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October 31, 2007 Wednesday Shawwal 18, 1428 KARACHI: Afaq acquitted in eighth case KARACHI, Oct 30: The additional district and sessions judge-4, Central, Gulshan Ara Chandio, on Tuesday acquitted Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) chief Afaq Ahmed Khan, who was arrested for firing on police and wounding a sub-inspector in Liaquatabad on Feb 3, 1994.... KARACHI: Suspicion falls on Matiur Rehman in Karsaz carnage KARACHI, Oct 30: Investigators probing the October 18 Karsaz bombings are eyeing as possible masterminds a group that is reportedly comprised of an amalgam of banned militant outfits fuelled by the desire to target American interests in Pakistan, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: City govt allowed to establish Rs500m company KARACHI, Oct 30: Amid an opposition boycott of voting, the City Council approved a resolution on Tuesday allowing the city government to form a public limited company with an initial capital of Rs500 million.... KARACHI: Mystery surrounds boy’s ‘hanging’ in mosque KARACHI, Oct 30: A 12-year-old boy was found on Tuesday hanged on the premises of a mosque in Shah Faisal Colony in mysterious circumstances, but police suspected the death was a murder.... KARACHI: Couple gets life for kidnapping doctor KARACHI, Oct 30: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a couple for kidnapping a doctor and receiving ransom from his family.... KARACHI: Hearing in Mufti Ateeq’s killing case on Nov 5 KARACHI, Oct 30: The Anti-terrorism Court-V will resume hearing on Nov 5 of the case pertaining to the assassination of Mufti Ateeq-ur-Rehman along with his brother, Irshad, in the limits of the Preedy police station on June 23, 2005.... KARACHI: Arbab vows to lead alliance against PPP KARACHI, Oct 30: Sindh Chief Minster Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that he will lead the alliance against the Pakistan People’s Party in the coming general elections in Sindh.... KARACHI: Question mark over pre-poll promotions in police dept KARACHI, Oct 30: Courtesy the Chief Minister House, October has witnessed a record number of police promotions despite a petition pending with the Sindh High Court regarding out of turn promotions... KARACHI: KWSB defaulters told to pay 10pc of dues for reconnection KARACHI, Oct 30: Sindh Chief Secretary Ejaz Qureshi on Tuesday intervened to help resolve the ongoing water crisis a number of organisations and departments belonging to different federal ministries are facing... CHITRAL: Risk management strategies urged CHITRAL, Oct 30: There is a need for implementation of disaster mitigation strategies in quake-prone zones, such as the Hindu Kush range, before carrying out any kind of development work.... KARACHI: Provincial media forum on Aids launched KARACHI, Oct 30: Pakistan has entered the concentrated HIV/Aids epidemic phase and it is high time policymakers, individuals, families and communities developed a clear understanding of the disease and its impact so as to come up with workable initiatives.... KARACHI: BEd, MEd enrolment KARACHI, Oct 30: The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced last dates for the submission of enrolment and examination fee for BEd and MEd programmes 2007-08.... KARACHI: CHK gynae dept still closed KARACHI, Oct 30: Services at the gynaeology and obstetrics department of the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) did not resume on Tuesday though an understanding between the hospital administration and the doctors posted in the department had reached after negotiations.... KARACHI: PPP slams Pindi blast KARACHI, Oct 30: The central information secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party, Sherry Rehman, has condemned the suicide attack near Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi that killed seven people.... KARACHI: New VCs for KU, DUHS KARACHI, Oct 30: Names of new vice-chancellors for the Karachi University (KU) and the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) are expected to be finalised towards the end of the current week.... KARACHI: JI set to review performance, strategies KARACHI, Oct 30: The Jamat-i-Islami is set to assess its performance over the past 30 years and review its strategies and policies towards various issues at a three-day meeting commencing on Nov 2 at Shamki Bhatian, near Lahore.... KARACHI: Power plant KARACHI, Oct 30: The chief executive officer of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) S.M. Amjad has stated that the work on the 220-megawatt Korangi power plant being installed by a... KARACHI: Arbab gives land to SHC KARACHI, Oct 30: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Tuesday visited the Sindh High Court and met Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmad in his chamber.... KARACHI: Chinese local government model cited KARACHI, Oct 30: Federal Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister Salim Saifullah Khan said that decentralisation and provincial autonomy were the needs of the hour and urged bureaucrats, who usually looked to the western... HYDERABAD: Countrywide power shutdown threatened HYDERABAD, Oct 30: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) threatened to shut down power supply throughout Pakistan and observe tool down strike if problems of Wapda employees were not resolved.... HYDERABAD: International conference on art in Feb HYDERABAD, Oct 30: Institute of Art and Design (IAD) University of Sindh has planned to organise a three-day international moot and a month-long art exhibition from Feb 19, 2008, aimed at... HYDERABAD: Dist nazim accused of harassing opponents HYDERABAD, Oct 30: A notable of Thana Ahmed Khan, Kohistan, District Jamshoro, Malik Humayoon s/o of Malik Allauddin has accused District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar of harassing his opponents through registration... HYDERABAD: Pre-entry test result out HYDERABAD, Oct 30: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, here on Tuesday, announced the results of pre-entry test held on Oct 28 for admission to 16 technologies of Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of City and Regional planning and B.E... KHAIRPUR: Section 144 imposed KHAIRPUR, Oct 30: District Nazim Pir Niaz Hussain Shah on Tuesday declared examination centres in the district as “prohibited areas” under section 144 during the conduct of supplementary examinations of Higher... TIMERGARA: Four killed in road accident TIMERGARA, Oct, 30: Four people, three of them brothers, were killed and nine others suffered injuries when a pick-up fell into a ravine here on Tuesday.... KOHAT: Police-FR row over jurisdiction in Wapda case settled KOHAT, Oct 30: Police have registered a case against unknown persons for blowing up an electricity tower after resolving the issue of jurisdiction with the Frontier Region (FR) administration....

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