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August 27, 2007 Monday Sha’aban 13, 1428 KARACHI: Organ trade bill to be passed soon: PM KARACHI, Aug 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government will ensure that the bill, which has been approved by the federal cabinet, is passed to end illegal trade and transplantation of organs in the country.... KARACHI: Lock-up expansion work yet to be started KARACHI, Aug 26: The Sindh government has not yet initiated work on the expansion of a half-a-century-old lock-up on the premises of the City Courts following assurances made in this regard by top-ranking government officials.... KARACHI: 3 booked for murder of student activist KARACHI, Aug 26: Police registered an FIR on Sunday about the killing of an Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba’s worker on Saturday on the premises of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in a clash... KARACHI: LJ man shot dead in Lyari KARACHI, Aug 26: An attack on a police picket by gunmen in Lyari on late Saturday night led to the killing of a wanted activist of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, who was said to be living in the mafia-infested Lyari.... KARACHI: Public court on ‘Karachi’s case’ critical of ISI KARACHI, Aug 26: Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, a former chief justice of the Supreme Court, on Sunday observed that the role of all intelligence agencies, including the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), should... KARACHI: ‘Army has no business to be in business’ KARACHI: The average IQ-level of the people, packed into the small premises of Second Floor, the new kid on the book block, was very high. There were writers, mediapersons, lawyers, corporate... THATTA: CM lays foundation of Coastal Highway: PML election campaign launched THATTA, Aug 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim laid the foundation stone of the 278.6-km Coastal Highway near Bh-ambhore on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Tabla maestro passes away HYDERABAD, Aug 26: Ar-rangements have been made for burial of tabla maestro Munawar Hussain alias Mania who died of heart attack in Islamabad on Saturday night.... KARACHI: Suo motu in Bugti case urged KARACHI, Aug 26: Speakers at a meeting on Sunday urged Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take suo motu action and order a probe into what they said “the genocide of... LARKANA: Warring tribes free hostages LARKANA, Aug 26: Shar and Chachar tribes on Sunday freed more than 20 people they had taken hostage a day ago in a tit-for-tat move triggered by the reports of a Chachar woman’s marriage with a Shar man.... KARACHI: Maternity home short of staff and adequate amenities KARACHI, Aug 26: Staff shortages, water availability and disrupted electricity have greatly affected the services of the Korangi Maternity Home, the only government-run health facility in the town.... KARACHI: Heart bypass at KIHD from October KARACHI, Aug 26: The city government has announced that heart bypass facility will be made available at the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD) towards the end of October this year.... KARACHI: BEd, MEd exams KARACHI, Aug 26: The University of Karachi has announced commencement of the B.Ed/M.Ed (Morning and Evening) annual examination 2007 on August 31. Candidates have been asked to collect their admit cards and examination programme from their respective colleges during office hours.—APP... KARACHI: Rains give much-needed facelift to Chaukandi KARACHI, Aug 26: While the heavy rains that lashed Karachi in the past couple of weeks have brought miseries to its residents owing to the failure and mismanagement of the civic... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Aug 26: The Met office has forecast partly cloudy/cloudy weather for Karachi on Monday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 32°C and 34°C. —PPI... HYDERABAD: Musharraf can’t contest election: former judge HYDERABAD, Aug 26: Fo-rmer Supreme Court judge Mr. Nasir Aslam Zahid has said that even if the president got himself re-elected for the second term he would have to doff his... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to raise support price of cash crops HYDERABAD, Aug 26: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Sunday urged the government to fix support price of wheat at Rs550 per 40 kilogramme, sugarcane at Rs75 per 40 kg,... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Protest over water logging NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 26: People of four villages of union council Phul staged a protest demonstration at Phul regulator of the Rohri canal complaining about the water logging in their area on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Fire destroys bank’s loan record HYDERABAD, Aug 26: A fire broke out in the National Bank of Pakistan’s regional headquarters on Fatima Jinnah Road here on Saturday morning.... HYDERABAD: Strike over gruesome murders HYDERABAD, Aug 26: Tando Mohammad Khan police lodged an FIR on Sunday and detained a suspect in the case of murder of five members of a family while traders kept their... KHAIRPUR: Tribute paid to novelist KHAIRPUR, Aug 26: The Sindhi Adabi Sangat organised a literary reference here on Saturday evening to pay tribute to Qurratulain Haidar, one of the major novelists of the sub-continent.... MANSEHRA: Strike threat in support of contract doctors: Target killings condemned MANSEHRA, Aug 26: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (Pima) has threatened to go on strike in the province if services of 185 doctors on contract were not regularised by the government.... PESHAWAR: HIV education in schools stressed PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Educationists have called upon the government to incorporate information regarding causative agents of HIV/Aids and preventive measures in the curriculum of schools and colleges to raise awareness of students about the disease.... PESHAWAR: Govt plans to build 336km of roads in Fata PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The government will build 336kms of roads with US assistance in Fata’s six tribal agencies, a handout issued here on Sunday said.... PESHAWAR: Thousands of children didn’t get polio drop PESHAWAR, Aug 26: NWFP and Fata health departments have missed thousands of children who were to be vaccinated during the three-day anti-polio campaign from Aug 7 to 9.... LAKKI MARWAT: ‘APDM formed to end military’s influence’ LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 26: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial general-secretary Shabbir Ahmad Khan said on Sunday that the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) had been formed to end military’ influence in politics and send the army back to barracks.... LANDI KOTAL: Man freed from lock-up gunned down LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 26: Two people were killed and seven others sustained injuries in two incidents in Khyber Agency on Sunday.... CHARSADDA: Man kills brother, sister-in-law CHARSADDA, Aug 26: A man killed his elder brother and a sister-in-law here on Sunday, police and residents said....

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