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January 28, 2007 Sunday Muharram 08, 1428 KARACHI: Ban on jobs, no funds make 62 health units inoperative KARACHI, Jan 27: As many as 62 health care units built by the city government have been lying inoperative mainly for want of staff, according to informed sources.... KARACHI: Excess arsenic in water causes cancer: expert KARACHI, Jan 27: The estimate ratio of arsenic in water was 10 particles per billion (10 microgram per litre) in Pakistan, enough to cause various forms of cancer to one out... KARACHI: Tawakal’s plea rejected KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh High Court on Saturday dismissed an appeal of Abdul Qadir Tawakal, an ex-director of M/s Tawakal Limited, for acquittal in conviction of a NAB reference.... KARACHI: Security tightened around hotels KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh Police has received the sketch of the suicide bomber who attacked a luxury hotel in Islamabad on Friday. The bomber is suspected to be an Uzbek.... KARACHI: Work on eight roads to start next month KARACHI, Jan 27: The city government would start work for construction and improvement of eight major roads in the metropolis with an estimated cost of Rs143.8 million from the next month.... KARACHI: ‘Principal, students manhandled at DCET’ KARACHI, Jan 27: More than 50 outsiders including some armed persons on Saturday attacked the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) in the presence of police and rangers, manhandled college... KARACHI: Emergency in hospitals for Muharram KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh Health Department has announced a state of emergency in its hospitals throughout the province on Ashura days to combat any untoward incident.... KARACHI: Chinese envoy holds reception KARACHI, Jan 27: The outgoing Chinese Ambassador, Mr Zhang Chunxiang, and his wife held a farewell reception on Saturday evening at a hotel on the eve of their departure for China.... KARACHI: SESSI to establish medical college KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh Minister for Labour, Industries and Transport, Adil Siddiqi, on Saturday announced that Quaid Medical and Dental College (QMDC) would soon be established in Karachi to provide medical education to workers’ children.... KARACHI: NWFP delegation briefed on projects KARACHI, Jan 27: Karachi is being developed on a rapid pace with completion of mega projects in a short span of time. This was stated by Tameer-i-Karachi Programme Director Rauf Akhter... KARACHI: Pak Marines’ 27th batch passes out KARACHI, Jan 27: Swearing in to safeguard the ideological base, geographical frontiers and sanctity of the country, a batch of Pak Marines upon completion of 42-week rigorous training, passed out from the Marines Academy, PNS Qasim, Manora, on Saturday morning.... KARACHI: Sindh cabinet meeting KARACHI, Jan 27:The Sindh Cabinet will meet here on February 1 under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, it was officially stated here on Saturday.... KARACHI: School adoption ceremony held KARACHI, Jan 27: Acting Nazim Nasreen Jalil has assured the city government’s all-out support for improved health care and education facilities in Karachi and lauded the efforts of Ziauddin University, Community... KARACHI: Lawyers worried over violence KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh Bar Council’s Human Rights Committee on Saturday condemned growing incidents of violence against lawyers, pointing out that as many as 30 lawyers had been killed and... KARACHI: Probe against Anita closed KARACHI, Jan 27: The NAB has closed an inquiry against Anita Ghulam Ali, a former minister and managing director of the Sindh Education Foundation, and others.... KARACHI: Councillors meet MMA leaders KARACHI, Jan 27: Former city nazim Naimatullah Khan has said that the present city government was trying to claim the credit of the large number of development projects initiated during his tenure.... KARACHI: KU holidays KARACHI, Jan 27: The University of Karachi and its affiliated colleges shall remain closed on Monday and Tuesday on account of 9th and 10th Muharram, said KU notification issued here on Saturday.