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October 29, 2007 Monday Shawwal 16, 1428 KARACHI: Fire destroys 14 studios of Radio Pakistan KARACHI, Oct 28: A huge fire in the century-old Radio Pakistan building on M. A. Jinnah Road gutted all the 14 studios and destroyed equipment and archival material worth millions of... KARACHI: KWSB cuts supply to 200 bulk consumers KARACHI, Oct 28: Bulk water consumers, including the Defence Housing Authority, Clifton, Malir and Korangi cantonment boards, cried out in agony as the KWSB disconnected the supply to around 200 key organisations and major installations on Saturday and Sunday.... KARACHI: Rs200m pledged for gymkhana project KARACHI, Oct 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced Rs100 million for North Nazimabad Gymkhana, to be established at a total cost of Rs220 million.... KARACHI: WB to help conduct survey of nine towns : Water, sanitation services KARACHI, Oct 28: A survey for the evaluation of the available water and sanitation services in nine out of the 18 towns of the city will soon be carried out for... HYDERABAD: Infant kidnapped from hospital found; woman held HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Police recovered a two-day-old girl hours after she had been kidnapped by a woman in the Hyderabad Civil Hospital on Sunday morning.... UPPER DIR: Concern over delay in starting girls’ college classes UPPER DIR, Oct 28: Classes in the much-needed Government Girls’ Degree College, Upper Dir, are yet to be started even though interviews of would-be students were completed a month ago.... SWABI: JI threatens march on Islamabad SWABI, Oct 28: Jamaat-i-Islami’s provincial chief Sirajul Haq has said that if the Swat operation is not stopped immediately, his party will organise a protest march to Islamabad.... PESHAWAR: Agencies accused of creating crisis PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The Awami National Party has accused secret agencies of deliberately creating law and order problems in the Swat valley. This has been done, they allege, in order to get the general elections postponed.... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to fix wheat support price at Rs550 per 40 kg HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Sunday demanded that the government should fix minimum support price for wheat at Rs550 per 40 kilogramme and ensure that the growers got quality seed and help to grow more wheat.... KARACHI: Trains kill 60 on tracks in 10 months KARACHI, Oct 28: During the last ten months at least 60 people, both men and women, have been killed after being hit by trains while railway tracks are still without fences.... KARACHI: Myriad problems afflict Lyari general hospital KARACHI, Oct 28: Established in the 1970s as a major public health facility, the Lyari General Hospital was later turned into a tertiary-care hospital and made part of the Dow University of Health Sciences.... KARACHI: CHK trauma centre row refuses to go KARACHI, Oct 28: Civil Hospital Karachi’s administration took a step towards its much awaited trauma centre project after it recently floated a tender for making major structural changes in the building... KARACHI: UTS, Metrobus fail to end travellers’ woes KARACHI, Oct 28: The public transport system of the metropolis is fast reverting to its pitiable state after the much orchestrated plan to match it with that of a mega city in the developed countries has virtually been shelved.... KARACHI: Bus operators seek action against inspectors KARACHI, Oct 28: The Karachi Transport Action Committee (KTAC) and the Anjuman Ittehad-i-Bus Malikan, Karachi, have urged the government to take action against corrupt motor-vehicle inspectors who are demanding bribe for the issuance of the vehicle fitness certificate.... KARACHI: Appointment of judges, magistrates KARACHI, Oct 28: The Sindh Law Department has notified appointment of the following candidates as civil judges and judicial magistrates in BPS-17 on a regular basis with immediate effect:... PML-N slams govt policies KARACHI, Oct 28: The arrests of RAW agents in the garb of local Taliban in Swat have proved that enemies have not only entered into the country but also promoting terrorism and lawlessness.... HYDERABAD: Hesco urged to speed up recovery of dues HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi has said that the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company has succeeded in reducing its line losses by 0.7... HYDERABAD: Discharge from Manchhar into Indus stopped HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The irrigation authorities have stopped releasing Manchhar Lake’s water into the Indus River following the recommendation by water technologist Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui of the National Centre of... BADIN: Man kills wife BADIN, Oct 28: A farmer accidentally killed his wife when he tried to attack his nephew following a dispute over land in Manthar Dal village, 35 kilometres from here on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Wapda workers to observe strike on 30th HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Employees of Water and Power Development Authority would observe a tool down strike in all the powerhouses of the country on Oct 30 in protest against the bifurcation... HYDERABAD: Anti-measles drive to be launched on Nov 12 HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The government of Pakistan, the Unicef and the WHO will jointly launch an anti-measles campaign throughout the country from Nov 12 to 28 as the disease continued to... NAWABSHAH: Protest against ‘fake cases’ NAWABSHAH, Oct 28: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Nawabshah held a hunger strike camp outside the press club here on Sunday against the registration of fake cases against Dr Safdar Sarki.... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah awaits Benazir visit NAWABSHAH, Oct 28: Preparations to welcome PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto are in full swing as she is expected to visit the Zardari House and offer condolence to the families of the Karachi blasts victims here.... HYDERABAD: FIR lodged against PPP activists HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The cantonment police have lodged a case against some PPP activists for burning effigies of Sindh chief minister on Saturday outside the press club.... PESHAWAR: Anti-polio drive put off in Swat PESHAWAR, Oct 28: The authorities have postponed an anti-polio campaign in Swat district in view of clashes between security forces and the Taliban militants, according to officials.... PESHAWAR: Establishment of research institute in NWFP urged PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Speakers at a seminar here called for setting up an advanced Material Research Institute in the NWFP and an Academia Industry-Government Forum for the economic development of the region and country.... CHITRAL: Over 1,200 treated at medical camp CHITRAL, Oct 28: At least 1,200 people were treated at a medical camp arranged by the Al-Khidmat Foundation in Kosht village of Chitral on Sunday.... MARDAN: ‘Dialogue only way to restore peace in tribal areas’ MARDAN, Oct 28: JUI (F) General-Secretary Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has said the crises in the tribal agencies and the settled areas of the NWFP cannot be resolved with bullets.... LAKKI MARWAT: People urged to reject traditional leaders LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 28: The president of the ulema and mashaikh wing of Pakistan Muslim League, Pir Dr Mohammad Khalid Raza Zakori, has called upon the people to reject the political... PESHAWAR: HEC’s promotion criteria questioned PESHAWAR, Oct 28: Teachers of basic medical sciences in the Khyber Medical University have questioned the rules set by the Higher Education Commission for promotion.... HYDERABAD: Doctors urged to serve people HYDERABAD, Oct 28: The vice-chancellor of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Professor Noshad Ahmed Shaikh, has said that it is the duty of medical practitioners to wholeheartedly serve the ailing humanity because they belonged to a noble profession.... HYDERABAD: Honour for Sindh University HYDERABAD, Oct 28: Syed Farhan Ali Zaidi, a student of MA previous at the University of Sindh has clinched first position in Urdu debate competition in the 11th All-Pakistan Allama Iqbal Shield contest in Islamabad....

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