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September 07, 2007 Friday Sha'aban 24, 1428 KARACHI: May 12 mayhem: amicus curiae urges dismissal of top govt officials KARACHI, Sept 6: A seven-member bench of the Sindh High Court asked the town police officers and station house officers of the city areas where trouble occurred on May 12 to file their affidavits.... KARACHI: City govt winds up Lines Area project KARACHI, Sept 6: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has sealed the office and records of the Lines Area Redevelopment Project (LARP) without disclosing the reasons behind the move to the officials concerned, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: CHK nurse gang-raped in Landhi hospital KARACHI, Sept 6: A young woman was gang-raped allegedly by four suspects on the premises of a government hospital in Landhi on Thursday.... KARACHI: Lawyers vow to oppose president’s re-election KARACHI, Sept 6: Legal proceedings remained suspended on Thursday in the city and Malir district courts in response to the strike call given by the Supreme Court Bar Association to protest against Gen Pervez Musharraf’s re-election plan as president.... KARACHI: Professors to earn more than ministers: Atta KARACHI, Sept 6: Under the new tenure programme approved by the prime minister two days ago, remunerations of university professors will be increased on the basis of their performance and Pakistan... KARACHI: Colleges with poor results face possible disaffiliation KARACHI, Sept 6: Some 30 colleges across the city, which produced a zero per cent pass percentage in this year’s HSC examinations, have been asked by the Board of Intermediate Education... KARACHI: City Council okays poultry bylaws amid uproar KARACHI, Sept 6: The City Council’s proceedings on Thursday, though marred by uproar and walkouts, saw the approved of the Karachi Poultry Farm (Surveillance and Discipline) Bylaws 2007 while the resolution... HYDERABAD: Lawyers rally across Sindh HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Lawyers boycotted courts and held demonstrations across the Sindh province on Thursday to protest against the re-election plans of President Gen Pervez Musharraf from the current assemblies.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers vow to resist Musharraf re-election PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The lawyers’ community on Thursday urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to quit both posts of the president and army chief and allow the Senate chairman to take over as acting president.... KARACHI: New victim takes polio cases tally to five KARACHI, Sept 6: With the detection of a polio case in Baldia Town, the tally of confirmed polio cases in Sindh for the current year has reached five, said Dr Salma... KARACHI:Monitoring body to help enforce organ law KARACHI, Sept 6: Federal Minister for Health Mohammad Naseer Khan has said that the implementation of the newly promulgated Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 will begin soon, adding that a national monitoring authority will be established.”... KARACHI: Rangers claim arresting terrorists KARACHI, Sept 6: The Pakistan Rangers have arrested a large number of terrorists belonging to various banned outfits and hardcore criminals wanted by law-enforcement agencies since June 2006, says a press release issued here on Thursday.... KARACHI: Tremors jolt coastline areas KARACHI, Sept 6: Residents of various localities along the city’s coastline rushed out of their houses in panic after feeling several tremors first at 9:14am and then at around 7pm on Thursday.... KARACHI: New postal stamp KARACHI, Sept 6: The Pakistan Post Office has issued a commemorative stamp carrying the image of a JF 17 Thunder Aircraft on the Defence Day on Thursday.... KARACHI: Body found KARACHI, Sept 6: The body of a young man, identified as Faisal, 23, a property dealer, was found dumped in the vicinity of the Govt Qasmia School in New Karachi on Thursday morning.... KARACHI: The delicate art of the bonsai KARACHI: Bonsai plants are a sign of culture and art aesthetics, observed Fatima Suraiya Bajia in her inaugural speech while opening the Bonsai Exhibition 2007 at Zamzama Park’s Bonsai Centre.... KARACHI: Asian states urged to invest in human capital KARACHI, Sept 6: Asian countries can do much better if they invest in human and economic development by following in the footsteps of China, Korea, Japan and other such countries, rather than remaining buried in the past.... KARACHI: Dawn’s wedding show KARACHI, Sept 6: A two-day “Dawn Wedding Extravaganza and Beauty and Wellness Show” gets under way at the Pearl Continental Hotel here on Saturday (Sept 8) at 11am.... KARACHI: Hasan Abidi remembered KARACHI, Sept 6: Tributes were paid to the eminent journalist and poet, Hasan Abidi, at a programme held on Thursday at the local press club to mark his second death anniversary.... MIRPURKHAS: Irregularities in canal lining work alleged MIRPURKHAS, Sept 6: Farmers Organisations’ Council chairman Javed Junejo has alleged that irrigation officials with the help of Sida officials have misappropriated millions of rupees and committed irregularities during the improvement and rehabilitation work on different offshoots of Nara Canal.... NAWABSHAH: Boy, girl killed over karo-kari NAWABSHAH, Sept 6: Police found bodies of a young boy and girl from a deserted roadside place near 68-Mori of Jam Wah (canal) on Thursday.... MITHI: Biggest robbery in Thar MITHI, Sept 6: Robbers deprived the passengers of a coach of their valuables near village Panjpura at Mithi-Naukot road early on Thursday morning.