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November 18, 2007 Sunday Ziqa’ad 07, 1428 KARACHI: Five years of Tumultuous legislation KARACHI, Nov 17: The out-going Sindh Assembly, which came into being 62 days after the election of its constituents on Dec 12, 2002, will be remembered for noisy protests, desk-thumping, brawls, floor-crossing and some legislation.... KARACHI: Lawyers stay away from PCO courts KARACHI, Nov 17: The legal fraternity observed a complete boycott of court proceedings at the City Courts and Malir District Courts on Saturday in response to the call of the Pakistan... KARACHI: PPP rejects ‘partisan set-up’ KARACHI, Nov 17: A free, fair and transparent election is not expected from the partisan set- up, which is carrying forward the previous government’s programme of subverting the will of the... KARACHI: AKUH convocation KARACHI, Nov 17: The country is being faced with a shortage of around 30,000 doctors. Presently, 117,973 doctors are registered with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and 24,000 nurses with the Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC).... HYDERABAD: Fair elections under interim set-up unthinkable: SDF HYDERABAD, Nov 17: The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) believes that free and fair elections under the caretaker setup put in place by General Musharraf will be unthinkable, observe SDF leaders at a meeting on Friday.... MARDAN: PPP workers held in NWFP MARDAN, Nov 17: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) continued with its protest campaign against the imposition of emergency in the country in various cities of the province and six of its workers and leaders were arrested here on Saturday.... 72 lawyers released in NWFP PESHAWAR, Nov 17: About 72 lawyers were released after the provincial government withdrew their detention order under the Maintenance of Public Order.... KARACHI: Governor, CM think PA did very well KARACHI, Nov 17: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that a new chapter has been included in the country’s political history with the completion of five-year tenure of the provincial assembly.... KARACHI: One month on, blasts probe stalled KARACHI, Nov 17: Though it has been a month since midnight blasts targeted Benzair Bhutto’s welcome convoy, the investigation into one of the deadliest terrorist acts in the country’s history has... KARACHI: Hearing in Sepa case on Dec 1 KARACHI, Nov 17: The Environmental Protection Tribunal of Sindh adjourned on Saturday the hearings in nine cases pertaining to environmental pollution which had been submitted by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency... KARACHI: Normality returning to Lyari’s troubled areas KARACHI, Nov 17: Shopkeepers resumed their business and traffic remained normal in some disturbed areas of Lyari Town on Saturday.... KARACHI: Political turmoil causing rise in depression, say psychiatrists KARACHI, Nov 17: The Pakistan Association for Mental Health (PAMH) has expressed its deep concern over the implication of the ongoing political turmoil in the country on patients of depression and certain other mental and psychological problems.... KARACHI: ‘Use of halophytes can reduce edible oil import bill’ KARACHI, Nov 17: Pakistan can significantly reduce its edible oil import bill by investing in the cultivation of indigenous seed-bearing halophytes which are found abundantly in the country and can be grown in brackish water or seawater.... KARACHI: Hearing in murder case adjourned KARACHI, Nov 17: The Additional District and Sessions Judge-II (Central), Nelofer Shahnawaz Azimi, on Saturday adjourned the hearing of a 14-year-old boy’s murder case till Nov 19 due to the lawyers’ boycott of court proceedings.... KARACHI: A woman rights activist’s days in custody KARACHI, Nov 17: Eminent rights activist and a founder member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Noor Naz Agha, who is a also a lawyer, has been under house... KARACHI: ‘No appointments to be made in haste’ KARACHI, Nov 17: The outgoing health minister of Sindh, Syed Sardar Ahmad, has said that no appointment of doctors, nurses and paramedical or technical staff would be made in the remaining... HYDERABAD: HDBA chief freed after filing bond HYDERABAD, Nov 17: The president of the Hyderabad District Bar Association (HDBA), Abdul Aziz Sheikh, who had been in jail under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO), was released late on Friday... NAWABSHAH: District nazim warns EDO NAWABSHAH, Nov 17: District Nazim Faryal Talpur has warned the EDO of education to refrain from issuing posting orders of teaching and non-teaching staff.... BADIN: Body to file cases against officials BADIN, Nov 17: The district anti-corruption committee has decided to register cases against seven officials of revenue, education and police on charges of corruption.... KHAIRPUR: JI hits out at emergency KHAIRPUR, Nov 17: The Naib Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami’s Sindh chapter, Mumtaz Hussain Sehto, has criticised Gen Pervez Musharraf for imposing emergency and said that it had only strengthened the autocracy which would not help improve anything in the country.... HYDERABAD: Use of technology urged in dairy, livestock HYDERABAD, Nov 17: A Sindh born American expert on veterinary sciences, Dr Inayat Hussain, has said that the production of meat, eggs and milk in Pakistan was not keeping pace with... PESHAWAR: Measures needed to improve safety on new motorway PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Substantial work is needed to be done along the recently-inaugurated Peshawar-Islamabad motorway to take care of a host of safety issues and facilities allegedly left unattended owing to pre-mature opening of the multi-billion rupees project, according to sources.... PESHAWAR: Journalists protest new assault on media PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Journalists on Saturday took out a procession from the Peshawar Press Club to denounce the latest assault on the electronic media, including the closure of some news TV channels.... MOHMAND AGENCY: Boy injured in blast MOHMAND AGENCY, Nov 17: A ten-year-old boy was injured when an explosive device he was crrying went off.... PESHAWAR: Concern voiced over human trafficking PESHAWAR, Nov 17: Speakers at a seminar have expressed concern over the increasing incidents of human trafficking and asked the government to implement the Anti-human Trafficking Ordinance, 2002.The... PESHAWAR: ‘Frontier has potential to attract investment’ : Reconstruction zones to be set up soon PESHAWAR, Nov 17: A former president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Ghazenfar Bilour, has said that the NWFP has great potential to attract foreign investment.... MANSEHRA: ‘Emergency against Islamic principles’ MANSEHRA, Nov 17: Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan, a deposed judge of the Peshawar High Court, has said that the state of emergency is against Islamic principles as it imposes the will of an individual on the majority of people.... CHITRAL: Call for probe into support programme affairs CHITRAL, Nov 17: A former MNA from Chitral, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali has urged the government to hold an inquiry into the affairs of the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP)....

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