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October 05, 2007 Friday Ramazan 22, 1428 KARACHI: PA adopts bills amid opposition uproar KARACHI, Oct 4: The Sindh Assembly set a new record of legislation by adopting two bills amid uproar by the opposition on the very first day of its new session that began on Thursday.... KARACHI: Factory in Site up in flames KARACHI, Oct 4: A fire broke out on Thursday in an industrial unit in Site, causing heavy losses while 17 fire tenders failed to control the situation despite six hours of fire-fighting.... KARACHI: AG resigned over friction with CM KARACHI, Oct 4: Former advocate-general Anwar Mansoor Khan resigned when it became clear to him that Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim would never forgive him for accepting a brief against the latter’s close friend.... KARACHI: 40 more dengue cases turn up KARACHI, Oct 4: As many as 40 new cases of viral haemorrhagic or dengue fever have been reported by 12 city hospitals during the last 24 hours ending at 3pm, pushing... KARACHI: City govt opposes playground conversion KARACHI, Oct 4: The city district government strongly opposed the conversion of the Webb Ground in the Sindh High Court on Thursday.... KARACHI: Rangers still control nine KWSB hydrants KARACHI, Oct 4: The process of the transfer of nine Rangers-controlled hydrants to the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has not yet been completed although two earlier deadlines have already passed.... PESHAWAR: Wajih calls for secrecy of ballot PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The presidential candidate of lawyers, Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed, said on Thursday that he had very bright chances of success if the president were to be elected by new electoral college.... LANDI KOTAL: Additional troops deployed in Bara LANDI KOTAL, Oct 4: The Khyber Agency political administration has deployed additional security forces in Bara to effectively implement a ban on display and carrying of arms in the area, official sources said.... HYDERABAD: Conference calls for land distribution among peasants HYDERABAD, Oct 4: Leftist leaders, representative of peasants bodies and non-governmental organisations demanded on Thursday that the government should take back the land allotted to or occupied by the state organisations and distribute it among poor farm labourers including women.... KARACHI: Fear grips legal fraternity KARACHI, Oct 4: In what many describe as the “second phase” of the lawyers’ movement for the restoration of democracy, the city’s legal fraternity appears to have succumbed to pressure created... KARACHI: Executive of another phone firm testifies in kidnap case KARACHI, Oct 4: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday recorded the statement of Norbert Almeida, Assistant Manager, Telenor Telecom Company, in the kidnap case of Dr Abdul Wahab.... KARACHI: Karo-kari in Sindh claims 129 lives over three months KARACHI, Oct 4: At least six persons were killed every day in the third quarter of the current year under the infamous custom of karo-kari in Sindh.... KARACHI: Heritage re-survey work moving at a snail’s pace KARACHI, Oct 4: Hardly 40 per cent of the work on the Karachi Heritage Resurvey Project has been completed though it has already spent more time than was prescribed for the whole work, it is reliably learnt.... KARACHI: Steps to reduce water loss in farming urged KARACHI, Oct 4: The Sindh Assembly’s standing committee on food and agriculture has recommended increased use of laser land levelers in the agriculture sector to check wastage of water.... KARACHI: Medical report clears cops of murder charge KARACHI, Oct 4: The police investigation into the serious injuries caused to a rickshaw driver during an incident of crossfire between police and criminals is likely to be dropped as the... KARACHI: Court summons SHO to explain detention KARACHI, Oct 4: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Yasmeen Abbasi on Thursday summoned the Station House Officer (SHO) of the Taimoria police... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 4: The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather with the maximum temperature expected to range between 35 and 37 degrees centigrade for the city on Friday.... KARACHI: It’s good to talk KARACHI: As all voices have been drowned in today’s coffee houses courtesy loud blaring music better suited to a rave, The Second Floor café (T2F) is a pleasant alternative.... KARACHI: Govt depts told to set up legal cells KARACHI, Oct 4: All provincial departments have been asked to establish their own legal cells so that litigation could be handled in an effective manner.... HYDERABAD: APDM calls for strike tomorrow HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The All Party Democratic Movement (APDM) Hyderabad Chapter has appealed to people to observe complete shutter-down on October 6 in protest against the extra-constitutional steps taken by President General Pervez Musharraf.... HYDERABAD: Efforts to increase literacy rate highlighted HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The district government with the assistance of National Commission for Human Development (NICHD) and participation of community stakeholders plans to implement education plan for 100 per cent enrolment and increase in literacy rate, said DCO Aftab Ahmed Khatri.... HYDERABAD: Police bid to pick up rape victim foiled HYDERABAD, Oct 4: Human rights activists and journalists on Thursday foiled police attempt to harass and allegedly kidnap a rape victim from Qambar town who had been on hunger strike with... HYDERABAD: Oil firms urged to help repair roads HYDERABAD, Oct 4: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has called upon the multinational gas and oil companies to extend financial assistance to the district government for repair and construction of roads.... PESHAWAR: Eid relief for shop workers PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The NWFP government has granted exemption to all shops and establishments in the province from the provision of section 7(1) of the West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance... MANSEHRA: Reconstruction plans approved MANSEHRA, Oct 4: The District Reconstruction Advisory Committee of Mansehra approved projects of Rs603.8 million on Thursday.... SWABI: Phone cable faulty for three months SWABI, Oct 4: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has failed to repair more than 300 telephone lines here that have been lying out of order for the past three months....

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