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September 24, 2008 Wednesday Ramazan 23, 1429 KARACHI: PTA vetoes police access to cellphone data KARACHI, Sept 23: Cellular companies and the telecom regulator have refused to allow direct access to cellphone call and short messaging service (SMS) data to the police for investigating criminal cases,... KARACHI: Judges criticised for ditching movement KARACHI, Sept 23: Criticising the superior courts judges who have taken a fresh oath under an alleged deal with the government, representatives of the legal fraternity said on Tuesday that by... KARACHI: CCTV network for city planned KARACHI, Sept 23: A network of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be installed in Karachi on the pattern of other metropolitan cities of the world for security purposes.... KARACHI: PML-N seeks adviser’s resignation KARACHI, Sept 23: The Sindh chapter of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has demanded removal of Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik for repeated security lapses despite having prior information of terrorists, designs of attack.... KARACHI: SHC orders attachment of property KARACHI, Sept 23: The Sindh High Court ordered on Tuesday the attachment of a residential-cum-commercial complex built over a 4,000-square-yard plot between Gulshan-i-Iqbal and Gulistan-i-Jauhar.... KARACHI: CM opens renovated CCU in civil hospital: Complex to be named after Benazir KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the government has decided to equip the government hospitals and healthcare facilities across the province with standard machines and trained manpower on a priority basis.... KARACHI: Progress of water filter plants project ‘unsatisfactory’ KARACHI, Sept 23: The provincial project steering committee for the federally-funded “Clean Drinking Water for All” (CDWA) project met here on Tuesday to review the monthly progress of 1,108 water purification plants being installed in each union council of Sindh.... KARACHI: Class IX (general) results today KARACHI, Sept 23: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi will notify the results of Secondary School Certificate Part-I General Group annual examination 2008 of regular and private candidates on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Encroachments make roads impassable KARACHI, Sept 23: Encroachments on roads at different market places, shopping malls and business centres in the city, including M.A. Jinnah Road, Saddar, Tariq Road and old city areas, are causing... KARACHI: Forecast KARACHI, Sept 23: The Met Office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather for the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Gang busted, four cars seized KARACHI, Sept 23: Police have busted a gang of five suspects involved in car theft during a snap-checking exercise on the Super Highway.... KARACHI: Training centre for disaster management planned KARACHI, Sept 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that a disaster management training centre of international standard is being established here in coordination with the National Disaster Management Authority.... KARACHI: Moon sighting KARACHI, Sept 23: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee will meet here on Sept 30 to sight the Shawwal moon.... KARACHI: Power cuts at Sehr and Iftar KARACHI, Sept 23: Tuesday was yet another day of many spells of power failures and load-shedding, which did not spare the consumers of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation even during Sehri and Iftar.... KARACHI: Man killed by wife’s brother KARACHI, Sept 23: Two people were killed in separate acts of violence in parts of the city on Tuesday, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: Excavation banned KARACHI, Sept 23: The Sindh government in exercise of powers conferred under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code has imposed a ban on excavation of Reti/ Bajri/ earth and stone... KARACHI: 19 more dengue cases reported KARACHI, Sept 23: Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that 19 more patients with suspected dengue fever were brought to various hospitals in the city.... KARACHI: Karo-kari couple seeks protection KARACHI, Sept 23: Justice Salman Ansari of Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the district police officer of Larkana and 10 family members of a Hindu girl who married... HYDERABAD: Amendments to Tenancy Act sought HYDERABAD, Sept 23: Signature campaign for amending Sindh Tenancy Act and setting up peasant courts was launched outside the press club here on Tuesday by the Sindh Hari Porhiyat Council.... HYDERABAD: Body to solve SAU teachers’ issues HYDERABAD, Sept 23: A committee has been formed to resolve the problems of teachers of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam.... HYDERABAD: 35 pc cases filed on court orders: DIG HYDERABAD, Sept 23: Hyderabad DIG Sanaullah Abbasi has said that about 35 per cent of the FIRs lodged in police stations in his area during the period of his posting have... SHIKARPUR: Teachers stage demo SHIKARPUR, Sept 23: Primary and secondary schoolteachers staged a protest demonstration here in Chak Town.... MIRPURKHAS: Dist nazim cancels contract with PPP’s health plan MIRPURKHAS, Sept 23: District Nazim Dr Sughra Junejo ordered cancellation of a contract between the district government and administration of the People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) here on Tuesday.... KHAIRPUR: TMA asked to work diligently KHAIRPUR, Sept 23: Taluka Municipal Administration (TMA) should ensure provision of clean drinking water, proper sanitation, sewerage, street lighting, and other civic amenities while slackness in this regard will not be tolerated, warned PPP MNA Nafisa Shah.... NAWABSHAH: Passengers robbed NAWABSHAH, Sept 23: Armed bandits robbed passengers of a Multan-bound coach near Doulatpur on the National Highway on Tuesday.... LARKANA: High Court frees man after quashing FIR LARKANA, Sept 23: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday quashed an FIR against an under trial prisoner, Muhammed Ali Siddiqi, who had been languishing in a... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Siblings die as gun goes off accidentally NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 23: Two children were killed on Tuesday in Sajan Dhakan, a village in Darya Khan Mari area, when a gun they were playing with accidentally went off.... PESHAWAR: Private schools ‘not allowing’ vaccination of students PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Health authorities say they have been facing hardships to vaccinate children in privately-run ‘elite’ schools in the city and have expressed apprehensions that students could fall victim to polio and measles.... PARACHINAR: Four killed, 20 injured in Kurram clashes PARACHINAR, Sept 23: Four persons were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a clash between rival tribes in Kurram tribal region on Tuesday.... MIRAMSHAH: Body of ‘spy’ found MIRAMSHAH, Sept 23: The beheaded body of a 12-year-old Afghan boy was found in the hills of North Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Reappointment of judges challenged PESHAWAR, Sep 23: The reappointment of judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts and awarding them seniority by the federal government was challenged before the Supreme Court here on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Three rockets land near PSO depot PESHAWAR, Sept 23: At least three rockets landed near Pakistan State Oil depot in Taro Jabba on Monday night, however, no loss of life was reported, police said.... PESHAWAR: Another Afghan diplomat receives threats: No clue to abducted envoy PESHAWAR, Sept 23: The city police have failed to find any clue to Afghan Ambassador-designate to Pakistan Abdul Khaliq Farahi, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from Hayatabad on Monday....

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