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November 20, 2007 Tuesday Ziqa’ad 09, 1428 KARACHI: Top KBA leader arrested KARACHI, Nov 19: The general secretary of the Karachi Bar Association, Naeem Qureshi, who escaped detention since the launch of an operation against protesting lawyers following the imposition of emergency rule... KARACHI: Chaotic council session ends in 20 minutes KARACHI, Nov 19: The City Council witnessed fireworks on Monday as defiant opposition members held up placards and raised slogans in continued protest against the emergency rule imposed on the country and the detention of one of their colleagues.... KARACHI: Amicus curiae wants pre-PCO bench to hear May 12 case KARACHI, Nov 19: The Sindh High Court resumed its suo motu inquiry into the May 12 siege with the government counsel welcoming the constitution of a new five-member bench and an... KARACHI: Teachers, students protest ‘grabbing’ of DJ ground KARACHI, Nov 19: On the call of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), students and teachers of the D.J. Science College held a protest demonstration on the campus on Monday... KARACHI: Marine park status for Astola sought KARACHI, Nov 19: The Pakistan government should declare the Astola Island a marine national park and take urgent steps to conserve what is left of this precious natural resource having a great ecological and economical value.... KARACHI: Thumbnail sketches of cabinet ministers KARACHI, Nov 19: The 15-member caretaker cabinet, sworn in by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Monday, has representatives both from the provincial coalition government and the establishment in Islamabad.... HYDERABAD: Delay in sugarcane crushing deals blow to growers HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The overly delayed commencement of sugarcane crushing each year, which has almost become a routine, causes huge financial losses to the growers as they have to divert the... PESHAWAR: Lawyers, journalists vow to stand united: Struggle against emergency rule PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The members of the Khyber Union of Journalists and lawyers on Monday vowed that their peaceful struggle would continue for the restoration of the Constitution, reinstatement of the... PESHAWAR: ‘Govt doesn’t want to use excessive force in Swat’ PESHAWAR, Nov 19: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai on Monday said the government did not want to use excessive force in Swat.... LAKKI MARWAT: JUI-F finalises names of candidates: One NA seat, three PA seats LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 19: The district chapter of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) announced the names of its candidates for one National Assembly and three provincial assembly seats of Lakki Marwat on Monday.... KARACHI: Towns set to levy more taxes KARACHI, Nov 19: In a move that is likely to further burden the common man already paying a large number of provincial and federal taxes, the administrations of the majority of... KARACHI: The anatomy of an ‘abnormal’ coup KARACHI, Nov 19: Pakistan has seen several military coups and dictatorial rules in its 60-year history but General Pervez Musharraf will go down in history as the man who staged a coup against his own government.... KARACHI: City nazim wants graffiti erased KARACHI, Nov 19: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has announced commencement of a week-long cleanliness drive on Tuesday with focus on removal of graffiti. Speaking at a press conference in his office... KARACHI: KWSB earns little from additional water supply KARACHI, Nov 19: The KWSB’s inability to show any increase in its revenue under the head of water charges in the last two years despite the fact that the city’s water... KARACHI: Nine activists arrested KARACHI, Nov 19: Frere police on Monday arrested nine political activists for holding a demonstration in front of the Karachi Press Club against the imposition of emergency.... KARACHI: Theatre show for children today KARACHI, Nov 19: The Children Museum of Peace and Human Rights (CMPHR) has organised a multi-media theatre show titled “We Have The Power” on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Arts Council... KARACHI: KWSB defies order to appoint 700 KARACHI, Nov 19: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB), ignoring the Sindh chief secretary’s orders against fresh recruitment, has appointed around 700 employees in different cadres (from BPS-11 to BPS-17), it is reliably learnt.... KARACHI: SHCBA polls KARACHI, Nov 19: The Sindh High Court Bar Association may reschedule its annual elections in view of the continued detention of senior lawyers, including its incumbent president and a presidential candidate.... KARACHI: Kidney theft