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January 12, 2007 Friday Zilhaj 21, 1427 KARACHI: Lerp Phase III launched in Baldia Town KARACHI, Jan 11: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said the city government is striving to turn Karachi into a modern city as well as to provide maximum job opportunities to... KARACHI: More engg varsities to open this year: Atta KARACHI, Jan 11: Two new engineering and technology universities set up in collaboration with the technologically advanced countries, France and Sweden, would go operational this year, Dr Attaur Rehman, chairman of the Higher Education Commission, said here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Man kills friend’s mother, rapes his wife KARACHI, Jan 11: A man was arrested early Thursday morning on the charges of killed his friend’s mother, subjecting her newly-wed daughter-in-law to rape and injuring the latter on resistance before... KARACHI: Art for Charity opens at Mohatta on 15th KARACHI, Jan 11: An exhibition of art and photography, ‘Art for Charity’ will open at the Mohatta Palace on Monday to raise funds for relief work for the victims of the earthquake that struck Pakistan on October 8, 2005.... KARACHI: Mastermind identified in US diplomat murder case KARACHI, Jan 11: One of the two activists of Al Qaeda being tried for masterminding the suicide car bombing that killed a US diplomat and three others was identified on Thursday... HYDERABAD: Move to withdraw premium on sugarcane opposed HYDERABAD, Jan 11: Expressing concern over reports that the government is contemplating to withdraw quality premium on sugarcane, the Sindh Abadgar Board has said that if the government does not approach... PESHAWAR: Stipend paid to jobless youths, elderly in quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Jan 11: The NWFP government has started disbursement of monthly stipend and subsistence allowance to unemployed graduate youth and elderly people in three earthquake-hit districts of Battagram, Kohistan and Shangla.... PESHAWAR: Advisories hit tourism industry, says Nilofar PESHAWAR, Jan 11: Federal Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar on Thursday said that travel advisories by some countries were affecting the tourism industry in Pakistan. "We need to improve our image and... PESHAWAR: Pesco recovery drive begins PESHAWAR, Jan 11: Pesco has started a campaign for recovery of its arrears of Rs487.650 million outstanding against various provincial government departments. Pesco spokesman Shaukat Afzal Khan said that notices had... KARACHI: Demoted govt employees’ plea admitted KARACHI, Jan 11: The Sindh Service Tribunal asked the provincial information department on Thursday to refrain from filling up vacancies created by the demotion of two of its grade-11 officials.... KARACHI: SHC refers disputed questions to KU KARACHI, Jan 11: The Sindh High Court on Thursday referred the ‘disputed questions’ to the University of Karachi asked in the test and contested by the candidates seeking admissions to Dow... KARACHI: Speed-breakers destroy road in Saeedabad KARACHI, Jan 11: Unauthorised speed-breakers has emerged at numerous places along main Saeedabad road in Baldia Town hindering smooth flow of traffic and annoying passengers and motorists.... KARACHI: Kidnappers held, victim recovered KARACHI, Jan 11: A joint team of CPLC and police arrested two accused of kidnapping a boy for ransom here on Thursday. According to a CPLC statement, the boy’s father Qadir... KARACHI: Najam’s concert in Korangi today: Karachi festival KARACHI, Jan 11: A Najam Shiraz concert will be held in Eidgah Ground No 3½ at 8pm this evening. Meanwhile, the people of Korangi held a walk on Thursday to mark... KARACHI: People throng Ghazi’s shrine as Urs begins KARACHI, Jan 11: As the sun rose on Thursday morning, thousands of people started arriving at the shrine of the eighth-century mystic, Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi, to pay homage at the start of his 1276th Urs in Clifton.... KARACHI: KWSB denies water supply to Gabopat villages KARACHI, Jan 11: Residents of Union Council-8, Gabopat, Keamari Town, have expressed their outrage over the KWSB’s failure to restore water supply to Abdul Rehman Goth and Arbab Safar Goth of... KARACHI: MA (external) results KARACHI, Jan 11: The University of Karachi on Thursday declared results of MA (final) external examination 2005, with an overall pass percentage of 47.24. According to a KU notification, 1,407 candidates... KARACHI: Coal-based power only solution KARACHI, Jan 11: Coal-based power is the only solution to the country’s energy and economic woes, and there is a dire need to create awareness among the masses about energy conservation to tackle the crisis at the individual level.... KARACHI: