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February 22, 2007 Thursday Safar 4, 1428 KARACHI: 1,100 katchi abadis encroaching on government land KARACHI, Feb 21: The government has declared the 1,100 new katchi abadis set up in the city in the last few years as encroachments on government land, which will not be regularised, officials in the Katchi Abadi directorate said on Wednesday.... KARACHI: List of 98 land-grabbers released KARACHI, Feb 21: Sindh Revenue Minister Dr Irfan Gul Magsi has released a list of 98 persons who had either grabbed a piece of the state land or using one for... KARACHI: PPP starts preparations for general elections KARACHI, Feb 21: At a time when major opposition parties are busy formulating a common strategy to foil General Pervez Musharraf’s attempt to get himself re-elected as president through the incumbent... KARACHI: SHC restrains plaza’s auction: 8,547-square-yard plot KARACHI, Feb 21: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday restrained its official assignee from auctioning a plaza built on state land in execution of a decree in favour of a bank.... KARACHI: City council demands urgent passports: Samjhota Express tragedy KARACHI, Feb 21: The City Council has urged the government to provide passport facilities to the families passengers affected in the Samjhota Express blast at the earliest.... KARACHI: OT complex awaits power supply to go functional KARACHI, Feb 21: An operation theatre complex, completed under private-public partnership about four months ago at a cost of Rs150 million, is still not functional as electricity is not available, say Civil Hospital Karachi officials.... KARACHI: KWSB revenue increases by 200pc KARACHI, Feb 21: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said with the up-gradation of new revenue collection system an increase of 200 per cent has been recorded in the revenue of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board.... KARACHI: Lawyers stage sit-in on M.A. Jinnah Road KARACHI, Feb 21: The lawyers’ community staged a sit-in on M.A. Jinnah Road on Wednesday in protest against the killing of their colleagues and a judge in the Quetta suicide bomb blast last week.... KARACHI: Two labourers asphyxiated KARACHI, Feb 21: Two young labourers were asphyxiated by poisonous fumes in a crude oil carriage on Wednesday at an oil terminal near Gulshan-i-Hadeed. Their bodies were shifted to Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre.... KARACHI: Security plan KARACHI, Feb 21: Extraordinary security arrangements have been ordered for the three-day religious congregation being held under the auspices of Dawat-i-Islami from March 2 at Sehra-e-Madina, Super Highway.... KARACHI: ADB briefed about mega projects KARACHI, Feb 21: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said work on different schemes is in progress in the province with $600 million assistance of the Asian Development Bank... KARACHI: Govt urged to enforce ban on gutka, betel nuts KARACHI, Feb 21: Speakers at a seminar on cancer among children have urged the government to strictly enforce the ban on gutka and betel nuts because they were contributing a great deal in causing oral cancer among children.... KARACHI: Many people dream of uninterrupted power supply KARACHI, Feb 21: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failed to maintain uninterrupted power supply in various localities on Wednesday, as it resorted to load shedding for what the officials called up-gradation of local distribution network.... KARACHI: KBCA chief looks into allottees’ grievances KARACHI, Feb 21: The Chief Controller of Buildings, Karachi Building Control Authority, Mumtazur Rehman, has asked his subordinate officers to immediately implement the orders he was issuing at the open kutchehry, and not to ignore the same.He... KARACHI: Sessi seeks donors help in hepatitis prevention KARACHI, Feb 21: The Sindh Employee’s Social Security Institution has decided to move international donors to cooperate in providing protection against hepatitis to workers and their families in Sindh.... KARACHI: Mobile dispensary services introduced KARACHI, Feb 21: Sindh government is committed to strengthen public-private partnership in the health sector to provide quality health care facilities at the doorsteps of masses.This... KARACHI: End-stage kidney patients KARACHI, Feb 21: An estimated 15,000 end-stage kidney disease patients in Pakistan need dialysis or transplant each year. According to a conservative estimate, Rs200,000 per patient annually is required to help these people which makes the required budgetary allocation Rs288 million.... KARACHI: DAE exam forms KARACHI, Feb 21: Sindh Board of Technical Education has announcedthat the examination forms for Diploma of Associate Engineer (third year annual 2007) would be received latest by March 15.... KARACHI: Obituary KARACHI, Feb 21: Begum Razi Hameed Kamali, a prominent educationist and research scholar and wife of Professor A.H. Kamali, former director, Iqbal Academy, Karachi, has passed away.... KARACHI: LLB final supple exams KARACHI, Feb 21: Supplementary examination 2006 of Law in LLB (final) will start on February 27, the University of Karachi announced on Wednesday.Candidates have been advised to collect their admit cards and examination schedule from their respective colleges.