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October 22, 2007 Monday Shawwal 9, 1428 KARACHI: Police seek govt’s nod to register separate FIR KARACHI, Oct 21: Softening their stand on the registration of a separate FIR on behalf of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto against the culprits behind the attack on her welcome... KARACHI: More body parts brought to hospitals: Thursday’s blasts KARACHI, Oct 21: Two days after Thursday’s midnight attack on Benazir Bhutto’s cavalcade on Sharea Faisal, killing about 140 people and wounding hundreds of others, mutilated body parts of the victims are still pouring into hospitals, it emerged on Sunday.... KARACHI: Sindh govt allows favoured firm to flout building laws KARACHI, Oct 21: The Sindh government has allowed an influential construction company to construct a high-rise building in the city’s congested business district using more than double the normally allowed constructed space.... KARACHI: MQM team condoles with PPP leadership KARACHI, Oct 21: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders visited the People’s Secretariat on Sunday to express their condolence with the leadership of Pakistan People’s Party on the October 18 tragedy in which over 130 people lost their lives.... PESHAWAR: PPP will not accept ban on rallies: Govt asked to expose faces behind blasts PESHAWAR, Oct 21: The NWFP chief of Pakistan People’s Party has demanded that the government should identify the terrorists who had masterminded the killing of PPP workers in the homecoming rally of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday.Addressing... KARACHI: Governor visits blast victims KARACHI, Oct 21: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said suicidal attack on the procession of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto near Karsaz was a conspiracy to sabotage stability and democratic process in the country.... KARACHI: Three drown in Hub Canal KARACHI, Oct 21: Three young men, including two brothers, drowned in Hub Canal at Murad Bund area on Sunday.... KARACHI: Resolve to root out terrorism strengthened, says Nisar KARACHI, Oct 21: Senate Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production Chairman Nisar A. Memon has said that the attack on the procession of Pakistan People’s Party has strengthened the resolve... HYDERABAD: Benazir salutes youths’ bravery HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto expressed her grief over the deaths of 12 members of the Sindh People’s Youth Organisation (SPYO) who had been killed in the blasts at her welcome reception in Karachi on Thursday.The... HYDERABAD: Family struggles to come to grips with shock HYDERABAD, Oct 21: Like thousands of people across Sindh who lost their dear ones in the deadly attack on the Pakistan People’s Party rally in Karachi on Thursday, the family and... KARACHI: Dengue cell not getting figures from hospitals KARACHI, Oct 21: A number of hospitals both in the public and private sectors are not keeping the provincial dengue monitoring cell updated on the number of suspected cases of viral... KARACHI: Burn victims suffer in silence KARACHI, Oct 21: Domestic violence is a phenomenon not new to any society. In its most extreme form victims are killed either by stabbing, strangulation, burning or other grisly methods.... KARACHI: Effective enforcement of mental health laws stressed KARACHI, Oct 21: Pakistan Mental Health Ordinance 2001 and the subsequent enactment of the Mental Health Act, a positive development vis-à-vis the perception of the mentally ill people, needs urgent attention at all levels for effective implementation.This... KARACHI: Entry into NED campus restricted KARACHI, Oct 21: The NED University of Engineering and Technology has announced that on Monday, only the candidates who have passed the entry test would be allowed to enter the campus on producing their admit cards issued for the test.... KARACHI: Morale of injured PPP guards high KARACHI, Oct 21: PPP activists who are under treatment at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) after sustaining serious injuries in the Oct 18 bomb blasts expressed their joy and elation... KARACHI: Sir Syed’s educational reforms eulogised KARACHI, Oct 21: Writers, critics and intellectuals at a meeting held at the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology here on Saturday night to mark the Sir Syed Day paid... KARACHI: Dasehra celebrated KARACHI, Oct 21: The minority Hindu community in the city, like everywhere else around the globe, celebrated their annual festival of Dasehra on Sunday. The festival is celebrated to mark the victory of good over evil.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 21: The Met Office has forecast fair weather with hazy morning in Karachi on Monday. The minimum temperature is expected to range between 22°C and 24°C.... KARACHI: Malir continues to get scant water supply KARACHI, Oct 21: Due to water shortage in parts of Malir, people are forced to consume subsoil water procured from illegal hydrants at exorbitant rates.... KARACHI: Killing of children condemned KARACHI, Oct 21: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Sunday expressed its grief and sorrow on the deaths of several children in the suicide... HYDERABAD: STP wants probe by judicial commission HYDERABAD, Oct 21: Sindh Tarraqi Passand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has demanded formation of a judicial commission headed by a Supreme Court judge to probe into October 18 twin blasts in Benazir Bhutto’s rally in Karachi on Thursday.... KHAIRPUR: Man, son electrocuted KHAIRPUR, Oct 21: A man and his young son were electrocuted in village Jafar Jalalani in taluka Thari Mirwah on Sunday. Mohammad Budhal Khaskheli, 45, and his son Mohammad Aslam Khaskheli,... HYDERABAD: Call for workers’ reinstatement HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The All Pakistan Clerks Association, Population Welfare Department Sindh chapter, at a meeting held here on Sunday demanded that all retrenched workers including 48 male mobilisers of the... THATTA: Lawyer killed THATTA, Oct 21: A senior lawyer was killed when a rickshaw he was riding overturned near Makli on Sunday.Reports said that Noor Mohammad Khaskheli was going to Makli when the rickshaw overturned while trying to save a donkey-cart.Khaskheli... HYDERABAD: Farmers reject cane price HYDERABAD, Oct 21: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Sunday rejected the government’s support price for sugarcane and threatened to launch a province-wide movement if it did not raise the price to Rs70 per 40 kilogramme.... SWABI: JUI-F finalises candidates from Swabi SWABI, Oct 21: The Shura of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) has finalised the names of candidates and covering candidates for the two National Assembly and six provincial assembly seats from Swabi district for the coming general elections.Sources... PESHAWAR: Township schemes for Fata planned PESHAWAR, Oct 21: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has said that small residential township schemes on the pattern of Hayatabad will be developed in each agency headquarters in Fata.Talking...

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