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August 17, 2007 Friday Sha’aban 3, 1428 KARACHI: Hundreds suffer as JPMC clinics forcibly closed KARACHI, Aug 16: Hundreds of patients were forced to return home without getting medical treatment from the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre here on Thursday as different outpatient clinics (OPDs) could not... KARACHI: Tense calm prevails in violence-hit Lyari KARACHI, Aug 16: Lyari remained in the grip of tension and fear on Thursday following the killing of three gangsters, including Majeed Speed, in the gang-war continuing for weeks.... KARACHI: Veteran actors come together for Habib Mamoon KARACHI Aug 16: Featuring a cast of seasoned actors who haven’t performed on stage for around 22 years, Habib Mamoon, an adaptation of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, will open at the Arts Council here on August 24.A... KARACHI: SHC wants one agency to be responsible for undertrials KARACHI, Aug 16: The transportation and protection of under-trial prisoners should be brought under the control of one agency, the Sindh High Court ordered on Thursday.... KARACHI: Court summons SHO over Kazmi’s plea KARACHI, Aug 16: The additional district and sessions judge-II, South, Mohammad Azeem, on Thursday summoned the SHO of the Defence police station on Aug 18 on an application of civil rights campaigner Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi.... KARACHI: Making usual look unusual KARACHI: Arif Mahmood has what most photographers don’t have — a distinct style. On looking at his images, you don’t have to tax your brain to find out the identity of the person behind them.... PESHAWAR: NGOs assail govt over security situation PESHAWAR, Aug 16: Expressing concern over the law and order situation in the NWFP and the tribal areas, representatives of some NGOs said on Thursday that the state of affairs obtaining there had forced them to suspend their operations.... HYDERABAD: Court appoints official to look into violations of its order HYDERABAD, Aug 16: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday appointed the court’s additional registrar as commissioner to look into the complaints of violations of its... KARACHI: City govt, police at odds over traffic issues KARACHI, Aug 16: The Sindh police and the local administration on Thursday sought to lay the blame for the city’s traffic woes on each other when the deputy inspector-general of the... KARACHI: Rs9.7m looted in two bank robberies KARACHI, Aug 16: Dacoits looted over Rs9.7 million in two bank robberies on Thursday morning in separate parts of the city. Police said Rs6.5 million was looted from a branch of the Dubai Islami Bank in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.... KARACHI: Sewerage system of old city collapses KARACHI, Aug 16: The sewerage system of almost the entire old city has collapsed following the recent rains, flooding various roads and streets with sewage, besides polluting the environment of the affected localities.... KARACHI: Operation to drain out rainwater still continuing: DHA KARACHI, Aug 16: The emergency operation launched by the DHA last Sunday to drain out stagnant rainwater from the affected areas continued for the fifth day on Thursday.... KARACHI: Raid on impure beverage factory KARACHI, Aug 16: Officials of the city government’s food department along with a team of the of the National Accountability Bureau’s special operation wing conducted a raid on a beverage company... KARACHI: Alig’s death condoled KARACHI, Aug 16: City Naib Nazim Nasrin Jalil expressing grief over the demise of noted poet and journalist Khalid Alig said that his death had deprived the literary world of a great poet.... KARACHI: 48 freed fishermen arrive in city KARACHI, Aug 16: Forty-eight Pakistani fishermen freed from Indian jails arrived at Ibrahim Hyderi here on Thursday. A large number of relatives and friends of the released fishermen from different parts... KARACHI: Drive to check maternal deaths stressed KARACHI, Aug 16: The only way to check the high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in Pakistan is to initiate a massive, long-term and efficient midwifery training programme.... KARACHI: IO deposes in rape, murder case KARACHI, Aug 16: An anti-terrorism court-1 on Thursday recorded the deposition of the last prosecution witness -- Investigation Officer Inspector Wahid Bux -- in the case of kidnapping, rape and murder... KARACHI: PPP, PML-N urged to strive for democracy KARACHI, Aug 16: Abdullah Hussain Haroon, a former speaker of the Sindh Assembly, has urged the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) not to distract from their... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to solve sugar mill workers’ problems HYDERABAD, Aug 16: The Sindh government has been asked to adjust employees of Dadu and Thatta sugar mills, placed in ‘surplus pool’, clear their dues and salaries, including of retired and expired employees within 15 days.... HYDERABAD: Official seeks time to file comments: Polluted water disposal into river HYDERABAD, Aug 16: Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Zahid Junejo, requested the Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday to give him time to file comments in response to... MIRPURKHAS: HSC-II results MIRPURKHAS, Aug 16: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas has announced the result of Higher Secondary School Certificate examination Part-II (Humanities and Commerce group) on Thursday.... THATTA: Fishermen accorded emotive welcome THATTA, Aug 16: In an atmosphere of love, sorrow and high sentiments, 10 fishermens recently released from Indian jail were received in their ancestral villages of Umer Borio, Babhio, Mor Chadai and Sajanwari on Wednesday.... JACOBABAD: One killed, four injured by thieves JACOBABAD, Aug 16: A villager was shot dead and four members of his family were injured when they offered resistance to thieves who had broken into their house in the Mauladad area on Wednesday night.... HYDERABAD: Accident HYDERABAD, Aug 16: Two men were killed and another injured in a head on collision between two motorcyclists near Chambar in Tando Allahyar district on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Thalassaemia patients vulnerable to hepatitis, say doctors PESHAWAR, Aug 16: Paediatricians have called for taking great care during blood transfusion in youngsters afflicted with thalassaemia, saying they are highly vulnerable to infectious diseases like hepatitis.... PESHAWAR: Body constituted to check irrigation dept’s statements PESHAWAR, Aug 16: The Public Accounts Committee of the NWFP Assembly on Thursday constituted a three-member special committee to scrutinise the financial statements of the provincial irrigation and power department.... GILGIT: Farmers warned of property forfeiture: Final notices issued by bank GILGIT, Aug 16: The Zarai Taraqiati Bank (ZTBL) has described a number of small farmers of the Ghizer district as defaulters and warned them that if they do not pay their dues soon their property will be forfeited.... GILGIT: Protest against ‘torture’ GILGIT, Aug 16: A group of people staged a sit-in here on Wednesday in protest against police for allegedly torturing four teenagers in the Singal village of the Puniyal tehsil, 56km west of Gilgit....

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