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January 16, 2008 Wednesday Muharram 06, 1429 KARACHI: Harkat men get life in Musharraf plot case KARACHI, Jan 15: Three militants of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen al-Alami were convicted for an unsuccessful attempt to kill President Pervez Musharraf in 2002 while three other accused were found not guilty by an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Police short of leads as death toll rises KARACHI, Jan 15: While the authorities failed to make any major breakthrough in the investigations, the death toll of the bomb blast in Landhi’s town Quaidabad area rose to 10 on... KARACHI: SHC orders detainee’s production on 18th KARACHI, Jan 15: A division bench of the Sindh High Court ordered production of ‘Mohammad Shahid Rind’ being held in police custody as ‘Bahadar Brohi’, brother of the dacoit, Mashooq Brohi, claimed to have been killed in an encounter.... KARACHI: JI leader wounded in attack KARACHI, Jan 15: A local leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami was critically wounded on Tuesday afternoon when four assailants opened fire on him in New Karachi, police and witnesses said.Bilal... KARACHI: Blast shows Karachi’s Vulnerability to disasters KARACHI, Jan 15: As dawn broke on Tuesday, dozens of men, women and children thronged Orthopaedic Wards 14 and 17 of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre: relatives of the people injured... KARACHI: Lawyers on strike against detention of judges KARACHI, Jan 15: Lawyers at the City Courts observed on Tuesday stayed away from legal proceedings against the detention of Rana Bhagwandas, the former acting chief justice of Supreme Court.... KARACHI: Two indicted in NAB reference Judge Sadiq Hussain Bhatti summoned all the prosecution witnesses to record their statements on the next hearing as the accused pleaded not guilty and opted to contest the case.... KARACHI: Refined wheat flour still out of people’s reach KARACHI, Jan 15: As the supply of government-sponsored mill wheat flour has improved in the city, consumers have yet to see any substantial decline in the prices of chakki (wholemeal) and... PESHAWAR: Frontier lawyers reject PBC decision: Boycott to continue indefinitely PESHAWAR, Jan 15: Denouncing the decision of the Pakistan Bar Association to limit the lawyers’ boycott, the entire bar associations of the province unanimously decided here on Tuesday to continue boycott of the superior courts for an indefinite period.... PESHAWAR: Judge withdraws from bench: Sufi Mohammad detention case PESHAWAR, Jan 15: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday put off hearing of a writ petition challenging continuous detention of the defunct Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariah-i-Muhammadi chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad.... KARACHI: 43pc rise in incidents of bike-snatching last year KARACHI, Jan 15: Incidents of snatching and stealing of motorcycles increased by 43 per cent during 2007 as 10,086 bikes were taken away across the city, while the number of stolen bikes was 7,025 in 2006.... KARACHI: SIUT reluctant to greet transplantation authority team KARACHI, Jan 15: Expressing disagreement over the composition of an inspection team of the Human Organ Transplantation Authority, the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation has urged the federal government to... KARACHI: Dow varsity starts MSc in diabetes, endocrinology KARACHI, Jan 15: In a bid to contain diabetes and cater to the needs of nine million diabetics in Pakistan, the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) will soon start an online training programme designed specifically for family physicians.... KARACHI: ‘15,000 govt employees provided IT training’ KARACHI, Jan 15: As many as 15,000 government employees have been imparted IT training in the province’s various cities and towns.... KARACHI: Water scarcity in CBKC locality KARACHI, Jan 15: Residents of Bhitai Colony, which is under the supervision of the Cantonment Board Korangi Creek, are facing acute shortage of water as the CBKC authorities have stopped water supply through tankers to the areas for last three days.... KARACHI: PIA post-Haj operation KARACHI, Jan 15: During the Pakistan International Airlines’ post-Haj operations that had commenced on Dec 25, 2007, as many as 81,868 Hajis had been brought back to the country through 244 flights from Saudi Arabia till Jan 14.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Jan 15: The Met Office has forecast a partly cloudy weather for the city with the minimum temperature expected to range between 12 and 14 degrees centigrade on Wednesday.... KARACHI: HSC registration schedule KARACHI, Jan 15: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Tuesday announced the schedule for the registration of all those private candidates of Humanities and Commerce groups for the HSC annual examinations—2008 who had passed their SSC supplementary examinations, 2007.... KARACHI: High court’s suo motu powers questioned KARACHI, Jan 15: A high court has no power to initiate a reference suo motu under Article 199 or any other provision of the constitution, newly-appointed Advocate-General Dr M.... KARACHI: Water issue KARACHI, Jan 15: Despite city government’s claim of supplying six million gallons of water from K-3 project, Lyari Town is facing acute water shortage, said Lyari Town Nazim Malik M.... KARACHI: SSP transferred KARACHI, Jan 15: Senior Superintendent of Police Sain Rakhio Merani was transferred from his post of DIG East on Tuesday evening.... KARACHI: Nazim approves amendments to allotment rules KARACHI, Jan 15: Recent amendments to the Karachi Building & Town Planning Regulations 2002 (KB&TPR-2002) have allowed allottees to sublet, transfer or sell their unit before the approval of the completion plan and occupancy by the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA).... HYDERABAD: Workers want movement launched: PPP HYDERABAD, Jan 15: The president of the Sindh chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party, Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Tuesday that the Arbabs and the Chaudhries were bent upon getting... HYDERABAD: Industrial zones HYDERABAD, Jan 15: The chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Capital Cottage Industrial Corporation urged the president and the prime minister on Tuesday to instruct the provincial governments to select... HYDERABAD: Pneumonia invites infections, says expert HYDERABAD, Jan 15: Renowned pulmonologist Dr. Rashid Ahmed Khan has said that pneumonia is an umbrella for an acute infection in the lungs and for a number of bacteria, viruses or fungi, or even tuberculosis.... PESHAWAR: 163 school buildings declared dangerous PESHAWAR, Jan 15: The authorities have declared 163 buildings of public sector schools dangerous in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where lives of thousands of children may be at risk.... NOWSHERA: One killed, 3 injured on Motorway NOWSHERA, Jan 15: One person was killed and three others sustained injuries in a traffic accident on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Introduction of CNG buses delayed PESHAWAR, Jan 15: The introduction of CNG buses planned to be on the city roads from mid-January has been delayed at least for a month.... PESHAWAR: Denial of promotion forces teachers to quit job PESHAWAR, Jan 15: Owing to the non-implementation of the prime minister’s directives regarding upgradation of their posts, teachers of basic medical sciences at Khyber Medical University (KMU) are opting to quit their jobs and join other institutes, sources say.... LAKKI MARWAT: Explosion rocks Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 15: An explosive device went off in the Bachkan Ahmadzai village on Monday night, but there was no loss of life or damage to property, police said....

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