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December 04, 2007 Tuesday Ziqa'ad 23, 1428 KARACHI: Demand for lifting of SHC ‘siege’ KARACHI, Dec 3: Newly-elected president of the Sindh High Court Bar Association Rasheed A. Razvi has called for the removal of all barricades and law-enforcement agency personnel from the Sindh High Court entrance.... KARACHI: EC in no hurry to hold local govt by-polls KARACHI, Dec 3: The by-elections for a number of vacant seats in the Karachi city district government have been delayed because of a clause inserted through an amendment in the Sindh... KARACHI: ‘Society still unfair to special citizens’ KARACHI, Dec 3: “According to a census carried out by the government of Pakistan in 1986, almost 10 per cent of the country’s population has disabilities,” said Prof Abdul Hameed while... KARACHI: 160 poll papers for reserved seats accepted KARACHI, Dec 3: The provincial election commission has accepted 160 nomination papers filed against the seats reserved for women and non-Muslims in the provincial and national assemblies.... HYDERABAD: 300 acres of land acquired for Hyderabad Site HYDERABAD, Dec 3: The Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (Site) had already paid Rs150 million to the Sindh government for 300 acres of land the Hyderabad Site required for expansion, said managing director of Site, Mohammad Rasheed Solangi, on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Railway track found damaged HYDERABAD, Dec 3: A possible train mishap was averted on down country railway track behind the shrine of Ameer Shah Bukhari in the Latifabad area here on Monday as residents found a 4-inch piece of track had been damaged.... PESHAWAR: Resignations by nazims and naib nazims creating problems PESHAWAR, Dec 3: NWFP caretaker Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk has accepted resignations of several district, town and union council nazims, allowing them to contest the forthcoming general election from different political platforms.... KARACHI: Low-cost vehicle-tracking plan shelved KARACHI, Dec 3: The Vehicle Identification and Tracking System (Vits) project, designed to keep track of and trace stolen vehicles at an affordable price, has been shelved by the Chief Minister’s House, Dawn has learnt.... Hospital lacks funds to run Rs3m cell-separator KARACHI, Dec 3: A cell-separator that cost the government exchequer Rs3 million has been lying idle as the government-run hospital for which it was purchased has no money to run it.... KARACHI: ‘You can’t deliver democracy from an F-16’ KARACHI, Dec 3: David Barsamian barely finished high school, yet he speaks with the polish of an erudite scholar. The award-winning Armenian-American radio producer, journalist, author and lecturer has published interviews... KARACHI: Order on bail plea of ‘slain’ groom’s father today KARACHI, Dec 3: An additional district and sessions court deferred the pronouncement of its order on a pre-arrest bail petition filed by Shaikh Abdul Majeed, the father of the deceased groom Hafiz Mohammad Azeem Shaikh, as the applicant was unwell.... KARACHI: Experts decry declining literacy rate in Lyari KARACHI, Dec 3: Speakers at a symposium on educational problems of Lyari here expressed concern over declining literacy rate in the town due to poverty and inflation and called for early steps to provide jobs to people.... KARACHI: Cops continue to ignore court notices KARACHI, Dec 3: Additional District and Sessions Judge-II (Central) Nelofer Shahnawaz Azimi on Monday issued fresh non-bailable warrants for the arrest of an SI and bailable warrants for an ASI of... KARACHI: PTCL scheme criticised KARACHI, Dec 3: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) unions’ action committee on Monday rejected the voluntarily separation scheme (VSS) package 2007 and urged President Pervez Musharraf to play his role in the withdrawal of the scheme.... KARACHI: Bhit Island health care centre to be upgraded KARACHI, Dec 3: A committee has been formed to convert the basic health unit in Baba Bhit Island, UC-4, Keamari Town, to a resource health unit in order to ensure provision of round-the-clock health services at the facility.... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Dec 3: The Met Office has forecast fair and partly cloudy weather for the city on Tuesday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 14 and 16 degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Miniatures at Canvas KARACHI, Dec 3: An exhibition of contemporary miniatures by Imran Qureshi will open at the Canvas art gallery at 5pm on Tuesday.... MITHI: Candidate spells out priorities MITHI, Dec 3: An independent candidate for PS-62, Bhooromal Kolhi, has said that after being elected, he would urge policy makers to construct small dams in the Parkar area for storage... HYDERABAD: Waste release into canal discussed HYDERABAD, Dec 3: Provincial Caretaker Minister for Information Technology and Environment Jam Karam Ali Khan has said that he will hold a joint meeting of the mill owners of Kotri, elected... HYDERABAD: Residents seek proper gas supply HYDERABAD, Dec 3: Residents of Jurial Shah colony of Tando Mir Mehmood, Latifabad, staged a sit-in outside the press club here on Monday to protest against SSGC failure to ensure proper gas supply to the colony.... HYDERABAD: Schism in literary body deplored HYDERABAD, Dec 3: A spokesman for Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Manzoor Ujjan, condemned on Monday the formation of “Taj Joyo group” of the Sangat and accused Taj Joyo and his supporters of being involved in a conspiracy to divide the Sangat.... HYDERABAD: Council calls for closure of rent-a-motorcycle business HYDERABAD, Dec 3: The Hyderabad district council on Monday called for closing down or putting checks on the mushrooming rent-a-motorcycle business in the city and held it responsible for growing trend of one-wheeling among underage and teenaged boys.... PESHAWAR: Scrutiny of election papers for Peshawar completed PESHAWAR, Dec 3: Returning officers completed scrutiny of about 313 nomination papers filed for four National Assembly and 11 NWFP assembly seats of the provincial capital.... KHAR: 35 to contest elections for two Bajaur seats KHAR, Dec 3: The returning officers on Monday completed the scrutiny of nomination papers filed by politicians contesting the elections on the NA-43 and NA-44 constituencies of the Bajaur Agency.... PESHAWAR: Commuters endure fare increase PESHAWAR, Dec 3: People travelling between Peshawar and Swabi districts on vehicles known as ‘flying coaches’ now have to pay Rs15 extra each time they make the trip via the Motorway.... PESHAWAR: Varsity teachers ask govt not to upgrade Islamia College PESHAWAR, Dec 3: The Peshawar University Teachers Association (Puta) has asked the government to scrap its plans to grant the status of a university to the Islamia College, claiming that another... LAKKI MARWAT: Nomination papers of ex-nazim accepted LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 3: Returning officer for PF-74 (Lakki Marwat-I) Rehmatullah Mehsud on Monday accepted nomination papers of former tehsil nazim of Serai Naurang Anwar Hayat Khan after rejecting objections raised by his rival candidate Malik Samiullah Khan.... PESHAWAR: Aurakzai seeks appointment of college teachers PESHAWAR, Dec 3: Ninety development schemes in 13 major social sectors are under implementation at a total cost of about Rs3 billion in the Orakzai Agency and work on most of the schemes is going on as per schedule....

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