DAWN - Local; December 31, 2007

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December 31, 2007	Monday	Zilhaj 20, 1428

KARACHI: SIUT performs landmark transplants KARACHI, Dec 30: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation achieved a milestone in its area of specialisation by performing the first deceased donor transplantation after the promulgation of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 in February....		KARACHI: Semblance of calm returns, shortages persist KARACHI, Dec 30: As a semblance of calm returned to the city following the horrific cycle of violence that began after former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Thursday, there was...

KARACHI: Shershah buries a true jiyala KARACHI, Dec 30: While the city stayed comparatively calm on Sunday after three days of violence, the streets of Shershah wore a sorrowful look....		KARACHI: Tears & prayers at Bilawal House AFTER the gratuitous violence sparked by her cruel assassination began to die down, it was time to mourn and pray for the soul of Benazir Bhutto....

KARACHI: Fate of October 18 tribunal undecided KARACHI, Dec 30: The Sindh government appears to be in two minds about continuing the proceedings of an inquiry tribunal constituted to investigate the Oct 18 blasts following the Dec 27 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi....		KARACHI: Crisis-spawned inflation hits Karachi KARACHI, Dec 30: Residents of the city cautiously emerged from their homes on Sunday and struggled to find food and fuel amid the blackened buildings, shattered glass and burnt-out vehicles littering the streets of Karachi....

KARACHI: PPP, other parties stunned by looting spree in Lyari KARACHI, Dec 30: Local leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party and other opposition political and religious entities functioning in Lyari Town have dissociated themselves from the activities of those indulged in...		KARACHI: Six suspects arrested with arms, vehicles KARACHI, Dec 30: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, arrested a gang of six miscreants in Orangi Town....

KARACHI: Removal of vehicles wreckage begins KARACHI, Dec 30: The city government on Sunday started removing wreckages of burnt vehicles and other debris from city roads and for this purpose a work force of about 500 had...		KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, Dec 30: The Met Office has forecast fair weather for the city on Monday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 5 and 7 degrees centigrade....

KARACHI: DUHS vacations KARACHI, Dec 30: The Dow University of Health Sciences on Sunday announced that the DUHS and its affiliated institutions would remain closed on account of winter vacations from Jan 1 to 12....		KARACHI: Contractors stop work on several uplift projects KARACHI, Dec 30: Contractors have either stopped or slowed down work on almost all major development projects in the metropolis apparently due to the delay in disbursement of their dues....

KARACHI: Rocket fired at police HQ KARACHI, Dec 30: All business activities in the city remained suspended for the third consecutive day, Sunday, as life remained paralyzed in the wake of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and the nationwide disturbances that followed the tragic incident....		KARACHI: Order now restored in city, says CM KARACHI, Dec 30: A sense of normalcy has returned to the city after violent protests in the wake of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in Rawalpindi on Dec 27....

HYDERABAD: Thousands booked across Sindh for loot and arson HYDERABAD, Dec 30: Following the deployment of army and Rangers in interior Sindh, no untoward incident was reported from any district or town, although the civic life remained completely paralysed....		HYDERABAD: Caretaker CM blamed for Security collapse HYDERABAD, Dec 30: The DPO of Hyderabad, Imran Shaukat, has said that the presence of caretaker Sindh Chief minister Justice (retd) Abdul Qadir Halepoto in Hyderabad on Dec 27, when around...

HYDERABAD: STP chief terms Benazir a great statesperson HYDERABAD, Dec 30: Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said that Benazir Bhutto was a statesperson of international repute and her martyrdom was an irreparable loss for Pakistan and Sindh....		HYDERABAD: Talpurs offer condolences HYDERABAD, Dec 30: Tando Mohammad Khan District Nazim Mir Inayat Ali Talpur has expressed profound sorrow and grief over the martyrdom of PPP chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and...

THATTA: FIR lodged over escape of prisoners THATTA, Dec 30: An FIR has been registered against eight police personnel of Thatta sub-jail for negligence that resulted in escape of 25 under-trial prisoners late on Friday....		LARKANA: Bhutto family must lead PPP: Mumtaz LARKANA, Dec 30: Sindh National Front Chairman Mumtaz Bhutto has said the leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party should remain within the Bhutto family....

PESHAWAR: Water shortage hits parts of Peshawar PESHAWAR, Dec 30: People in several localities in the provincial capital are facing an acute shortage of drinking water....		PESHAWAR: ‘Pakistan has lost a symbol of federation’ PESHAWAR, Dec 30: The Shaheed Bhutto Foundation, a welfare organisation founded by Benazir Bhutto two years ago as its patron-in-chief, has said that in her death “Pakistan has lost a symbol of federation”....