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February 17, 2007 Saturday Muharram 28, 1428 KARACHI: Ordinance for consumers protection promulgated KARACHI, Feb 16: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad promulgated “The Sindh Consumers Protection Ordinance-2007” on Friday which has come into force at once.... KARACHI: Strict curbs on quick-fix drugs demanded: Govt, media apprised of hazards KARACHI, Feb 16: The College of Family Medicine Pakistan has apprehended that government’s indifference to unlicensed sale and marketing of quick-fix medicines and ‘magic herbs’ may become a cause of harm to public health.... KARACHI: One track of Sohrab Goth flyover opened KARACHI, Feb 16: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan along with City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal inaugurated one track of Sohrab Goth Flyover worth Rs570 million late Thursday night.... KARACHI: Cop killed in attempted robbery KARACHI, Feb 16: A police constable was shot dead on Friday by three bandits in a bungled robbery at a post office in Landhi.... KARACHI: KBCA asked to seal unoccupied flats KARACHI, Feb 16: The Sindh High Court has directed the Karachi Building Control Authority on Friday to seal unoccupied apartments of an unauthorised building in Garden East and take action against... PESHAWAR: WHO to study tobacco farming hazards PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The World Health Organisation has started a survey in the tobacco-producing districts to ascertain their income from tobacco and the health hazards associated with the crop.... KARACHI: Policemen’s salaries to be raised KARACHI, Feb 16: Sindh Home Adviser Wasim Akhtar has said that efforts are being made to enhance the salaries of police personnel and provide them residential and medical facilities.... KARACHI: Death record KARACHI, Feb 16: The National Database and Registration Authority has urged the people to report the death of their deceased relatives so that death record could be updated.... KARACHI: Excavation around Al-Aqsa slammed KARACHI, Feb 16: Speakers at a demonstration condemning Israel’s excavation activities around the Al-Aqsa Mosque demanded that the Pakistan government should take appropriate steps to stop the proposed demolition of the third most sacred site of Muslims.... KARACHI: Clifton board sets up 14 purification plants KARACHI, Feb 15: The Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) has installed 14 water purification plants at an estimated cost of Rs9 million. These plants which are state of the art will provide potable water to area residents without charge.... KARACHI: City govt schools teachers, students to clean classes daily KARACHI, Feb 16: All 3,000 government schools of the city will set aside 20 minutes daily for cleanliness during which teachers and students will clean their classrooms and surroundings, said City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Friday.... KARACHI: 300kg heroin seized KARACHI, Feb 16: The Anti-Narcotics Force seized 300 kilograms heroin on Friday and arrested four suspected drug traffickers. The ANF officials said the contraband drug was seized after a raid in Model Colony.... KARACHI: Composite dialogue yielding result KARACHI, Feb 16: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, said on Friday that owing to initiatives for composite dialogue with India, the trust deficit between the two countries was narrowing down and hoped it would yield result.... LAHORE: Ruling party set to win polls: Punjab governor LAHORE, Feb 16: Punjab Governor Lieutenant General (rtd) Khalid Maqbool has said that government has performed well during the last seven years due to which the economic condition of the masses... KARACHI: Renewable energy to help end crisis: CM KARACHI, Feb 16: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said the government believes that power shortage is a big impediment in the way of country’s progress.... KARACHI: Prof Sarwar Naseem passes away KARACHI, Feb 16: The general secretary of the Karachi University Teachers’ Society (KUTS) and an associate professor at the KU’s Department of Mass Communication, Prof Sarwar Naseem, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday night.... KARACHI: Protest against demolition plan KARACHI, Feb 16: Speakers at a protest demo on Friday condemning the government’s plan to demolish the mosques and madressah under the garb of constructing the Lyari Expressway warned that if... KARACHI: PPP, PML-N heads inquire about Sherry’s health KARACHI, Feb 16: PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and her spouse, Asif Ali Zardari, on Friday phoned the the party’s Central Information Secretary Sherry Rehman and