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November 01, 2007 Thursday Shawwal 19, 1428 KARACHI: PPP moves court for registration of second FIR KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday submitted a petition through her counsel Shahadat Awan to the district and sessions judge, East, Agha... KARACHI: Inquiry tribunal formed KARACHI, Oct 31: The Sindh government has appointed a tribunal headed by Justice (Retd) Dr Ghous Mohammad for an inquiry into the Oct 18 bomb attacks on a procession led by... KARACHI: DNA samples of Oct 18 victims collected KARACHI, Oct 31: A team of doctors and medical technicians from the police department on Wednesday acquired the samples from dead bodies of the October 18 blast victims on Wednesday for DNA tests to determine their identities.... KARACHI: SHC asks defence ministry to file comments on Webb ground KARACHI, Oct 31: The Sindh High Court asked the ministry of defence on Tuesday to submit its comments in respect of the ownership of the disputed Webb Ground by November 8.... KARACHI: Autopsy shows boy was killed : Mystery over ‘hanging’ in mosque deepens KARACHI, Oct 31: The initial findings of a post-mortem examination on the 12-year-old boy whose body was found hanging in a Shah Faisal Colony mosque on Tuesday suggested that he was... PESHAWAR: Ex-MPAs allege bias in fund distribution : Govt told to redress grievances PESHAWAR, Oct 31: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday disposed of two identical writ petitions filed by five former MPAs challenging the ‘unjust’ distribution of funds by the ex-chief minister and... HYDERABAD: Qaim accuses Arbab of provoking workers, creating unrest HYDERABAD, Oct 31: The president of the Sindh chapter of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Syed Qaim Ali Shah, alleged on Wednesday that Sindh chief minister was issuing provocative statements against Benazir... KARACHI: Power supply to KWSB offices restored KARACHI, Oct 31: Power supply to the head-office and other main offices of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board was restored on Wednesday after one week of suspension.... KARACHI: International team in city to observe poll process KARACHI, Oct 31: A six-member delegation of the International Republican Institute visiting the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday surprised the waiting reporters by saying that they had nothing to share with... KARACHI: Man killed by muggers KARACHI, Oct 31: A meat-seller was shot dead by two muggers in Sector D-1, Orangi Town, on Wednesday, witnesses and police said.... KARACHI: Demand for debate on big projects in council KARACHI, Oct 31: The opposition in the City Council sought a debate on several mega-projects worth millions of rupees being carried out by the city government instead of discussing “petty matters”... KARACHI: Proposals ready to hone doctors’ trauma skills : Foreign delegates told KARACHI, Oct 31: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has almost compiled a set of recommendations put forward by its Postgraduate Medical Education Committee on how to develop skills of doctors coming from different medical institutions.... KARACHI: Hearing of case against Mandi officials on 14th KARACHI, Oct 31: Special Judge Anti-Corruption Karachi Syed Gul Munir Shah on Wednesday adjourned till November 14 the hearing of a corruption case against the officials of the market committee of... KARACHI: Efforts on to counter terrorism: Wasim KARACHI, Oct 31: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Home Affairs Wasim Akhtar on Wednesday observed that Sindh, like other provinces, was facing the threat of terrorism, and said the government was taking steps to deal with the situation.... KARACHI: ANP invites applications for party tickets KARACHI, Oct 31: The Sindh chapter of the Awami National Party (ANP) has invited applications for party tickets from aspirants of national and provincial assembly seats in the upcoming general elections.... KARACHI: Judgment in boys’ murder case today KARACHI, Oct 31: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the final arguments in the kidnapping for ransom and murder case of two boys and Judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon of ATC-II, who... KARACHI: Arts Council poll on Dec 12 KARACHI, Oct 31: Elections for the office-bearers of the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, will be held on December 16, according to a spokesman for the council.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Oct 31: The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather for the city on Thursday with minimum temperature expected to range between 20°C and 22°C and maximum between 36°C and 38°C.... KARACHI: LLM viva-voce KARACHI, Oct 31: The University of Karachi on Wednesday announced that LLM (final) viva-voce examination 2006 would be held from Nov 7 to 20 at 3:30pm in the conference room of the Government Islamia Law College.—PPI... KARACHI: 17 officers recommended for induction into PSP KARACHI, Oct 31: At least 17 beneficiaries of out-of-turn promotions were on Wednesday recommended for induction into the Police Service of Pakistan in a meeting that was postponed on Oct 29 to accommodate a single person.... SHIKARPUR: Highway robbery on the rise SHIKARPUR, Oct 31: Bandits robbed wagons, trucks and buses and snatched cash, valuables and motorcycles at gunpoint in four incidents of robbery on the Indus Highway and link roads in Lakhi and Garhi Yasin talukas on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Renegades back in PPP HYDERABAD, Oct 31: Forty-five activists of the PML-F who had joined the party after deserting the Pakistan People’s Party rejoined the PPP and made the announcement at a press conference here on Wednesday.... NAWABSHAH: Attack on rally condemned NAWABSHAH, Oct 31: Members of district council on Wednesday offered fateha for the people who lost their lives in the gruesome blasts that hit the Pakistan People’s Party rally in Karachi on Oct 18 and condemned the terrorist attack.... THATTA: Rally against CMs of Sindh, Punjab THATTA, Oct 31: Thousands of PPP activists took out a rally from Makli to Thatta here on Wednesday in protest against ‘media trial’ and use of unparliamentary language by chief ministers of two provinces against PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.... HYDERABAD: Students seek more buses HYDERABAD, Oct 31: A large number of students of Sindh University belonging to the Sindh National Students Front staged a demonstration outside the press club on Wednesday in protest against incidents... SHIKARPUR: Constable killed SHIKARPUR, Oct 31: A police constable was killed in an encounter with highwaymen who were robbing passengers of a coach coming from Karachi on the Kandhkot-Shikarpur road at a place under Khanpur police station early on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: University may adopt semester system PESHAWAR, Oct 31: The Khyber Medical University (KMU) may adopt semester system from next year, says the vice-chancellor.... PESHAWAR: Malaysian mother allowed weekly meeting with baby : Custody case transferred to Peshawar PESHAWAR, Oct 31: The Peshawar High Court has transferred the child custody case involving a Malaysian woman and her Pakistani husband from the senior civil judge in Buner to the district and sessions judge in Peshawar.... HARIPUR: Bakers seek increase in naan price HARIPUR, Oct 31: Naanbais (bread-makers) in town warned the administration on Wednesday that they would increase the roti price to Rs4 from the existing Rs3 if it failed to issue orders to this effect in 72 hours.... TIMERGARA: Nato presence blamed for Swat unrest TIMERGARA, Oct 31: Provincial chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Sirajul Haq has said that the presence of Nato forces in the region is the root cause of unrest in Swat and other parts of the country....

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