—PPI... KARACHI: CHK, LGH fail to get promised funds KARACHI, Jan 27: The Board of Governors of the Civil Hospital and the Lyari General Hospital has demanded more funds and qualified staff for the two teaching hospitals.... KARACHI: Zardari’s absence from hearing condoned KARACHI, Jan 27: The District and Sessions Judge, East, Nisar Mohammed Shaikh, on Saturday condoned the absence of Asif Ali Zardari during the hearing of the Justice Nizam case on the defence counsel’s application.... KARACHI: Action against land mafia KARACHI, Jan 27: The Keamari town nazim has termed illegal occupation of government land in the town one of the most pressing problems that needed immediate attention of the authorities concerned.... KARACHI: ‘Musharraf on mission to get Israel recognised’ KARACHI, Jan 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has claimed that General Musharraf’s visit to certain Arab countries is related to the implementation of US agenda in the Middle East region.... KARACHI: Fair polls impossible under Musharraf, moot told KARACHI, Jan 27: Speakers at a meeting on Saturday pointed out that fair and free elections were impossible under General Musharraf’s rule and demanded impartial caretaker setup for elections.... KARACHI: ‘Karachi has accepted globalisation challenges’ KARACHI, Jan 27: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said the citizens of Karachi have accepted the challenges of globalisation. According to a press release, he was addressing the World Economic... KARACHI: Attempt to kidnap PPP man slated KARACHI, Jan 27: President of the Pakistan People’s Party, Karachi Division, Rashid Rabbani and other leaders have condemned the alleged attempt to kidnap a party activist, Ali Asghar Pathan, by Muttahida Qaumi Movement workers in Railway Colony area on Saturday morning.... KARACHI: Blasphemy laws KARACHI, Jan 27: Jamaat-i-Islami on Saturday said it would resist government if blasphemy laws were amended or repealed and launch a countrywide protest if such an exercise was started.... KARACHI: Consultant for Hawkesbay project soon KARACHI, Jan 27: The Sindh Minister for Local Government, Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development, Mohammad Hussain Khan, said that a consultant would be appointed to ensure availability of modern facilities at the Hawkesbay residential project.... KARACHI: Release of taxi driver demanded KARACHI, Jan 27: The mother of a young man, who had gone disappeared from Balochistan 18 months ago, on Saturday urged the authorities to release her son and give the family a chance to live in peace.... KARACHI: Two killed in accident KARACHI, Jan 27: A speeding truck hit a motorcycle and killed two middle-aged riders near Sohrab Goth on Saturday. Babar, 35, and Ahmed Ali Siddique, 40, were on their way near... KARACHI: Harvard varsity team visits DUHS KARACHI, Jan 27: A group of 12 members from different departments of Kennedy School of Harvard University, the USA visited Dow University of Health Sciences on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Separate province for Pukhtuns demanded: PkMAP calls for unity PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmud Khan Achakzai has called for creating a collective unit for Pukhtuns, comprising the NWFP, Fata, Northern Areas, Attock and Mianwali in Punjab as well as Pukhtun-dominated parts of Balochistan.... HYDERABAD: Seminar calls for polls under UN, international bodies HYDERABAD, Jan 27: Speakers at a seminar have stressed that Sindhis have no confidence in the Election Commission of Pakistan and demanded that the upcoming general elections should be held under impartial international organisations or the United Nations.... HYDERABAD: Diseases plague child workers HYDERABAD, Jan 27: More than 10,000 children are working in the city’s bangle industry and 30 per cent of them are suffering from dangerous diseases. This was stated at a training... PESHAWAR: ‘Spending on uplift projects slow’ PESHAWAR, Jan 27: The mid-year review of development spending by executing agencies of the NWFP government will commence on Feb 1 amid reports about slow pace of funds utilisation during the first quarter of fiscal year 2006-07.... MARDAN: Two boys kidnapped in Mardan MARDAN, Jan 27: Two teenage boys were kidnapped in different localities of the city on Saturday. Three people, including a woman, kidnapped a student of a primary school in Hoti locality.... PESHAWAR: PR clerk fined Rs1.2m in graft case PESHAWAR, Jan 27: An accountability court on Saturday sentenced an employee of the Pakistan Railways to four-year rigorous imprisonment with Rs1.2 million fine for corruption.... PESHAWAR: TMAs asked to liaise with local council board PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMAs) of the NWFP have been directed to work in coordination with the Local Council Board and district governments to improve the service delivery system....

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