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October 06, 2007 Saturday Ramazan 23, 1428 KARACHI: SHC stays ad hoc provincial appointments KARACHI, Oct 5: The Sindh High Court on Friday restrained the provincial government from making fresh ad hoc appointments pending a petition questioning the recruitment policy.... KARACHI: PPP keeps options open on re-election KARACHI, Oct 5: The Pakistan People’s Party has announced that it has kept all options open as far as the presidential poll is concerned despite the resignations submitted by party legislators in Sindh.... KARACHI: MQM bid to move bill on domestic violence fails KARACHI, Oct 5: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s bid to sneak in a private bill pertaining to domestic violence during the question hour in the Sindh Assembly on Friday was aborted by the paucity of time.... KARACHI: Lawyers plan move against ‘Sept 30 culprits’ KARACHI, Oct 5: The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) on Friday decided to register a case against those involved in ransacking the Karachi Bar Room, CCTV cameras theft and demolition of the KBA monument on Sept 30.... KARACHI: Sindh Assembly readies for presidential election KARACHI, Oct 5: A special session of the Sindh Assembly has been convened by Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah for the presidential election scheduled to take place on Saturday.... KARACHI: Lawyers plan protests amid warnings KARACHI, Oct 5: The legal fraternity prepares to protest against the presidential election on Saturday amid serious warnings by the provincial authorities, which on Friday imposed Section 144 across Sindh for four days in a move believed to obstruct anti-government demonstrations.... KARACHI: Former policeman shot dead in ambush KARACHI, Oct 5: A retired superintendent of the police (SP) and his driver were on Friday shot dead by unknown assailants in the New Karachi Industrial Area in an ambush chillingly... KARACHI: Demolition drive in Korangi goth restarts KARACHI, Oct 5: Bulldozers have returned to Gahi Fakir Goth, a katchi abadi located in Korangi’s industrial area. Residents allege that Korangi Town officials, accompanied by police mobiles, threatened to demolish... KARACHI: Three spotted deer die in city zoo KARACHI, Oct 5: Three spotted deer — two females and a male — have died over the last three days at the Karachi Zoo. The zoo administration, however, has confirmed only... KARACHI: Serious efforts to curb VHF urged KARACHI, Oct 5: The growing number of dengue fatalities and confirmed cases is disturbing and warrants effective measures to overcome the menace on an urgent basis, doctors, professionals and other stakeholders in the health sector said on Friday.... KARACHI: Judgment in woman’s kidnap case today KARACHI, Oct 5: An anti-terrorism court on Friday fixed Oct 6 for the pronouncement of its verdict after recording final arguments from both the defence and the prosecution counsel in a kidnap case.... KARACHI: Al-Quds rally held KARACHI, Oct 5: The Imamia Students Organization staged an Al-Quds freedom rally on Friday.... KARACHI: 16 Indian fishermen arrested KARACHI, Oct 5: The Maritime Security Agency detained four Indian fishing boats along with their 16 crew members for fishing illegally in Pakistani waters, an MSA release said on Friday.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 5: The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather with the maximum temperature expected to range between 36 and 38 degrees centigrade for the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: CM says most MPAs back Musharraf KARACHI, Oct 5: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has claimed that 103 of the 167 members of the Sindh Assembly will vote for Gen Pervez Musharraf in Saturday’s presidential election.... HYDERABAD: Campaign for peasants’ rights planned HYDERABAD, Oct 5: The South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP) will launch a campaign all over Sindh for rights of haris and agricultural reforms with the ‘peasants demand day’ being observed on... HYDERABAD: Al Quds Day observed HYDERABAD, Oct 5: Demons-trations and rallies were held in interior Sindh to mark Youm-ul-Quds, on Friday.... HYDERABAD: Fire in godown destroys wooden sleepers HYDERABAD, Oct 5: A fire at godown of the Tandojam Railway Station reduced to ashes wooden sleepers worth tens of thousand of rupees, on Friday. The cause of fire could not be ascertained.... HYDERABAD: Concern over university violence HYDERABAD, Oct 5: Intellectuals, prominent citizens and parents of the students studying in public universities of the province have voiced grave concern over clashes among different political groups inside the Sindh... NAWABSHAH: TMA fails to rid town of stray dogs NAWABSHAH, Oct 5: The scary scene of groups of stray dogs freely roaming about the town’s streets fighting with each other or barking at the passers-by has almost become a part... PESHAWAR: Govt machinery still unprepared for disaster management: No lesson learnt from Oct 8 tragedy PESHAWAR, Oct 5: With no trained manpower or machinery in place to conduct relief operations during natural or man-made disasters, the concerned government bodies set up years ago have been lying... PESHAWAR: Natural Calamity Day on 8th PESHAWAR, Oct 5: Like other parts of the country, October 8 will be observed as the Natural Calamity Day in Mardan in memory of the devastating earthquake which destroyed five districts of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.... PESHAWAR: DGMO meets Aurakzai PESHAWAR Oct 5: Director-General of Military Operations, Maj-Gen Naseer Janjua, called on NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai here on Friday and discussed matters of common interest with him.... PESHAWAR: Khyber Bank MD resigns PESHAWAR, Oct 5: Bank of Khyber (BoK) managing director Syed Iqbal Asharaf has quit after developing serious differences with members of the board of directors, officials told Dawn on Friday.... ABBOTTABAD: Repair work on jail building not started yet ABBOTTABAD, Oct 5: The repair work on the Abbottabad jail building, which was damaged by the earthquake of Oct 8, 2005, has not been started despite allocation of Rs80 million for its reconstruction.... LAKKI MARWAT: Construction of grid station to begin after Eid LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 5: District Nazim of Lakki Marwat, Humayun Saifullah Khan, has said that the construction work on the Tajazai 132KV grid station will begin after Eid-ul-Fitr and end by the current year.... SWABI: Draw for township on 9th SWABI, Oct 5: Officials of the Swabi Development Authority said on Friday that draw for Shahmansoor Township would be held on October 9 at the Hall of Shahmansoor Polytechnic College.... TIMERGARA: Four killed TIMERGARA, Oct, 5: Four people, two of them brothers, were killed and another injured in two incidents in Dir Lower on Friday.... DROSH: Malaria DROSH, Oct 5: Five cases of a dangerous type of malaria have been detected. A doctor said that the ailment could cause cerebral disease and even death.—APP...

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