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October 04, 2007 Thursday Ramazan 21, 1428 KARACHI : Action against leader’s eatery irks PML-N KARACHI, Oct 3: In what appears to be a move to target an opposition leader belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), city government officials dug up the road, cut trees... KARACHI : SHC orders halt to drive against rooftop hoardings KARACHI, Oct 3: The Sindh High Court has directed the cantonment boards to suspend their campaign for the removal of rooftop hoardings till Oct 17, when a petition moved by the aggrieved advertisers would again come up for hearing.... KARACHI : Health dept drops Landhi gang-rape probe KARACHI, Oct 3: The Sindh health ministry has dropped the inquiry into the alleged gang rape of a young woman on the premises of a government hospital in Landhi on the... KARACHI : Warrants for eight policemen issued KARACHI, Oct 3: The additional district and sessions judge-II, central, Nilofer Shahnawaz Azimi, on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for eight police officials for not complying with the court’s orders and... KARACHI : Dengue death toll rises to six KARACHI, Oct 3: Another patient, who was tested positive for dengue fever, died at a hospital here on Wednesday, when the number of in-house viral hemorrhagic fever cases touched the mark of 113 in 12 city hospitals.... KARACHI : Gynae services at CHK still suspended KARACHI, Oct 3: Women requiring urgent medical attention during pregnancy and labour are being turned away by the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) because the elective operation theatre suspended services three weeks... KARACHI : Sindh assembly meets today KARACHI, Oct 3: The Sindh Assembly meets on Thursday in a regular session summoned by Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad amid intense politicking preceding the Oct 6 presidential election.... KARACHI : Poll session summoned KARACHI, Oct 3: Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah has summoned the provincial assembly on Friday, October 6, at 10am at the Sindh Assembly building.... KARACHI : Encroachments at monuments KARACHI, Oct 3: The Sindh government has constituted a committee for the removal of encroachments in and around heritage monuments, in accordance with the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.... KARACHI : CAP body told to complete admission process by 9th KARACHI, Oct 3: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi has asked the Centralised Admission Policy Committee to complete its process of college admissions by Oct 9 so that formal classes could... KARACHI : Cops booked for injuring driver in crossfire KARACHI, Oct 3: The Rizvia police have a registered a case against two constables of the Shamim Shaheed police station who are accused of causing injury to a rickshaw driver during,... KARACHI : Continuing attacks on press condemned KARACHI, Oct 3: The Tuesday attempt on the life of Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) president Shamim-ur-Rehman was condemned by the journalist community and political quarters as an attempt to gag the press.... KARACHI : Computerised books for vehicles KARACHI, Oct 3: Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani has said that new machine-readable motor-vehicle registration books would be issued to from January 2008.... KARACHI : Space Week KARACHI, Oct 3: The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission will mark the World Space Week with fervour as 2007 is the 50 year of space age, a statement issued on Wednesday said.... KARACHI : Weather KARACHI, Oct 3: The Met Office has forecast a hot and dry weather for Karachi on Thursday with maximum temperature expected to range between of 35 and 37 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI : Ruling coalition behind Musharraf: CM KARACHI, Oct 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has expressed optimism that in the presidential election on Oct 6, President Gen Pervez Musharraf will get the solid support of... KARACHI : Phone firm’s manager testifies in kidnap case KARACHI, Oct 3: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the statement of Usman Maftoon, manager of the Warid Telecom Company, in the kidnapping for ransom case of Dr Abdul Wahab.... KARACHI : Textile ministry told to appoint 16 officers KARACHI, Oct 3: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Textile to appoint 16 men as cotton field officers (BPS-16) who had completed a two-year training programme of the ministry in 2003 for the above posts.... HYDERABAD : Resignations may derail system: PPP HYDERABAD, Oct 3: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Abdul Mujeeb Pirzada said on Wednesday that a complex situation had developed in the country after resignations by 25 per cent opposition parliamentarians which... BADIN : Weight, measurement cell lying idle : 60pc traders using inauthentic instruments BADIN, Oct 3: The working of Weights and Measurements Department has gone down the drains because unlike its past practice of providing relief to people, it now encouraging the fleecing of people through the use of unauthentic weighing instruments.... HYDERABAD : Security measures for Youm-i-Ali HYDERABAD, Oct 3: The District Coordination Officer (DCO) Hyderabad Aftab Ahmed Khatri has directed police to adopt security measures for maintaining law and order on Youm-i-Shahadat Hazrat Ali (R.A)... HYDERABAD : Revival of student unions proposed HYDERABAD, Oct 3: The representatives of civil society, intellectuals and scholars have recommended that the students unions should be revived with the nomenclature of students’ councils comprising meritorious students from various... HYDERABAD : SU admission test on Nov 11 HYDERABAD, Oct 3: The Registrar University of Sindh Mohammad Saleh Rajar has announced on Tuesday that pre-entry test for admission to all Bachelors degree programmes for the session 2008, will be conducted on November 11, 2007.... NAWABSHAH : Two killed in accident NAWABSHAH, Oct 3: Two men were killed while three others seriously injured in a collision between a car and motorcycle at Bandhi link road on late Tuesday night.... NAWABSHAH : Wapda workers seek Eid bonus NAWABSHAH, Oct 3: The members of Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union staged a protest demonstration outside the Hesco office here on Wednesday to pressurise the authorities to accept their demands.... MIRPURKHAS : Two held in kidnapping case MIRPURKHAS, Oct 3: The Taluka police have arrested two accused nominated in kidnapping case, on Wednesday. Report said Taluka police lodged a case under section 365-A, 109 and 34 PPC on... PESHAWAR : Kidnapped Afghan trader rescued PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Police on Wednesday rescued an Afghan trader from kidnappers after 38 days of captivity in Hayatabad area.... PESHAWAR : Drive against aerial firing PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Police have launched a drive against aerial firing and plan to create awareness among people about its hazardous effects and dire legal consequences if an accused gets caught, a senior police official said on Wednesday.... SWABI : Govt urged to pay Eid grant : Wapda workers hold rallies SWABI, Oct 3: The Wapda Hydro Electric Union staged a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest against non-payment of special Eid grants to employees and price hike.... GHALANAI : Man killed, three abducted GHALANAI, Oct 3: Gunmen killed a man and kidnapped three others, one of them in injured condition after they attacked a jeep in Lakaro tehsil of the Mohmand Agency on Wednesday, eyewitnesses and officials said.... LANDI KOTAL : Cylinder blast destroys eight cabins LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 3: Eight cabins were gutted when two gas cylinders exploded in one of the cabins in the Warsak area of Jamrud Bazaar on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR : Re-auction of bus stand contract ordered PESHAWAR, Oct 3: The NWFP government has directed the Peshawar district government to re-auction the contract of the city’s general bus stand for 2007-8 after completing all the requisite formalities.... PESHAWAR : Hospital reform law yet to be implemented PESHAWAR, Oct 3: The government has failed to implement a law aimed at granting financial and administrative autonomy to four hospitals in the province, it is learnt.... LAKKI MARWAT : Volunteers’ services for flood victims lauded LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 3: The National Commission for Human Development on Wednesday organised a ceremony in recognition of the services of volunteers during the donation collection campaign for flood victims.... MARDAN : Gangster, two traders killed MARDAN, Oct 3: An alleged gangster and two traders were killed here on Tuesday night in a clash at Toru village.... UPPER DIR : Protest against ‘illegal transfer’ of land UPPER DIR, Oct 3: Residents of Chukiatan staged a demonstration and blocked Dir-Peshawar and Dir-Barawal roads in protest against ‘illegal transfer’ of their land to the Nawab of Dir....

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