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August 18, 2007 Saturday Sha’aban 4, 1428 KARACHI: SC bans daytime entry of heavy vehicles KARACHI, Aug 17: The Supreme Court directed the traffic police and the city government on Friday morning to immediately stop the entry of heavy vehicles in the city during daytime.... KARACHI: DUHS set to depoliticise affiliated colleges KARACHI, Aug 17: Ordering the enforcement of a ban on political activities in the affiliated colleges of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), the university syndicate has decided to approach... KARACHI: SHC restrains school in residential area KARACHI, Aug 17: Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui of the Sindh High Court on Friday restrained a school allegedly situated in a residential block of North Nazimabad from admitting students and appointed a commissioner for inspecting the site.... KARACHI: Rs2.5 for recipients of police gallantry awards KARACHI, Aug 17: Unlike the other three provinces of Pakistan, where gallantry awards announced by the president every year on Aug 14 are conferred by the respective provincial governors upon officers... KARACHI: City plan spells out reasons for traffic jams, accidents KARACHI, Aug 17: Around 500 to 600 fatal accidents occur in the city each year, mostly involving pedestrians and motorcyclists, reveals the Karachi Strategic Master Plan (KSMP).... PESHAWAR: Six granted bail in Swara case PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to six people, including some jirga members, who were charged with handing over a minor girl to a rival group to settle a dispute about three years ago.... KARACHI: Electrician shot dead in illegal police custody KARACHI, Aug 17: A young man was shot dead early on Friday morning in illegal police custody by his captors behind the Al-Falah police station. Witnesses said the police booked and... KARACHI: Yet another day of prolonged gridlock KARACHI, Aug 17: Exhausting traffic jams running into several hours were experienced by thousands of commuters along almost all the main thoroughfares and link roads in Saddar, Clifton, Lyari, Jamshed, Malir and some other towns on Friday.... KARACHI: Mystery over death of NED couple deepens KARACHI, Aug 17: The deaths of a newly-wed couple are still shrouded in mystery as the investigators say they have reason to believe that the groom might have killed his wife before committing suicide, it emerged on Friday.... KARACHI: 13,000 phones out of order KARACHI, Aug 17: The recent heavy spell of rains in the city has left more than 13,000 telephone connections out-of-order adding to the miseries of the Karachiites.... KARACHI: Where they suffer in silence KARACHI: If you watch Aisha Gazdar’s moving documentary Yeh haath salamat hain jab tak, chances are that you would stop eating prawns. The pittance that the women and children, who shell... KARACHI: Order on Kazmi’s bail plea today KARACHI, Aug 17: The Judicial Magistrate-I, South, Shamsuddin Junejo on Friday reserved his order on the bail application of a rights activist, Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi, in dud cheque cases.... KARACHI: Steps urged to avert epidemics KARACHI, Aug 17: The Sindh and Balochistan governments must take steps on an urgent basis so as to avert any possible outbreak of epidemics and spread of waterborne diseases in flood-hit areas.... KARACHI: Scintillating colours, simple lines KARACHI: Young Salman Farooqi, a graduate of the unsung Karachi School of Art, sprang a surprise at many when he put on display his canvases painted in acrylic in scintillating colours.... KARACHI: ‘Vaccination must to save babies’ KARACHI, Aug 17: Speakers at a health education seminar stressed the need for promotion of immunisation through vaccines to avert deaths of children below five years of age.... KARACHI: NAB bid to check official excesses KARACHI, Aug 17: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has asked the Sindh government to furnish the service profiles of all officials of grade 17 and above by circulating a questionnaire to... KARACHI: Three witnesses depose in kidnapping for ransom case KARACHI, Aug 17: An Anti-terrorism Court on Friday recorded statements of three prosecution witnesses, including two police officials, in a kidnapping case of an SSC student Rashid, son of Qadir Bux Brohi, who was kidnapped on Nov 15, 2006.... KARACHI: BIEK result KARACHI, Aug 17: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Friday announced the result of HSC Part- Annual Examinations 2007 of Home Economics Group.