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December 25, 2006 Monday Zilhaj 03, 1427 KARACHI: Cellphone snatching, theft up by 60pc KARACHI, Dec 24: The year 2006 witnessed an unprecedented 60 per cent rise in the incidents of cellphone snatching/theft compared with the preceding year, official statistics shows.... KARACHI: Quaid’s vision to be realised, says PM KARACHI Dec 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Pakistan Muslim League leadership and its allied parties are fully committed to realising the Quaid-i-Azam’s vision of transforming Pakistan into a tolerant, democratic and economically vibrant society.... KARACHI: Nation urged to follow Quaid’s principles KARACHI, Dec 24: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said the best way to pay homage to the Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah is to follow his guiding principles... KARACHI: Govt policies aimed at prosperity, says Mushahid KARACHI, Dec 24: Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that the government’s all policies and endeavours are aimed at making the Quaid-i-Azam’s dream of a prosper, enlightened, moderate and progressive Pakistan come true.... KARACHI: Bhutto’s case can be reopened: Nasir KARACHI, Dec 24: A former judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, believes that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto''s case can be reopened and held that in a split judgment there should not have been a death penalty.... KARACHI: Blast kills three in Shershah KARACHI, Dec 24: Three men died and a fourth one was wounded in a blast that occurred in a welding plant in the Shershah area on Sunday.... KARACHI: Carjacking KARACHI, Dec 24: A Dawn staffer was deprived of his car in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Sunday. Khuda Bux Abro, who bought his new Cuore (ALS-650) some three months back, parked it outside the Maymar Complex in Gulshan-i-Iqbal at around 11:30am.... KARACHI: Nazim asks officials to finalise master plan: Garment City project KARACHI, Dec 24: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has directed the authorities concerned to finalise the master plan for the proposed Garment City project soon. Chairing a high-level meeting at his office,... KARACHI: Rock music lovers entertained KARACHI, Dec 24: Hard-core rock music, renowned performers, a devoted and appreciating crowd of avid music lovers and scuffles amongst security personnel and gate-crashers marked off a captivating musical night at the Maritime Museum.... KARACHI: Quaid’s relics on display at National Museum KARACHI, Dec 24: A special exhibition of photographs, welcome address, personal belongings and other relics belonging to the Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, opens on Monday at the National Museum.... KARACHI: KU extends fee submission date KARACHI, Dec 24: The director admissions, University of Karachi, Dr Saleem Shahzad, announced extension in the submission date for admission fees of BBA and MBA programmes till December 27.... KARACHI: Road contract revoked KARACHI, Dec 24: Federal Communication Minister Shamim Siddiqi on Saturday announced to revoke the award of contract to a company for the construction of N-5 Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway.... KARACHI: Rally held for release of Baloch activists KARACHI, Dec 24: A demonstration was staged by Karachi-based Baloch activists of various nationalist parties at Chawkiwara roundabout on Sunday for the release of all Baloch political leaders and workers detained illegally by government agencies in various parts of the country.... KARACHI: PPP rules out any deal with govt KARACHI, Dec 24: The secretary-general of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party Sindh chapter, Nafees Siddiqui, said on Sunday that in the upcoming general elections enlightened forces and those who firmly believed in... KARACHI: Vehicle-fitness privatisation planned KARACHI, Dec 24: The Sindh Ministry of Transport is working on a proposal to privatise vehicles inspection department to improve standards of road worthiness of public transport.... KARACHI: Thousands visit All About Lifestyles on last day KARACHI, Dec 24: Extraordinary rush was witnessed at the Expo Centre on Sunday, the third and final day of the exhibition –All About Lifestyles Winter 2006 – with all six halls... KARACHI: Rs228m for provision of water to islands KARACHI, Dec 24: The government has allocated Rs228 million in the current fiscal year''s budget for the provision of water to the Baba, Bhit and Salehabad islands in the jurisdiction of Kemari Town.... HYDERABAD: 85pc subsoil water is now brackish: VC HYDERABAD, Dec 24: Sindh Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Bashir Ahmed Shaikh has said that 85 per cent subsoil water in Sindh has become brackish and the LBOD has only added to water-logging and salinity in soil rendering it uncultivable over time.... HYDERABAD: Pakistan federal in name only: Jalal HYDERABAD, Dec 24: The chief and founder of newly-formed Sindh United Party (SUP) Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has said that Pakistan is federal only in name and is being run for all practical purposes under a unitary form of government.... THATTA: Chinese firm begins coal exploration in Sonda THATTA, Dec 24: China Northern Coal Field Survey has initiated exploration of Sonda Coal Field in the Jherruk and Sonda’s hilly terrain to extract coal deposits, says Tung Jone, leader of the field survey while talking to reporters on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: JSQM protest enters fifth day: ‘Disappearances’ HYDERABAD, Dec 24: Activists of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) continued hunger strike outside the Hyderabad press club on the fifth consecutive day on Sunday.... DADU: TMA accused of neglecting Dadu city DADU, Dec 24: Drainage, sanitation and water supply system of different parts of Dadu has almost collapsed due to apathy of the town municipal administration of Dadu which was causing spread of different diseases in the city.... KHAIRPUR: Urs of Faqeer Janan Chun begins KHAIRPUR, Dec 24: Three-day Urs celebration of sufi poet Faqeer Janan Chun (Sadiq Ali) began in Moondar Lakho village from Sunday. A large number of devotees of the sufi poet... PESHAWAR: Peshawar-Torkham expressway planned PESHAWAR, Dec 24: The government will construct the 51-kilometre Peshawar-Torkham Expressway at a cost of Rs.11 billion within two-and-a-half years and the project will be completed in two different phases.... PESHAWAR: HIV study in Fata being conducted PESHAWAR, Dec 24: The directorate of health is conducting a study to ascertain the number of HIV/Aids patients in Federally Administered Tribal Areas. “A survey is being conducted in the tribal... PESHAWAR: Moot on forest situation begins PESHAWAR, Dec 24: A three-day ‘Sarhad People’s Forest Assembly’ started here on Sunday to review reforms introduced in the forest sector and post-earthquake scenario of forest management in five quake-hit districts of the province.... SWABI: Tuberculosis spreading in Swabi SWABI, Dec 24: Tuberculosis is spreading across the Swabi district rapidly despite preventive measures taken by the government such as free treatment of patients. "We have registered 980 patients this year... SWABI: ‘Rs600m being spent on gas, power projects’ SWABI, Dec 24: Federal Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam said on Sunday that the federal government was spending Rs600 million on the provision of Sui gas and electricity to people of Swabi district.... PESHAWAR: Pheasantry set up in Bannu PESHAWAR, Dec 24: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has inaugurated a pheasantry in Bannu, set up by the NWFP Wildlife Department at a cost of Rs4 million.... PESHAWAR: Social worker passes away PESHAWAR, Dec 24: Qeemat Shah Khan, a prominent worker of the Khudai Khidmatgaar Tehreek died here on Sunday after a protracted illness. He was 94. He was the grandfather of Dawn’s...

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