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December 21, 2007 Friday Zilhaj 10, 1428 KARACHI: Investigation on as Gulgee’s car traced KARACHI, Dec 20: Renowned artist Abdul Mohammad Ismail Gulgee and his wife Zareen Gulgee were buried in a local graveyard after their last rites were performed at the Kharadar Ismaili Jamaatkhana on Thursday evening.... KARACHI: Cadaver organ donations plan yet to take off KARACHI, Dec 20: More than two months after Pakistan passed a law to encourage cadaveric organ donations and do away with commercial transactions in live human organs, doctors are struggling to establish and popularise a cadaver donor programme.... KARACHI: City courts lock-up awaits expansion KARACHI, Dec 20: The government of Sindh has yet to comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to initiate the expansion of the police lock-up in the City Courts.... KARACHI: Infectious hospital waste spreading hepatitis KARACHI, Dec 20: Hepatitis-C is spreading rapidly among a large number of young garbage pickers, as they pick used syringes and other clinical waste from different hospitals of the city for recycling.... KARACHI: KU seeks corporate help to solve transport problem KARACHI, Dec 20: Thousands of students of the University of Karachi (KU) risk daily their lives and endure a lot of inconvenience while travelling on overloaded varsity buses, most of them in poor condition and needing constant repair.... KARACHI: Hours-long traffic jams hit most city roads KARACHI, Dec 20: Thousands of commuters along almost all major thoroughfares in the metropolis experienced unendurable air and noise pollution for many hours on Thursday due to exhausting traffic jams with vehicles emitting hazardous gases and intermittently blaring out pressure horns.... KARACHI: Better package for doctors urged KARACHI, Dec 20: Demanding better salary packages for doctors, the Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi chapter, said that low salaries and non-conducive working conditions was compelling doctors to change their profession.... KARACHI: Eid prayers timings-II KARACHI, Dec 20: Following are the timings for Eid prayers to be offered on Friday at Eidgahs, mosques and other places in the city: (The first part of the list had appeared in the Metropolitan section of Thursday issue).... KARACHI: Poll activities yet to pick up in NA-252 KARACHI, Dec 20: The constituency NA-252 dominated by the mercantile class is actually a blend of the upper, middle and the lower-middle classes.... KARACHI: Rangers move in to check street crime KARACHI, Dec 20: The Sindh Rangers, announcing the launch of a campaign against street crime in the city, claimed to have busted a gang involved in dozens of armed hold-ups and robberies.... KARACHI: Call to KU VC KARACHI, Dec 20: Expressing its concern over the appointment of Col (Retd) Muzaffar Zaidi as director (administration) of the University of Karachi, the Karachi University Teachers Association (KUTS) has urged the... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Dec 20: The Met Office has forecast fair weather on Friday with minimum temperature expected to range between 9°C and 11°C. On Thursday, the minimum temperature of -2.5°C... LARKANA: Mumtaz predicts coalition in Sindh LARKANA, Dec 20: Chairman Sindh National Front (SNF) Mumtaz Ali Bhutto predicated a coalition government in Sindh as a result of the election where PML (Q), Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement would be the key players.... Hyderabad: MQM’s Pucca Qila The master propagandist of the twentieth century Goebbels had once said, “He who can conquer the streets can also conquer the masses; and he who has conquered the masses has thereby conquered the state”.... SANGHAR: Girl killed SANGHAR, Dec 20: A passer-by girl was killed and Berani union council naib nazim was wounded in an armed attack on him at Shahi bazaar Tando Adam, on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Councillors, UC nazim support PPP candidate HYDERABAD, Dec 20: Many a councillor and nazim of union council 16, Ms Sajida Baloch, announced their support to the PPP candidates from NA-219 Mr Ali Mohammad Sehto and PS-49 Abdul Jabbar Khan.... MIRPURKHAS: People suffer as utility stores run short of stocks MIRPURKHAS, Dec 20: Failing to find flour, cooking oil and ghee, from eight utility stores set up in the city, people are compelled to purchase these commodities at higher rate from the local market.... MIRPURKHAS: Benazir’s Mirpurkhas rally failure, says PML-F candidate MIRPURKHAS, Dec 20: The Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) candidate for NA-226 Mirpurkhas-I, Faqeer Ghulam Nabi Mangrio has claimed that the public meeting of Ms Benazir Bhutto at Mirpurkhas was a failure... SHIKARPUR: One more dies in tribal feud SHIKARPUR, Dec 20: A constable, Abdul Hameed Mahar, of Rustam police station, was shot dead by a group of armed Jatoi clans men on Rustam-Chak link road on Thursday morning.... BADIN: Caretaker CM assures of