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November 17, 2007 Saturday Ziqa’ad 06, 1428 KARACHI: Top Sindh Bureaucrat sounds note of alarm : Govt recruitment KARACHI, Nov 16: The chief secretary of Sindh, Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi, has asked all governments and district coordination officers to refrain from appointing any new people to provincial government posts in... KARACHI: Lyari tense as protests continue KARACHI, Nov 16: A number of localities in Lyari Town remained tense on Friday as protesting youths burnt tyres and threw stones at vehicles and police fired tear-gas shells at agitators.... KARACHI: Nadra employees caught in fake ID cards racket KARACHI, Nov 16: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has caught some employees who were involved in the racket of preparing fake computerised national identity cards.... KARACHI: 35 PPP workers granted bail KARACHI, Nov 16: The Deputy District Officer (DDO) and Special Judicial Magistrate of Saddar Town, Lal Mohammed Kalhoro, granted bail on Friday to 35 activists of the Pakistan People’s Party, including... KARACHI: NED asked again to suspend illegal construction work KARACHI, Nov 16: The Karachi Building Control Authority has, for the second time, directed the NED University of Engineering and Technology to stop illegal construction work at its old campus building,... KARACHI: Bank heist Reveals disturbing trend KARACHI, Nov 16: Four armed robbers accompanied by a security guard took away more than Rs1.6 million from a local bank branch in Gulbahar on Friday and damaged recording equipment in... KARACHI: Musharraf urged not to let down Quaid, associates KARACHI, Nov 16: Children of several close associates of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah have urged Gen Pervez Musharraf not to betray the Father of the Nation and the freedom fighters who... KARACHI: BIEK announces results of HSC-I KARACHI, Nov 16: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Friday announced the results of HSC-I (pre-engineering) annual examinations 2007.... KARACHI: KBCA bans three property projects KARACHI, Nov 16: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) has banned advertisement and sale of properties offered in three projects, citing violation of building bylaws. People have been warned against entering... KARACHI: Stern action against plagiarists pledged KARACHI, Nov 16: Head of the Karachi University’s committee on plagiarism Dr Mohammad Qaiser has warned of stern action against any one found guilty of plagiarism, resolving that the menace will be rooted out to improve the institution’s image.... KARACHI: Plantation drive in Saddar soon KARACHI, Nov 16: As part of its beautification campaign, the Saddar Town will plant 1,000 saplings in different parts of the town. Besides, around 9,000 saplings will also be planted in schools and colleges.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Nov 16: The Met Office has forecast fair weather for the city on Saturday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 17 and 19 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Dacoit shot dead in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Nov 16: Police on Friday killed a dacoit in what they described as an encounter, when the alleged culprit was trying to escape after looting a passenger coach on Sharea Faisal.... KARACHI: SHC seeks official comment on TV channel ban KARACHI, Nov 16: The Sindh High Court on Friday asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to submit their comments on a petition challenging ban on four television channels by Nov 20.... KARACHI: Man accused of killing wife remanded KARACHI, Nov 16: A man who was booked and arrested for killing his 28-year-old wife on Thursday was given into police custody for interrogation for seven days by a judicial magistrate.... KARACHI: Envoy welcomes IAEA report KARACHI, Nov 16: Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masood Mohammad Zamani on Friday said that now when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had released its report clearing... KARACHI: Eid trains KARACHI, Nov 16: The Pakistan Railway’s Karachi division has announced seat reservation for Eid trains from Nov 17 to 20. The reservation/seats will be available at the City, Cantonment, Drig Road and other booking offices in Karachi division and Hyderabad.—PPI... LARKANA: MMA joins agitation in parts of Sindh LARKANA, Nov 16: Police arrested 16 protesters in Thatta and foiled a rally in Larkana by resorting to baton charge and teargas shelling on people protesting imposition of emergency on the call of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, on Friday.... HYDERABAD: More PPP, AT activists arrested HYDERABAD, Nov 16: Police continued to arrest PPP activists here on Friday for violation of section 144 CrPC. The Cantonment police arrested eight activists of PPP from outside the local press... MIRPURKHAS: Police plea for remand in Mannu Bheel case rejected MIRPURKHAS, Nov 16: The additional and session judge Mirpurkhas-I dismissed an application seeking police remand for interrogation from an accused, Nangar Khan Nizamani, here on Thursday.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Journalists protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 16: Journalists staged a protest demonstration here on Friday at the press club and observed token hunger strike against restrictions on media and imposition of emergency.... PESHAWAR: Rallies across NWFP against emergency PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Various political parties staged separate demonstrations and took out protest rallies across the province on Friday against the imposition of state of emergency and proclamation of the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).... MIRAMSHAH: Girls in a fix as security agencies take over college MIRAMSHAH, Nov 16: At least 200 girls in North Waziristan have been forced to give up their education as security agencies have moved into the building of the only girls’ degree college in Miramshah, the headquarters of the agency.... KOHAT: 9 shops gutted in Kohat KOHAT, Nov 16: At least nine shops were destroyed in a fire in the main bazaar here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers honour Justice Tariq PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Lawyers on Friday named the main entrance of the Peshawar High Court as Justice Tariq Pervez entrance to honour him for not taking the oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).... KOHAT: Clerics allow polio vaccination KOHAT, Nov 16: Health authorities on Friday claimed to have vaccinated children against polio in Bostikhel area of the Kohat frontier region for the first time since September 2006....

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