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March 01, 2007 Thursday Safar 11, 1428 KARACHI: Last dengue outbreak cost Sindh, city heavily KARACHI, Feb 28: The dengue epidemic outbreak, which prevailed for about six months in the city last year, not only affected 4,750 individuals and claimed 50 lives, but also left behind... KARACHI: SHC convicts revenue board member: Contempt of court KARACHI, Feb 28: Justice Gulzar Ahmed of the Sindh High Court convicted the land utilisation member of the provincial board of revenue of contempt and sentenced him till the rising of the court on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Solar, lunar eclipses this month KARACHI, Feb 28: A solar and a lunar eclipse will occur in the month of March and both will be visible in the country.... KARACHI: Land mafia eyeing govt schools KARACHI, Feb 28: The officials of an NGO, Sparc Karachi have alleged that the shifting of old educational institutions of Karachi and selling their premises to the land-mafia for commercial purposes is detrimental to education and our future generations.... KARACHI: Three Al Qaeda suspects given in judicial custody KARACHI, Feb 28: Court of Judicial Magistrate East, Ganhwar Khan Gadehi, on Wednesday sent three Al Qaeda suspects to jail till March 2.... KARACHI: Amar Jaleel gets KPC’s life membership KARACHI, Feb 28: Renowned fiction writer of Sindh, Amar Jaleel, was conferred with the life membership of the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday.... KARACHI: SHC seeks explanation from FIA, builder: KBCA bribe case KARACHI, Feb 28: Justice Maqbool Baqar of the Sindh High Court asked the Federal Investigation Agency and a builder to clarify whether he paid Rs25,000 as bribe to an assistant controller buildings of the Karachi Building Control Authority.... HYDERABAD: Expulsion of extortionists from SAU sought HYDERABAD, Feb 28: An uncle of Majid Rajput, a student of the Sindh Agriculture University, who was recently murdered, has appealed to the authorities to order an inquiry by three judges... PESHAWAR: NWFP Assembly condemns suicide bombings PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The NWFP Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning recent suicide bombings in the province and the firebombing of the Samjhota Express in India.... PESHAWAR: Steps taken to protect Kalash relics PESHAWAR, Feb 28: NWFP Chief Secretary Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi has ordered that effective measures be taken to protect Kalash’s shrines and structures and stop construction work by outsiders in the valley.... KARACHI: Park not yet open for public KARACHI, Feb 28: The picturesque Bagh Ibne Qasim, which was officially opened by President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, will open its gates for the public sometime next week.... KARACHI: Class IX exam from May 15 KARACHI, Feb 28: The Academic Committee of the Secondary Board of Education in Karachi on Wednesday decided the examination for class nine will start from May 15.... KARACHI: Sculpture removed for parking: DHA KARACHI, Feb 28: The Defence Housing Authority on Wednesday said one of the 13 sculptures created by Anjum Ayaz and placed at Seaview had been removed by the authority’s officials to make a parking space.... KARACHI: Steps being taken to check menace KARACHI, Feb 28: Sindh health minister, Syed Sardar Ahmed has said the government will take every step to protect the people in the province from dengue fever mosquitoes.... KARACHI: Whirling Dervishes at arts council KARACHI, Feb 28: The Rumi Forum is a Turkish based international forum, which works to promote inter-faith and international dialogue, peace and tolerance as a tool of human and social development for the Pakistani people.... KARACHI: Larkana show termed govt employees’ gathering KARACHI, Feb 28: The Pakistan People’s Party has claimed that General Pervez Musharraf and his associates were systematically involving government employees in politics and this was bound to shatter people’s aspiration of seeing democracy to prevail in the country.... KARACHI: Reproductive health training KARACHI, Feb 28: The Aga Khan University in a two-week workshop has trained 43 health professionals on reproductive health issues, under a programme supported by UNFPA and other international and national establishments, recently.... KARACHI: Mubarak Village gets water tank KARACHI, Feb 28: An overhead water tank built in Mubarak Village, Keamari Town was inaugurated by Sindh Minister for Culture Abdul Rauf Siddiqui on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: PAC feels performance of AG Sindh dept best KARACHI, Feb 28: The Chairman Public Accounts Committee of the Sindh Assembly, Jam Madad Ali has termed the performance of the Accountant General Sindh as the best brought before the PAC compared to all other departments in Sindh.... KARACHI: Encroachments in Saddar removed KARACHI, Feb 28: The staff of land department launched a big operation in an area around the City Courts and Campbell Street, impounding 18 junk vehicles on the directive