fair polls BADIN, Dec 20: Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh Justice (Rtd) Abdul Qadir Halepoto has urged the people to exercise their right of vote without any fear as all arrangements have been... HYDERABAD: Microwave food may be harmful: research HYDERABAD, Dec 20: An initial report released by the Sindh Agriculture University Tando-jam has cautioned the public that the food cooked in microwave oven may be harmful for human health.... DADU: Protest against PPP activists’ arrest DADU, Dec 20: A large number of PPP activists of taluka Mehar staged a demonstration at Mehar bypass on Thursday to protest against the arrest of four PPP workers.... HYDERABAD: TB kills 62,000 every year in Pakistan: WHO HYDERABAD, Dec 20: Tuberculosis claims the life of around 62,000 people a year in Pakistan while two to three million people die every year around the world.... KHAIRPUR: PML-F leader quits party, joins PPP KHAIRPUR, Dec 20: The former general secretary of District Bar Association, Khairpur and PML-F leader, Asadullah Maitlo, along with his community men and friends, has announced on Wednesday evening that they had decided to join the People’s Party.... PESHAWAR: Five women in the race for PA seats PESHAWAR, Dec 20: In a surprising but heartening development, five women from Peshawar have joined the race for provincial assembly’s general seats.... BANNU: Two women, one man shot dead BANNU, Dec 20: Two women were killed in the Sokarai Village on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: ‘Militants playing decisive role in some constituencies’ PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The smooth conduct of elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) will be difficult because of the fragile law and order situation there.... MARDAN: Locals block Mardan-Swabi road over gas shortage MARDAN, Dec 20: Over 1,000 people staged a demonstration and blocked the main Mardan-Swabi road for hours in protest against load-shedding of natural gas here on Thursday.... SWABI: Contestants asked to abide by poll code SWABI, Dec 20: The Election Commission and the district administration have asked the candidates for two National Assembly and six provincial assembly seats of Swabi district to abide by the code of conduct for the Jan 8 elections.... HARIPUR: Woman killed, 12 injured in accident HARIPUR, Dec 20: A woman was killed and 12 others, including a girl, were injured on Thursday when a recklessly driven oil tanker rammed into a passenger van near Sera-i-Saleh, some 3km from here.... TIMERGARA: Minister accused of interfering in electoral process TIMERGARA, Dec 20: Candidates contesting for NA-34 and PF-97 in the Lower Dir district have accused a caretaker provincial minister of interfering in the election process.... TIMERGARA: Candidate gets JI show-cause notice TIMERGARA, Dec 20: The Lower Dir chapter of the Jamaat-i-Islami has served a show-cause notice on a party member, Mufti Kifayatullah — an independent candidate for PF-94 who had not withdrawn... LAKKI MARWAT: Three die in clash LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 20: Three people were gunned down during a clash between two rival groups on Thursday near the Zeran village, in the jurisdiction of the Lakki police station.... PESHAWAR: Guljee’s death PESHAWAR, Dec 20: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has expressed grief and shock over the tragic death of the world known artist Abdul Mohammad Ismail better known as Guljee... PESHAWAR: Internet cafe, 2 CD shops blown up PESHAWAR, Dec 20: An internet cafe and two CD shops were blown up in various areas of the provincial capital on Thursday.... MARDAN: Attempt to dynamite shops foiled MARDAN, Dec 20: The police on Thursday morning foiled an attempt to blow up CD shops and internet cafes in the Takhtbai bazaar by removing and defusing an explosive device.... PESHAWAR: Four journalists in the election fray in NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Four people with some experience of journalism are contesting elections from different parts of the Frontier province. Three of them have actually left the profession, while one of them, Nadir Khwaja, still works for a Peshawar-based Urdu daily.... TIMERGARA: Lawyers ask parties to boycott polls TIMERGARA, Dec 20: The members of the Timergara District Bar Association have appealed to all political parties to boycott the general election. They warned that lawyers would not vote for political parties if they did not heed their call.... PARACHINAR: Ten-day truce reached PARACHINAR, Dec 20: After hectic efforts by a jirga, a temporary truce has been reached between rival factions in the Kurram Agency for ten days, according to officials.... LAKKI MARWAT: Body of outlaw found LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 20: A notorious outlaw and ringleader of a gang of kidnappers, Arsala Khan, has been killed in the Sheen Ghar area, according to the police....

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