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February 03, 2007 Saturday Muharram 14, 1428 KARACHI: Govt-NGO deal on model health units signed KARACHI, Feb 2: The Sindh government has decided to set up model rural health units in the interior areas of the province on the basis of public-private sector partnership with a... KARACHI: High court fines ex-IG Rs50,000 KARACHI, Feb 2: The former inspector-general of Sindh Police, Rana Maqbool Ahmed Khan, paid Rs50,000 to the Sindh High Court nazir on Friday as fine for contempt of court.... KARACHI: Change in by-election schedule ruled out KARACHI, Feb 2: The by-elections for the National Assembly seat, NA-250 (Karachi), and the Sindh Assembly seat, PS-71 (Dadu) will be held as per the schedule on February 10 and there... ISLAMABAD: Magisterial powers for poll officials ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The Chief Election Commissioner has authorised the District Returning Officer, Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers appointed for by-elections in NA-250 Karachi and PS-71 Dadu and the Presiding... KARACHI: SC bench orders police to produce detained girl KARACHI, Feb 2: The Supreme Court asked a police officer and a provincial attorney on Friday ‘to arrange’ at 9.30am on Saturday, the production of a girl allegedly detained by her parents illegally after her free-will marriage.... KARACHI: ACLC impounded 415 vehicles last month KARACHI, Feb 2: The Anti-car Lifting Cell (ACLC) smashed three gangs of car lifters and seized 415 vehicles – 198 cars and 217 motorcycles – during the first month of the current year.... KARACHI: PML withdraws candidate KARACHI, Feb 2: The Pakistan Muslim League, Sindh, has announced withdrawal of its candidate, Mahfooz Yar Khan, from the by-election for NA-250 in favour of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidate, Akhlaq Hussain Abidi.... HYDERABAD: Govt asked to resist external pressure: Foreign policy HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Foreign affairs experts and scholars have recommended that Pakistan should not succumb to extraneous pressures, which could be detrimental to its supreme national interest.... PESHAWAR: High Court stays petitioner’s arrest PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The Peshawar High Court on Friday suspended an order of the administration of the Kohat Frontier Region and stayed the arrest of a petitioner by the tribal authorities under the Frontier Crimes Regulation.... PESHAWAR: NWFP introducing new service cadre PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The NWFP government is introducing a new unified service cadre — the NWFP Management Service — by merging the existing executive and secretariat groups of the Provincial Civil Services (PCS), official sources told Dawn.... KARACHI: Milk price issue still unresolved KARACHI, Feb 2: Irrespective of the outcome of the ongoing row between the dairy farmers, wholesalers and retailers on the price issue – consumers will be the losers.... KARACHI: Dengue threat will re-emerge if city fails to take precautions KARACHI: The city officials and the public need to be reminded of the dengue threat that looms large now that summer is round the corner.... KARACHI: More debate on medical bill suggested KARACHI, Feb 2: Two major medical concerns have said that the government should hold more debates and evolve a consensus prior to promulgation of the private hospital regulation and control ordinance.... KARACHI: MMA vows to highlight real issues KARACHI, Feb 2: The Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal condemning the government for failing to solve the real issues being faced by the masses has urged the people to vote for its candidate in... KARACHI Graveyard in clutches of land mafia KARACHI, Feb 2: Speakers at a demonstration on Friday condemning the land mafia for encroaching on a graveyard’s land in Baldia Town in connivance with some officials of the city government... KARACHI: Promotion of small industries stressed KARACHI, Feb 2: The Sindh Minister for Industries Adil Siddiqi has called upon investors and industrialists to invest in small and medium size industries for Sindh’s industrial and economic progress.... KARACHI: Injury that brings shame: giving back their dignity KARACHI: Sakina was married before she reached adolescence, perhaps 12 or 13, but her marriage was not consummated till she was ready to conceive at 15.... KARACHI: ‘IT firms to invest in Sindh’ KARACHI, Feb 2: Several IT firms have shown their interest in making investments in the province and the Sindh government is likely to ink memorandums of understanding with some of these... KARACHI: CDGK policies appreciated KARACHI, Feb 2: A 23-member delegation of local government representatives from District Mansehra in the NWFP has appreciated the development policies of the city district government of Karachi.... KARACHI: Vehicles without number plates KARACHI, Feb 2: The vehicles without official number plates are still plying on roads despite the special campaign launched by the traffic police against them.... KARACHI: DDLS exams KARACHI, Feb 2: The University of Karachi on Friday announced schedule of Diploma in Diagnostic Laboratory Sciences part-I/II annual exams 2006.... KARACHI: SPLA hails official’s removal KARACHI, Feb 2: The Sindh Professors & Lecturers’ Association (SPLA) has demanded the removal of the Sindh education minister and an investigation in to what they claimed were irregularities committed in the education department.... KARACHI: Demolition KARACHI, Feb 2: The Baldia Town administration on Friday removed illegal cattle-pens and other encroachments in Qaimkhani Colony.... KARACHI: MCom results KARACHI, Feb 2: The Federal Urdu University announced the results of MCom 4th semester, first batch, (Morning) examination-2005 on Friday. According to a notification issued by the university, the pass percentage in the exam is 100 per cent.