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December 27, 2007 Thursday Zilhaj 16, 1428 KARACHI: Muttahida, ST refuse to bury the hatchet KARACHI, Dec 26: The reluctance of the Sunni Tehrik and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to defuse tension following Tuesday’s violence sparked by a police raid on the ST headquarters has fuelled... KARACHI: Steering committee reschedules academic session KARACHI, Dec 26: In a move that is likely to affect hundreds of thousands of students across the province, the steering committee of the education and literacy department decided on Wednesday... KARACHI: Badin couple allowed to contest Jan 8 polls KARACHI, Dec 26: PPP candidates Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza and his wife, Dr Fahmida Mirza, were allowed on Wednesday to contest polls from the Badin national and provincial constituencies of NA-225 and PS-57.... KARACHI: Five vehicles torched in New Karachi KARACHI, Dec 26: Some five vehicles were set on fire in Surjani Town on Wednesday hours after the police arrested three activists of the Sunni Tehrik in the New Karachi area in connection with Tuesday’s violence.... KARACHI: Police officer says he had no evacuation experience : Oct 18 blasts inquiry tribunal KARACHI, Dec 26: The senior police officer tasked with supervising the security arrangements of Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming procession on Oct 18 told an inquiry tribunal on Wednesday that he had never before performed an evacuation procedure.Crime... KARACHI: ‘No bird flu in Sindh poultry’ KARACHI, Dec 26: Bird flu has not been found in poultry in Karachi and Sindh during the current winter but there is a continued need to remain on high alert, said... KARACHI: Experts demand palliative treatment for the terminally ill KARACHI, Dec 26: The Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) has offered expertise to any health facility in Pakistan for the setting up of a system management for palliative and hospice care.... KARACHI: First Haj flight lands at Karachi airport KARACHI, Dec 26: The first PIA Haj flight carrying 433 Hajis arrived at the Haj terminal on Wednesday. PIA officials and ground staff welcomed the Hajis with garlands.... KARACHI: Manholes, speed-breakers add to commuters’ woes KARACHI, Dec 26: Manholes covered with high lids and speed-breakers along the newly-built major thoroughfares and link roads have been exposing motorists and pedestrians to accidents, besides hindering flow of vehicular traffic.... KARACHI: SKAA DG, director suspended KARACHI, Dec 26: Caretaker Minister for Local Government, Sindh, Syed Saleem Ahmed Zaidi on Wednesday placed Ali Ahmed Lund, director-general of the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (SKAA), and Dr Asghar Shaikh,... Ghazi’s urs KARACHI, Dec 26: The Urs of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi will be celebrated from Monday to Wednesday at his Mazar in Clifton under the auspices of the Auqaf Department.—PPI... KARACHI: Exhibition at Gulmohar KARACHI, Dec 26: An exhibition of paintings by Shakeel Siddiqui opens on Thursday at Gulmohar art gallery at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: Calligraphy at JI gallery KARACHI, Dec 26: An exhibition of contemporary calligraphy by Faiza Shaikh opens on Thursday at JI Gallery of Fine Arts at 5pm.... KARACHI: Lawyers protest torture of Aitzaz KARACHI, Dec 26: Legal proceedings remained suspended on Wednesday at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts as lawyers responded to the Pakistan Bar Council’s (PBC) call for a strike... KARACHI: SHCBA resolution KARACHI, Dec 26: The Sindh High Court Bar Association on Wednesday strongly condemned the maltreatment meted out to Supreme Court Bar Association President Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan and his son on Friday.... Far from the madding crowd IN a city famous for bringing together different communities, languages and cultures, Zamzama Park provides a glimpse into the heterogeneity that makes Karachi unique. United in their need for healthy recreation,... HYDERABAD: SPPP will not accept ‘engineered’ results HYDERABAD, Dec 26: Senior vice chairman of PPP, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, has said that the PPP would not accept those ‘engineered results’ that were tampered to facilitate success of PML-Q.... NAWABSHAH: Elections meaningless without free media: JI NAWABSHAH, Dec 26: Sindh Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Naib Ameer Mumtaz Hussain Sehto has said that the elections without independent judiciary, free media and independent Election Commission would be meaningless.... HYDERABAD: PML candidate retires in MQM’s favour HYDERABAD, Dec 26: PML candidate Abdul Rehman Rajput retired from the contest for PS-45 in favour of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Mohammad Akram Adil Qureshi as efforts by former Sindh chief minister... MIRPURKHAS: CM assures exemplary elections MIRPURKHAS, Dec 26: Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister, Justice (retd) Abdul Qadir Halepoto, has said that according to promise of President Pervez Musharraf assemblies had completed their tenure and under his directives... HYDERABAD: Interview dates foruniversity admission announced HYDERABAD, Dec 26: The director, Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design (CEAD), Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, announced on Wednesday that the interviews of candidates for admission in... NAWABSHAH: Lawyers Boycott courts NAWABSHAH, Dec 26: The lawyers of Nawabshah completely boycotted court proceedings and took out a rally on Wednesday. The rally was led by Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, general secretary of DBA, Mushtaq... HYDERABAD: Fair polls only way out of crisis, seminar told HYDERABAD, Dec 26: Tando Allahyar Taluka Nazim Khair Mohammad Khokhar said on Wednesday that holding of fair, free and transparent elections was the only way out from the present crisis and... HYDERABAD: ‘Nazims canvassing for PPP’ HYDERABAD, Dec 26: The PML-Q candidates for NA-221 and PS-50 of Hyderabad district, Syed Shahabuddin Shah Hussaini and Mir Sher Mohammad Talpur, have submitted complaints to Election Commission of Pakistan in... HYDERABAD: APDM meeting on Friday to boycott polls HYDERABAD, Dec 26: The APDM Hyderabad Chapter will hold a public meeting on Friday to convince people to boycott January 8 elections. The meeting will be addressed, among others, by the APDM Chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Qazi Hussain Ahmed.... NAWABSHAH: 13 injured in accident NAWABSHAH, Dec 26: At least 13 passengers of a Mansehra-bound coach were injured in a collision between the coach and a trailer at Karimabad stop on National Highway near Qazi Ahmed on Wednesday.... NAWABSHAH: Canal closure NAWABSHAH, Dec 26: Chief Engineer Sukkur Barrage, left bank region, has announced closure of all the canals of Sukkur Barrage due to annual closure.... PESHAWAR: Business loan for malaria, TB patients PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The Global Fund against Tuberculosis, Malaria and Aids (GFTMA) has started providing loans to patients with malaria and TB in villages of the Frontier Region, Peshawar.... PESHAWAR: Cable TV office blown up PESHAWAR, Dec 26: Unidentified people blew up the office of a cable TV network situated on the Agha Mir Jani Shah Road in the early hours of Wednesday.... TIMERGARA: PPP, ANP ‘neck and neck’ in Dir Lower TIMERGARA, Dec 26: There are 32 candidates contesting the election to be held on Jan 8 for one national assembly and four provincial assembly seats in the Dir Lower district.... PESHAWAR: APDM’s rally on Dec 31 PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The central leaders of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) would address a public gathering here at the Jinnah Park on Dec 31 in connection with the movement’s... PESHAWAR: Price of 20kg flour bag increases by Rs30 PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The provincial government has failed to save the people from profiteers and black-marketers, as prices of a 20kg bag of flour witnessed a surge of Rs15-20 in the...

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