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October 02, 2007 Tuesday Ramazan 19, 1428 KARACHI : KBA office ransacked, cameras taken away KARACHI, Oct 1: As the legal fraternity observed on Monday a complete boycott of court proceedings to express solidarity with the lawyers and journalists beaten up and wounded by police in... KARACHI : Lawyers arrested in front of SHC KARACHI, Oct 1: The general secretary of the Karachi Bar Association, Naeem Qureshi, and three of his colleagues were arrested on Monday from the gates of the Sindh High Court as... KARACHI : Doctors vow support for democracy movement KARACHI, Oct 1: Two major doctors’ associations have announced joining hands with the lawyers, journalists and other members of civil society in what they described as the movement for democracy and justice in the country.... KARACHI : Wajih assails SC over waste of public money: Two-week-long debate on maintainability of pleas KARACHI, Oct 1: Presidential candidate Justice (Retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed exhorted lawyers on Monday to brace themselves for a long-drawn-out struggle for the rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution.... KARACHI : MQM holds protest demo against violence KARACHI, Oct 1: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement took out a procession in front of the Quaid-i-Azam mausoleum on Monday afternoon to express resentment against the manhandling of MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar in Islamabad on Saturday.... KARACHI : Villagers suffer as malaria kills five KARACHI, Oct 1: A large number of the inhabitants of coastal villages are desperately awaiting government help against malaria, which has claimed five lives over the past 15 days.... KARACHI : Sindh Assembly to meet on 4th KARACHI, Oct 1: The Sindh governor has summoned the provincial assembly to meet on Oct 4 at 10am.... KARACHI : SCPS work delayed by funds’ lapse KARACHI, Oct 1: The Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (SCPS), constituted by the governor of Sindh through an ordinance last year, is learnt to have moved the provincial finance department for the... KARACHI : Weather KARACHI, Oct 1: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather for Karachi on Tuesday with maximum temperature expected to remain between 35 and 37 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI : Vendors occupying roads, footpaths KARACHI, Oct 1: The menace of encroachments has increased manifold in various towns of the city during Ramazan, putting lives of the pedestrians at risk as they are being left with no choice but to walk on roads amidst fast-moving vehicles.... KARACHI : Admission process to medical colleges finalised KARACHI, Oct 1: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has finalised admissions of 580 students to the Dow Medical College, Sindh Medical College and Dr Ishratul Ibad Institute of Oral... KARACHI : Poisonous liquor claims life KARACHI, Oct 1: A man died after consuming poisonous liquor in Nazimabad area on Monday.... KARACHI : FCS meeting to discuss election issue on 5th KARACHI, Oct 1: A meeting of the 15-member board of directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) is scheduled to be held on Oct 5 to take up the issue of... KARACHI : MBBS suppl results KARACHI, Oct 1: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the result of MBBS third professional supplementary examination 2007.... KARACHI : KUJ rally against police action KARACHI, Oct 1: Journalists belonging to the print and electronic media staged a peaceful rally on Monday against the use of “brute force” on media men and lawyers in Islamabad on... KARACHI : DG, others booked in corruption case: New Sabzi Mandi market committee KARACHI, Oct 1: The Anti-Corruption Establishment has registered a case against market committee officials of new Sabzi Mandi, including the Director-General of Agriculture Department’s Extension Wing, Naeem Korejo, ex-administrator Ghulam Nabi... KARACHI : Drug licensing policy draft finalised KARACHI, Oct 1: The Sindh health department has finalised the draft of a new drug licensing policy which would be made public within two weeks.... KARACHI : ‘MMA MPAs to resign today’ KARACHI, Oct 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Sindh chapter, has announced that six of its members of the Sindh Assembly will submit their resignations to Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah on Tuesday.... KARACHI : Profiteers booked KARACHI, Oct 1: The city government’s price control magistrates on Monday booked 161 profiteers and imposed on them a collective fine of Rs232,500. They paid surprise visits to different stalls in several towns to check profiteering.... KARACHI : SHCBA chief’s complaint KARACHI, Oct 1: A ditch has been dug in front of Sindh High Court Bar Association President Abrar Hasan’s residence in Gulshan-i-Iqbal to make it inaccessible by car, the SHCBA chief... BADIN : PFF accused of dividing fishing community BADIN, Oct 1: Fishermen from different coastal areas demonstrated against Chairman Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Syed Mohammad Ali Shah and other officials at Badin for allegedly dividing their community.... SHIKARPUR : Two children die in accident SHIKARPUR, Oct 1: A young girl and boy were killed and donkey-cart driver injured when hit by a trailer near Sessions Court.... HYDERABAD : Writers urged to highlight Sindh’s problems HYDERABAD, Oct 1: Renowned scholar, historian and educationist, Dr Nabi Bux Khan Baloch urged the writers and poets on Monday to write on different problems plaguing Sindh today.... HYDERABAD : Wapda workers plan black day HYDERABAD, Oct 1: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union will observe black day throughout the country on Oct 3 in protest against the government decision to break up Wapda... DADU : Revenue official suspended DADU, Oct 1: The mukhtiarkar of Kotri has been suspended by the Jamshoro district nazim for preparing fake documents of revenue records in Deh Son Walhar and misusing the powers.... LARKANA : Woman killed LARKANA, Oct 1: A woman, Gullan, was tortured to death in Haidar Detho village near Mirokhan on late Saturday night.... LANDI KOTAL : Students suffer due to shortage of staff LANDI KOTAL , Oct 1: Scores of students have been deprived of admissions in Bara-Khyber Agency’s only government technical institute due to shortage of staff and other related facilities, it is learnt.... SWABI : Software donated to institute SWABI, Oct 1: An American company has donated 100 sets of ‘solid edge’ software to Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI).... LANDI KOTAL: Lashkar men’s entry into Landi Kotal area banned LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 1: Tribal elders from Kum Shalman area in Landi Kotal tehsil on Monday banned the entry of Lashkar-i-Islam activists in their area.... HARIPUR : Two killed in encounter HARIPUR, Oct 1: Two people were killed and two others,... PESHAWAR : Sept 29 termed darkest day in country’s history : Baton-charge on lawyers, journalists PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The journalist community, backed by opposition parties, lawyers and human rights activists, continued their protest for the second day on Monday here to condemn the government’s use of force against mediapersons and lawyers.... ABBOTTABAD : No inquiry into food poison case yet ABBOTTABAD, Oct 1: No action has yet been taken in Friday’s food poisoning case at the Abbottabad Public School and College, it is learnt.... KARAK : Call for gas supply to Terri UC KARAK, Oct 1: The Terri Gas Action Committee has set the Oct 20 deadline for the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) to resume work on a gas supply project in the area, failing which people would hold protest demonstrations.... PESHAWAR : Concern voiced over spread of hepatitis PESHAWAR, Oct 1: Health experts have expressed concern over the spread of hepatitis, warning that the disease will assume proportions by 2010 if preventive measures are not taken immediately....

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