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September 15, 2007 Saturday Ramazan 2, 1428 KARACHI : Another anti-govt lawyer attacked KARACHI, Sept 14: A senior member of the Karachi Bar Association, who was attacked by unknown gunmen near his Landhi residence late Thursday night, is in a precarious condition and fighting for his life.... KARACHI : Legal fraternity up in arms KARACHI, Sept 14: The legal fraternity on Friday observed a complete strike in the City Courts, Anti-Terrorism Courts and Malir District Courts against an attack on lawyer Ateeq Ahmed Qadri, who... KARACHI : SHC allows setting up of fair price market KARACHI, Sept 14: The Sindh High Court allowed on Friday a petition for the establishment of a fair price market during Ramazan in Landhi subject to the payment of the necessary fee by the organisers to the Landhi town municipal administration.... KARACHI : Jubilant PPP workers set to welcome leader KARACHI, Sept 14: Workers of the Pakistan People’s Party broke into loud applause as soon as they heard on Friday that their self-exiled leader would return on Oct 18.... PESHAWAR : Reforms body seeks grouping of federal institutions PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The National Commission for Government Reform (NCGR) has proposed the regrouping of 20-odd federal government training and policy research institutions into eight clusters, according to officials.... PESHAWAR : Babar calls for withdrawal of troops from tribal areas PESHAWAR, Sept 14: Former interior minister and PPP leader Maj-Gen (retd) Naseerullah Khan Babar has called for the withdrawal of troops from the tribal areas.... KARACHI : FIR registered in minibus attack case KARACHI, Sept 14: Mubina Town police on Friday registered a case against unknown assailants who attacked a minibus on University Road on Thursday with gunfire and grenades, killing seven people, including four university students.... KARACHI : Varsities closed KARACHI, Sept 14: Following Karachi University’s cue, both campuses of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology will remain closed on Saturday to avert any possible law and order situation.... KARACHI : Women’s police station in dire straits KARACHI, Sept14: Deprived of all basic amenities and severely lacking in facilities, the city’s only women’s police station belies all government claims of women’s development and empowerment.... KARACHI : Historical recreational garden opened KARACHI, Sept 14: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad formally inaugurated the recently renovated Terrace Garden, an amusement park frequently visited by Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah at Old Clifton, on Thursday night.... KARACHI : CAP pre-medical admissions merit list issued KARACHI, Sept 14: The Centralised Admission Policy (CAP) Committee on Friday announced the placement results of admission to first year pre-medical (male) in the government colleges of Karachi.... KARACHI : Rs100 million safari park near Sukkur planned KARACHI, Sept 14: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Rauf Siddiqi has said that the Jinnah International Safari Park, to be developed on 150-square-kilometres at a cost of Rs100 million, would be the biggest such project of Asia.... KARACHI : Railway launches advance booking for Eid travel KARACHI, Sept 14: The Pakistan Railways’s Karachi Division has put some 15,000 berths and seats in 27 mail, express and passenger trains emanating from Karachi City and Cantonment stations for reservation on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.... KARACHI : ‘Sindh saving Rs2 billion a year’ KARACHI, Sept 14: The Sindh government is saving Rs2 billion annually by clearing a Rs23 billion development loan in advance, which is due for payment in the next 10 to 15 years.... KARACHI : Beheading of women in Bannu slammed KARACHI, Sept 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), expressing concern over the beheading of two women in Bannu, has urged the authorities to take stern action against the people responsible for the “barbaric action.”