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: UC nazim booked for attacking lawyer NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 6: Kandiaro police have registered a case against Mohbat Dero Union Council Nazim Abdul Ghaffar Dahraj and some other people for attacking a lawyer, Zulfiqar Jatoi.... HYDERABAD: VC seeks research culture at campuses HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Vice-Chancellor Karachi University Professor Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui has urged the science scholars to play their due role in the development of a research culture at campuses... KHAIRPUR: Man kills aunt KHAIRPUR, Sept 6: A man reportedly killed his aunt late on Wednesday night in Sakhani village’s Kotdiji area when she refused to give her daughter’s hand in marriage.... PESHAWAR: DIG’s transfer by Centre irks NWFP govt PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The federal and NWFP governments have locked horns over the transfer of the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) Police, Hazara, it is learnt.... TIMERGARA: Woman killed, son injured TIMERGARA, Sept 6: A woman was killed and her son injured over a domestic dispute in Ouch area in Lower Dir on Thursday.... NOWSHERA: Heroin seized; one arrested NOWSHERA, Sept 6: Police on Thursday seized 11 kilogram of heroin and arrested an Afghan national on the charges of carrying contraband.... PESHAWAR: Terminated doctors seek reinstatement PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The Contract Doctors’ Association has announced that it will start a movement for the restoration of services of 400 contractual doctors terminated by the government.... PESHAWAR: Incentives for industrial estate urged PESHAWAR, Sept 6: A veteran politician from Swabi has called upon the government to restore incentives for the Gadoon Industrial Estate. It may be pointed out that these incentives had been announced by the government in 1986, but were later withdrawn.... SWABI: Man shot dead SWABI, Sept 6: A man was shot dead and a passer-by suffered injuries in the Yar Hussian village here on Thursday, police said.... HYDERABAD: Woman suspect complains of police maltreatment HYDERABAD, Sept 6: The investigating wing of Hyderabad police has been accused of resorting to inhuman methods to investigate the case of kidnapping of a three-day-old baby, Dua.... HYDERABAD: College teachers warn of protest HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Teachers of the Government Sachal Sarmast Arts and Commerce College have threatened to launch a protest movement with parents and students if the college’s administrative and financial crises were not resolved by Sept 10.... HYDERABAD: Two sisters remanded :Infant kidnapping case HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Two sisters were remanded in judicial custody in women’s prison by Judicial Magistrate Asif Soomro here on Thursday after they failed to submit sureties of Rs50,000 each in the case of kidnapping of an infant girl.... HYDERABAD:Official wants 80 watercourse lining completed by June HYDERABAD, Sept 6: District Coordination Officer Hyderabad, Aftab Ahmed Khatri directed the officers concerned to accelerate the pace of development works and ensure lining of targeted 80 watercourses under the National... HYDERABAD: Electoral rolls HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Muttahida Labour Federation secretary general Qamoos Gul Khattak has complained that despite the orders of the Supreme Court, the names of thousands of workers of Lakhra Coal field,... PESHAWAR: Cousin marriages cause cleft lip: expert PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Cousin marriages are a prime cause of increase in cleft lip and palate cases among children, says an expert.... SWABI: Explosive device defused SWABI, Sept 6: Police found a time bomb near the district population welfare office building here on Thursday, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Trainees dissatisfied with internship plan: Irrelevant jobs assigned PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Most of the youth inducted into various NWFP government departments under the National Internship Programme (NIP) are unhappy for being assigned duties contrary to their academic qualifications, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Registrar replaced PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The acting vice-chancellor of the University of Peshawar, Prof (Dr) Mohammad Javed Khan, has given additional charge of the office of the registrar to director admissions of the university.... LAKKI MARWAT : School enrolment campaign targets over 24,000 children LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 6: As many as 24,375 children between five and seven years of age are estimated to be enrolled in schools during a campaign which has been launched in... KARACHI: Woman killed KARACHI, Sept 6: An elderly woman was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Thursday in Orangi Town, Sector 10. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained....

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