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November 30, 2007 Friday Ziqa’ad 19, 1428 KARACHI: Poll papers of 46 women candidates rejected KARACHI, Nov 29: The nomination papers of 46 women candidates, including former minister Dr Hamida Khuhro, were rejected by the provincial election commissioner on Thursday.... KARACHI: Action against another KBCA man ordered KARACHI, Nov 29: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered stringent action against a negligent deputy controller of buildings who allowed construction of a violative building at... KARACHI: Delays hit NRO cases withdrawal KARACHI, Nov 29: The office of the Sindh Prosecutor General has been lying vacant since Nov 4, with the result that applications seeking the withdrawal of over 1,300 criminal cases against... KARACHI: Woman hurt in Lyari gangsters’ shooting KARACHI, Nov 29: A woman was shot at and wounded in Lyari on Thursday after gangsters’ demand for money was rejected by businessmen, including the victim’s husband.... HYDERABAD: US diplomat welcomes Musharraf’s decision HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The US Consul General Ms Kay Anske said on Thursday that her country wanted to see Pakistan march towards democracy and President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to take off uniform was the first step in that direction.... HYDERABAD: PML to sweep polls, predicts Arbab HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Former chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the general elections will be held in a transparent manner and emergency will be withdrawn before elections.... HYDERABAD: Lawyers boycott courts in Sindh HYDERABAD, Nov 29: On the call of the Pakistan Bar Council, lawyers boycotted court proceedings in different parts of Sindh on Thursday to protest against President Mussharaf’s oath-taking, imposition of emergency... PESHAWAR: Lawyers observe ‘black day’ in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Nov 29: Lawyers on Thursday observed ‘black day’ in protest against President Pervez Musharraf’s oath-taking as civilian president for a five-year term and called upon all political parties to boycott the next elections.... PESHAWAR: ANP rules out district level seat adjustment PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The Awami National Party has said that it will not make seat adjustments at the district level in the coming elections but alliances at the provincial level are possible.... KARACHI: Aitzaz urged to withdraw poll paper KARACHI, Nov 29: On the call of the Pakistan Bar Council, lawyers observed a complete boycott at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts on Thursday in protest against the oath taken by Pervez Musharraf as a civilian president.... KARACHI: German group rocks city with hot funk, cool jazz KARACHI, Nov 29: Jazz is the ideal soundtrack for a city like Karachi. Though aficionados of classical, pop and other genres may hardly agree, whenever a foreign jazz troupe performs here,... KARACHI: Man kills daughter for defying his will KARACHI, Nov 29: A man strangled his daughter to death on Thursday in Gulshan-i-Sikander, Jackson area for marrying of her own accord a few months back.... KARACHI: Disquiet over Lyari’s relapse into violence KARACHI, Nov 29: The powerful crime mafia is now threatening to spread its tentacles throughout Lyari as the law-enforcers have failed to control its activities. Though the public representatives are reluctant... KARACHI: Warrants out for two cops KARACHI, Nov 29: Additional District and Sessions Judge (Central) Nelofer Shahnawaz Azimi on Thursday issued a bailable arrest warrent for a sub-inspector and a constable who have not been responding to... KARACHI: Hearing adjourned in conspiracy case KARACHI, Nov 29: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday adjourned till Dec 11 the hearing in a case pertaining to a conspiracy to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf in the limits of Airport police station on April 26, 2002.... KARACHI: 50 more infected buffaloes die KARACHI, Nov 29: Fifty more buffaloes died due to ailments related to poisonous feed on Thursday at Cattle Colony, Landhi, pushing the death toll to 450 over a week.... KARACHI: Bus conductors KARACHI, Nov 29: DIG Traffic Wajid Ali Durrani on Thursday announced that the last date for the issuance of... KARACHI: Rules, ban flouted in wildlife dept recruitment KARACHI, Nov 29: More than 40 people have been appointed in the Sindh Wildlife Department ignoring rules and the ban on appointments, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Officials concede failure of anti-measles drive KARACHI, Nov 29: The recently concluded anti-measles supplemental campaign failed to immunise thousands of children, mainly students of the city’s major schools.... KARACHI: Ban on heavy vehicles KARACHI, Nov 29: The city government has imposed a ban on the movement of all types of upcountry heavy vehicles, including trucks, loaders, dumpers and oil tankers, for seven days on... KARACHI: SHCBA polls tomorrow KARACHI, Nov 29: The Sindh High Court Bar Association goes to the polls on Saturday to elect its office-bearers for 2008.... KARACHI: Another bank robbed with security guard’s help KARACHI, Nov 29: Four armed men took away more than Rs3 million from a bank branch in Ferozabad on Thursday with the help of a private security guard in what appears to be a pattern of robberies in recent days.... DADU: EC stops recruitment of teachers in Dadu DADU, Nov 29: The Election Commission (EC), acting on complaints about large-scale recruitment of teachers in Dadu, has directed the education department to cancel all the appointment orders issued since the... JACOBABAD: PPP holds rally against police JACOBABAD, Nov 29: Leaders and activists of the Jacobabad chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party held a rally here on Thursday in protest against the killing of a villager Chakar Jakhrani... HYDERABAD: Excise officer, constables arrested for trespassing HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The Chamber police arrested Assistant Excise Taxation Officer (AETO) and two constables for trespassing on houses of villagers on Thursday following registration of a case against them on a complaint.... LARKANA: Benazir’s nomination accepted LARKANA, Nov 29: The returning officer on Thursday accepted the nomination papers of People’s Party Chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto for NA-204 (Larkana-I) while setting aside objections raised by the Hesco.... HYDERABAD: Water supply HYDERABAD, Nov 29: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil here on Wednesday inaugurated four newly laid water supply pipelines in Noorani Basti, Phulelli and Paretabad and adjoining areas which have been constructed at a total cost of Rs4.5... UPPER DIR: PPP worker decides to go his own way UPPER DIR, Nov 29: Barrister Mohammad Islam, who was denied a National Assembly ticket from Upper Dir by his PPP, submitted his nomination papers on Thursday as an independent candidate.... PESHAWAR: Fire destroys godowns PESHAWAR, Nov 29: A fire on Thursday broke out in cloth godowns in Shaheen Bazaar, old Azar Kali, and destroyed goods worth millions of rupees.... HARIPUR: Bank cashier, guard held HARIPUR, Nov 29: Police on Thursday picked up the cashier and a security guard from a branch of the Allied Bank for allegedly misappropriating Rs2 million....

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