inquired about her health.... KARACHI: Anti-polio drive in Saddar KARACHI, Feb 16: The elected representatives would join hands with the Saddar town administration in carrying out an anti-polio drive from February 20 to 22.... KARACHI: DHA board approves cul-de-sacs KARACHI, Feb 16: A meeting of DHA Executive Board presided over by Commander V-Corps and President Executive Board DHA Lt-Gen Ahsan Azhar Hayat was held at Defence Housing Authority’s main office on Thursday.... KARACHI: Life’s journeys at V.M. Art gallery KARACHI, Feb 16: Opening reception of the exhibition “Life Journeys” by Tara Sabarwal an artist from New York opens at V.M. Art gallery on Saturday, February 17, at 6pm.... KARACHI: Defamation suit hearing adjourned KARACHI, Feb 16: The Sindh High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing of a defamation suit instituted by PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto against former accountability chief Saifur Rehman Khan to enable her to record her statement.... KARACHI: Power failures continue KARACHI, Feb 16: Residents of different areas complained of power suspensions on Friday due to what the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation described as upgradation of local distribution network and repair work.... KARACHI: MQM wants empowerment of women KARACHI, Feb 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said his party wants women empowerment by striving for their due rights.... KARACHI: Fehmida renders Rumi’s verses KARACHI, Feb 16: The Literary Committee of the Karachi Press Club and the Women’s Action Forum organised an evening with eminent poetess Fehmida Riaz at the KPC’s lawn on Friday.... KARACHI: Demo held KARACHI, Feb 16: Speakers at a demo on Friday organised by the Markazi Jamaat Ahle Sunnat at the Press Club demanded that all those involved in the Nishtar Park bomb blast be arrested, tried and punished immediately.... HYDERABAD: Implementation of labour laws urged HYDERABAD, Feb 16: The secretary general of the All-Pakistan Trade Unions Organisations (APTUO) Ghulam Sarwar Chandio has urged the government to implement labour laws in letter and spirit and ensure that... HYDERABAD: Kainat tells court she is unmarried HYDERABAD, Feb 16: A teenage girl told a single bench of Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Friday that she had been subjected to rape by four men including the petitioner, who claimed to be her husband.... HYDERABAD: Bail denied HYDERABAD, Feb 16: Justice Sajjad Ali Shah of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad Circuit bench, on Friday rejected bail application of three police officials in the murder case of Rasool Bux... KHAIRPUR: Charges filed against 12 men in jirga case KHAIRPUR, Feb 16: The court of civil judge and first judicial magistrate on Friday pressed charges against 12 people including chief of Shaikh community for holding a jirga, which declared two... MIRPURKHAS: Sindh wants control over historical sites MIRPURKHAS, Feb 16: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Rauf Ahmed Siddiqi has said that the Sindh government has asked the federal government to hand it over historic sites of the province.... LARKANA: Anwar Pirzado Academy formed LARKANA, Feb 16: Chehlum of renowned writer Anwar Pirzado was observed in Balhreji near Moenjodaro on Friday. An academy was formed on the occasion to publish his unpublished works.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Jobless youth sets himself on fire NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 16: A jobless youth suffered severe burn injuries after he tried to commit self-immolation in a village near Kandiaro on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Journalists to boycott official functions PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The journalist community in the province has decided to boycott official press conferences in protest against the government’s failure to recover Sohail Qalandar, Resident Editor of daily Express, and his friend Niaz Mohammad, missing since January 2.... PESHAWAR: Traders want 15 hijacked lorries of NLC recovered PESHAWAR, Feb 16: Traders involved in the Pak-Afghan transit trade have demanded early recovery of 15 lorries of the National Logistic Cell (NLC) reportedly hijacked last week by unidentified armed men in Gambela, an area of Lakki Marwat.... PESHAWAR: Gas supply to seven UCs inaugurated PESHAWAR, Feb 16: Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam on Friday inaugurated gas supply to seven union councils near Peshawar city. These union councils included Surezai, Musazai, Mera Kachori, Banda Kachori, Urmar Bala, Urmar Miana and Urmar Payan....

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