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December 13, 2007 Thursday Zilhaj 2, 1428 KARACHI: Sepa permits oil exploration in park area KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has issued an NOC to the Oil and Gas Development Company to carry out work in an ecologically sensitive and protected area without following the prescribed rules, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Lawyers announce full-day boycott KARACHI, Dec 12: While the Sindh High Court Bar Association (SCHBA) decided on Wednesday to resist the recent changes made in the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act by a presidential... KARACHI: Police fail to send blood samples for DNA match : Oct 18 probe KARACHI, Dec 12: Despite the fact that family members of people missing since the Oct 18 Karsaz blasts submitted blood samples to the police a fortnight ago, the police have not... KARACHI: Prominent candidates’ fate hangs in balance KARACHI, Dec 12: The candidature of several prominent candidates still hangs in the balance as the election tribunals hear their hotly-contested cases from day to day.... KARACHI: Suspect Brohi killed in police ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Dec 12: Police claimed here on Wednesday of having killed notorious gangster Mashooq Brohi in a shootout in Hub, Balochistan.... KARACHI: 3 sentenced in Alliance Motors scam case KARACHI, Dec 12: An accountability court on Thursday sentenced to five years each three of the accused of Alliance Motors & T. J. Ibrahim Company for depriving its investors of billions of rupees.... KARACHI: Another witness testifies in boiler blast case KARACHI, Dec 12: The additional district and sessions judge-II, Central, Nelofer Shahnawaz, on Wednesday recorded the statement of a prosecution witness in a boiler explosion case.... KARACHI: CHK stops CT scan for indefinite period : Patients left in the lurch KARACHI, Dec 12: A large number of in-house patients at the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) have been suffering for some weeks as the management had suspended computed tomography (CT) scanning facility on “technical grounds”.... KARACHI: Riaz-ul-Islam’s role in boosting Pakistan-Iran ties highlighted KARACHI, Dec 12: One of the people who have left an indelible mark on scholarship because of their continuous efforts to build a better relationship between Iran and Pakistan is the late Dr Riaz-ul-Islam.... KARACHI: Barna’s poetry collection launched KARACHI, Dec 12: Journalists, fellows and admirers of seasoned journalist Minjah Burna on Wednesday eulogized his long struggle for press freedom in the country on the occasion of the launching of... KARACHI: Results KARACHI, Dec 12: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Wednesday announced the results of class-XI (Commerce) annual examination 2007.... KARACHI: USC fails to meet flour demand : No check on retail price KARACHI, Dec 12: There has been no respite in consumers’ suffering at the utility stores despite substantial increase in supply of wheat flour bags during the last one month.... KARACHI: MQM claims countrywide support KARACHI, Dec 12: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has claimed that its candidates on national and provincial assembly seats will win the January 8 general election from all over the country, saying it has full support of the masses.... KARACHI: PPP’s popularity in Sindh dwindling, says Arbab KARACHI, Dec 12: Claiming that the popularity of the Pakistan People’s Party in Sindh had suffered a setback and that it no more enjoyed the formidable position it used to in... KARACHI: Tenants told to deposit rent in court KARACHI, Dec 12: The Sindh High Court issued arrest warrant of the owner of an illegally constructed building and asked tenants to deposit the rent they owed to their absconding landlord with its nazir.... KARACHI: Pemra told to stop threatening media freedom KARACHI, Dec 12: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday condemned what it called, an “open threat to the media from the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), saying that the authority would allow transmission of only approved political contents.... KARACHI: More portfolios KARACHI, Dec 12: Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Abdul Qadir Halepota has allocated additional portfolios to two ministers with immediate effect.... HYDERABAD: Foolproof security for polls: minister HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Caretaker Sindh Home Minister Brigadier (retd) Akhtar Zamin has said that a foolproof security plan had been prepared to ensure that elections are held in a peaceful atmosphere.... HYDERABAD: Flour available at Rs16 per kg, claims official HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Provincial Secretary Food Naveed Kamran Baloch has claimed that the government is fully aware of wheat crisis and added that it is the responsibility of the city and district governments to take action against the hoarders and profiteers.... Chakki-owners deny claim AN office-bearer of the Chakki Owners Association told Dawn in confidence that all the claims of food department were false and officials were trying to hoodwink the government as well as consumers.... HYDERABAD: LB must be dissolved: PML(N) candidate HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The Pakistan Muslim League candidate for NA-220 Hyderabad, Sahibzada Shabbir Hassan Ansari, has urged for dissolution of local bodies to ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the country.... HYDERABAD: Varsity approves revised syllabus HYDERABAD, Dec 12: The University of Sindh has approved the revised syllabus of different institutes and departments of faculties of natural sciences, social sciences, arts and Islamic studies as well as LLM programme here on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: SAS golden jubilee on 15th HYDERABAD, Dec 12: Golden Jubile conference of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat would be held on Dec 15 at the Arts Auditorium of Karachi University, announ-ced chairman of the golden jubilee organising... JACOBABAD: Two brothers killed on court premises JACOBABAD, Dec 12: Two brothers were shot dead on the premises of a court here on Wednesday.... KHAIRPUR: Water shortage KHAIRPUR, Dec 12: President of the Khairpur Abadgar Ittehad, Shakir Shah, General Secretary, Faqir Niaz Hussain Bhambhro and a leader of Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, Zanwar Ghulam Qasim Jiskani, have expressed concern over shortage of irrigation water in Khairpur district.... PESHAWAR: Reshuffle in Fata bureaucracy likely PESHAWAR, Dec 12: The government is considering to replace some senior bureaucrats in the Civil Secretariat, Fata, because some of the officers have developed differences with NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai over operational issues, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Railway track cleared of encroachment PESHAWAR, Dec 12: As part of a drive against encroachments along the railway track, officials demolished at least 47 shops near the Hashnagri bridge on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Acting governor PESHAWAR, Dec 12: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Talaat Qayyum Qureshi was sworn in as acting Governor of the NWFP here on Wednesday.... MARDAN: Benazir terms Mardan a mini-Larkana MARDAN, Dec 12: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that after coming to power her party would solve the problems of the downtrodden people in the country.... KOHATL: Seven feared kidnapped KOHAT, Dec 12: A senior official of the Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees (CAR) and six other people went missing on the Indus Highway while going to Karak....

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