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September 29, 2007 Saturday Ramazan 16, 1428 KARACHI : Delivery of passports on hold since Sept 1 KARACHI; Sept 28: There has been no sign of the resumption of passport delivery to some 10,000 applicants who had been given different dates for the collection of their passports but... KARACHI : Outages on as Siemens hits out at KESC KARACHI, Sept 28: Amid reports that the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation is contemplating terminating its operations and management (O&M) agreement with Siemens, the Germany-based consultant on Friday rubbished allegations by the power utility’s new owners that it caused any financial losses.... KARACHI : 19 more dengue victims turn up: Two govt hospitals reserved for patients KARACHI, Sept 28: As many as 19 fresh cases suspected of having contracted the deadly dengue fever have been reported from four different health facilities of the city during the last 24 hours ending at 3pm.... KARACHI: Politicians fall out of love with judiciary: SC ruling on presidential election KARACHI, Sept 28: The Supreme Court’s decision terming the petitions challenging President General Pervez Musharraf’s right to re-election as president in uniform as non-maintainable was greeted with disappointment by local leaders of different political parties.... KARACHI : Inside job suspected in bank heist KARACHI, Sept 28: The Jamshed Quarter branch of a local bank was on Friday robbed of an estimated Rs4.8 million by more than half a dozen armed robbers in an operation... KARACHI: Key to rabies control lies in neutering dogs KARACHI, Sept 28: The city government kills 72,000 to 75,000 stray dogs a year but does not invest in promoting or facilitating methods to neuter animals, which is a sustainable and... KARACHI : 15-year-old orphan raped in Mauripur KARACHI, Sept 28: A man who was being searched for in connection with the assault and rape of a young girl was apprehended late Thursday night by the residents of the... KARACHI : Hot and dry weather KARACHI, Sept 28: The Met Office has forecast a hot and dry weather for the metropolis on Saturday with temperature expected to remain between 38 and 40 degrees Celsius.—APP... KARACHI : ‘Outgoing assemblies can’t elect Musharraf’ KARACHI, Sept 28: The candidate for the forthcoming presidential polls and a former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Wajihuddin Ahmed, has said that the outgoing assemblies cannot re-elect General... KARACHI : Ban on deep-sea fishing sought KARACHI, Sept 28: Representatives of small fishermen have expressed their deep concern over the federal government’s indifferent attitude towards their plight, saying that their longstanding demand of a complete ban on... KARACHI : Robber convicted KARACHI, Sept 28: The additional district and sessions judge-5, South, Shamim A. Sadozai, on Friday awarded rigorous imprisonment of four years to Mohammad Ramzan, son of Mohammad Hanif, convicted of injuring... KARACHI : City govt to set up concrete plant KARACHI, Sept 28: The city government will set up a ready-made concrete material plant to ensure better, stronger and quality construction in the metropolis.... KARACHI : Software pirate arrested KARACHI Sept 28: A computer vendor having his business on I.I. Chundrigar Road was arrested on Friday allegedly for copying pirated software on new machines. Police also seized 259 illegal CDs... KARACHI: MSc exam forms KARACHI, Sept 28: The University of Karachi has informed the unsuccessful candidates of the Federal Government Urdu Science College and the Jinnah Postgraduate College for Women that the forms and fee... KARACHI : Devoted to peace, committed to retaliation KARACHI, Sept 28: In the wake of recent statements coming out of Nine Zero, headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, alleging that the Pathan community is out to sabotage peace in... KARACHI : Brawl leaves shopkeeper injured KARACHI, Sept 28: A shopkeeper got injured in a dispute with another shopkeeper in the Electronics Market on Friday night. According to police, a dispute broke out between two shopkeepers Asim and Tahir before Iftar which was pacified by other shopkeepers.... KARACHI : JPMC doctors vow to revive association KARACHI, Sept 28: Doctors, paramedics and administrative staff observed a one-hour strike on Friday to protest against the killing of their colleague Mubashir Ahmed Sheikh, a senior doctor and professor of clinical pathology department at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.... KARACHI : Man commits suicide KARACHI, Sept 28: A servant of an army officer committed suicide at Army Apartments at Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Road on Friday.... HYDERABAD : University reschedules exams HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The deans of faculties and heads of institutes and departments of the University of Sindh on Friday decided to reschedule midterm examinations, to be conducted now from Oct... LARKANA : SC verdict on dual offices to deepen crisis, says Mumtaz LARKANA, Sept 28: The chairman of the Sindh National Front (SNF), Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, remarked on Friday that the Supreme Court’s verdict on Gen Musharraf’s dual offices would further deepen the... NAWABSHAH : Sanitary workers strike NAWABSHAH, Sept 28: Garbage dumps remained piled up in the entire city due to strike of the sanitation workers, on Friday.... HYDERABAD : A.Q. Khan: Benazir’s views supported HYDERABAD, Sept 28: The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) on Friday threw its support behind Benazir Bhutto stressing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should be allowed access to Dr Qadir Khan.... SANGHAR : 32 bonded men freed SANGHAR, Sept 28: The district and sessions judge, Ms Kausar Sultana, ordered release of 32 members of a peasant family on Thursday.... NAWABSHAH : Three booked NAWABSHAH, Sept 28: Nawabshah police booked three persons for killing a Hindu man, here on Friday.... MIRPURKHAS : Woman burnt to death MIRPURKHAS Sept 28: Mother of four was burnt to death when fire broke out in Ramzan Shar village, Deh Bikhori, Taluka Samaro, on Thursday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE : Two women kidnapped NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 28: A widow and her daughter were kidnapped near Qasim Channa village in Kandiaro taluka on Thursday night.... HYDERABAD : Praise showered on late writer HYDERABAD, Sept 28: Rich tributes were paid to the noted writer, late Nooruddin Sarki for his invaluable services to the cause of Sindh and Sindhi language and literature at a condolence meeting held at Sindh Education Trust here on Thursday.... KARAK : One killed, three injured in accident KARAK, Sept 28: One man died and three others sustained serious injuries in an accident in Karak district on Friday. According to official sources, a Sara-i-Nowrang-bound pickup (bearing number DNO 7039)... PESHAWAR : Slow pace of reforms worries World Bank PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The World Bank is concerned over the slow pace of work in the health and social protection sectors in the NWFP and it has asked the provincial government to keep the reforms initiative on track.... PESHAWAR : Malakand-III hydropower project near completion PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The Malakand-III hydropower project is near completion and would be functional by January 2008, according to Shydo sources.... MARDAN : Lawyers accuse Mardan nazims of corruption MARDAN, Sept 28: Members of the District Bar Association, Mardan, while filling ditches and cavities on various roads of the city on a self-help basis on Friday, condemned the district and tehsil nazims of Mardan and accused them of corruption.... PESHAWAR : Five die as rival groups clash PESHAWAR, Sept 28: Five people were killed and one man was injured in an armed clash between two groups in the Kaga Wala village here on Friday....

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