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February 07, 2007 Wednesday Muharram 18, 1428 KARACHI: UTPs shifting from solitary confinement ordered KARACHI, Feb 6: The Sindh High Court ordered on Tuesday shifting of under-trial prisoners (UTPs) from solitary confinement cells to general wards in the province’s jails unless guilty of an offence under the Prisons Act.... KARACHI: Three bandits caught red-handed in bank KARACHI, Feb 6: Three men were arrested red-handed on Tuesday while withdrawing half a million rupees from a bank in Clifton. They had kidnapped the bank’s customer from his house and brought him to the bank to encash the cheque.... KARACHI: ACLC staff kill man in stolen vehicle KARACHI, Feb 6: A man was killed and two of his companions arrested on Tuesday by a team of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC).... KARACHI: Five held for faking governor’s letters KARACHI, Feb 6: Five persons, including employees of the Sindh Secretariat and police, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegal correspondence using the letterhead of Governor’s House in pursuit of their personal interests, involving blackmailing.... KARACHI: Centre agrees to fund mega KWSB project KARACHI, Feb 6: The federal government has agreed to provide funds to replace the 50-year old sewerage system in the metropolis under a mega S-III project of the Karachi Water and Sanitation Board (KWSB).... HYDERABAD: Police officials suspended for illegally detaining girl HYDERABAD, Feb 6: Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khattak on the orders of the Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court suspended on Tuesday taluka police officer (TPO)... PESHAWAR: Pre-arrest bail of three clerics confirmed : Illegal FM stations PESHAWAR, Feb 6: An additional district and sessions judge here on Tuesday confirmed pre-arrest bails of three clerics charged with spreading religious hatred through illegal radio stations.... PESHAWAR / SWABI: Tobacco output may drop by 50pc: Growers demand increase in prices PESHAWAR / SWABI, Feb 6: The production of tobacco in various parts of the NWFP is likely to drop by 50 per cent this year owing to higher cost of inputs and lower return being offered by companies, growers say.... KARACHI: Nadra’s driving licence system not yet a reality KARACHI, Feb 6: The idea of linking the driving licence system with the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is not likely to materialise in the near future.... KARACHI: Security in city beefed up KARACHI, Feb 6: Security was beefed up at all important and sensitive buildings, including foreign missions and mosques, and armed patrolling was intensified in the city late on Tuesday night by the police following the bomb blast in Islamabad.... KARACHI: Bagh Ibne Qasim awaits inauguration KARACHI, Feb 6: The City District Government Karachi officials have made all arrangements to open the Bagh Ibne Qasim, the country’s largest and most beautiful park according to city horticulture officials,... KARACHI: Guard killed in bungled robbery KARACHI, Feb 6: A private security guard was shot dead and two passers-by were injured on Tuesday by four dacoits near the Bahadurabad roundabout in a botched robbery.... KARACHI: Govt to spend Rs50 billion on fisheries KARACHI, Feb 6: The government will spend Rs50 billion on different projects in the fisheries sector to improve the lifestyle of the fishing community.... KARACHI: Safe-delivery measures urged: PMA poster contest begins KARACHI, Feb 6: A four-day poster exhibition on the theme of “maternal death and maternal morbidity” got under way at the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) premises on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Juvenile court demanded in Sindh KARACHI, Feb 6: Speakers at a workshop criticised the Sindh Home Department for its failure in setting up a juvenile court in the province under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance promulgated eight years ago.... KARACHI: KFHA’s board of directors notified KARACHI, Feb 6: The Government of Sindh in exercise of powers vested under section-6(2) of Karachi Fisheries Harbour Authority Ordinance, 1984, and amended Ordinance 1996 of Clause-2 has notified list of... KARACHI: SBC elects office-bearers KARACHI, Feb 6; The Sindh Bar Council has elected Muhammad Amin Lakhani as its vice-chairman for 2007. The council also elected chairmen for its standing committees at its meeting on February 4.... KARACHI: Tele-film marks Kashmir Day KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh Minister for Culture Rauf Siddiqi has called upon writers to make such efforts whereby war against invading foreign cultures is vigorously fought.... KARACHI: Doctors to help curb child abuse KARACHI, Feb 6: The Civil Hospital - Karachi is fast being developed into a model for relevant and timely treatment as well as rehabilitation of children exposed to abuse.... KARACHI: Seven schools functioning in one compound KARACHI, Feb 6: Seven government primary and secondary schools are located in a single boundary wall in Omar Lane, UC-9 of Lyari Town.... KARACHI: Control over telecom urged KARACHI, Feb 6: The promotion of information technology is not possible without effective control over telecommunication sector as most of the IT work depends on it.... KARACHI: Protest against Goth demolition KARACHI, Feb 6: Speakers at a demonstration on Tuesday condemned the town administration for first burning and then demolishing the Umer Jogi Goth in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and demanded stern action against the officials involved in the act.... KARACHI: Declamation contest at DHA KARACHI, Feb 6: An inter school declamation contest was held at Defence Authority Public School here on Tuesday. Fourteen schools participated in the contest. Ms Mehtab Akbar Rashdi, Secretary Culture and... KARACHI: New exam date KARACHI, Feb 6: The examination department of Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology announced that papers cancelled on February 5 would now be held on February 14.... KARACHI: MQM programme enjoys wide support: Altaf KARACHI, Feb 6: The MQM chief, Altaf Hussain addressed a rally held in Delhi Colony on Monday night, in which he alleged that the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto presided