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November 13, 2007 Tuesday Ziqa’ad 02, 1428 KARACHI: Workers’ arrest no ‘friendly fire’: PPP KARACHI, Nov 12: The leader of the opposition in the Senate, Mian Raza Rabbani, on Monday said that people would not accept “state terrorism” in any form and declared that the... KARACHI: IG gets another extension KARACHI, Nov 12: The provincial police officer, Ziaul Hasan, on Monday got an extension of the contract for six months in a move that is aimed at ensuring that he remains in office for the entire year 2008.... KARACHI: Bar extends boycott of PCO judges KARACHI, Nov 12: A general body meeting of the Sindh High Court Bar Association on Monday extended until Nov 16 the boycott of “persons” who took oath as superior court judges... KARACHI: Fate of gallery project hangs in the balance KARACHI, Nov 12: The fate of the Fayzee Rahamin Art Gallery and Auditorium project hangs in the balance as the city government’s efforts to award a contract for the completion of... KARACHI: 36 PPP activists get bail KARACHI, Nov 12: The Deputy District Officer (DDO) and Special Judicial Magistrate, Saddar Town, Lal Mohammad Kalhoro, on Monday granted bail to around 36 activists of the Pakistan People’s Party against surety bonds of Rs10,000 each.... KARACHI: JI protest foiled, activists arrested KARACHI, Nov 12: Despite strict measures taken by the police around Regal Chowk and Empress Market areas in Saddar, activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami on Monday somehow succeeded in staging a protest... KARACHI: Anti-measles drive kicks off in Sindh KARACHI, Nov 12: Like other districts of the province, a two-week supplemental immunisation campaign against measles got under way at Karachi on Monday, under the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Sindh, with... KARACHI: Sewage inundates old city areas KARACHI, Nov 12: Sewerage system in various parts of the old city collapsed once again on Monday creating unhygienic conditions in lanes and streets of Urdu Bazaar, Mohammad Bin Qasim Road,... KARACHI: Journalists’ protest KARACHI, Nov 12: Protest meetings were held in all 38 units of the Karachi Union of Journalists on Monday to condemn imposition of emergency, curbs on the media and harassment of journalists.... KARACHI: Photo exhibition KARACHI, Nov 12: The Goethe Institut is organising a photo exhibition titled “Sacred Companions” on November 14 at 6 pm, according to an announcement made here on Monday.... KARACHI: ANP rally against emergency KARACHI, Nov 12: Sindh chapter of the Awami National Party (ANP) has announced that it will hold a protest demonstration on at 4:30pm at Bacha Khan Chowk, Banaras, on Tuesday against... KARACHI: Baby dolphin dies, another rescued KARACHI, Nov 12: One of the two male Indus dolphins which had strayed into the canals near Sukkur Barrage last month died during the rescue operation carried out by the Sindh Wildlife Department personnel, it has been learnt here reliably.... KARACHI: Action against Quetta-bound buses entering city likely KARACHI, Nov 12: Sindh Minister for Transport Mohammed Adil Siddiqi has taken strict cognizance of the movement of Balochistan-bound buses in the limits of Karachi city, observing that crew of these... KARACHI: Agents urged to pay up Rs120m dues to FCS KARACHI, Nov 12: The stakeholders of the Karachi Fish Harbour discussed the issue of outstanding dues payable to the Fishermen Cooperative Society at a meeting here on Monday.... KARACHI: City Council meets today KARACHI, Nov 12: The City Council session, which was adjourned on Nov 7, will now be held at the council secretariat on Tuesday. This was announced by the City Naib Nazim, Nasreen Jalil, on Monday.... KARACHI: Policeman shot dead in Malir KARACHI, Nov 12: A policeman was shot dead in Malir on Monday evening. Police Constable Zaheer, 43, alias Guddu, was at a car service station in Saudabad when unidentified persons on a motorcycle opened fire at him and escaped.... KARACHI: SSC exam forms KARACHI, Nov12: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi on Monday announced that SSC part I and II exams would be held in April next year. It notified that exam forms could be submitted from Nov 15 to Dec 15.—PPI... HYDERABAD: PPP activists granted bail HYDERABAD, Nov 12: Seven activists of PPP were released after they were granted bail in cases of violation of section 144 Cr.PC by different courts here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Musharraf urged to accept failure & resign HYDERABAD, Nov 12: Members of Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) have termed General Pervez Musharraf’s press conference of November 11 a “statement of confession” of his total failure in all aspects of governance, economy and war on terror.... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah mills to begin crushing on 15th NAWABSHAH, Nov 12: The three sugar mills of the district Habib, Sakrand, Qazi Ahmed and Al-Noor have issued indents to cane growers for commencing crushing from 15th of this month, said the General Manager of Sakrand Sugar Mills, on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Asif Baladi denies links with RAW HYDERABAD, Nov 12: A nationalist leader Allah Dino alias Asif Baladi in his statement under section 164 CrPC before the judicial magistrate here on Monday denied his alleged connections with RAW and involvement in bomb explosions over the last several years.... HYDERABAD: Cases registered against PPP workers HYDERABAD, Nov 12: The Tando Allahyar Police, on Monday registered a case against the PPP activists under section 341, 147, 149 and 188 PPC for holding a rally on Sunday against the imposition of emergency.... HYDERABAD: Cultivation of low delta crops advised HYDERABAD, Nov 12: The government is keen to resolve issues of growers, said Provincial Secretary for Irrigation Shuja Ahmed Junejo in view of 22 per cent water shortage Sindh may face this Rabi season.... MIRPURKHAS: Rs370m being spent on Mirpurkhas water schemes MIRPURKHAS, Nov 12: The Executive Engineer of Public Health Engineering, Mirpurkhas, Arbab Masroor, has said that Rs370.274 million would be spent on nine water supply and drainage schemes in the district... NAWABSHAH: Classes being held in shelterless school NAWABSHAH, Nov 12: Hundreds of children are attending their classes without a shelter at the Government Primary School, Union Council No 6, Taj Colony Nawabshah, since long.... HYDERABAD: Pace of development in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Nov 12: District Nazim Hyderabad, Kanwar Naveed Jamil here on Saturday inaugurated two new roads at Gaushala constructed at a cost of Rs4 million. He said it was extremely important... LARKANA: Meeting denied LARKANA, Nov 12: Officials of the central prison Larkana did not allow leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, MPA Haji Munawar Ali Abbasi and other PPP leaders to... PESHAWAR: Education regulatory body lacks funds PESHAWAR, Nov 12: The Higher Education Regulatory Authority, which was set up in 2002 to check the mushroom growth of private colleges and universities in the NWFP, is facing problems in fulfilling its responsibilities because of lack of funds and facilities.... PESHAWAR: Growers call for increase in sugarcane price PESHAWAR, Nov 12: The NWFP chapter of the Kissan Board Pakistan has called upon the government to increase the price of sugarcane. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, board president... ABBOTABAD: Closure of FM station hits quake zone people ABBOTABAD, Nov 12: Thousands of quake victims have been deprived of their only source of airing concerns regarding relief activities following the closure of an Abbottabad-based FM radio station after the imposition of emergency rule.... CHITRAL: Flood victims fear onset of winter CHITRAL, Nov 12: Residents of the Sonoghur village are living under precarious conditions in tents and facing exposure to cold winter winds as the government has failed in rehabilitating them in adequate shelters.... LANDI KOTAL: Campaign against measles launched LANDI KOTAL, Nov 12: The Fata Health Directorate on Monday launched a two-week campaign against measles in the Khyber Agency, officials said. About 198 teams under the supervision of 52 health supervisors have been constituted....

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