—PPI... KARACHI: ARD wants army to conduct polling KARACHI, Feb 2: The joint candidate of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on a vacant national assembly seat NA-250, Nafees Ahmed Siddiqui, has demanded deployment of army in and outside... KARACHI: Hingol Park needs better management: experts KARACHI, Feb 2: Experts at the opening day of the two-day workshop ‘Scientific Surveys for Hingol Park Management’ on Friday discussed various studies and agreed that there were different pressures on... KARACHI: Citizens suffer power cuts KARACHI, Feb 2: People continued to suffer intermittent and prolonged power failures in different areas of the city on Friday reportedly due to maintenance work which would continue till February 16.... KARACHI: Girl still a ‘commodity’ in Sindh KARACHI, Feb 2: An organisation working for child rights on Friday expressed concern over the increasing trade of underage girls by the ‘loan sharks’ in the interior parts of Sindh.“Many... KARACHI: Hony CG of Ethiopia commits suicide KARACHI, Feb 2: The honorary Consul General of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia committed suicide on Friday.... KARACHI: 2 beds in each hospital for senior citizens KARACHI, Feb 2: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has called for allocating at least two beds for senior citizens in every hospital where they should be offered free medical check-up.... KARACHI: Fund-raiser KARACHI, Feb 2: Children from several schools will be attending a fund-raising event ‘iLMaTHON 2007’ being organised by The Citizens Foundation at the Area 51 on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Rs10 million for holy site HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Sindh Chief Minister paid a visit to Qadamgah-i-Maula Ali here on Friday and announced Rs10 million grant for extension and renovation of the holy site.... HYDERABAD: Flower show in March HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The district government was going to hold its second annual flower exhibition in first week of March, said DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed at a meeting at Shahbaz Hall on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Fertiliser dealers told to show stocks HYDERABAD, Feb 2: EDO (agriculture) Shahabuddin Siddiqui, taking notice of hoarding and black-marketing of fertilizer in Hyderabad district, has directed the fertilizer dealers to submit details of their stock to his... LARKANA: Doctors protest against senator LARKANA, Feb 2: Doctors affiliated with the Chandka Medical College, continuing protest against alleged misbehaviour of MQM Senator Dr Mohammad Ali Brohi with CMC Principal Prof Surgeon Sikandar Shaikh, observed a two-hour token protest here on Friday.... MIRPURKHAS: Demo held against price hike, lawlessness MIRPURKHAS, Feb 2: The Sindh People’s Youth Organization (SB) staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Friday against lawlessness, price hike and unemployment in the Sindh province.... JACOBABAD: Man killed JACOBABAD, Feb 2: One person was killed over an old enmity between two tribes in village Dur Mohammad in the jurisdiction of Mouladad police station, on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Dismissed workers to be hired again PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The NWFP Environment Department has decided to re-employee all those ex-employees of the Social Forestry Project whose services had been terminated due to completion of the project.... PESHAWAR: ANP asks Musharraf to resign PESHAWAR, Feb 2: Awami National Party has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the country and has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to resign.... PESHAWAR: Research on health problems urged PESHAWAR, Feb 2: Doctors have been urged to specialise in plastic surgery and to conduct research on local health problems for better government planning.... PESHAWAR: Recovery of journalist demanded PESHAWAR, Feb 2: Journalists, political activists and representatives of civil and human rights organisations held a demonstration outside the Governor’s House here on Friday in protest against the government’s failure to trace a missing journalist.... PESHAWAR: Drive planned for beautifying Peshawar PESHAWAR, Feb 2: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and the administration of Town I Peshawar will join hands to launch a campaign aimed at beautifying the provincial capital.... HARIPUR: Differences over PPP appointment HARIPUR, Feb 2: Senior members of the People’s Party Parliamentarians are against the party’s newly-appointed district chief.... HARIPUR: Man commits suicide HARIPUR, Feb 2: A 25-year-old man committed suicide in the Khalabat Township for unknown reasons here on Thursday. According to police and eyewitnesses, Sajid Ayub of village Kriplian had been working at a car showroom for several months....

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