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August 28, 2007 Tuesday Sha’aban 14, 1428 KARACHI: May 12 mayhem: minister, KPT deny placing containers KARACHI, Aug 27: The mystery surrounding the containers placed on city roads on May 12 deepened on Monday as the federal minister for ports and shipping categorically denied that his ministry... KARACHI: MPAs seek apology from Arbab over anti-women remarks KARACHI, Aug 27: Women legislators of the Pakistan People’s Party have condemned Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim’s derogatory remarks about women and have demanded an unconditional apology.... KARACHI: Gridlock upsets meeting on traffic jams KARACHI, Aug 27: The City Council meeting convened on Monday to discuss the traffic problem was put off as several members could not attend the session because of a massive traffic jam on M.A... KARACHI: Over 30 IJT men held for agitation KARACHI, Aug 27: At least 30 workers of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba were booked and arrested on Monday when the police foiled their attempt to hold a protest demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club, police said.... KARACHI: SC calls for building parking plazas KARACHI, Aug 27: The Supreme Court asked the city district government on Monday to take steps for the construction of parking plazas at various places where private and government vehicles could be parked on payment of reasonable charges.... KARACHI: Another policeman shot dead in Lyari KARACHI, Aug 27: Another police constable was shot dead and a friend of his critically wounded on Monday in Lyari in what was described by police as a targeted killing.... KARACHI: Families move out as sewage makes its way into houses KARACHI, Aug 27: Many families living in certain localities of Gulistan-i-Jauhar have to more to their relatives or friends because of the sewage that has made its way into their houses and apartment blocks.... KARACHI: JPMC considers ending association with SMC KARACHI, Aug 27: To get their premises “depoliticised”, authorities at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) are considering a plan to end their association with the neighbouring Sindh Medical College (SMC), said sources in the major public sector hospital on Monday.... KARACHI: ‘Captured’ seafarers await govt help KARACHI, Aug 27: At least seven Pakistani seafarers, including a captain and a chief engineer, who were sailing off the African coast in two ships, have been missing for over two months, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: City govt buys nationalised school KARACHI, Aug 27: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) on Monday reached an out-of-court settlement with a private trust and ‘purchased’ a nationalised school. Owners of the school had moved the... KARACHI: DHA sets up technical board KARACHI, Aug 27: The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has set up the Technical Evaluation Board to ascertain the causes of unprecedented flooding in of many areas in its jurisdiction during and many days after the rains.... KARACHI: KU scholarship KARACHI, Aug 27: The University of Karachi on Monday extended the date for the submission of applications for merit-cum-need scholarship till Aug 31, 2007. It also extended the date for submission of applications for concession in fee till Sept 7.... KARACHI: Research a priority: Ibad KARACHI, Aug 27: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that the provincial government was working on a priority basis on research-oriented faculty development and infrastructure upgradation in universities with the federal government’s support.... KARACHI: Need for student drama clubs stressed KARACHI, Aug 27: A drama expert in dramatic art on Monday told a group of students of the Mass Communication Department of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology that theatre was the basic communication means for human beings.... KARACHI: Kidnap victim, witnesses depose KARACHI, Aug 27: An anti-terrorism court on Monday recorded the depositions of kidnap victim Ali Akbar, his father Saifuddin and private witness Rehmatullah in a case concerning Akbar’s kidnapping from the Super Highway on February 17, 2007.... KARACHI: New milk prices may be notified today KARACHI, Aug 27: The city government is likely to notify official rates for milk at production, wholesale and retail stage, for which a meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday.... KARACHI: Abbasi hospital to have new facility KARACHI, Aug 27: A CT angiography machine costing Rs140 million will be installed at the Institute of Heart Diseases, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, here soon. The machine has been purchased and after... KARACHI: Final arguments in student’s kidnapping case KARACHI, Aug 27: An anti-terrorism court on Monday fixed August 29 as the date for the final arguments in the kidnapping for ransom case of SSC student Rashid, son of Qadir Bux, who was kidnapped on November 15, 2006.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Aug 27: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy and humid weather for Karachi on Tuesday with maximum temperature expected to range between 31 and 33 degree centigrade.