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February 15, 2007 Thursday Muharram 26, 1428 KARACHI: ARD rally demands new election commission KARACHI, Feb 14: The participants of an Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) rally organised on Wednesday, protested against what they alleged was rigging in the February 10 by-election.... KARACHI: Court can’t set deadline for switching to Urdu KARACHI, Feb 14: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Faisal Arab disposed of a writ petition for adoption of Urdu as the... KARACHI: Raped girl in severe trauma: CHK officials KARACHI, Feb 14: Naseema Labano, a teenage girl of Ubaro town of District Ghotki, who was gang raped, was flown to Karachi late Tuesday night and admitted to Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) on Wednesday, officials told Dawn.... KARACHI: Air, water pollution at alarming level KARACHI, Feb 14: The Vice-Chancellor of the Dow University of Health Science, Professor Masood Hameed Khan, has said that environmental pollution and water contamination problems prevail in a serious proportion both... KARACHI: French, Pakistan navies exercise KARACHI, Feb 14: The French navy will carry out a week-long exercise with Pakistan Navy next month.... KARACHI: Ordinance KARACHI, Feb 14: The Sindh governor has promulgated the Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Ordinance-2007.... KARACHI: Sherry Rehman faints KARACHI, Feb 14: The Central Information Secretary of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Sherry Rehman, was hospitalised on Wednesday after she fell unconscious during the rally staged by the Alliance for... KARACHI: Qatar plans to invest $7bn KARACHI, Feb 14: Entrepreneurs from Qatar plan to invest seven billion dollars in different projects in Karachi including five star hotels, modern shopping plazas, residential and offices buildings, 47 stories IT tower, mass corridors and cement plant.... PESHAWAR: PHC asks govt to make law banning re-entry of convicts: Drug trafficking by foreigners PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday asked the federal government to ban the re-entry of foreigners convicted in drug trafficking.... PESHAWAR: WB urges NWFP to create special cadres for staff PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The World Bank has asked the NWFP government to create special cadres for employees of district and tehsil level departments by December.... KARACHI: Exam controversy ends: but temporarily… FINALLY, a decision has been taken. Governor Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ebad exercising his right as the Controlling Authority of all examination conducting boards within Sindh has ordered the continuation of separate... KARACHI: Officials being trained to ensure balanced planning KARACHI, Feb 14: Senior planning officials including secretaries, district coordination officers and section heads of all departments are being trained under the UNDP project ‘Gender Mainstreaming’ to enable them put an equal focus on women while planning development projects.... KARACHI: Overflowing sewage ruins road in Keamari KARACHI, Feb 14: The inhabitants of areas around the port health department offices in Keamari have expressed their deep concern over the unhygienic conditions in their localities.... KARACHI: Decision for resumption of Thar Express lauded KARACHI, Feb 14: The Pakistan-India People''s Forum for Peace and Democracy on Wednesday appreciated the decision about resuming Thar Express’s operation after a six-month break. In a statement issued here, it... KARACHI: Out-of-order phone lines irk patients: Lyari General Hospital KARACHI, Feb 14: The Lyari General Hospital’s telephone exchange is not functioning properly since two months.... KARACHI: Modern arms for excise police KARACHI, Feb 14: The Sindh government has placed an order with the ordnance factory for the supply of sophisticated weapons meant for police department, which is supposed to launch a major... KARACHI: Govt appeal in promotion case admitted KARACHI, Feb 14: The Supreme Court admitted on Tuesday, a federal government appeal against a Sindh High Court order for reconsideration of the promotion cases of three income tax department officers.... KARACHI: Education development centre KARACHI, Feb 14: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal will inaugurate a Town Education Development Center (TEDC) on the premises of the Gulbai High School, Liaquatabad, on Friday.... KARACHI: DMG team calls on Tiwana KARACHI, Feb 14: The government is promoting a culture of efficient and participation decision making in which government officials have an important role. Good governance is not possible without transparency and commitment to public service.... KARACHI: Gurya Ka Ghar at arts council Tehreek-e-Niswan’s 32nd theatre production, Gurya Ka Ghar, based on Henrik Ibsen’s classic “A Doll’s House” (1879) opens today, Thursday, Feb. 15, Council auditorium at 6pm.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Feb 14: Met office has forecast a fair weather in the city for the next 24 hours. The minimum temperature will remain in the range of 15 to 17 degrees centigrade on Thursday.... KARACHI: Humility key to sufism: Abida KARACHI, Feb 14: Sufi music icon Abida Parveen has said Sufism is a system based on selfless love practised by saints and faqirs to get connected to the Omnipotent and Sufi... KARACHI: Man, woman commit suicide KARACHI, Feb 14: The body of a 50-year-old man was found in a gunny bag in Liaquatabad and two people, including a 26-year-old married woman, committed suicide in different parts of the city.... KARACHI: Power cuts in many areas continue KARACHI, Feb 14: Residents of various localities in the city complained of disruption in power supply on Wednesday while the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation continued with its system improvement work.... KARACHI: Russia chancery observes foreign service day KARACHI, Feb 14: The Consul General of the Russian Federation in Karachi Mr Vladmir Seliverstov held a reception to commemorate the founding of the Russian Foreign Service.... KARACHI: Decision on exams widely hailed KARACHI, Feb 14: People from different walks of life have appreciated the Sindh governor’s decision to defer the implementation of composite examination system for classes IX and X, saying that the decision has brought weeks of uncertainty to an end.... HYDERABAD: JSSF warns of protest drive: Lack of facilities at MUET HYDERABAD, Feb 14: The Jeay Sindh Students’ Federation, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology unit, has accused the university administration of malpractices and warned that if its 22-point charter of demand... HYDERABAD: Another varsity sought HYDERABAD, Feb 14: Activists of Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba (IJT) on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club demanding the establishment of a separate "city university" in Hyderabad.... PESHAWAR: Journalists hold demo for Sami, Qalandar PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The journalist community held a demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday, demanding immediate release of Al Jazeera photojournalist Sami Mohiuddin, who has been detained at the... PESHAWAR: Registration of TB patients ordered PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The NWFP health department has directed registration of tuberculosis patients so they can be provided with free diagnostic and treatment services.... PESHAWAR: Paramedical degree course planned PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The provincial health department had decided to strengthen public and private sector paramedical training institutes, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Marble city to be set up in Fata PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC) and the Fata Development Authority (FDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a marble city in Fata.... PESHAWAR: PPP won’t ‘tolerate rigging’ in polls PESHAWAR, Feb 14: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Wednesday said it would not allow the government to repeat the rigging during general elections on the pattern of the mid-term polls recently held in Karachi and Jamshoro.... PESHAWAR: Man demands release of son PESHAWAR, Feb 14: A man has accused the political administration of Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency, of kidnapping his son to ‘force’ the family to withdraw an FIR they had registered some months ago against four kidnappers.... LANDI KOTAL: 21 arrested under FCR LANDI KOTAL, Feb 14: The political authorities on Wednesday arrested 21 people of the Shalobar tribe under the collective responsibility law of the Frontier Crimes Regulation in Bara, Khyber Agency, officials and residents said.... PESHAWAR: Order to help rain-hit people PESHAWAR, Feb 14: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has directed the district governments in the province to provide maximum help to the rain-affected families and calling upon the people to remain clam and face the situation with courage....

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