of Saddar Town Nazim Mohammed Dilawar.... KARACHI: SSGC fails to check leakages KARACHI, Feb 28: Residents of Gul Raana Colony, Soldier Bazaar, have complained of leakages in a gas pipeline and said the SSGC officials had failed to rectify the faults despite repeated complaints lodged with them.... KARACHI: Clash at KU condemned KARACHI, Feb 28: The Imamia Students’ Organisation on Wednesday condemned the students’ clash at the University of Karachi and observed that it was a part of global conspiracy being hatched against Muslims.... KARACHI: Medical camp KARACHI, Feb 28: A medical and awareness camp will be set up by the Medical Aid Committee of the Arts Council at its premises here from 10am to 3pm on Saturday (March 3).... KARACHI: Customs’ new system KARACHI, Feb 28: A new electronic system for the clearance of passengers unaccompanied baggage and import cargo has been introduced, at the airfreight unit at Karachi .... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, Feb 28: The met office has forecast partly cloudy weather with minimum temperature expected between 19 and 21 degrees Centigrade on Thursday.—APP... KARACHI: Housing facility KARACHI, Feb 28: Chairman of the SESSI Adil Siddiqui chaired its 172nd meeting and called for housing facilities for SESSI employees on ownership basis. A three-member committee was formed for the purpose.—APP... KARACHI: Unannounced load shedding order of the day KARACHI, Feb 28: Unannounced load shedding, particularly in evening hours, has become order of the day while the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation is yet to complete the renovation of two units... KARACHI: KU abandons policy of condoning failure KARACHI, Feb 28: The acting controller of examination of Karachi University has informed the students that according to the decision of academic council, the facilities of ‘division raised’ and ‘failure condone’ were abandoned for professional examinations.... KARACHI: SC admits Begum Salma’s petition KARACHI, Feb 28: The Supreme Court admitted on Wednesday a petition for leave to appeal moved by Begum Salma Ahmad, chairperson of the Pakistan Association of Women Entrepreneurs, and stayed accountability court proceedings in a reference against her.... KARACHI: First CDGK toll-free call centre soon KARACHI, Feb 28: The City District Government Karachi is setting up the first computerised toll-free call center with the name of “Citizen Complain Information Centre” where people would be able to lodge their complaints any time round the clock.... KARACHI: Kidnappers’ gang busted KARACHI, Feb 28: Anti-violent Crime Cell of police smashed a gang involved in several cases of kidnapping for ransom, and arrested three of its members, including a sector in-charge of the Sunni Tehrik.... KARACHI: Narcotics back in Lyari KARACHI, Feb 28: Drug peddlers have resumed their nefarious activities in parts of Lyari. Abject poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, lack of civic amenities and years of neglect turned Lyari into a breeding... KARACHI: Telephone connections KARACHI, Feb 28: New fixed line telephone connections are available on receipt of one telephone call in Defence Housing Authority, where ever technically possible. This was said by Senior Engineer A/N (Operation) Defence Exchange Karachi, Mr Waseem Abdi.... KARACHI: Vehicles KARACHI, Feb 28: The Anti-car lifting Cell (ACLC) of the Capital City Police smashed four gangs of vehicle snatchers and thieves and seized 357 vehicles – 183 cars and 164 bikes – during February.... HYDERABAD: Property registration offices HYDERABAD, Feb 28: The revenue secretary, exercising powers vested in him under section 5 of the Registration Act 1908, has notified the jurisdiction of district and sub-district registration limits of... HYDERABAD: Scholar claims developing method of treating cancer HYDERABAD, Feb 28: Research scholar Ghulam Murtaza Arain has claimed to have developed a new method for treating various types of cancer and providing immediate relief to patients.... PESHAWAR: Exporters slam increase in charges PESHAWAR, Feb 28: Commercial exporters have expressed reservations over what they call unreasonable increase in terminal handling charges by various shipping and forwarding companies and demanded immediate intervention of the government.... PESHAWAR: Hepatitis patients to get free treatment PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The National Programme for Prevention and Control of hepatitis is ascertaining the number of hepatitis patients in the province with a view to provide them free treatment facilities, sources said.... PESHAWAR: Plan prepared for refugee repatriation PESHAWAR, Feb 28: A plan has been prepared for repatriation of Afghan refugees. The repatriation will begin from March 1 and continue till the end of 2007.... PESHAWAR: Journalists’ entry restricted PESHAWAR, Feb 28: In the wake of a surge in terrorist attacks in the city, NWFP Assembly Speaker Bakht Jehan Khan on Wednesday turned the assembly building into a ‘red security...

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