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January 05, 2008 Saturday Zilhaj 25, 1428 KARACHI: Thar Express resumes operation KARACHI, Jan 4: Thar Express, which takes passengers between India and Pakistan, left here for Zero Point late on Friday evening after remaining suspended for a week.... KARACHI: 12 species of whale, dolphin found in Pakistan’s waters KARACHI, Jan 4: Led by an expert from the United Kingdom, a Pakistani research team has for the first time identified and recorded the presence of 12 species of marine dolphins and whales in the Sindh-Balochistan waters.... PESHAWAR: Gas supply to Peshawar areas suspended for whole day PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The officials of the Sui Northern Gas Company on Friday set a dubious record by suspending the supply of gas to various localities of the provincial capital for the whole day.... KARACHI: Health dept requires Rs120m for repairs KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh health department will need about Rs120 million for the refurbishment of various government-run health facilities, hospitals and health offices set ablaze, looted or ransacked recently across... KARACHI: SHC stays municipal officer’s transfer KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh High Court stayed the transfer of the municipal officer of Site Town till the hearing of his petition challenging the local government department order on Jan 15.... KARACHI: ‘Uncertainty’ behind surge in wheat flour prices KARACHI, Jan 4: While consumers appear panicked enough to procure flour at any cost given the current political turmoil after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, flour millers and retailers are out... KARACHI: Cleric indicted for boy’s murder KARACHI, Jan 4: Additional district and sessions judge, East, Rana Zaki Shamsi on Friday indicted the moazzin of a mosque on charges of killing a 12-year-old boy in a mosque in Shah Faisal Colony.... KARACHI: Keamari katchi abadis yet to be regularised KARACHI, Jan 4: Around 70 per cent of the Keamari Town population lives in abject poverty and most of its old localities are yet to be regularised, a survey of the town shows.... KARACHI: KU aptitude test tomorrow KARACHI, Jan 4: The University of Karachi on Friday announced that the aptitude test for BS (Computer Science) would be held at the Arts Faculty on Jan 6 at 2pm.... KARACHI: 27 PPP workers sent to jail KARACHI, Jan 4: Judicial Magistrate (West) Ali Ahmed Jan on Friday remanded 27 workers of the Pakistan People’s Party in jail custody till Jan 17. They have been charged with indulging... KARACHI: PN officers’ commissioning parade held KARACHI, Jan 4: The Pakistan Navy’s officers commissioning parade was held here at the “PNS Rahbar” on Friday.... KARACHI: Dawn staffer’s son robbed KARACHI, Jan 4: Ayman Afzal, son of Dawn sub-editor Afzal Baloch, was robbed on two consecutive days in the city’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal area.... KARACHI: Paintings at Unicorn KARACHI, Jan 4: An exhibition of paintings by Khalid Saeed Memon opens on Saturday at Unicorn art gallery at 5pm. It will remain open till Jan 12 daily from 12 noon to 8pm.... KARACHI: Dowite ’82 KARACHI, Jan 4: “Dowite ’82”, a one-day exhibition of water colour/pastel paintings by Dr M. Khalid Paracha, opens at 11am on Saturday at the Arts Council. It will continue till 7.30pm.... KARACHI: Yellow cab scam KARACHI, Jan 4: The Accountability Court-I headed by Syed Aley Maqbool Rizvi on Friday adjourned the hearing of a reference (No.1/2003) pertaining to a yellow cabs scam till Jan 10 after issuing a summons to a witness to appear in court.... KARACHI: ‘No decision taken to end CAP’ KARACHI, Jan 4: Caretaker Sindh Education Minister Shujaat Ali Baig has stated that no decision has been taken to abolish the Centralised Admission Policy (CAP). The statement comes after the Council... KARACHI: ASF to train community police KARACHI, Jan 4: The city government has entered into an agreement with the Airport Security Force to get its recently-established community police force trained at a cost of around Rs5 million.... KARACHI: Library pioneer Prof Khursheed passes away KARACHI, Jan 4: Prof Dr Anis Khursheed, a former chairman of the Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of Karachi, died here on Friday. He was 84.... KARACHI: Concerns over political heat KARACHI, Jan 4: As the Scotland Yard team of investigators reached the federal capital to probe the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Friday, there was concern in various quarters... KARACHI: Eight cops suspended KARACHI, Jan 4: The Sindh police has suspended more than half a dozen police officers for professional negligence in their areas during four days of arson, carnage and vandalism following Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on December 27.... KARACHI: Power cuts KARACHI, Jan 4: The violence-battered Karachiites are appalled by the prolonged and unannounced power breakdowns persisting since Thursday. The KESC has blamed the disruption on under frequency in Wapda’s national grid.... HYDERABAD: After mob attack, STBB faces account freeze HYDERABAD, Jan 4: Following a mob attack on the Sindh Textbook Board (STBB) on December 28 and some negative orders issued by the Sindh education department, the board has been rendered all but dysfunctional.... HYDERABAD: Traders criticise government failure to provide security HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The business community here has reminded the government that traders and industrialists had invested over Rs400 billion over the past few years and it will pay a huge... KHAIRPUR: PML-F seeks six-month postponement of polls KHAIRPUR, Jan 4: Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) candidates, Syed Javed Shah Jilani (NA-215) and Zafar Iqbal Bilal (PS-29), have called upon the government and the Election Commission to postpone the general elections for six months.... HYDERABAD: Applicants told to deposit admissions fee HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The University of Sindh has asked the applicants who appeared in admission test to bachelors and masters programme-2008, but were not selected, to deposit their admission fee for admissions in various disciplines.... HYDERABAD: Sindh seeks funds from centre to compensate losses HYDERABAD, Jan 4: Caretaker Sindh minister for local government, Syed Saleem Ahmed Zaidi, has said that Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad, has approached the federal government for funds in order to... HYDERABAD: ‘FIRs lodged to bar PPP workers from electioneering’ HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The Pakistan People’s Party candidate for PS-85 Thatta, Sassui Palejo, has said that countless FIRs had been lodged in her district in order to bar PPP activists from participating in election activities.... HYDERABAD: Insecurity has risen among minorities, says leader HYDERABAD, Jan 4: A Pakistan People’s Party minority wing leader, Dr Ashok Kumar, has said that the assassination of party leader Benazir Bhutto has intensified the sense of insecurity among the people belonging to religious minorities.... KOHAT: ANP resumes electioneering in Kohat KOHAT, Jan 4: The Awami National Party (ANP) resumed electioneering here on Friday after a week-long lull due to Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.... PESHAWAR: Contract doctors say they have been shortchanged PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Doctors working on contract for the health department have expressed their resentment over the government’s move to terminate their services. They have demanded of the authorities to give them permanent positions.... ABBOTTABAD: JUI-F candidates to launch campaigns from mosques ABBOTTABAD, Jan 4: The JUI-F candidates for NA-17 and NA-18 have renewed their pledge to enforce Sharia in the country after coming to power.... PESHAWAR: Security steps for Muharram reviewed PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Fool-proof security will be ensured during Muharram and the police have been put on high alert to deal with any untoward incident during the month, according to the Capital City Police Officer, Tanveerul Haq....

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