DAWN - Local; December 01, 2007

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December 01, 2007	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 20, 1428

KARACHI: Three killed in daredevil Malir heist KARACHI, Nov 30: More than a dozen armed robbers, two of them dressed in police uniforms, killed three men, including a police constable, before walking off with over Rs5 million from a local bank branch in Malir on Friday....		KARACHI: Tribunals formed to hear poll appeals KARACHI, Nov 30: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday established two tribunals to hear appeals of candidates against rejection of their nomination papers filed for National Assembly and Sindh Assembly seats falling in the city....

KARACHI: Factory owner, operator indicted in boiler case KARACHI, Nov 30: An additional district and sessions court on Friday indicted a factory owner and his employee on a manslaughter charge in a case pertaining to a boiler explosion that...		KARACHI: Two acquitted in sectarian killing case KARACHI, Nov 30: Two alleged militants of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi were acquitted by an anti-terrorism court on Friday in a sectarian killing case. Mohammad Tehsin and Anwar Baloch were facing trial...

KARACHI: International book fair a bibliophile’s delight KARACHI, Nov 30: Spread over five days and three halls of the city’s Expo Centre, the Third Karachi International Book Fair kicked off on Friday to give the metropolis’s bibliophiles a...		KARACHI: Two fires hit city within 12 hours KARACHI, Nov 30: The city’s fire department was called out twice to tackle two separate fire incidents in as many adjoining localities from late Thursday night to Friday afternoon....

KARACHI: Mandatory reporting of every HIV/Aids case stressed: Experts seek legislation KARACHI, Nov 30: Speakers at a workshop on Friday urged the government to make laws for mandatory reporting of HIV/Aids, dengue and other infectious or communicable diseases by government and private hospitals....		KARACHI: Carjackers’ gang busted KARACHI, Nov 30: The Anti-Car Lifting Unit (ACLU) has busted an inter-provincial gang by arresting its seven members and recovering two vehicles from their possession, SSP Khurram Waris told a press conference here on Friday....

KARACHI: KWSB plans 600mgd additional water for city KARACHI, Nov 30: In order to meet the city’s water needs in the future, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has started preparing the PC-I of the K-IV project through...		KARACHI: Animal traders’ protest KARACHI, Nov 30: A large number of animal traders on Friday protested against the imposition of a ‘Eid special tax’ at Malir livestock market and called for its immediate withdrawal....

KARACHI: Four deposed SHC judges denied salaries KARACHI, Nov 30: All but four of the deposed Sindh High Court judges are understood to have been paid their salaries for the current month. The judges who have been denied...		KARACHI: AG meets high court chief justice KARACHI, Nov 30: Attorney-General Malik Mohammad Qayyum paid a visit to the Sindh High Court on Friday morning. He met SHC Chief Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro and remained with him for...

KARACHI: ‘100 pleas challenging 2002 poll results still pending’ KARACHI, Nov 30: More than 100 election petitions alleging rigging and filed soon after the previous election in 2002 were still pending though they were supposed to have been decided within...		KARACHI: PPP terms interim set-up ‘biased’ KARACHI, Nov 30: A top leader of the Pakistan People’s Party on Friday said that the interim set-up in the country was the continuation of the previous government and its actions...

KARACHI: Six gangsters arrested in Lyari KARACHI, Nov 30: In a renewed crackdown against street crime, the police on Friday claimed to have arrested six culprits allegedly involved in Lyari gang warfare....		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Nov 30: The Met Office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather and hazy morning for Karachi on Saturday with minimum temperatures expected to range between 15°C and 17°C....

HYDERABAD: Minister assures of impartial elections HYDERABAD, Nov 30: Caretaker government will ensure fair and free elections to strengthen democracy in the country, said Sindh Minister for Auqaf, Zakat, Ushr and Minority Affairs, Haji Irshad Ahmed Memon....		HYDERABAD: Jeweller shot dead HYDERABAD, Nov 30: A jeweller, Zeeshan alias Shani, was gunned down in mysterious circumstances in Sarafa Bazaar in the jurisdiction of the Fort police station on Friday....

HYDERABAD: Hesco body to resolve welfare fund cases HYDERABAD, Nov 30: Hesco Chief Executive Officer Chaudhry Guftar Anjum has appointed a four-member committee, headed by director human resources and administration Zafar Iqbal Awan, to resolve the welfare fund cases of the Wapda employees without any delay....		HYDERABAD: Amin Fahim’s nomination accepted HYDERABAD, Nov 30: Returning officer Munawar Sultana Bhatti here on Friday accepted nomination forms of Pakistan People’s Party’s senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim for a National Assembly seat, NA-218 Matiari, and two Sindh Assembly seats, PS-42 and 43 Matiari....

HYDERABAD: Sindh varsity organises free hepatitis camp HYDERABAD, Nov 30: The department of Physiology, University of Sindh, organised a free medical camp at Goth Saidnio Mallah, Jamshoro district, on Friday to test blood of general public for hepatitis B and C....		SWABI: ANP seeks unanimous decision on poll boycott SWABI, Nov 30: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Friday that if all political parties unanimously decided to boycott the Jan 8 election, he would be the first man to withdraw his nomination papers....

PESHAWAR: PPP workers unhappy over ticket allotment PESHAWAR, Nov 30: PPP workers have opposed their party’s decision to allot tickets to Shahzada Nisar Gilani for PF-90, instead of Fida Ali advocate, an old party guard from Upper Chitral....		PESHAWAR: Bomb hoax creates panic PESHAWAR, Nov 30: A bomb hoax created panic in a branch of the Muslim Commercial Bank in the Hashtnagri area on the main grand trunk road on Friday....

PESHAWAR: Jamaat asks candidates to withdraw nominations PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The Jamaat-i-Islami (NWFP chapter) on Friday announced its support for the All Parties Democratic Movement’s decision to boycott the general elections and asked its candidates for the national and provincial assembly seats to withdraw their nomination papers....		PESHAWAR: PTV’s Pushto programmes shifting hits viewership PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The government’s decision to shift airing of regional language programmes from the PTV Peshawar centre to PTV National Karachi has deprived viewers of their rights to watch Pushto programmes in the NWFP, tribal areas and parts of Afghanistan....

KARAK: One killed, 3 injured in roof collapse KARAK, Nov 30: A man was killed and three others were injured when a roof of a building caved in after downpour in Rehmatabad village on Friday....		PESHAWAR: Posting ordered PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The NWFP government has posted Mr Mumtaz Khan Khalil, (BS-20), as Director-General, Mines and Minerals....