Cattle-pens add to insanitation KARACHI, Jan 11: The growing number of cattle-pens in different parts of Orangi and Baldia towns is creating sewerage and sanitation problems. There are around 600 cattle- pens in Baldia Town,... KARACHI: NA-250 by-polls litmus of govt intentions: PPP KARACHI, Jan 11: A meeting of the Karachi Coordination Committee (KCC) of Pakistan Peoples Party discussed strategy for the NA-250 bye-election in Karachi. The participants termed the bye-election as a test... KARACHI: Hearing of Asif’s case KARACHI, Jan 11: The special anti-corruption judge, Central, Shaukat Memon, put off on Thursday hearing of the container case against Asif Ali Zardari. The case pertained to the despatch of artefacts to England for Surrey Palace.... KARACHI: Test for 596 non-teaching posts on Sunday KARACHI, Jan 11: A meeting of five regional education managers (colleges), presided over by Dr Mohammad Ali Shaikh, provincial education manager (colleges) of Sindh, on Thursday reviewed the arrangements for a... KARACHI: Unity stressed for empowerment KARACHI, Jan 11: Sindh Minister for Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik has called upon women councillors to unite in order to achieve progress and empowerment. She said this while speaking as... KARACHI: Naval chief opens facilities at Ormara port KARACHI, Jan 11: The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir, on Thursday visited the Jinnah Naval Base, Ormara, and reviewed progress on various ongoing projects.... KARACHI: Sindhi poets, writers to get awards KARACHI, Jan 11: The Pakistan Academy of Letters Sindh and the Mohammad Jumman Halo Trust has announced that awards would be given on the best poetry and prose books in Sindhi published in Karachi and Thatta every year.... KARACHI: 3 killed in road accidents KARACHI, Jan 11: Three persons died and several others were injured in different accidents on Thursday. Police said that about 11 persons were wounded when two passenger buses collided on Super Highway.... KARACHI: French opera KARACHI, Jan 11: The internationally acclaimed French opera ensemble Chants de Garonne will perform at the ‘Opera Evening’ at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, on Friday (January 12).—APP... HYDERABAD: Prices of milk by-products not reduced HYDERABAD, Jan 11: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has taken notice of no reduction in the prices of milk by-products despite a reduction in milk price to previous level.... HYDERABAD: VC asks students to maintain discipline HYDERABAD, Jan 11: University of Sindh Vice-Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has urged the students to maintain discipline, saying it is basic requirement for getting education.... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Talibul Moula HYDERABAD, Jan 11: Rich tributes were paid to late Makhdoom Mohammad Zaman Talibul Moula for his services in the cause of Sindh and promotion of education, Sindhi language and literature at his 14th death anniversary held at Hala on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Leaders of PPP-SB pledge revolution HYDERABAD, Jan 11: The leaders of PPP-SB have vowed to complete the mission of late Mir Murtaza Bhutto and to avenge his murder. They said that they wanted a political revolution in the country but were not after power.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Bar elections HYDERABAD, Jan 11: The Pakistan chapter of the South Asia Lawyers Forum has invited the attention of the Sindh Bar Council to the fact that the election commissioner of the Hyderabad... PESHAWAR: Accused has right to defence: PHC: Case sent back to trial court PESHAWAR, Jan 11: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ruled that the constitution guarantees an accused the right to defence through a counsel; and in case an accused cannot arrange a counsel, the trial court should provide him with one.... PESHAWAR: People have rejected by-polls, says JI PESHAWAR, Jan 11: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial chief Sirajul Haq on Thursday alleged that the Awami National Party had made a deal with President Pervez Musharraf and compromised the rights of Pukhtuns by taking part in the by-elections in the Bajaur Agency.... PESHAWAR: ‘ANP moving in right direction’ PESHAWAR, Jan 11: The Awami National Party''s victory in the Bajaur Agency by-polls has proved that it is moving in the right direction to achieve rights of the people and the province.... KHAIRPUR: Farmers protest KHAIRPUR, Jan 11: A large number of sugarcane growers under the banner of the Shehri Ittehad and the Khairpur Abadgar Ittehad staged a demonstration in Razidero, Gambat taluka, on Thursday to protest against motorway police....

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