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February 09, 2007 Friday Muharram 20, 1428 KARACHI: SHC admonishes KBCA, summons CCoB KARACHI, Feb 8: The Sindh High Court on Thursday admonished the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) for incompetence in three cases of building rules violations and asked the chief controller of... KARACHI: No EIA done on mega project KARACHI, Feb 8: The City District Government Karachi is all set to get the ground broken for a mega project, a 28kms long elevated expressway along Sharea Faisal from Jinnah Bridge... KARACHI: Musharraf to inaugurate signal-free corridor today KARACHI, Feb 8: President General Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate the city’s first signal-free corridor linking Sharea Faisal to Site Industrial Area on Friday.... KARACHI: EC teams to monitor polling, law & order KARACHI, Feb 8: The Election Commission has deputed its senior officers to observe the process of by-election for NA-250 Karachi and PS-71 Dadu being held on February 10.... KARACHI: Sindh govt’s indecision puts students in quandary KARACHI, Feb 8: The Sindh government’s indecisive attitude in implementing a composite examination system for Class IX and X is giving sleepless nights to nearly six hundred thousand students and their families.... KARACHI: Students oppose composite exam KARACHI, Feb 8: The students of various schools staged a demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club on Thursday to protest against the Sindh Education Minister’s decision of holding composite examination for class IX and X.... KARACHI: SHC orders CDGK to pay cost KARACHI, Feb 8: A division bench consisting of Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Faisal Arab asked the city district government to deposit with the SHC nazir Rs5,000 as costs for its failure to file a counter-affidavit in a petition.... HYDERABAD: One more arrest in Greesh murder case HYDERABAD, Feb 8: Police have held another member of the gang allegedly involved in the kidnapping and murder of Greesh Kumar whose remains were found in an abandoned house in Sachal... PESHAWAR: 24,000 families refuse polio vaccination PESHAWAR, Feb 8: Two women slip into the polio vaccination centre at the Khyber Teaching Hospital with a baby hidden under a shawl. They are scared and seem desperate to leave as soon as possible.... KOHAT: Work on 84 small reservoirs completed KOHAT, Feb 8: The Lachi Poverty Reduction Project (LPRP) has completed work on 84 small reservoirs for irrigation and drinking purposes overcoming the scarcity of water in the area.... KARACHI: For whom the bell will toll? KARACHI: The Feb 10 by-elections for the National Assembly seat, NA-250, will in effect be a triangular contest among the Pakistan People’s Party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.... KARACHI: Engg varsity plan in Hyderabad fails to take off KARACHI, Feb 8: The Higher Education Commission’s plan to set up a federal engineering/technology university in Hyderabad has failed to make any progress for want of land to build its campus at Ganju Takkar in the Gulistan-i-Sarmast Housing Scheme.... KARACHI: Sindh govt slammed over dam issue KARACHI, Feb 8: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday condemned the Sindh government for not protecting the rights of the province and even accepting the construction of the controversial Kalabagh Dam.... KARACHI: Headache be diagnosed and treated promptly KARACHI, Feb 8: Headache, which is emerging to be a major cause of disability, must be diagnosed and treated without any delay, said senior neurologist Prof Arif Harekar here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Scholar offers mediation KARACHI, Feb 8: Jamia Binoria Al-almia (Binoria University International) condemning the government on demolishing mosques and madressahs in Islamabad has offered to play the role of mediator between the government, Ulema and students resisting the demolition.... KARACHI: Storm-water drain project launched KARACHI, Feb 8: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal laid the foundation stone of a storm- water drain in Gulshan-i-Faisal, Bath Island, on Thursday. The estimated cost of the project is Rs90 million, to be completed within the next three months.... KARACHI: Films at Alliance KARACHI, Feb 8: The Cine Club of Alliance Francaise Karachi presents French Films every Wednesday evening at 8.30pm in the Conference Hall. The following films will be shown in February.... KARACHI: Milk price issue still not resolved KARACHI, Feb 8: Many retailers continue to charge Rs32 to Rs34 per litre for fresh milk against the official rate of Rs28 per litre. However, the retailers maintain they are charging Rs30 per litre.... KARACHI: MQM looks set to win NA-250 seat KARACHI, Feb 8: Although the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had lost the National Assembly seat, NA-250 Karachi-XII, in the 2002 general elections by a close margin to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), the MQM looks all set to win it this time.... KARACHI: MQM asks CJP to trace 28 missing workers KARACHI, Feb 8: MQM Chief Altaf Hussain addressing a public gathering, the last meeting in the run up to the NA250 by-elections, has called upon the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar... KARACHI: Phone snatchers shoot student KARACHI, Feb 8: A 16-year-old boy, student of class X, was shot and wounded by two cell phone snatchers on Thursday.... KARACHI: MMA boycotts by-election for NA-250 KARACHI, Feb 8: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday announced that it was boycotting the by-election for NA-250.... KARACHI: Power cuts continue KARACHI, Feb 8: Residents of numerous localities across the city suffered intermittent and prolonged power outages here on Thursday due to what the KESC claimed to be maintenance work.... KARACHI: PPP shows no-trust in EC KARACHI, Feb 8: The PPP candidate in the NA-250 by-election, Nafees Siddiqui, has expressed doubt over the Election Commission’s neutrality alleging that the EC is not only helpless but also in the control of the administration.... KARACHI: Road closure KARACHI, Feb 8: Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road from Shaheen Complex signal to S.M. Law College will be closed for vehicular traffic from Friday for laying a sewerage line by the city government, says an official statement.