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September 14, 2007 Friday Ramazan 1, 1428 KARACHI : SHC seeks report on city govt’s parking plaza KARACHI, Sept 13: The Sindh High Court asked the provincial heritage department on Thursday to submit a detailed report on the advantages and disadvantages of a parking plaza being constructed by... KARACHI : Thirty retired civil, army officials in Sindh varsities KARACHI, Sept 13: More than 30 retired professors, bureaucrats and army officers occupy senior posts in public sector universities in Sindh. Six of them are vice chancellors.... KARACHI : Partial ban on two-stroke rickshaws KARACHI, Sept 13: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday imposed a ban under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on the operation of two-stroke auto-rickshaws on the 15.2km... KARACHI : Local bench of FST not functional KARACHI, Sept 13: The local bench of the Federal Service Tribunal is still non-functional despite the appointment of Justice Rashid Aziz Khan, former chief justice of the Lahore High Court, as FST chairman recently.... KARACHI : Dug-up roads may cause gridlock in Ramazan KARACHI, Sept 13: At a time when over two dozen major roads of the city are still dug up, citizens apprehend massive traffic jams on various main thoroughfares throughout Ramazan, particularly... HYDERABAD : Govt likely to review contract award policy, says minister: Bypass inquiry report in two weeks HYDERABAD, Sept 13: Federal Communication Minister Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui has promised to review whether any change could be made in the government policy of awarding contracts of crucial projects to the... KARACHI : ‘NED couple died from poisoning’ KARACHI, Sept 13: A newly-married couple, found dead in mysterious circumstances the morning after their wedding, was poisoned, the results of chemical reports established on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Unsold rickshaws put a brake on Rozgar Scheme: Partners reluctant to continue project PESHAWAR, Sept 13: More than 20,000 auto-rickshaws — registered or otherwise — standing in showrooms are proving to be a stumbling block in the proper implementation of the President’s Rozgar Scheme... KARACHI : Three kidnappers sentenced to death by ATC KARACHI, Sept 13: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday handed down death sentences to three men for kidnapping a 26-year-old man for ransom.Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-V also sentenced the... KARACHI : Utility Stores offer little relief to inflation-hit public KARACHI, Sept 13: A prominently displayed banner across the shop’s façade announces: “Ramzan package — As ordered by the president and the prime minister, the Utility Stores offer the public surprising... KARACHI : Over 900 fined for overcharging KARACHI, Sept 13: City government officials with magisterial powers on Thursday imposed fines amounting to more than Rs2.33 million on 907 shopkeepers for overcharging.According to CDGK sources, 22 persons were sent to jail for indulging in profiteering.... KARACHI : Food officials told to release wheat to flour mills: Check on hoarding ordered KARACHI, Sept 13: Amid reports of an acute shortage of wheat and flour in the city markets for a few days, the Sindh Food Department has been asked not to come... KARACHI: PTI activists granted bail KARACHI, Sept 13: Judicial Magistrate Malir, court V, Zakaullah Abro on Thursday granted bail to provincial chief of the Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Zubair Khan and 16 other party activists in a case... KARACHI : Book launch KARACHI, Sept 13: Mr Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, retired chief justice of Pakistan, on Thursday launched advocate Abdul Saeed Khan Ghori’s book, An Anthology of Reflections, Law and Religion, at the Karachi Gymkhana and appreciated the author’s work.... KARACHI : Warm weather KARACHI, Sept 13: The Met Office has forecast warm and humid weather for Karachi on Friday with maximum temperature expected to range between 33°C and 35°C.—PPI... KARACHI : Bid to undermine independence of judiciary slammed KARACHI, Sept 13: The All-Parties Conference held here on Thursday under the auspices of the Jamaat-i-Islami at its office, Idara Noor-i-Haq has declared that the independence of the judiciary has to... KARACHI : KUJ slams anti-media remarks KARACHI, Sept 13: The Karachi Union of Journalists has expressed shock and concern over growing intolerance of political parties and pressure groups and threats hurled over media reporting not in line with their views and aspirations.... KARACHI : Water scarcity hits city areas KARACHI, Sept 13: Various localities belonging to former districts East, South and West experienced acute water shortage on the eve of Ramazan, forcing residents of the affected localities to either purchase private tankers at exorbitant rates or consume sub-soil unhygienic water.... HYDERABAD : CPSP team inspects LUMHS depts HYDERABAD, Sept 13: A six-member team of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan visited the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences to inspect six departments to evaluate their suitability... HYDERABAD : Three kept in illegal detention: woman HYDERABAD, Sept 13: A poor woman on Thursday accused Sanghar police of keeping her husband and two sons in illegal detention in what she called ‘a false case of murder.’... HYDERABAD : Magsi slams arrest of STP workers HYDERABAD, Sept 13: Chairman Sindh Taraqi Passand Party Dr Qadir Magsi has condemned the arrest of 14 party workers by police in Larkana, raids on the houses of leaders in Tando Allahyar, and arrest of seven activists.... JACOBABAD : Revival of closed schools sought JACOBABAD, Sept 13: Human rights activists took out a rally against the closed schools on Thursday. The rally began from the Shaheed Park and after marching on different roads reached the DCO Chowk and staged a sit-in.... MARDAN : Kidnapped lawyer recovered by police MARDAN, Sept 13: A lawyer belonging to the Takhtbai tehsil, who was kidnapped on Sept 8, was recovered by police on Wednesday night.Kidnappers had demanded Rs5 million for the release of... PESHAWAR : Court serves notice on advocate general: Non-payment of compensation PESHAWAR, Sept 13: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday served notice on the NWFP advocate-general in a case regarding non-payment of compensation to victims of a suicide attack.The... NOWSHERA : Girl’s body with acid burns found NOWSHERA, Sept 13: The body of a 16-year-old girl was found on Thursday in the Bachyano village, not far from the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway.Police said they had been informed by some farmers about the presence of the body in the area.... PESHAWAR : Security tightened in, around Peshawar PESHAWAR, Sept 13: The Capital City Police have further tightened security in and around the provincial capital to ward off the possibility of any untoward incident during the holy month of Ramazan.... PESHAWAR : Poor supply sends flour prices soaring PESHAWAR, Sept 13: Retail prices of flour have witnessed an unprecedented increase in the NWFP in the last one month, according to consumers and dealers.Data collated from the local flour market... PESHAWAR : Sanitation facilities for schoolchildren urged PESHAWAR, Sept 13: Senior educationists have called for provision of clean drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities in schools so that students could be saved from a host of ailments.... PESHAWAR : Judge’s seniority claim accepted PESHAWAR, Sept 13: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan has accepted representation of a district and sessions judge — Shahid Naseem Khan, who is presently serving as the provincial... PESHAWAR : Local drug makers to be encouraged, says minister PESHAWAR, Sept 13: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said the provincial government will encourage local drug manufacturers because it wants the pharmaceutical industry to grow.... PESHAWAR : Unchecked growth of CNG stations PESHAWAR, Sept 13: The NWFP government is devising a strategy to check the mushroom growth of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in the province, Industry Secretary Zia-ur-Rehman said here on Thursday.... HYDERABAD : 8,000 snake-bite cases in Sindh every year HYDERABAD, Sept 13: The Vice-Chancellor of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Professor Dr Noshad Ahmed Shaikh said that some 8,000 cases of snake-bite, especially in Thar, and 20,000 cases of dog-bite are reported annually in Sindh....

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