI, Dec 12: PIA Chairman Tariq Kirmani gave away on Tuesday cash prizes of Rs5,000 each to two PIA security guards in recognition of their honesty and sense of responsibility.... KARACHI: SHC accepts auditors’ plea for promotion KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh High Court allowed on Tuesday a petition moved by senior auditors of the sales tax department for promotion to grade 17 on a par with other grade 16 employees of the department.... KARACHI: Court notices for DIGs KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Karachi DIGs of operation and administration for December 21on a contempt application against them for disobeying a court order.... KARACHI: Recruitment of teachers KARACHI, Dec 12: As many as 15,000 teachers are being recruited in Sindh, said Provincial Education Secretary Subagho Khan Jatoi on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Waterlines in Lyari KARACHI, Dec 12: The Baloch Rights Council condemned the government’s decision that Lyari would be supplied water through pipelines, which will be passing through Lyari River, under K-III project saying that this would pollute the water.... KARACHI: Hawkesbay plots KARACHI, Dec 12: The newly elected president of the Hawkesbay Property Dealers Association, Bachchu Bhai, has said his organization will press for an end to the demand of big amounts in the name of development charges in the Hawkesbay Scheme 42.... HYDERABAD: Arbab wants Rohri Canal remodelled HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Tuesday visited the Kunner distributary of Rohri Canal in Tando Qaiser at Mongian jo Tar head regulator following growers’ complaints regarding water shortage of Khokhar minor.... HYDERABAD: Negative impact of LBOD highlighted HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The Save Coast Action Committee Badin has termed the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) a manmade disaster, which has to date claimed 70 lives and caused colossal losses... HYDERABAD: Biotechnology in curricula urged HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Scientists and research scholars have urged the National Commission for Biotechnology (NCB) to induct biotechnologists from the universities of Sindh and NWFP into the commission and include the... HYDERABAD: Compensation for Sehwan accident sanctioned HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Jamshoro District Coordination Officer Dr Mohammad Khawar Jameel said on Tuesday that the Sindh government had sanctioned compensation for people who died and those who were injured in... SANGHAR: Contractor blamed for canal breach SANGHAR, Dec 12: The villagers whose homes and crops were flooded after the Mithrao canal developed a breach a week ago blamed poor work by the contractor for the breach and... PESHAWAR: Govt unaware of Afghan scholar’s whereabouts: PHC seeks details PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) and the defence ministry on Tuesday expressed ignorance before the Peshawar High Court about the detention of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, Abdur Raheem Muslim Dost....

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