case hearing KARACHI, Nov 19: The Assistant District and Sessions Judge, Central, Qazi Mohammad Naeem Siddiqui, on Monday directed investigation officer of a case, in which a complainant had accused a doctor of... KARACHI: PFUJ rally KARACHI, Nov 19: A protest rally organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) will be taken out on Tuesday to protest against recent curbs on the media and forced closure of radio and TV channels.... KARACHI: Exhibition at Canvas KARACHI, Nov 19: “Dream Catcher” an exhibition of photography by Izdeyar Setna opens at the Canvas art gallery at 5pm on Tuesday. The exhibition will continue till Nov 29, from 11am to 8pm (excluding Sunday).... MIRPURKHAS: Kahu Jo Daro affectees complain of harassment MIRPURKHAS, Nov 19: Dozens of affectees of Kahu Jo Daro -- a historical place -- who were shifted to an alternative less on Tando Adam road have accused the district government... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police reshuffled HYDERABAD, Nov 19: City police has been reshuffled without taking DPO Hyderabad on board and ahead of general elections, told a reliable source in Police Department to Dawn on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Rifts widen in Sindhi Adabi Sangat HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The simmering differences within the Sindhi Adabi Sangat have reached point of no return, with the dissident group led by former secretary general of the Sangat, Taj Joyo,... MIRPURKHAS: 14 more AT workers arrested MIRPURKHAS, Nov 19: Fourteen workers of Awami Tehrik on Monday courted arrest in Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad and Larkana during the Tehrik’s Jail Bharo Movement in protest against imposition of emegerncy.... HYDERABAD: Art festival begins in MUET HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Planning, Arts and Design, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Prof Dr Dost Ali Khowaja here on Monday inaugurated the first Annual... HYDERABAD: Police accused of intimidation HYDERABAD, Nov 19: Acting Chairman, Sindh Taraqi Passand Party Dr Abdul Hameed Memon, General Secretary Hoat Khan Gadhi, Qadir Channa and Muzaffar Kalhoro have condemned police action against party activists in Karachi during a peaceful protest.... BADIN: Man dies in accident BADIN, Nov 19: One man was killed and two injured in an accident on Monday some 17km away from here. Ali Nawaz Mallah and Lakha Dino Mallah were on way from... SWABI: Students protest against absence of teachers SWABI, Nov 19: Students of the Government College, Kotha, held a protest demonstration and blocked the Swabi-Topi road for more than two hours. They were protesting against the continued absence of their principal and the lack of teaching staff.... PESHAWAR: NWFP seeks enhanced tariff for project PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The NWFP government is seeking 5.89 cents as per unit tariff for the Malakand-III power project instead of the 4.70 cents determined under the Federal Hydel Policy-1995, according to officials.... PESHAWAR: Literacy programme launched in Kohistan PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The Pakistan Baitul Maal has started a programme in collaboration with the World Bank to enhance literacy ratio and increase primary school enrolment, starting its first phase from the Kohistan district.... UPPER DIR: Pakistan isolated, says PPP leader UPPER DIR, Nov 19: Imposition of emergency rule in the country has isolated Pakistan internationally, besides plunging it into a crisis domestically, says the Pakistan People’s Party’s candidate for NA-33, Barrister Mohammad Islam Khan.... KARAK: Staff of NGO killed in accident KARAK, Nov 19: A driver of the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) was killed, while its district general manager and another man sustained injuries when a vehicle collided with a car on the Indus Highway here on Monday.... KARAK: People seek resumption of work on gas project KARAK, Nov 19: The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline will have to face a protest campaign if it does not resume work on the supply of gas to the Terri union council by Nov 25, according to a local rights group.... PESHAWAR: Day against child abuse observed PESHAWAR, Nov 19: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) on Monday observed the World Day against Child Abuse and urged the media to report cases... PESHAWAR: ‘Students from Kurram Agency be exempted from interviews’ PESHAWAR, Nov 19: A student organisation has urged the vice-chancellor of the University of Peshawar to exempt applicants from the troubled Kurram Agency, who had applied for admission to postgraduate courses, from personally appearing in interviews....

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