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January 07, 2007 Sunday Zilhaj 16, 1427 KARACHI: Plot status change fee goes up on Feb 1: Commercialised roads KARACHI, Jan 6: The revised fee structure for conversion of residential plots along the 21 commercialised roads of the metropolis to commercial ones will be applicable from February 1 and the... KARACHI: Phone firm completes work on tower: Protected site in Moenjodaro KARACHI, Jan 6: Despite reservations of the federal archaeology department, a mobile phone company has finally succeeded in erecting a tower at a protected site in Moenjodaro, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Retailers continue selling milk at higher rates KARACHI, Jan 6: Milk-sellers continued to overcharge their customers on Saturday despite a commitment a day earlier with the city government that they would sell milk on the official prices till... KARACHI: Prosecutors appointed for trial of Aalmi men KARACHI, Jan 6: Judge Ghulam Ali Samtio of the ATC-1 put off on Saturday hearing of the conspiracy case against three top leaders of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi on the request of the special public prosecutor.... KARACHI: BNP consults other parties on Nawaz proposal KARACHI, Jan 6: Nationalist parties in Balochistan will take a joint stand on the proposed all parties conference to be held in London and called by the Pakistan Mulim League (N) chief Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif.... PESHAWAR: Lawmakers of NWFP to hold rally in Islamabad: Net hydel profit dispute PESHAWAR, Jan 6: The NWFP government is pressing the federal government to implement the arbitration tribunal’s decision regarding the payment of net hydel profit dues.... KARACHI: Industries: risk assessment stressed KARACHI, Jan 6: Participants of a public hearing on Saturday urged the government to get the environmental status of chemical zone at the Bin Qasim Industrial Zone assessed.... KARACHI: Fire dept victim of neglect KARACHI, Jan 6: Of the forty-two fire tenders currently at the disposal of the Civil Defence and Fire Brigade Department, only 23 are somewhat in working condition which is insufficient to... KARACHI: Forum set up to improve health facilities KARACHI, Jan 6: The Sindh health department has established a health forum comprising more than 40 experts, educationists and former bureaucrats to enhance its overall performance and provide better medical facilities to the people at large, sources told Dawn.... KARACHI: Work on 46 highways under way: minister KARACHI, Jan 6: Federal Minister for Communications Shamim Siddiqui said on Saturday that 46 highways were under construction in the country at a cost of Rs400 billion.... KARACHI: 35 deprived of cellphones KARACHI, Jan 6: Thirty five people were deprived of their cellphones while five cars and three motorcycles were taken away in different parts of the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: Korangi effluent plant opens next month KARACHI, Jan 6: The first effluent treatment plant of the country in the Korangi industrial area has been completed at a cost of Rs492 million.... KARACHI: Constant price hike deplored KARACHI, Jan 6: Chairman of the JUP’s Supreme Council Prof Syed Shah Faridul Haq on Saturday condemned the constantly rising prices of eatables, especially milk and bread, in Karachi.... KARACHI: Second teaching aid contest held KARACHI, Jan 6: A competition among science schoolteachers was held here at a local hotel on Saturday in connection with the city government’s Hamara Karachi celebrations.... KARACHI: Chinese CG meets nazim KARACHI, Jan 6: The outgoing consul-general of the Peoples’ Republic of China in Karachi, Mr Sun Chunye, called on City Nazim Mustafa Kamal at his office on Saturday.... KARACHI: Services lauded KARACHI, Jan 6: Managing Director of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board Brig Iftikhar Haider has paid tribute to Mr Shahid Saleem, who retired recently as deputy managing director (planning), for playing his due role in the KWSB’s progress.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Jan 6: The Met office has forecast cold and dry weather for the city on Sunday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 6 and 8 degrees Centigrade.... KARACHI: Two killed in road accidents KARACHI, Jan 6: Two men died in separate accidents on Saturday. An unknown man in his early 70s died in a hit-and-run accident near Submarine Chowrangi in Defence.... KARACHI: Hamara Karachi programmes KARACHI, Jan 6: The city government has organised five different programmes for Sunday in connection with the Hamara Karachi festival. The events are a street theatre to be staged at Super... PESHAWAR: Mother, daughters successfully running business in Bara area PESHAWAR, Jan 6: A business outlet exclusively selling women''s items in the middle of a male-dominated market on the Bara Road is drawing a large number of customers.... QUETTA: Lawyers protest bomb attack on colleague QUETTA, Jan 6: Lawyers across the province boycotted court proceedings on Saturday to protest against the bomb attack on the house of Mohammad Rafiq advocate. The boycott was in response to... PESHAWAR: Horticulture, livestock groups formed PESHAWAR, Jan 6: The provincial government under the new provincial agriculture policy had formed horticulture and livestock groups that would play important roles in the formulation of the National Agriculture Project (NAP), DG Agriculture Extension Allahdad Khan said on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Electricity tower damaged in blast PESHAWAR, Jan 6: A 132-KV power transmission tower was partially damaged on Saturday when an explosive device planted near it went off. Some unidentified persons had planted the explosive device near Tower No29 in the Masho area early Saturday morning.... PESHAWAR: Afghan held for carrying fake passport PESHAWAR, Jan 6: The FIA has arrested an Afghan national for allegedly trying to travel abroad on a Pakistani passport. FIA officials had received information that an Afghan national would attempt...

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