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January 27, 2007 Saturday Muharram 07, 1428 KARACHI: Transporters not ready to discard old vehicles KARACHI, Jan 26: The Sindh ministry of transport, in consultation with the city district government Karachi, is to fix a registration benchmark to ban smoke-emitting buses, mini-buses and coaches registered between 1960 and 1980.... KARACHI: High Court summons interior secretary KARACHI, Jan 26: The Sindh High Court summoned the federal interior secretary and a section officer to appear personally to answer contempt allegations by an accused prosecuted on accountability charges.... KARACHI: SC finds complainant involved in building rules violation KARACHI, Jan 26: The complainant who approached the Supreme Court for violation of building regulations in Blocks 2 and 3 of the Pakistan Employees Co-operative Housing Society (PECHS) was himself found involved in irregularities.... KARACHI: Maid wants her daughter back KARACHI, Jan 26: A domestic worker has blamed her employer of abducting her 12-year-old daughter and the police failed to recover her despite that a complaint had been lodged two months... KARACHI: Shopkeepers brawl with police in Saddar KARACHI, Jan 26: A law and order situation was created in the electronics market along Abdullah Haroon Road when some court officials along with a police force tried to evict the tenant from a shop showing the court’s orders on Friday.... KARACHI: Alternative traffic routes on 8-10th Muharram KARACHI, Jan 26: In view of Muharram processions, the DIG Traffic has announced alternate routes and traffic arrangements for the next three days. On 8th Muharram (tomorrow), a Shia main Muharram... KARACHI: Two witnesses examined in diplomat case KARACHI, Jan 26: The Anti-terrorism Court, Karachi, on Friday adjourned hearing of the case of US diplomat’s killing against two Al Qaeda suspects after three prosecution witnesses were examined.... KARACHI: Complainant claims being pressured: Murder case KARACHI, Jan 26: Renowned labour leader Lutf-e-Amim Shibli on Friday charged that Governor’s House officials, provincial ministers and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) office-bearers were pressurising him to withdraw case against accused... KARACHI: Varsities warned against flouting HEC criteria KARACHI, Jan 26: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has linked recognition of M.Phil and PhD degrees to the strict fulfillment of its criteria by all the authorised institutions.... KARACHI: Election symbols allotted for NA-250 by-polls KARACHI, Jan 26: The Election Commission has allotted election symbols to the 13 candidates left in the field to contest the NA-250 National Assembly seat bye-election from Karachi.... KARACHI: PML-N wants consensus on polls without Musharraf KARACHI, Jan 26: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) wants all opposition parties to take a unanimous decision in the multi-party conference (MPC) to boycott elections under General Musharraf or to launch a... HYDERABAD: Growers seek more facilities for agricultural scientists HYDERABAD, Jan 26: The Sindh Abadgar Board President Abdul Majeed Nizamani has urged the government to give agriculture scientists of Sindh the same facilities and perks enjoyed by their colleagues who work in federally administered departments.... PESHAWAR: Bid to rename NWFP challenged PESHAWAR, Jan 26: The statement of Law Minister Malik Zafar Azam about the renaming of the NWFP as Pukhtunistan has been challenged in the Peshawar High Court (PHC).... PESHAWAR: Boy granted bail in drug case PESHAWAR, Jan 26: A local court on Friday granted bail to an alleged juvenile offender arrested on charges of drug trafficking. Judicial Magistrate Hina Mehvish ordered that the applicant, Fazlur Rehman, should be released after furnishing two sureties of Rs80,000 each.... KARACHI: Tax on small houses criticised KARACHI, Jan 26: PPP leader and former senator Masroor Ahsan has condemned the government for levying property tax on houses measuring 120 square yards and demanded immediate withdrawal of the decision.... KARACHI: Whereabouts of missing men sought KARACHI, Jan 26: The All Pakistan Shia Action Committee condemning the continuous disappearance of two doctors and an engineer has warned that their whereabouts must be disclosed otherwise a sit-in would be staged on the M.A.... KARACHI: Trailer kills pedestrian KARACHI, Jan 26: A speeding trailer knocked down a pedestrian to death in the limits