—APP... HYDERABAD: Thinkers’ forum calls for inducting Sindh youth into army HYDERABAD, Feb 8: The Institute of Sindh Affairs has demanded that elections for a constituent assembly be held to draft a new constitution for the country and the youth of Sindh be given representation in the army.... HYDERABAD: CM leads Kotri election rally HYDERABAD, Feb 8: Sindh Chief Minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim led an election rally in Jamshoro on Thursday, the last day of electioneering, in support of Pir Mujeeb Shah Jillani for... THATTA: MNA slams police action against pml office-bearer THATTA, Feb 8: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) MNA Syed Ayaz Ali Shah Shirazi on Thursday criticised police action against PML taluka president Abdul Latif Khatti, his relatives and haris, and demanded inquiry into the police conduct.... MIRPURKHAS: Employees not paid salaries for two years MIRPURKHAS, Feb 8: Dozens of employees of the Left Bank Outfall Drainage (LBOD) project staged a demonstration on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road on Thursday to protest over non-payment of their two-year salaries.... HYDERABAD: Court stops builders from construction HYDERABAD, Feb 8: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday restrained the owners of six commercial projects from constructing any further and stopped the Oversee Committee (OSC)... KHAIRPUR: 5 Tapedars suspended KHAIRPUR, Feb 8: The district officer (revenue) suspended five tapedars on Thursday for not depositing the amount of abiyana and arrears recovered by them from the growers.... LARKANA: Ambulance carrying body attacked LARKANA, Feb 8: An ambulance carrying a dead body from Karachi to Gaibidero was intercepted by a group of armed menin the jurisdiction of Drigh police station on Wednesday night.... KARACHI: Medical aid for rape victim ordered KARACHI, Feb 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the provincial home advisor and home secretary to shift a gang rape victim, Nasiban Labano, from Ubauro to a hospital in Karachi to provide her medical aid.... KARACHI: Rain may hit parts of Sindh today KARACHI, Feb 8: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy/cloudy weather in Sindh on Friday with chances of rain and thunderstorm and minimum temperature ranging between 19 and 21 degree centigrade.... LARKANA: Bilawal registered as voter LARKANA, Feb 8: Bliawal, son of Asif Zadari, who has attained the age of 18, was registered as a voter in the union council of Naudero.... PESHAWAR: Health officials likely to get more powers PESHAWAR, Feb 8: The provincial health department has planned to give administrative and financial autonomy to executive district officers (EDOs), health, of four districts on experimental basis with a view to bringing improvement in the health delivery system.... PESHAWAR: Widow challenges denial of martyr package PESHAWAR, Feb 8: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday put on notice the NWFP provincial police officer in a writ petition filed by the widow of a police official challenging the withdrawal of Shaheed Package announced by the DIG Mardan.... CHARSADDA: Soomro urges joint efforts against extremism CHARSADDA, Feb 8: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro has stressed the need for joint efforts against the rising trend of extremism in the country.... PESHAWAR: PHED may merge with local govt PESHAWAR, Feb 8: The NWFP government is mulling integrating the operations of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) with Local Government and Rural Development Department (LG&RDD) and rehabilitating its water supply network in the province.... PESHAWAR: Polio case detected in Nowshera PESHAWAR, Feb 8: The NWFP health department has detected the first polio case of 2007 in the province.... SWABI: Rulers serving US interest, says Imran SWABI, Feb 8: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Thursday accused the rulers of following the global agenda of the United States, which had pushed the country into crises.... HARIPUR: Woman kills herself HARIPUR, Feb 8: A mother of five children reportedly committed suicide following a petty dispute with her mother-in-law at Ghumawan village, some 25km off here, on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Schools built in quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Feb 8: A Turkish organisation has completed the construction of schools for children of the earthquake-hit areas, where most of the government schools collapsed in the Oct 8, 2005 earthquake.... LAKKI MARWAT: Three trucks hijacked LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 8: Armed men hijacked three container trucks on the Indus Highway within the Ghaznikhel police area on Thursday and drove them away. The vehicles were bound for Peshawar....

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