... KARACHI : 3m utility bills paid through Nadra KARACHI, Sept 14: Around three million utility bills worth over Rs2.4 billion have been paid through the kiosks installed by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) during the last 10 months.... KARACHI : Weather KARACHI, Sept 14: The Met Office has forecast warm and humid weather for the city on Saturday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 32°C and 34°C.... KARACHI : Transporters threaten strike KARACHI, Sept 14: The Karachi Goods Carrier’s Association (KGCA) on Friday expressed its concern over the growing incidents of robberies and kidnappings on highways and warned the government of a strike... KARACHI : KU’s alumni directory KARACHI, Sept 14: The University of Karachi is planning to prepare a directory of all its postgraduates.This was announced by a spokesman for the Karachi University on Friday.... KARACHI : MQM slams JI allegations over bus attack KARACHI, Sept 14: Terming Thursday’s incident of firing on a minibus near Karachi University an act of terrorism, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has said that the incident was aimed at destroying... KARACHI : Fahim Zaman grieved KARACHI, Sept 14: Mrs Pari Begum, mother of former KMC administrator Fahim Zaman Khan, passed away early Friday morning. She was 82.She was laid to rest in the Qayyumabad graveyard following her funeral prayers at Masjid-i-Saeem after Juma prayers.... HYDERABAD : HSC-II arts results announced HYDERABAD, Sept 14: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hydera-bad, on Friday announced the results of Higher Secondary School Certificate part-II (class-XII) annual examination 2007 of humanities group (regular/private).... HYDERABAD : SHC issues notices to official, others : Installation of cellphone tower HYDERABAD, Sept 14: Sindh High Court Hyderabad Circuit Bench on Friday issued notices to the Secretary Communi-cation, District Nazim Jamshoro, Taluka Nazim Kotri, Area Manager of a cellphone company and Mithoo... HYDERABAD : Protest against Karachi killings HYDERABAD, Sept 14: A large number of Jamaat-i-Islami and Islami Jamiat Talaba activists staged a protest demonstration on National Highway on Friday to protest the killings of four IJT workers in Karachi.... HYDERABAD : PPP workers jubilant over announcement HYDERABAD, Sept 14: A large number of PPP activists on Friday celebrated the announcement made by their party leader Ms Benazir Bhutto of returning to Pakistan on Oct 18.... THATTA : Seminar on neuro disorders THATTA, Sept 14: Speakers at a seminar on “Awareness about neurological and psychiatric diseases among general practitioners” called for exhaustive strategies and involvement of civil society in the backdrop of growing problems caused by the disease in the society.... JACOBABAD : Two killed over karo-kari JACOBABAD, Sept 14: Two persons were killed on pretext of karo-kari in the Thul area on Thursday night.... HYDERABAD : 1997 pension raise not being paid HYDERABAD, Sept 14: Retired employees of government departments are facing difficulties in getting revised payment of difference in pension amount announced by the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1997.... PESHAWAR : NAB reference against food dept officials PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday filed a reference in an accountability court against two officials of the Kohistan district food department for allegedly misappropriating wheat meant for people affected by the 2005 earthquake.... PESHAWAR : IJT assails Karachi killings PESHAWAR, Sept 14: Activists of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba (IJT) organised demonstrations all over the NWFP on Friday in protest against Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s alleged hooliganism in Karachi.... PESHAWAR : Dozens of veterinary centres planned PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The NWFP livestock and dairy development department plans to establish 33 hospitals and 80 dispensaries for animals.“We have prepared a PC-1 to establish 30 hospitals, whereas 80 dispensaries... PESHAWAR : Resource centre for govt officials PESHAWAR, Sept 14: A well-equipped resource centre has been set up for government officials under the Essential Institutional Reforms Operationalisation Programme (EIROP), a joint venture of the NWFP government, the United... MANSEHRA : 14 killed as wagon plunges into river MANSEHRA, Sept 14: Fourteen people were killed and four others injured on Friday when a van plunged into the Kunhar River near Malakundi, some 75km northeast of here.The... PESHAWAR : Movement of goods across border at better rates sought PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The Afghan Transit Trade Group has urged the National Logistic Cell (NLC) to help facilitate efficient movement of goods at competitive rates across the border.... PESHAWAR : 30 suspects arrested PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The Capital City Police arrested 30 suspects, including four proclaimed offenders, and recovered weapons and narcotics from their possession during an operation on Thursday night....

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