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January 02, 2008 Wednesday Zilhaj 22, 1428 KARACHI: Upcountry rail link restored KARACHI, Jan 1: Railway links with the rest of the country were restored on Tuesday after days of disruption owing to the widespread turmoil and damage in the wake of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in Rawalpindi on Dec 27.... KARACHI: Post-crisis price hike greets shoppers KARACHI, Jan 1: As the city returned to normality on Tuesday with the opening of all the major markets, consumers still felt the heat from the burning prices of commodities, especially... KARACHI: Business activities resume in Lyari KARACHI, Jan 1: A tense calm prevailed in Lyari Town on Tuesday with traders and shopkeepers resuming their trade activities and crowds of people thronging their shops to buy essential commodities.... KARACHI: JI opposes change in poll plan KARACHI, Jan 1: The Jamaat-i-Islami, which has withdrawn all its candidates after announcing a boycott of the Jan 8 elections, has joined the major police parties — the PPP and PML-N... KARACHI: DUHS declares MBBS results KARACHI, Jan 1: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) on Tuesday announced the results of third professional MBBS annual examinations of the Dow Medical College and Sindh Medical College.... HYDERABAD: Interior Sindh calm, transport restored : Crackdown continues HYDERABAD, Jan 1: Law-enforcement agencies with the support of army restored normality in the interior of Sindh after four days of violence.... KHAIRPUR: Up to 20,000 PPP activists booked KHAIRPUR, Jan 1: Between 15,000 and 20,000 PPP workers, office-bearers, UC nazims and their family members have been booked in FIRs lodged at different police stations of the district.... SANGHAR/MIRPURKHAS: Flour selling at Rs40 per kg SANGHAR/MIRPURKHAS, Jan 1: There is a severe shortage of flour in all major towns and suburbs of the district. At Jhol some shopkeepers were selling it inferior quality flour at Rs40 per kg.... LARKANA: Larkana returns to normality LARKANA, Jan 1: After five days of violence following the assassination of Ms Benazir Bhutto, normality returned to Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts on Tuesday with the arrest of 27 people and... KARACHI: Polio eradication still a distant goal KARACHI, Jan 1: In terms of the eradication of polio, for Sindh it is a matter of so near and yet so far. The province was close to controlling the virus in 2005 when there were only five cases.... KARACHI: Privatisation of solid-waste management delayed KARACHI, Jan 1: The process for handing over — or what observers describe as the privatisation of the city’s solid-waste management — to a Chinese firm has been delayed considerably due... KARACHI: Fund for juvenile prisoners increased KARACHI, Jan 1: The Sindh government took on Tuesday the major step of increasing from Rs50,000 to Rs100,000 the amount that may be paid on behalf of female juvenile prisoners unable... KARACHI: Over 100 held for rioting released KARACHI, Jan 1: The judicial magistrate East, Pervez-ul-Qadir Memon, on Tuesday released over one hundred people who were detained or arrested on charges of damaging public and private property and looting... KARACHI: Hearing of NAB case against former minister put off KARACHI, Jan 1: The judge of accountability court-II, Sadiq Hussain Bhatti, on Tuesday adjourned till Jan 9 the hearing of a reference (24/2002) filed by the National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, against... KARACHI: Transporters set deadline for compensation : Nationwide wheeljam on 15th planned KARACHI, Jan 1: The National Transport Ittehad (NTI) has set a deadline for the disbursement of compensation for the vehicles belonging to transporters that had been torched, destroyed or badly damaged... KARACHI: Site TMO suspended KARACHI, Jan 1: Caretaker Minister for Local Government Syed Saleem Ahmed Zaidi has suspended TMO of Site Town Afaq Saeed after receiving complaints from people about his inefficiency and dereliction of duty.... KARACHI: Complaints of low gas pressure on the rise KARACHI, Jan 1: With the cold wave hitting the city, complaints of low gas pressure in various parts of the city are on the increase.... KARACHI: Traffic police asked to gear up drive KARACHI, Jan 1: Sindh Home Minister Brig (Retd) Akhtar Zamin has ordered gearing up of a province-wide drive against owners of the vehicles having tainted glass and revolving lights and hooters without authorization.... KARACHI: Fair weather forecast KARACHI, Jan 1: The Met Office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather and a cool night for Karachi on Wednesday with minimum temperature expected to range between seven and nine degrees centigrade.... KARACHI: Bill payment date extended KARACHI, Jan 1: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has extended the last date of payment of the gas consumption bills showing the due date as Dec 28 to 31, 2007.... KARACHI: Sindh for polls after Muharram KARACHI, Jan 1: The caretaker Sindh government has suggested to the Pakistan Election Commission to put off the Jan 8 elections till a suitable date after Muharram.... KARACHI: Condolence book KARACHI, Jan 1: A condolence book for former premier Benazir Bhutto will be placed on Thursday at the residence of Convener PPP Foreign Liaison Committee Zia Ispahani at 55-1, Khayaban-i-Ghazi, Phase V, Defence.—PPI... THATTA: ‘Cases against PPP activists are fabricated’ THATTA, Jan 1: The PPP candidates for provincial and national assemblies’ from Thatta have claimed that the Thatta police at the instigation of the Shirazis have implicated innocent PPP activists in fabricated cases and the party would not tolerate such acts.... NAWABSHAH: Condolences offered at Zardari House NAWABSHAH, Jan 1: Hundreds of people, including a large number of supporters of PPP thronged Zardari House on Tuesday and condoled the death of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto.... SHIKARPUR: Tribute paid to Benazir SHIKARPUR, Jan 1: Quran Khwani was held at the Pathan house for PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Health policy not implemented in NWFP PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Opposition by a group of senior doctors was hampering the government’s plan to introduce management cadre in the health department, sources said.... MANSEHRA: Seven killed as gas cylinder explodes in Allai MANSEHRA, Jan 1: A woman, her five children and a nephew were killed and four others, including two women, were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in their house in the... PESHAWAR: Diploma in Commerce annual exams in April PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The NWFP Board of Technical Education has announced that annual exams of Diploma in Commerce would be held in April 2008.... KOHAT: Cellular firm facility damaged by blast KOHAT, Jan 1: A facility of a cellular company was damaged in a blast on the New Year night in Mohammadzai village on Monday.... PESHAWAR: Towns remain without power for hours PESHAWAR, Jan 1: All the towns of the NWFP, including the provincial capital, remain without electricity for six to eights hours on a daily basis as the Peshawar Electric Supply Company... PESHAWAR: CNG price hike condemned PESHAWAR, Jan 1: CNG consumers on Monday condemned a sharp increase in the price of CNG and termed it unjustified of the move of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority.... PESHAWAR: ’07 saw marked rise in crime PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The year 2007 witnessed crime rate increase manhifold in Peshawar, a data collected from different sources revealed on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Train service restored PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The Pakistan Railways has restored the service of the Khyber Mail from Karachi to Peshawar from January 1, said a press release issued here....

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