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November 06, 2007 Tuesday Shawwal 24, 1428 KARACHI: Lawyers step up anti-govt drive despite arrests KARACHI, Nov 5: At the City Courts, Monday began with relative calm but soon deteriorated into an illustration of the police powers strengthened under emergency rule and the fundamental rights lost by ordinary citizens.... KARACHI: Journalists reject media curbs KARACHI, Nov 5: Since the imposition of emergency rule in the country on Saturday, the authorities’ censorship of independent television channels has been complete, with Pakistanis not getting to watch any of them on Sunday and Monday.... KARACHI: Press club under siege KARACHI, Nov 5: Police laid a four-hour siege to the Karachi Press Club, and arrested nine people, including five journalists, who were protesting against the government attempt to prevent the publication of a supplement by the Awam newspaper.... KARACHI: Lions smuggled in under official nose KARACHI, Nov 5: Wildlife traffickers have illegally ‘imported’ six lions from South Africa while federal and provincial wildlife regulators remained entirely in the dark, Dawn has learned.... KARACHI: LGH gynae section lacks staff, basic facilities KARACHI, Nov 5: Despite being a major teaching hospital in the city functioning under the board of governors of the Civil Hospital Karachi, the Lyari General Hospital is one of the most neglected public sector hospitals.... KARACHI: ‘People living near Kanupp exposed to radiation’ KARACHI, Nov 5: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority Chairman, Syed Anwar Haider, has expressed concern over growing fire incidents, re-erecting of hoardings and hazardous effects of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant.... KARACHI: Medical treatment of terrorism victims KARACHI, Nov 5: The Sindh health department has decided in principle to bear all expenses that may incur on the treatment provided by a private hospital to a victim of terrorism or natural calamity.... KARACHI: Viral infection claims two more lives KARACHI, Nov 5: Two more people died from the viral infections in Deh Allah Bano, part of the Gabopat Union Council, Keamari Town, raising the death toll over the past few weeks to 12.... KARACHI: Fixed rates of platelets bags urged KARACHI, Nov 5: The secretary of the Pakistan Medical Association, Dr Qaisar Sajjad, urged the Sindh government to fix the price of platelets bag so as to facilitate people affected by dengue fever.... KARACHI: $10,000 award for Fatehpuri KARACHI, Nov 5: Dr Farman Fatehpuri, a noted literary figure of the country, has been given a $10,000 literary prize.... KARACHI: Progress of work on DHA projects reviewed KARACHI, Nov 5: The progress of work on the ongoing development projects in the Defence Housing Authority was reviewed at the annual meeting of the DHA governing body held at the Headquarters 5 Corps.... KARACHI: Arrests slated KARACHI, Nov 5: Media organisations in the metropolis have condemned the imposition of emergency, restrictions on the media and arrest of journalists and political and social workers.... KARACHI: Fair weather forecast KARACHI, Nov 5: The Met Office has forecast fair weather for the city on Tuesday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 19 and 21 degrees centigrade and the maximum between 35 and 37 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Exhibition KARACHI, Nov 5: “Identity crisis” an exhibition of paintings by Masuma Halai opens at Canvas gallery on Tuesday at 5pm.... HYDERABAD: 57 held as lawyers boycott courts HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Over 30 lawyers were arrested in Sukkur, 17 in Larkana, four in Nawabshah, two in Mirpurkhas and four in Jacobabab in late night raids, which continued on Monday,... HYDERABAD: Sindh Hari Mazdoor Mahaz formed HYDERABAD, Nov 5: A meeting of different alliances of peasants and workers, convened under the aegis of the South Asia Partnership, Sindh Chapter has announced the formation of the Sindh Hari Mazdoor Mahaz, here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Journalists condemn emergency HYDERABAD, Nov 5: Journalists on Monday condemned imposition of emergency in the country, raids on the offices of TV channels and curbs on electronic and print media.... BADIN: Action against DPO, SHO sought BADIN, Nov 5: Journalists on Monday demanded transfer of the DPO of Tando Muhammad Khan and suspension of the SHO of Tando Ghulam Hyder police station accusing them of being involved... HYDERABAD: Woman seeks protection HYDERABAD, Nov 5: A married Hindu woman sought protection from her husband whom she accused of torturing her. Ms Shrimati Sodhi told journalists in Tando Mohammad Khan that her... MITHI: Constable dies in accident MITHI, Nov 5: A police constable was killed in a road accident, here on Sunday. According to reports, a constable of Mithi Police, Gul Hassan Bajir was seriously injured when a... MIRPURKHAS: VC deplores low standard of education MIRPURKHAS, Nov 5: The vice-chancellor of the Sindh University, Mazharul Haq Siddiqui on Monday deplored the condition of primary and secondary education in Sindh and said thousands of schools were being... LARKANA: Section 144 imposed LARKANA, Nov 5: District Nazim Larkana, Mohammad Bakhsh Arijo has under section 144 Cr.P.C. declared examination centres established at the Government Degree College Larkana, Government Arts and Commerce College Larkana, Government... JACOBABAD: Protest against kidnapping JACOBABAD, Nov 5: Activists of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam staged a rally in Thull against the kidnapping of a villager Shakir Khoso on Monday.... PESHAWAR: ANP asks PPP to join opposition movement PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will chalk out a joint line of action against the state of emergency in the country, says senior vice-president of the Awami National Party (ANP) Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour.... PESHAWAR: People’s Party assails arrests PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The Peshawar chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has condemned the arrest of lawyers and activists of political parties on a large scale after the imposition of emergency rule in the country.... PESHAWAR: MMA govt released Rs1.2bn for uplift plans in 2007-08 PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Former NWFP chief minister Akram Khan Durrani, exercising his discretionary powers, ordered the release of Rs1.24 billion during the current financial year (2007-08) for development schemes identified by various MPAs affiliated to the alliance of religious parties.... PESHAWAR: Lack of awareness about resource management decried: Manufacturing, processing industries PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Experts have expressed concerns over lack of awareness about management of natural resources, which they believe is causing environmental degradation in the country.... PESHAWAR: Office-bearers of college association take oath PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Newly elected members of the Teaching Staff Association (TSA) of Islamia College Peshawar took the oath of office for the session 2007-08 here on Monday.... MARDAN: Rocket fired on police station MARDAN, Nov 5: A rocket was fired on the Jabbar police station on Sunday night, which damaged its building and also a van parked on the premises.... PESHAWAR: Accord signed PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The Bank of Khyber and the Malak Exchange Company on Monday signed an agreement for facilitating the flow of remittances to the NWFP from the Gulf and Far Eastern countries....

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