over... KARACHI: Struggle against exploitation to continue KARACHI, Feb 6: The Muttahida Quami Movement Parliamentary leader, Dr Farooq Sattar on Tuesday said that it’s high time that people from all downtrodden sections of the society gather under the... KARACHI: Musharraf’s re-election on MPC agenda: PPP KARACHI, Feb 6: President PPP-Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that consultations were in progress for the multi-party conference (MPC), to be held in London, and the issue of General Pervez... KARACHI: Power breakdowns in different areas KARACHI, Feb 6: People from different areas in the city complained of power breakdowns on Tuesday, some of them saying their localities had suffered prolonged outages.... KARACHI: PPP accuses Sindh govt of being partial KARACHI, Feb 6: The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) on Tuesday charged the Sindh government of being partial and favouring the Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidate in the NA-250by-election.... KARACHI: Two cantt localities get water pipeline KARACHI, Feb 6: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said different mega development projects of water, sewerage and storm water drainage system in Clifton and Bath Island areas worth more than one billion rupees would be completed in few months.... KARACHI: PMA concerned over bird flu reports KARACHI, Feb 6: Showing grave concern over the reported presence of bird flu in a cottage poultry farm in Rawalpindi, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi Chapter on Tuesday expressed it... KARACHI: IJT warns of campaign against composite exam KARACHI, Feb 6: A studens organisation has criticised the provincial educational department’s decision to hold composite examination for Class IX and X this year.... KARACHI: Lansdowne Bridge to be preserved KARACHI, Feb 6: The government has decided to preserve the historical cantilever bridge on the River Indus joining Rohri and Sukkur and a six-storey Kanahyya Lal Building near the bridge.... KARACHI: Steps urged to check sectarianism KARACHI, Feb 6: The Pasban-i-Aza Pakistan (PAP) on Tuesday urged the government to constitute a task force to check sectarianism, religious fanaticism, extremism so that peace and harmony could be promoted in the society.... KARACHI: Composite exam schedule revised KARACHI, Feb 6: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, notified on Wednesday that the schedule for the acceptance of enrolment/registration forms for SSC (Composite) Annual Examination 2008 (regular/private candidate) for Science and General groups has been revised.... KARACHI: Joint survey of katchi abadis ordered KARACHI, Feb 6: Sindh Minister for Local Government Mohammad Hussain has directed the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (SKAA), City District Government Karachi (CDGK) and Board of Revenue (BoR) to conduct joint... KARACHI: London’s lord mayor in city KARACHI, Feb 6: The Lord Mayor of the City of London John Stuttard is in the city at the head of a business delegation. The delegation includes representatives of key international... KARACHI: Strict security for by-poll ordered Karachi, Feb 6: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Jehangir Mirza Tuesday directed the CCPO Karachi and RPO Hyderabad to take strict security measures to maintain law and order situation and... KARACHI: Protest demos today KARACHI, Feb 6: Aurat Foundation, Women’s Action Forum, Citizens Action Committee for Women Rights and other civil society organisations will hold protest demonstrations across Sindh against the renewed incidents of gang-rapes... KARACHI: Sindh to have more engg varsities KARACHI, Feb 6: The Higher Education Commission, in the first phase, will set up engineering universities in Sindh with the collaboration of France, Italy and South Korea.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Feb 6: The Met office has forecast fair and partly cloudy weather with misty morning for the city on Wednesday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 20 and 22 degrees Centigrade.... HYDERABAD: ARD warns against taking part in polls under Musharraf HYDERABAD, Feb 6: Secretary General of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy Zafar Iqbal Jhagra has said that political parties should not repeat the mistake of taking part in general elections... LARKANA: Fresh probe into police torture case LARKANA, Feb 6: The SSP crime, Sukkur, Abdul Ahad Sangri, on Tuesday restarted inquiry into an incident of chopping off sensitive part of a cook, Hazoor Bakhsh Malik, in the lock up of the Market police station.... HYDERABAD: Thinkers’ group suggests 170 amendments to Constitution HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF), a civil society group of intellectuals, technocrats and thinkers, has suggested 170 amendments to the country’s constitution for the restoration of provincial autonomy.... NAWABSHAH: PPP MPA’s bus set on fire NAWABSHAH, Feb 6: Unknown miscreants set ablaze a passenger bus owned by a People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA on Katchehry Road on Tuesday.... NAWABSHAH: Boy dies after falling into manhole NAWABSHAH, Feb 6: Hundreds of people took to streets and blocked Daur link road in protest against taluka municipal administration (TMA) after a two-year-old boy Zeeshan Malik fell into an uncovered manhole in Taj Colony and died on Tuesday.... JACOBABAD: Three shot dead JACOBABAD, Feb 6: A woman, her daughter and another man apparently fell victim to revenge-killing in the Kacho Budhi village near Kandhkot on Tuesday.... DADU: Protest DADU, Feb 6: Farmers from Solangi village, Johi taluka, took out a procession on Tuesday to protest against the in-charge of investigation wing of Johi police and his brothers... PESHAWAR: Post-mortem not performed at night despite orders PESHAWAR, Feb 6: Doctors at the government-run hospitals are reluctant to perform the post-mortem examinations at night owing to lack of security arrangements, leaving the mourning heirs of the dead to wait till the next day, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Machinery taken away from closed factories PESHAWAR, Feb 6: Two government-owned industrial units were looted in Spin Kai Raghzai area in South Waziristan Agency, official sources said....

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