—PPI... KARACHI: Exhibition at Canvas KARACHI, Aug 27: “Hidden faces”, an exhibition of paintings by Nahid Raza, opens at the Canvas gallery at 5pm on Tuesday. It will continue till Sept 6, daily from 11am to 8pm, except Sunday.... HYDERABAD: NGO warns of ecological threat to Hyderabad: Rising number of housing schemes HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The Centre for Environment and Development, an NGO, has expressed concern over mushroom growth of residential schemes in Hyderabad and claimed that these were being undertaken without comprehensive... HYDERABAD: Woman, bandit shot dead HYDERABAD, Aug 27: A woman and an alleged bandit were gunned down while a private security guard was injured in two separate incidents in the city on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Female NGO worker seeks protection HYDERABAD, Aug 27: A female social activist and assistant officer of Young Samaji Tanzeem, Johi, Ms Shahzadi Khoso, has accused some members of her community of sexual harassment and registration of... NAWABSHAH: Strike over bulldozing of graves NAWABSHAH, Aug 27: There was a complete shutter-down in Jam Sahib Town on Monday against the Auqaf Department for bulldozing the graveyard and instead constructing shops near Dargah of Jam Dattar.... PESHAWAR: Second flyover planned for Peshawar intersection PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The NWFP government has sanctioned Rs842 million for the construction of another flyover in the provincial capital. According to officials, the construction of the Mufti Mehmood Flyover at... NOWSHERA: Weapons seized: 3 held NOWSHERA, Aug 27: Police claimed on Monday to have foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons to Punjab. They also claimed to have arrested three people involved.... PESHAWAR: Equal distribution of wheat quotas urged PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The NWFP chapter of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association has called for equal distribution of wheat quotas between the provinces. A statement issued on Monday by Mohammad Naeem... KHAR: Two shops blown up KHAR, Aug 27: Two shops allegedly dealing in narcotics were destroyed and four others partially damaged in an explosion at a market in the Salarzai tehsil here on Sunday night.... MARDAN: Passport office to begin functioning in Mardan soon MARDAN, Aug 27: A passport office will start functioning here before Ramazan, according to director-general (passports) Brig (retd) Mian Khalid Habib. He was talking to journalists at the regional offices of his department here on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Demonstration held against loadshedding, faulty billing PESHAWAR, Aug 27: Hundreds of people from the rural parts of Town-II held a protest against the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on Monday morning to express their anger over unannounced loadshedding and issuance of “inflated” bills.... PESHAWAR: Thirty more cases of power theft detected PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The surveillance teams of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) detected 30 more cases of electricity theft in the Gulbela sub-division on Monday.... MARDAN: Girl says she was gang-raped, sold MARDAN, Aug 27: A teenaged girl of the Bakhshali area has alleged that she was gang-raped by four men and then sold to a woman in Rawalpindi who in turn sold her to a person in Chiniot.... PESHAWAR: Peshawar varsity grants affiliation to institute for paramedics PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The University of Peshawar has granted affiliation to the Postgraduate Paramedical Institute of the Lady Reading Hospital for award of BSc Honours degrees, officials said.... PESHAWAR: HEC approval sought for 15 projects PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The University of Peshawar has sought the approval of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for 15 development projects worth Rs2.30 billion. The university has asked the HEC to... PESHAWAR: Wildlife department destroys turtle parts PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The NWFP Wildlife department on Monday destroyed parts of dead turtles recovered from a hut near the Shah Alam River on the Charsadda Road.... MARDAN: ‘Poor students to get financial assistance’ MARDAN, Aug 27: The principal of the Fazal Haque College, Mardan, Col (retd) Sultan Zeb Khan, has said that his institution has achieved 100 per cent results in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Mardan, examinations.... PESHAWAR: Police claim to have recovered doctor PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The police on Monday recovered a doctor working for the Basic Health Unit in Mathra. They claimed that he was freed without paying any ransom.... MARDAN: ‘Proclaimed offender killed’ MARDAN, Aug 27: The police on Monday claimed to have killed a proclaimed offender in an encounter on Sunday. Police officials said that a man had identified Dilnawaz of Qamargai, a... PESHAWAR: Representatives from Chitral call on Idrees PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The elected representatives of the Chitral district called on the provincial Minister for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development, Sardar Mohammad Idrees, and apprised him of the problems being faced by the people of the area.... MIRPURKHAS: District govt seeks funds for hepatitis patients MIRPURKHAS, Aug 27: The Mirpurkhas District Council has resolution unanimously asking the provincial government to provide special grant to district government for treatment of malaria and hepatitis patients.... HYDERABAD: SHC stays action on lower court’s order HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Monday stayed the Aug 21 order passed by the additional sessions judge-I of Hyderabad directing Matiari police to... HYDERABAD: Call to bring women into mainstream HYDERABAD, Aug 27: Vice Chancellor of the Sindh University, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui, has said that education is most important for women development and urged the government and society development organisations to... HYDERABAD: Lecture on ‘space and near earth plasma’ HYDERABAD, Aug 27: Dr Hassan A.Shah, Chairman Department of Physics, Government College University Lahore, delivered a lecture on “Space and near earth plasma” at the Institute of Physics, University of Sindh, here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Office-bearers of children’s organisation elected HYDERABAD, Aug 27: Child labour should be abolished in Sindh, Sindhi-medium schools should be opened in Karachi, more children’s programmes should be telecast on the PTV and Sindhi children should be given opportunities to participate in international games and fairs....

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