of Pak Colony police station on Friday. Police said Mohammad Hanif, 55, was hit and killed by a speeding trailer (TCP-638).... KARACHI: Efforts urged to fight HIV KARACHI, Jan 26: Data shows that HIV in Pakistan is spreading slowly and there is a dire need to check the risks posed by injection drug users (IDUs), reuse of syringes and to make blood transfusion safer.... KARACHI: New KUJ office-bearers KARACHI, Jan 26: Shamim-ur-Rehman and Jawed Asghar Chaudhry have been elected unopposed as president and general secretary of the Karachi Union of Journalists, said a press statement issued by the KUJ on Friday.... KARACHI: MMA terms transfers pre-poll rigging KARACHI, Jan 26: The Muttahia Majlis-i-Amal candidate, contesting the by-election in NA-250, Raja Arif Sultan, has condemned the transfers of officials on a mass scale before the election and has urged the election commission to cancel all such transfers.... KARACHI: Arbab, Altaf condemn blast KARACHI, Jan 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain have condemned the suicide bomb blast that took place outside a hotel in the prime security zone in Islamabad on Friday.... KARACHI: World Customs Day observed KARACHI, Jan 26: The World Customs Day was celebrated on Friday. Pakistan Customs also organised celebrations at Customs Public School in Block-6, PECHS. Member Customs Central Board of Revenue, Shahid Rahim Sheikh, was the chief guest.... KARACHI: Leaders slam manhandling of media men KARACHI, Jan 26: The leaders of PTI and APSAC have condemned the bomb blast in Islamabad on Friday and the manhandling of the journalists who had gone to the venue to perform their professional duties.... KARACHI: Pesh imam stabbed during sermon KARACHI, Jan 26: A young man was arrested for stabbing a prayer leader in Baldia Town during Friday sermon, police said. Quoting witnesses, the officials of the Baldia Town police said... KARACHI: Raja Sain disinherited four sons in 1994: Pir Pagara KARACHI, Jan 26: The chief of Pakistan Muslim League (Functional), Pir Pagara, has said that his son Pir Sibghatullah Shah alias Raja Sain had disinherited his four sons in 1994 for their involvement in criminal activities.... KARACHI: China pledges continued support KARACHI, Jan 26: The Chinese Ambassador Zhang Chunxiang has said that China would continue to support Pakistan and extend its financial and technical assistance in different fields.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Jan 26: The Met office has forecast fair weather with cool night for the city on Saturday. The minimum temperature is expected to range between 13 and 15 degrees Centigrade on Saturday.... MITHI: Raise in ‘unattractive area’ allowance urged MITHI, Jan 26: The Tharparkar district council at its session on Friday demanded that the government should raise the ‘unattractive area’ allowance it had started paying in 1987 to the public servants working in unattractive areas like Thar.... HYDERABAD: Scholars list reasons for Japan’s growth HYDERABAD, Jan 26: Two Japanese professors Dr Yato Kitamura of Nagoya University Japan and Hisaya ODA, visiting professor of Graduate School Tokyo, University of Foreign Studies visited Sindh University and delivered... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Dist govt bans opening of oil agencies NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 26: The district government on Friday decided not to issue any more permits for opening oil agencies and not to renew the already issued permits.... HYDERABAD: Probe into supply of damaged wheat sought HYDERABAD, Jan 26: Atta Chakki Owners Welfare Association (ACOWA) on Friday appealed to the prime minister and chief minister to order an inquiry into the supply of substandard wheat to floor... PESHAWAR: Blood banks to get HIV, hepatitis kits PESHAWAR, Jan 26: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has asked officials concerned to provide diagnostic kits for HIV, Hepatitis B and C to blood banks of public sector hospitals by the next month.... PESHAWAR: Afghans turn to Pakistan for burns treatment PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Most of the women admitted to the sole burns facility in Peshawar belong to Afghanistan, according to doctors. “Last year, we received 660 burns patients, including 387 women.... PESHAWAR: Tribute paid to Manto PESHAWAR, Jan 26: Legendary fiction writer Saadat Hasan Manto was paid rich tribute at a seminar here on Friday....

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