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January 19, 2008 Saturday Muharram 09, 1429 KARACHI: Army troops called out for three days KARACHI, Jan 18: The provincial government has requisitioned the services of army troops for three days. The troops will be deployed only in case of the failure of the police force and Rangers in controlling any untoward situation.... KARACHI: Compensation ordered for people displaced by Lyari Expressway KARACHI, Jan 18: A division bench consisting of Justices Munib Ahmed Khan and Syed Pir Ali Shah of the Sindh High Court asked the city district government to pay up compensation... KARACHI: Altaf criticises civil society KARACHI, Jan 18: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, has lashed out at civil society, lawyers’ organisations, human right bodies and all quarters concerned for not raising their voice against... KARACHI: City to have two major industrial parks soon KARACHI, Jan 18: The National Industrial Parks Development and Management Company (NIPDMC), a subsidiary of the PIDC, is in the process of developing Korangi Creek Industrial Park (KCIP).... SANGHAR: Brokers and mills fleecing sugarcane growers SANGHAR, Jan 18: Brokers, aided by sugar mill owners, are fleecing sugarcane growers, who are compelled to sell sugarcane at throwaway prices because they urgently need money to repay loans and... PESHAWAR: Qazi renews call for boycotting elections PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Blaming President Pervez Musharraf for all the ills facing the country, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has called upon the people to stand up against former’s tyrannical rule and boycott the coming general elections.... PESHAWAR: Gulf between lawyers and judges widens PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Due to lawyers’ continuous boycott of superior courts, judges of the Peshawar High Court and lawyers seem to be on collision course as scores of cases were decided... KARACHI: Few security Cameras installed in Karachi KARACHI, Jan 18: The city that is no stranger to sectarian and ethnic strife has only a handful of security cameras installed at strategic points – and that too only in... KARACHI: School’s hostels vacated after bomb threat KARACHI, Jan 18: After shocking scares at various government buildings, sensitive installations and the Karachi Stock Exchange, a bomb threat was delivered to one of the city’s boarding schools, forcing the... KARACHI: Edhi centre robbed of donations KARACHI, Jan 18: Two dacoits looted an Edhi centre near Merewether Tower early on Friday morning.... KARACHI: Arrest warrants out for IO in boiler blast case: Hearing adjourned till 25th KARACHI, Jan 18: An additional district and sessions court on Friday issued bailable warrants for the arrest of the investigation officer in a boiler explosion case and adjourned the case’s hearing till January 25.... KARACHI: Banker held on fraud charges KARACHI, Jan 18: The National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, on Saturday arrested the head of a private bank on charges of misappropriating millions of rupees by falsifying and altering the bank’s record.... KARACHI: Urdu research monograph KARACHI, Jan 18: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will publish the world’s first monograph entitled “Urdu Research in Universities” under its Monograph and Textbook Writing Scheme in a couple of months.... KARACHI: Lyari people exposed to health hazards KARACHI, Jan 18: Residents of Lyari Town are exposed to serious hazards due to increasing transportation activity and fast degrading environment largely attributed to the warehousing facilities mostly in the residential areas of the town.... KARACHI: ‘Normal water supply from today’ KARACHI, Jan 18: The water shortage persisting in parts of Lyari Town for some days was a result of certain technical problems, including leakages and air-locking of pipelines.... KARACHI: STB handicaps may delay start of academic session KARACHI, Jan 18: Expressing reservations over the provincial education department’s decision of starting the new academic session from April 1, various stakeholders have requested the relevant authorities to review the administrative move.... KARACHI: NAB reference in EOBI scam put off till 22nd KARACHI, Jan 18: The Accountability Court No.2 on Friday adjourned till Jan 22 the hearing of a reference (No.20/2002) filed by the National Accountability Bureau with regard to the losses to... KARACHI: Polio teams to visit provincial border areas KARACHI, Jan 18: In view of the polio cases reported from the provincial border areas, vaccination teams of the provincial immunisation programme will visit those areas during the three-day national immunisation campaign scheduled to begin from Jan 22.... KARACHI: Teenager held on rape charges KARACHI, Jan 18: A teenager was arrested on charges of child abuse in Noorani Basti on Friday.... KARACHI: Emergency declared at hospitals KARACHI, Jan 18: The provincial home department on Friday declared emergency at all government hospital for Saturday and Sunday on account of Ashura.... KARACHI: Six Indian fishermen sent to jail KARACHI, Jan 18: Five Indian fishermen, arrested by the authorities protecting Pakistan’s territorial waters, were sent to prison after the court of Judicial Magistrate-IV (West) remanded them in police custody.... SHIKARPUR: Survey committee finalises report SHIKARPUR, Jan 18: A survey committee, which was constituted by the district government to assess the losses caused to public property in the district during the violence after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination... HYDERABAD: Mourners protest against Peshawar blast HYDERABAD, Jan 18: Hundreds of mourners held a protest demonstration on the Station Road after Friday prayers against the bomb blast in the Central Imambargah of Peshawar in which 12 mourners were killed and many others were injured.... HYDERABAD: Extortionists operating in universities, say students HYDERABAD, Jan 18: A group of Sindh University students, belonging to the Sindhi Shagird Tehrik (SST), staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad Press Club for the second consecutive day on... HYDERABAD: Varsities asked to submit research proposals HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The director Research and Development, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Dr Altaf Shaikh, has said that the National Research Universities and Development (NRUD) programme was the most important venture... HYDERABAD: Arrangements for polio drive reviewed HYDERABAD, Jan 18: The District naib nazim Tando Allahyar, Sabir Kaimkhani, has said that children represented the future of Pakistan and it was therefore the duty of all citizens to perform their due role in eradicating polio from the society.... HYDERABAD: Woman seeks punishment to son’s killers HYDERABAD, Jan 18: An old woman appealed to authorities on Thursday to award exemplary punishment to the people who allegedly tortured her son to death after a dispute over a small loan.... JACOBABAD: Man shot dead JACOBABAD, Jan 18: A man was killed in an armed clash between two groups of the Jakhranis in village Badu Jakhrani in the jurisdiction of Abad police station here on Friday.... MANSEHRA: Quake survivors still await compensation MANSEHRA, Jan 18: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority has not paid second and third instalments of the housing compensation amount to over 200,000 families in five earthquake-hit districts of the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Court restores Hangu district nazim PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The Peshawar High Court on Friday restored the Hangu District Nazim, Ghaniur Rehman, and remanded his case back to the election tribunal for deciding the case on merit.... PESHAWAR: PHC restrains ex-MPA from contesting polls PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The Peshawar High Court on Friday restrained former MPA, Malik Imran, from contesting forthcoming elections from provincial assembly constituency of PF-75, Lakki Marwat... PESHAWAR: Movement restricted in sensitive areas for two days PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The provincial government has directed law enforcement agencies to restrict the movement of people in sensitive areas on 9th and 10th of Muharram (Saturday and Sunday).... PESHAWAR: Irregularities unearthed in plots allotment: Swabi DCO, project director removed PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The NWFP government has removed the district coordination officer and the project director of the Swabi Development Authority (SDA) after reports of irregularities in allotment of plots at the Shah Mansoor Township....

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