| November 29, 2007 | Thursday | Ziqa’ad 18, 1428 |
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KARACHI: Aids prevalence among women in Sindh rises
KARACHI, Nov 28: The Sindh Aids Control Programme (SACP) has registered 45 women province-wide living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aids) over the past one and a half years, till the end of Sept 2007.... 
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KARACHI: Passport dept, Nadra cross swords over dues
KARACHI, Nov 28: The substantial sum of Rs200 million, owed by the Immigration and Passports Department (I&PD) to the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for verifying applicant details, is unlikely to be paid any time soon, Dawn has learnt....
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KARACHI: Poll papers of 22 women candidates rejected
KARACHI, Nov 28: The nomination papers of 22 candidates seeking to return to the National Assembly on seats reserved for women were rejected by the Election Commission on Wednesday....
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KARACHI: 50 more flyovers, underpasses recommended
KARACHI, Nov 28: As many as 50 more interchange flyovers and underpasses have been recommended to cope with traffic jams and congestion on busy thoroughfares of the metropolis....
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KARACHI: KBCA man fined for ignoring illegal construction
KARACHI, Nov 28: The Sindh High Court imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on a deputy controller of buildings on Wednesday for ignoring unlawful construction of a building....
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KARACHI: Into the eyes of mystery
KARACHI, Nov 28: Photographer Syed Javaid A. Kazi has captured a portion of the spirit that pervades Sufi shrines in this part of the subcontinent. Portion, I say, because he has...
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KARACHI: Order reserved on bail plea of groom’s father: Newly-wed couple’s death
KARACHI, Nov 28: Additional District and Sessions Judge Tasneem Sultana heard on Wednesday the defence counsel’s arguments on a pre-arrest bail application of Shaikh Abdul Majeed and reserved an order for pronouncement till Dec 3....
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KARACHI: Court seeks police record of mosque hanging case KARACHI, Nov 28: The additional district and sessions judge, East, Rana Zaki Shamsi, on Wednesday directed the investigation officer of a case pertaining to the murder of a 12-year-old boy to...
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KARACHI: KESC set to generate 75MW from next month
KARACHI, Nov 28: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) will start generating an additional 75MW electricity on its own by the mid Dec 2007, a high-level meeting presided over by Sindh...
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KARACHI: SHCBA dinner cancelled
KARACHI, Nov 28: The Sindh High Court Bar Association has cancelled its annual dinner in protest against the continued confinement of (deposed) Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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KARACHI: Double murder suspects sent to jail
KARACHI, Nov 28: The senior civil judge and judicial magistrate, west, Shafiqullah M. Hassan, remanded on Wednesday three suspects for their alleged involvement in a double murder case in jail custody for 14 days....
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KARACHI: Samples of infected animals’ blood, feed being examined
KARACHI, Nov 28: Forty samples of the blood and faeces of infected animals and two samples of their feed have been sent to the Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, Tando Jam, and...
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KARACHI: Policeman shot dead
KARACHI, Nov 28: A policeman was killed and his associate wounded by bandits in Orangi Town late Tuesday night. Police said constables Mohammad Khalid, 40, and Mohammad Arif, 36, were...
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KARACHI: PPP inducts heavyweights
KARACHI, Nov 28: The Pakistan People’s Party has inducted some of its stalwarts in Karachi to strengthen its power play team in the upcoming general elections....
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KARACHI: Education officer’s bail plea dismissed
KARACHI, Nov 28: A bench of the Sindh High Court consisting of Justices Yasmin Abbasy and Mahmood Alam Rizvi on Wednesday dismissed the bail application of Azam Solangi, assistant education officer of Garhi Yasin, Shikarpur....
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KARACHI: LLB results
KARACHI, Nov 28: The University of Karachi has announced results of LLB (final) 2007 examinations....
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KARACHI: Traffic police drive
KARACHI, Nov 28: The Traffic police have planned to launch a campaign on Dec 3 against those driving motorcycles without wearing a helmet. The plan was announced by DIG Traffic Wajid Ali Durrani here on Wednesday....
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HYDERABAD: Independent monitoring mechanism suggested: Construction of grid stations
HYDERABAD, Nov 28: Environmental experts and engineers have called for third party independent monitoring mechanism for establishment of four World Bank-funded grid stations of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco)....
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HYDERABAD: Housing schemes
HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The Department of Town Planning on Wednesday declared two more private housing schemes of Shikarpur district as illegal and advised people not to book plots in the illegal schemes....
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HYDERABAD: Dist govt spending Rs800m on filter plants
HYDERABAD, Nov 28: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil said on Wednesday that the district government was spending Rs800 million on installing filter plants and replacing 4,000 feet of worn out pipelines with new ones....
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HYDERABAD: Position holders in masters examinations
HYDERABAD, Nov 28: The controller of examinations of the University of Sindh announced on Wednesday the names of students who clinched positions in the annual examinations (colleges) of 2006 in different disciplines....
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PESHAWAR: ‘Militancy affecting business in Peshawar’
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: The law and order situation in the city is fast deteriorating because of increasing threats by militants to the business community and female educational institutions....
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PESHAWAR: Computerisation of exam system resisted: Scam detected in university
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: An influential lobby in the University of Peshawar is opposing computerisation of the examination section in place of the manual system for pecuniary gains, it is learnt....
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MARDAN: JUI-F chief urged to accept mistake
MARDAN, Nov 28: A noted scholar of Mardan, Dr Farooq Khan, has asked Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to acknowledge his mistake of not supporting the timely dissolution of the NWFP Assembly, which would have strengthened the opposition....
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SWABI: Demarcation of college’s boundary ordered
SWABI, Nov 28: The district nazim on Wednesday ordered the demarcation of a government college’s boundary in Swabi, an issue which remained unresolved for the past 14 years....
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PESHAWAR: Patients suffer in govt hospitals
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: Critically-ill patients continue to suffer in government hospitals because they are not examined by senior doctors who want them visit their clinics prior to admission to city hospitals....
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PESHAWAR: Two marble cities to be set up: Aurakzai
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has stressed the importance of promoting education and research in the field of engineering, especially in the mining sector....
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PESHAWAR: Papers of under-25 candidate rejected
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: The nomination papers of a candidate were rejected as the returning officer continued scrutiny of papers for four National Assembly and 11 provincial assembly seats from Peshawar on Wednesday....
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PESHAWAR: Damage to gas pipeline causes gridlock
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: A massive gridlock took place during peak hours on Wednesday evening on the main University Road near the Customs House reportedly due to damage to a gas pipeline....
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PESHAWAR: Working children call for rights
PESHAWAR, Nov 28: Children at a function here on Wednesday expressed concern over denial of their rights and said they should be provided education, health, safety from abuses and freedom of...
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