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January 18, 2008 Friday Muharram 08, 1429 KARACHI: SHC reserves order on policeman’s bail plea KARACHI, Jan 17: The Sindh High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a bail application moved by deputy inspector-general of police Altaf Hussain Bhatti, who is facing trial in a 500-acre land scam case.... KARACHI: Labourer stabs brother to death KARACHI, Jan 17: A 30-year-old labourer stabbed his younger brother to death early on Thursday morning in Nazimabad.... KARACHI: AI urged to declare ex-CJ a ‘prisoner of conscience’ KARACHI, Jan 17: The Sindh High Court Bar Association urged civil society on Thursday to observe January 31 as ‘Yaum-i-Iftikhar’ to protest against the continued confinement of deposed chief justice Iftikhar... KARACHI: PPP terms arrest of workers pre-poll rigging KARACHI, Jan 17: In two separate letters sent to the acting chief minister of Sindh and the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, provincial chief of the Pakistan People’s Party Syed Qaim... KARACHI: Students of college in JPMC irked by closure KARACHI, Jan 17: The future of about 60 students is hanging in the balance reportedly due to the persistent closure of the College of Medical Technology at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre since August 2007.... KARACHI: New system against car theft being considered KARACHI, Jan 17: The Sindh government has formed a committee to evaluate the implementation of the vehicle identification monitoring system (VIMS) and furnish the government with its comments.... PESHAWAR: Frontier to borrow $180m for hydel projects PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The NWFP government will borrow a loan of US$180 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for construction of three small hydel stations in the province.... SWABI: Attacks on CD, music shops surged in 2007 SWABI, Jan 17: The year 2007 was the worst ever year for businessmen dealing in music and video CDs, non-governmental organisations and internet cafe runners in the district as they came under regular attacks by militants.... KARACHI: Security beefed up for Ashura KARACHI, Jan 17: The Sindh Home Secretary, Arif Ahmed, said that all possible measures had been taken to ensure peace on the eve of Ashura in the city and other parts... KARACHI: Rangers pledge flour at govt rates in 3 days KARACHI, Jan 17: The deputy director-general of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, Mohammad Latif, has said that there is sufficient amount of wheat in the province and the price of wheat flour will be stabilised at Rs17.5... KARACHI: Two carjackers held, vehicles recovered KARACHI, Jan 17: The Anti-Car Lifting Unit (ACLU) arrested two carjackers and recovered 10 stolen/snatched vehicles from their possession, DSP ACLU, South, Irfan Zaman said on Thursday.... KARACHI: Schools open today KARACHI, Jan 17: All public and private schools will remain open on Friday.... KARACHI: Dangerous hoardings re-emerge KARACHI, Jan 17: Countless billboards, most of them giant-size, have returned to their previous locations over the past couple of months after being removed for playing havoc with the life and... KARACHI: Ombudsman disposed of 2,708 cases last year KARACHI, Jan 17: The office of the Sindh Ombudsman disposed of a total of 2,708 cases in the year 2007.... KARACHI: Ibad wants pro-VCs appointed in varsities: Rs12.66 billion being spent on 94 projects KARACHI, Jan 17: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directive for finalising the process of the appointment of pro-vice chancellors and preparation of master plans for all public sector universities of Sindh.... KARACHI: Publicity on cable TV KARACHI, Jan 17: The Sindh government has ordered all district coordination officers and other relevant authorities to ensure that political workers and candidates in their jurisdictions do not force cable operators to run CDs and other advertising material of political nature.... KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, Jan 17: Mrs Mustafa Haider, the mother-in-law of Afshan Subohi, head of Dawn’s Economics and Business section, died here on Thursday. She was 78.... KARACHI: Exporters threaten to stop buying fish KARACHI, Jan 17: Fish exporters have threatened to suspend purchase of fish and fishery products from the market from Jan 24 if one of the officials of the Marine Fisheries Department... KARACHI: Generator behind fire in highrise KARACHI, Jan 17: A minor fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in a 10-storeyed building on Sharea Faisal.... HYDERABAD: Rumours about bombs in schools panic parents HYDERABAD, Jan 17: Panicked parents took their children back home on Thursday hardly a few minutes after dropping them at their schools following rumours that terrorists had planted bombs in around half a dozen private schools of the city.... HYDERABAD: SPLA seeks return of teachers from STB HYDERABAD, Jan 17: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) demanded on Wednesday that all the college teachers serving in the Sindh Textbook Board (STB) should be sent back to their institutions, which faced shortage of teachers.... HYDERABAD: Doctors urge govt to issue job letters HYDERABAD, Jan 17: The Doctors Action Committee on Thursday threatened to stage protest demonstrations and hunger strikes and adopt other extreme measures if the government did not issue appointment letters to... HYDERABAD: Sugarcane growers warn of campaign HYDERABAD, Jan 17: The farmers of Tando Mohammad Khan district have threatened to launch a protest movement against sugar mill owners after 10th of Muharram against the decision of mills to not to increase the sugarcane rates.... KHAIRPUR: PPP workers protest against police KHAIRPUR, Jan 17: A large number of Pakistan People’s Party workers and supporters staged a demonstration in Pakka Chang for the second day on Thursday to protest against police for refusing... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Man kills friend over tree chopping NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 17: A man was killed by his friend near village Pir Umer over a dispute on cutting a tree in Tharushah area on Wednesday night.... HYDERABAD: Leaves cancelled HYDERABAD, Jan 17: Sindh Health Services Director-General Dr Abdul Majeed Chhutto here on Thursday declared emergency in the health department and directed all EDOs health to cancel all the leaves... MIRPURKHAS: 22nd last date for filing loss claims MIRPURKHAS, Jan 17: The Mirpurkhas DCO has directed the revenue officers to visit the sites and assess the losses of public and private property which were destroyed or damaged in violence... MIRPURKHAS: Court boycott MIRPURKHAS, Jan 17: Lawyers boycotted courts’ proceedings on Thursday and took out a rally on the premises of the district courts in protest against the detention of judges and lawyers.... PESHAWAR: Employees serving deposed judges put on notice PESHAWAR, Jan 17: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday issued notices to eight employees working with two deposed judges, Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan and Justice Shahjehan Khan, asking them to report to the high court within three days.... TIMERGARA: Candidates warn of chaos if polls put off TIMERGARA, Jan 17: The candidates of different political parties contesting the upcoming elections for NA-34 Dir Lower have said that the postponement of elections would endanger the future of the state.... KOHAT: Kohat, Hangu to be sealed on Ashura days KOHAT, Jan 17: The government decided to keep Kohat and Hangu districts sealed on 9th and 10th of Muharram as talks for the specification of procession route failed on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Aids patients need care not hate, say scholars PESHAWAR, Jan 17: Religious scholars have called upon the people not to hate the people suffering from HIV/Aids and treat them like other patients.... ABBOTTABAD: EU election monitors visit Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, Jan 17: A two-member polls monitoring team of the European Union (EU) on Thursday visited the city and discussed matters related to the upcoming elections with people from different walks of life.... NAWABSHAH: Flour crisis easing, says Rangers DG NAWABSHAH, Jan 17: The wheat flour crisis is easing except in remote areas like Badin and Umerkot where there are no flour mills, according to Director-General of Rangers (Sindh) Maj-Gen Liaquat Ali.... NAWABSHAH: Call for concerted anti-polio campaign NAWABSHAH, Jan 17: Intensive vaccination was needed to cover areas missed during the previous anti-polio campaign to ensure that the district was polio-free, said District Coordination Officer of Nawabshah Abdul Razzaq Qureshi....

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