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January 15, 2007 Monday Zilhaj 24, 1427 KARACHI: Islands deal sets off debate on key issues KARACHI, Jan 14: While the controversy between the federal and Sindh governments over the ownership of the two islands Bundal and Buddo, handed over to a UAE-based firm ‘Emaar Group’ still... KARACHI: Timber market catches fire KARACHI, Jan 14: A fire broke out in the timber market here on Sunday morning. No casualty was reported in the incident.... KARACHI: ‘More stability after polls’ KARACHI, Jan 14: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani has said that the forthcoming general elections will bring in such a political stability in the country that will never let democracy derail.... KARACHI: Rs30bn project for mother, child health this year: NICH symposium told KARACHI, Jan 14: With the required spade work done and pilot studies completed, the government will launch the National Mother & Child Health Programme, costing Rs30 billion, during current fiscal year, Federal Health Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood said here on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to penalise WB consultants: LBOD design flaws HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) President Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah on Sunday urged the government to penalise the World Bank consultants for faults in the design of Left Bank... NAWABSHAH: Water shortage hits Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Jan 14: In the absence of an alternate arrangement for water supply during the annual canal closure, which runs from January 6 to 22, residents of the city have been facing and acute shortage of drinking water for a week.... LARKANA: SSGC official’s claim rejected LARKANA, Jan 14: The sacked employees of the Sui Southern Gas Company have rejected the claim of its managing director that the company has reinstated 600 sacked employees on an order of the Supreme Court.... CHITRAL: Protest against cancellation of C-130 flights for Chitral CHITRAL, Jan 14: PIA’s C-130 aircraft flights to Chitral were cancelled for the 10th consecutive day on Sunday causing disappointment to stranded passengers in Chitral and Peshawar.... PESHAWAR: Better diagnostic facilities for hepatitis urged: 4.5pc of people affected: study PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The Prime Minister''s Hepatitis Control Programme has helped improve blood transfusion services and checked spread of the disease at the provincial and district levels.... PESHAWAR: Hindko Mushaira held PESHAWAR, Jan 14: The Gandhara Hindko Board on Sunday organised a Mushaira near the historical Gor Gahtri monument. Hindko poet Sabir Hussain Imdad presided over the event and Ahmad Nadeem Awan hosted the programme, said a press release.... KARACHI: Neglected trough gets facelift KARACHI, Jan 14: After 12 years of apathy and negligence, one of the few water troughs left in the city outside the Dow University of Health Sciences has got a facelift.... KARACHI: Recital by young pianist KARACHI, Jan 14: A piano recital by young Usman Anees bowled over the handful of western classical music enthusiasts attending the performance on Sunday evening.... KARACHI: Hostel culture turning into history KARACHI, Jan 14: The hostel culture, once popular in Karachi, is fading fast and will perhaps cease to exist in the years to come.... KARACHI: Wastage control can save millions of rupees KARACHI, Jan 14: Speakers at a consultative workshop observed that wastage in horticultural products can be reduced from 40 per cent to 10-5 per cent to save millions of rupees.... KARACHI: Early completion of uplift work ordered KARACHI, Jan 14: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Sunday asked the officials concerned to accelerate the pace of work at roads in Gharibabad, Liaquatabad and Nazimabad areas so as to complete them before Muharram.... KARACHI: KU reschedules BA exams KARACHI, Jan 14: The schedule for BA Part-I & II (regular and external) examinations have been revised in view of the Ashura holidays, a Karachi University notification said on Sunday.... KARACHI: SMI handover opposed Karachi, Jan 14: Some quarters identifying themselves as ‘well wishers and lovers of the Sindh Madressatul Islam’, have expressed their reservations over the federal government’s decision to hand over the SMI,... KARACHI: Minister lauds NGOs’ role KARACHI, Jan 14: Sindh Revenue Minister Dr Irfan Gul Magsi said that social welfare organisations were playing an important role in serving the poor. He was speaking at a function in... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Jan 14: The Met office has forecast cold and dry weather for the city on Monday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 12 and 14 degrees Centigrade.—PPI... KARACHI: Baloch leaders slam govt policies KARACHI, Jan 14: Leaders representing different parties on Sunday paid tribute to the slain leader of the Baloch Ittehad Tehrik (BIT), Anwar Bhaijan, and condemned government policies towards Baloch people.... KARACHI: Return of exiled leaders urged KARACHI, Jan 14: Speakers at a function on Sunday demanded that all political leaders living in exile be allowed to return home so that they could participate in the political process here and help strengthen democracy.... KARACHI: Home deptt official defies Antiquities Act KARACHI, Jan 14: The Sindh Home Department is trying to protect one of its influential officials, who had managed to get his father buried in a protected graveyard in violation of the relevant law, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Ban on sale of Katchi Abadi plots KARACHI, Jan 14: To discourage land mafia and speculative trading in real estate, especially in Karachi, the Sindh government is mulling over a ban on transfer of leased properties in Katchi Abadis at least for five years after first allotment.... KARACHI: ST-JUP talks KARACHI, Jan 14: JUP chief Sahibzada Haji Fazal Karim, and Sunni Tehrik chief Serwat Ejaz Qaderi here on Sunday exchanged views on possibility of formulating an effective strategy to contest the upcoming polls.... HYDERABAD: Two killed, 22 hurt in accident HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Two persons were killed and 22 injured in a head on collision between two buses in the jurisdiction of the Hatri police near Chang Goth on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Minister defends island project HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) Sindh President and Sindh Communications and Works Minister Pir Sadruddin Shah Rashidi has said that he sees no harm in selling Sindh’s two islands... HYDERABAD: Clarification HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Yawar Kazmi, son of renowned artist and sculptor Zafar Kazmi who died two days ago, has clarified that he has been buried on the Sindh Museum premises on a permanent basis and not as "Amanat."... KHAIRPUR: Murdered newsman buried KHAIRPUR, Jan 14: Murdered journalist Makhdoom Rafique Hashmi was buried in his family graveyard near the shrine of Shaheed Makhdoom Abdul Rehman in Khohra town, Gambat taluka, on Sunday.... SUKKUR: Man, woman killed over karo-kari SUKKUR, Jan 14: A man allegedly shot dead his wife and another man suspecting that she had illicit relations with him, in Mahiwal Shar village near Daharki on Sunday.... KHAIRPUR: Feud ends KHAIRPUR, Jan 14: Representatives of four warring groups agreed to end their feuds in a meeting with Sardar Ghulam Sarwar Khan Sarki, head of a special committee formed by chief minister... LARKANA: Man shot dead LARKANA, Jan 14: A man was killed and a woman injured apparently on the pretext of karo-kari in Dhamraho, 10km off here, on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Altaf invites Pukhtuns to join Muttahida PESHAWAR, Jan 14: Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has asked the Puktuns to join his party for acquiring their rights.... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Districts along Fata to be sealed off DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 14: NWFP police chief Mohammad Sharif Virk has said that districts adjacent to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas will be sealed off during Muharram to ensure law and order.... MARDAN: Mother gets child’s custody MARDAN, Jan 14: Hearing a habeas corpus petition, District and Sessions Judge of Mardan Syed Yahya Zahid Gillani ordered that the custody of a nine-year-old child be given to his mother....

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