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February 16, 2007 Friday Muharram 27, 1428 KARACHI: Milk-sellers move high court on price issue KARACHI, Feb 15: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the city, provincial and federal governments and milk producers for February 20 in a petition moved by retailers against the fixation... KARACHI: Smoking ban to be strictly enforced KARACHI, Feb 15: Provincial government’s anti-smoking task force on Thursday resolved that there would be a complete ban on sale of cigarette in areas surrounding educational institutions.... KARACHI: Sindh govt web portal launched KARACHI, Feb 15: The official web portal of the Sindh government ‘www.sindh.gov.pk’ was launched here on Thursday which would facilitate to establish link between people and the government.... KARACHI: Two commit suicide; four killed in accidents KARACHI, Feb 15: Two women committed suicide and four people were killed in separate traffic accidents in parts of the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Swiss firms ready to invest in city: Kamal invited to Zurich, Geneva KARACHI, Feb 15: The Swiss Federal Under-Secretary of Economics Monika Ruhl Burzi called on City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal at his office on Thursday.... KARACHI: Dawn Education Expo 2007 KARACHI, Feb 15: The 4th Annual Education Expo 2007 is scheduled to be held at Karachi Expo Centre from February 17th and 18th from noon till 7:00pm.... KARACHI: Protest against water crisis planned KARACHI, Feb 15: The villagers in Gabopat Union Council area will organise a protest march on February 17 against perennial water shortage in their locality. The march will begin from the UC office and terminate at the Keamari Town office.... PESHAWAR: Investment needs peace: Czech envoy PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Czech Ambassador Alexander Langer on Thursday described security as the major cause which had restricted foreign investors from investing in the NWFP and its adjoining tribal belt.... PESHAWAR: Decision on new NWFP name soon: minister PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Renaming of a province is the constitutional right of the NWFP government and soon a decision will be taken to give the province a new name.... KARACHI: Mother accuses hospital of negligence KARACHI, Feb 15: Appearing not satisfied with the overall treatment given to their young ward, an epilepsy patient at a private hospital, his guardians on Thursday demanded a high-level investigation into the matter.At... KARACHI: Gurya ka ghar staged KARACHI, Feb 15: With only four characters and two stagehands, director-script writer Anwar Jafri presented an impressive two-act play `Gurya Ka Ghar’ based on Henrik Ibsen’s Scandinavian play `A Doll’s House’.... KARACHI: 35pc opt for family planning: expert KARACHI, Feb 15: With 66 per cent of the population earning less than $2 a day, surge in the population rate was a major concern for the nation.... KARACHI: Professionalism with cultural touch urged KARACHI, Feb 15: The vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi, Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, on Thursday said the Pakistani society significantly needed professionals with perspective based on the betterment of... KARACHI: Orthopaedics be taught separately, say experts KARACHI, Feb 15: Most of the students of medicine are not aware of the basic techniques and lack the sufficient knowledge about orthopaedics as the subject is not taught separately.... KARACHI: Kashmir arts and crafts exhibition KARACHI, Feb 15: Special exhibition on Arts and Crafts of Kashmir is under way in the National Museum open daily from 10am to 5pm.... KARACHI: Moot on PCR techniques KARACHI, Feb 15: A two-day workshop on the uses of PCR techniques for the benefit of doctors and medical students is being held at the City Government Leprosy Hospital, Manghopir on February 19 and 20.... KARACHI: Saarclaw conference Karachi, Feb 15: The 12th Saarclaw Conference will be held here from March 23 to 25.... KARACHI: Special ramp not of world standard: Shehri KARACHI, Feb 15: A spokesman for Shehri, citizens for a better environment, has said that the special ramp for the elderly and physically challenged people, especially those using wheelchairs built on... KARACHI: SPLA seeks teachers appointment KARACHI, Feb 15: Sindh Professors and Lectures Association while expressing concern over the scarcity of teachers demanded the appointment of lecturers against vacant posts by meeting legal requirements.... KARACHI: Evening with Fehmida Riaz KARACHI, Feb 15: The Karachi Press Club’s literary committee and the Women Action Forum will celebrate an evening with eminent poet Fehmida Riaz at the Karachi Press Club on Friday at 5: 30pm, said a statement issued by the KPC.... KARACHI: Two dacoits held after shootout KARACHI, Feb 15: Two suspected robbers were arrested red-handed on Thursday after a shootout with police in Quaidabad.... KARACHI: Right of way on LEW be ensured: Ibad KARACHI, Feb 15: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad directed the concerned department to ensure availability of the right of way on south-bound of the Lyari Expressway by the end of this month so that construction work should be taken in hand.... KARACHI: IGP told to probe threats KARACHI, Feb 15: The Sindh High Court asked the inspector-general of police and the Sindh Bar Council to investigate the threats allegedly made by a lawyer against a court-appointed counsel in a terrorism appeal.... KARACHI: CPLC chief appointed KARACHI, Feb 15: Sharfuddin Memon was notified as chief of the Citizen-Police Liaison Committee for another three years by the Sindh Home Department here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, Feb 15: Ahmed Pervez, brother-in-law of Tanvir Ahmed, assistant editor of Dawn, died on Thursday night.... HYDERABAD: More funds urged for agriculture research HYDERABAD, Feb 15: The Sindh Assembly''s standing committee on food and agriculture has called for more funds for research work at the agriculture research institutes in the province.... HYDERABAD: STP opposes creation of new provinces HYDERABAD, Feb 15: Sindh Taraqqi-Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has opposed the proposed creation of new provinces and said that the proposal has been mooted by the powers that be to complete the agenda of an ethnic group.... HYDERABAD: Jamaat to hold Save Hyderabad rally on 25th HYDERABAD, Feb 15: The Hyderabad chapter of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) would organise a "Save Hyderabad Rally" on February 25 and a convention in the first week of March to protest against worsening... HYDERABAD: Official accused of hindering PhD plan HYDERABAD, Feb 15: A group of students of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences staged a demonstration outside the press club on Thursday against the director (research) of the... PESHAWAR: Charity body to cost NWFP govt Rs22m PESHAWAR, Feb 15: The recently-established Tanzeem Lissail Wal Mahroom -- an organisation for the indigent and dispossessed -- will cost Rs22 million to the cash-strapped Frontier province over three years.... PESHAWAR: UC nazim held in kidnapping case PESHAWAR, Feb 15: A union council nazim was arrested here on Thursday after his application for pre-arrest bail in a kidnapping case was dismissed by an additional district and sessions judge.... PESHAWAR: Joint efforts urged to boost pheasant farming PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Speakers at a national seminar here on Thursday stressed the need for joint efforts by stakeholders to promote pheasant farming in the country.... PESHAWAR: Jirga demands early release of newsman PESHAWAR, Feb 15: A joint journalists-cum-tribesmen jirga, struggling for the recovery of Sohail Qalandar, Resident Editor of daily Express, on Thursday condemned the arrests of poor tribesmen on the basis of... PESHAWAR: Monument in memory of Malik Saad PESHAWAR, Feb 15: A monument would be built at the City Development and Municipal Department (CD&MD) headquarters in memory of late CCPO Malik Saad.... PESHAWAR: Govt directed to trace head of religious school PESHAWAR, Feb 15: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the deputy attorney-general to trace the whereabouts of the head of a religious education institute, allegedly picked up by intelligence officials a month back.... PESHAWAR: Power supply disconnected PESHAWAR, Feb 15: The Tribal Electric Supply Company on Thursday removed transformers of three defaulted marble factories in the Mulagori area of Khyber Agency. It recovered Rs127,000 dues from three other industrial consumers....

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