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August 06, 2007 Monday Rajab 21, 1428 KARACHI: Govt urged to issue fishing licences KARACHI, Aug 5: The Sindh Taraqi Pasand Mallah Tanzeem, a non-governmental organization working for the welfare of local fishing community in Sindh for more than four decades, has called for immediate... KARACHI: Three of a family drown off Gadani KARACHI, Aug 5: Three members of a family, including two women, drowned near Gadani Beach on Sunday. Residents of Darus Salam Society in Baloch Colony, the victims had gone to the beach along with other family members on Sunday morning.... KARACHI: PMDC polls today after 13 years KARACHI, Aug 5: After a gap of almost 13 years, the elections of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) will be held on Aug 6 and 10 in Sindh and Balochistan, respectively.... KARACHI: Over 90,000 seek college admission from today KARACHI, Aug 5: More than 90,000 students are expected to seek admission to colleges and higher secondary schools in the city for first year classes as the process begins on Monday, officials in the education department estimate.... KARACHI: Drive against dictatorship priority, says JI chief KARACHI, Aug 5: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Sunday said that the Pakistani nation had now clearly seen who its real friends and foes were, and the end to dictatorship was its top-most agenda.... HYDERABAD: Rs50bn sought for relief, ruined infrastructure HYDERABAD, Aug 5: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has urged the government to allocate Rs50 billion for rehabilitating displaced people and damaged infrastructure in the province by heavy rains and subsequent floods.... PESHAWAR: Jirga to help end Afghan conflict, says Sherpao PESHAWAR, Aug 5: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said his faction of the Pakistan People’s Party will support Gen Pervez Musharraf’s re-election as president from the existing assemblies.... KARACHI: ‘Arts Council must widen its scope of activities’ KARACHI, Aug 5: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday asked the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, to widen its range so that a greater number of citizens could benefit from cultural activities.... SWABI: Dictatorship crumbling, says JI leader SWABI, Aug 5: Former senior provincial minister Sirajul Haq on Sunday predicted that 2007 would herald the downfall of dictatorship.... LANDI KOTAL: Tribesmen block highway in protest LANDI KOTAL, Aug 5: Sultankhel tribesmen blocked the Peshawar-Torkham highway near Takia Sultankhel for 10 hours here on Sunday in protest against what they termed illegal occupation of their property by some people along the Ring Road in Peshawar.... KARACHI: Hepatitis in expecting mothers on the rise KARACHI, Aug 5: “Hepatitis has become increasingly common in villages and we have been receiving more and more cases of Hepatitis B and C,” said Medical Superintendent of a maternity home,... KARACHI: No social security for daily wage workers KARACHI, Aug 5: Millions of manual labourers like diggers, carpenters, masons, painters, cobblers, construction workers, etc, have no labour rights, social security cover and other facilities industrial workers employed in government or private organisations enjoy.... KARACHI: CDGK men seek raised pay KARACHI, Aug 5: Employees and pensioners of the city government and towns could not be paid their raised July salaries and pensions due to the non-issuance of the notification regarding 15... KARACHI: Results’ errors rectified: SSC KARACHI, Aug 5: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) notified that it had received around 2,500 complaints pertaining to the errors in the SSC-II (Science) results.... KARACHI: Darul Sukun: caring for the forgotten KARACHI: Mentally-challenged people are found in all parts of the world. They cannot adjust in society, nor can they be taken care of properly at home.... KARACHI: Call centre to help resolve complaints on time: Ibad KARACHI, Aug 5: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan has said the call centre established by the city government will help redress the complaints of the people in a timely manner besides restoring their confidence in the city’s administrative departments.... KARACHI: Rally planned against demolition of villages KARACHI, Aug 5: The Sindh Bachayo Action Committee has planned a rally for Aug 17 in protest against demolition of villages in the city and recruitment on political grounds.... KARACHI: Holdups KARACHI, Aug 5: Bandits went on a looting spree in Gulistan-i-Jauhar this weekend as at least four house robberies were reported since late Saturday evening. Five armed men scaled the house of Talib Syed in Block-14.... KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, Aug 5: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy weather with chances of a light rain with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33°C and 34°C on Monday.—PPI... LARKANA: 25,000 families to receive cheques soon LARKANA, Aug 5: Within a couple of days, about 25,000 flood affected families in Qambar Shahdadkot district would start receiving cheques for Rs15,000 each as announced by President General Pervez Musharraf.... HYDERABAD: Nazim vows to provide adequate health facilities HYDERABAD, Aug 5: The district government was committed to provide adequate health facilities and better education to the masses particularly to those living below, the poverty line, for which the budgetary... HYDERABAD: Protest against police HYDERABAD, Aug 5: Members of the Bheel community members of Tandojam along with the Sindh United Party (SUP) activists, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club on Saturday against SHO... MIRPURKHAS: Recovery of kidnapped girl demanded MIRPURKHAS, Aug 5: Members of the Meghwar community took out a rally in Umerkot on Sunday in protest against failure of police to arrest the accused involved in the kidnapping of Bakhtawar 14-year-old daughter of Prem Meghwar.... KARAK: US behind attacks, alleges MKP KARAK, Aug 5: The president of Mazdoor Kissan Party, Afzal Khamosh, has said the grand peace jirga between Pakistan and Afghanistan could not succeed until the US and foreign troops withdrew from Afghanistan.... PESHAWAR: VC urged to reschedule varsity senate meeting PESHAWAR, Aug 5: The syndicate of the University of Peshawar has urged the vice-chancellor to reschedule the university senate’s meeting because placing unapproved items on its agenda for approval violates rules.... TIMERGARA: Load-shedding disrupts life in Lower Dir TIMERGARA, Aug 5: Prolonged and unscheduled load-shedding continues in different parts of Lower Dir district for the past two weeks, badly disrupting normal life and business activities in the area.... PESHAWAR: Lawlessness growing but govt busy in petty issues, says Arbab PESHAWAR, Aug 5: Former chief minister Arbab Jehangir Khan has asked the people to elect genuine political forces in the forthcoming general elections as the non-political entities imposed on them in the previous elections had failed to deliver.... SWABI: PTC has failed to protect growers’ interests: politicians, farmers SWABI, Aug 5: Leaders of political parties and tobacco growers have said the Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTC) has failed to protect the growers’ interests as their exploitation by multinational and national companies goes on unhindered.... KOHAT: Pesco official seeks police protection KOHAT, Aug 5: Executive engineer of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company, Kohat, has requested the police to provide him protection after receiving threatening letters from unidentified persons warning him to stop unannounced and prolonged load-shedding, according to sources.... MARDAN: Two shot dead MARDAN, Aug 5: Two brothers were killed and their two children suffered injuries when their rivals opened fire on them near Gujjar Garhi here on Sunday....

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