—APP... KARACHI: Paintings exhibition KARACHI, Aug 17: A solo exhibition of paintings by Syed Junaid Rizvi starts on Saturday at the Majmu’a Art Gallery at 5pm.... KARACHI: Exhibition at Unicorn KARACHI, Aug 17: An exhibition of paintings by Shoukat Ali opens at the Unicorn Gallery on Saturday at 5.30pm. The exhibition will continue till Aug 22 from noon to 8pm daily.... HYDERABAD: ‘Save Sindh’ body holds protests HYDERABAD, Aug 17: Protest demonstrations were held in several districts of Sindh under the aegis of “Save Sindh Committee”, formed at an all-party conference convened by Sindh Tarraqi Passand Party in the wake of May 12 tragedy.... HYDERABAD: New sewerage system able to face heavy rains: nazim HYDERABAD, Aug 17: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that the sewerage system of Hyderabad has been totally modernised and hoped that it will be able to withstand heavy rains.... MITHI: Villagers irked by coal firm camps MITHI, Aug 17: Residents of Thahario Halepoto village, Mithi taluka, have appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the problems they are facing due to... HYDERABAD: Call for provincial autonomy HYDERABAD, Aug 17: Sindh United Party chief Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has said that the solution to the problems confronting Sindh lies in provincial autonomy because under it, the resources of... HYDERABAD: Court issues notices to officials, builder HYDERABAD, Aug 17: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad Circuit Bench, on Friday issued notices to the Hyderabad Development Authority director-general, HDA Building Control director, DCO, and Nazar Ali Khawaja, proprietor of... HYDERABAD: Plan to enrol more children in schools initiated HYDERABAD, Aug 17: District government in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation Pakistan has developed a three-year District Education Plan to enrol more children in schools and eliminate child labour from... HYDERABAD: MQM office in school resented HYDERABAD, Aug 17: Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) activists staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Friday to protest against the alleged opening of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement... HYDERABAD: Guard killed HYDERABAD, Aug 17: A security guard of the United Bank Ltd opposite the City Police Station was murdered in mysterious circumstances on Thursday night. Mohammad Khan 50 was found dead inside the bank when staff arrived.... PESHAWAR: Warrant against minister recommended PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The Privileges Committee of the NWFP Assembly has recommended the issuance of an arrest warrant against the provincial Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Sardar Mohammad Idrees, over refusal to appear before it despite several notices.... PESHAWAR: Faulty AC plant leads to cancellation of operations PESHAWAR, Aug 17: An inquiry committee looking into the non-functioning of the air-conditioning plant of the Khyber Teaching Hospital has held the hospital administration and the maintenance staff responsible for the problem, according to official sources.... PESHAWAR: Special secretary appointed PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The NWFP government has transferred two top officers of the finance department within a week. According to a notification issued here on Thursday evening, Aurangzeb Haq, a... MANSEHRA: Paramedics of Mansehra call off strike MANSEHRA, Aug 17: The paramedical staff of Mansehra district called off their strike on Friday after the executive district officer (health) decided to withdraw charges against four of their colleagues, said reliable sources.... HARIPUR: Tarbela Lake filling up HARIPUR, Aug 17: The Tarbela Lake was expected to be filled to its maximum capacity by Aug 20, official sources at the Tarbela Dam told Dawn here on Friday.... SWABI: Body formed to look into bomb blast SWABI, Aug 17: A four-member committee has been constituted to investigate the bomb explosion at a tuition centre in which two people were killed earlier this week.... LAKKI MARWAT: ‘Struggle on for genuine democracy’ LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 17: Pakistan People’s Party will not accept Gen Pervez Musharraf as president with or without uniform, according to the party’s NWFP chief Rahimdad Khan.... NOWSHERA: Five police officials arrested NOWSHERA, Aug 17: Five police officials of Sialkot were arrested by the local police on the order of a local court on Friday. A resident of the Abakhel locality — Imtiaz... PESHAWAR: PHC transfers seven judicial officers PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The Peshawar High Court on Friday ordered the transfer and posting of seven judicial officers, including District and Sessions Judges (DSJs). According to an order issued by S.... PESHAWAR: PPP-S slams PTV decision on Pashto programme PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The general-secretary of the NWFP chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao), Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, has criticised the decision to transmit a one-hour Pashto programme from PTV...

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