—PPI... KARACHI: Group show at Canvas KARACHI, Feb 21: A group show of miniature artist starts at Canvas Gallery on February 22 from 5pm to 8pm. The participating artists are Amjad Ali Talpur, Aisha Raheem, Kiran Saeed and Sobia Ahmed.... KARACHI: Newsman grieved KARACHI, Feb 21: Kaniz Fatima, mother of APP Bureau Chief in Karachi Rashid Ali Khan, passed away here on Wednesday morning. She was 75. She leaves behind three sons and five daughters.... KARACHI: All steps for healthy environment ordered KARACHI, Feb 21: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has asked the city government to ensure protection of the plots earmarked for parks from encroachers and pay special attention be the rehabilitation... KARACHI: Petition against US consulate personnel KARACHI, Feb 21: A businessman, Mirza Aslam Baig, who had moved a writ petition for registration of a case against the security personnel of the American consulate for kidnapping, beating and confining him illegally on March 22, 2005, withdrew his petition.... KARACHI: Epilepsy case: govt forms body to probe KARACHI, Feb 21: The Sindh health department has formed a medical committee to look into the matter of alleged improper handling of a 15-year epilepsy patient at the Aga Khan University Hospital, it was learnt officially.... KARACHI: Baba Island gets health facility KARACHI, Feb 21: A multinational contribution – a 12-bed dispensary and a maternity health facility at Baba Island – the first ever on any of the six islands off Karachi coast,... KARACHI: Master plan for $68bn project finalised KARACHI, Feb 21: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday the master plan to develop a new city ‘Karachi Water Front Sugar Land City’ on 60,000 acres at Hawkesbay has been finalised.... KARACHI: Teacher’s brutal behaviour flayed KARACHI, Feb 21: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) on Wednesday expressed its concern over an incident in Badin where 11-year-old Atif Junejo had his finger broken during corporal punishment by a teacher.... KARACHI: Save Kidney Hill KARACHI: Shehri has been trying to save Kidney Hill, an amenity plot of park space in KCSH Union area The case is fixed for hearing in the high court on February 22nd 2007.... KARACHI: Mobile snatcher KARACHI, Feb 21: Police arrested an alleged bandit after encounter on Wednesday evening. Three bandits snatched a mobile phone from a citizen near Jubilee Cinema and fled.... HYDERABAD: Nadra asked to cut fee for birth certificate HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The district council on Wednesday urged the National Database and Registration Authority to review it fees structure for the issuance of computerised birth certificates and also make arrangements for issuing death certificates.... HYDERABAD: Harms of pesticide exposure underlined HYDERABAD, Feb 21: Prof Mushtaq A. Memon of Washington State University said on Wednesday that a study had showed that pesticides could harm not only the people who were directly exposed to this environmental toxin but also their offspring.... HYDERABAD: Growers protest against minister, MPA HYDERABAD, Feb 21: Scores of growers staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club on Wednesday against a federal minister and his MPA brother for allegedly ejecting them from their land.... MIRPURKHAS: Dissolution of Zakat bodies urged MIRPURKHAS, Feb 21: The district council has alleged that taluka and local Zakat committees in the district are involved in corruption and favouritism, depriving deserving people of Zakat funds, and called... HYDERABAD: LUMHS holds workshop HYDERABAD, Feb 21: The department of neurosurgery, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, on Wednesday organized a hands-on workshop on "Pedicle Screws" in connection with its fifth annual international conference schedule to be held on February 24.... PESHAWAR: PHC reserves verdict on plea against admission test PESHAWAR, Feb 21: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a writ petition challenging the holding of entrance test for admission to the Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI).... PESHAWAR: Master plan for tourism soon, says minister PESHAWAR, Feb 21: The NWFP government has decided to prepare a master plan for the development of tourist and scenic areas and allocate maximum resources in the next annual budget to... PESHAWAR: Jarma land issue to be resolved: Kanju PESHAWAR, Feb 21: NWFP Minister for Science, IT and Sports Hussain Ahmad Kanju on Wednesday assured the residents of Jarma, Kohat, that the decades-old state land issue of Jarma and proprietary rights for its dwellers would be resolved on priority.... PESHAWAR: Asfandyar condemns minister’s killing PESHAWAR, Feb 21: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfandyar Wali Khan has condemned the killing of Punjab Social Welfare Minister Zille Huma and urged the government to take steps to curb extremism.... PESHAWAR: Bajaur blast victim dies PESHAWAR, Feb 21: A health worker, who was injured in a bomb blast in the Salarzai area of Bajaur Agency on Friday, died at a hospital here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Age limit raised PESHAWAR, Feb 21: The provincial government has increased by five years the upper age limit for recruitment as police constables. According to a handout issued by the chief minister here on... PESHAWAR: MA previous results PESHAWAR, Feb 21: The University of Peshawar has declared results of the annual examination of MA journalism (previous) held in 2006....

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