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December 02, 2008 Tuesday Zilhaj 3, 1429 KARACHI: Twelve more fall victim to ‘ethnic violence’ KARACHI, Dec 1: At least 12 more people were killed on Monday in different parts of the city, raising the death toll to 40 in the ongoing wave of ethnic violence across the city.... KARACHI: Police, Rangers fail to prevent bloodshed KARACHI, Dec 1: Law-enforcement agencies in the city appear to have failed to contain the breakdown of law and order that started when a wave of ethnic violence hit the city on Saturday.... KARACHI: Strife forces many to flee homes KARACHI, Dec 1: Life remained paralysed in Orangi Town on Monday as fears of widespread and organised ethnic violence forced the eviction of families from certain blocks and the closure of mainly small businesses.... KARACHI: Mirza urges politicians to do more KARACHI, Dec 1: Saying that he was not satisfied with efforts of the leaders of the three major partners in the coalition government to put a stop to the persisting violence... KARACHI: 45 suspected rioters remanded in jail custody KARACHI, Dec 1: Around 45 people arrested on charges of rioting and destroying public and private property in different parts of the city during ethnic violence over the past two days were remanded in 14-day jail custody on Monday.... KARACHI: Schools, colleges closed today KARACHI, Dec 1: All the public and private schools and colleges of the city will remain closed on Tuesday (Dec 2) on account of the prevailing law and order situation, provincial education secretary Rizwan Memon told Dawn on Monday night.... KARACHI: Altaf Unnar’s medical examination ordered KARACHI, Dec 1: The Sindh High Court directed the home department and the Hyderabad central prison authorities on Monday to have former revenue minister Altaf Hussain Unnar examined by a senior... KARACHI: City violence mars Aids Day activities KARACHI, Dec 1: The World Aids Day passed without any major activity in the city as health professionals and organisations preferred to postpone the plans for the day due to the wave of ethnic violence that hit Karachi on Saturday.... KARACHI: Nine exam centres shifted to campus KARACHI, Dec 1: Karachi University Registrar Prof Raees Alvi has said that the university administration has shifted nine examination centres of degree classes’ candidates to the campus.... PESHAWAR: Inter-city transport fares slashed by 6.1pc PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Following reduction in prices of petroleum products, the Sarhad Transport Owners Association here on Monday announced 6.10 per cent decrease in the fare of inter-city transport.... PESHAWAR: 13pc injecting drug users found HIV positive PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Experts here have said HIV/Aids is prevalent among 13 per cent injecting drug users in the Peshawar district and have called for preventive measures to control the spread of the disease.... CHITRAL: Suicides among married women in Chitral on the rise CHITRAL, Dec 1: The trend of committing suicide among married women has assumed alarming proportions during the last couple of years in the district and needs immediate attention of the society.... KHAR: Five militants killed in Bajaur KHAR, Dec 1: Five militants were killed and several injured as security forces continued military operation in troubled areas of restive Bajaur tribal region on Monday.... KARACHI: Stories told visually KARACHI: Fizza Saleem’s exhibition at Indus Gallery of visually narrated short stories, as she prefers to call them, is abstract, not in its drawings but in its thought content.... KARACHI: Paintings at Canvas KARACHI, Dec 1: An exhibition of paintings by Nahid Raza opens on Tuesday at the Canvas Gallery at 5pm.... KARACHI: Fares of public transport cut by Re1 KARACHI, Dec 1: Following big cuts in petrol and diesel prices twice last month by the federal government, the Sindh government has announced a Re1 reduction in the public transport fares for all distances forthwith.... KARACHI: Three advisers appointed KARACHI, Dec 1: The Sindh governor on the advice of the chief minister has appointed Babar Leghari, Imamuddin Shauqeen and Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh as advisers to the chief minister with immediate... KARACHI: Abrupt but memorable end to Urdu conference KARACHI, Dec 1: It was supposed to last seven days, but it didn’t. The explosive law and order situation in the city made the organisers of the International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council Karachi restricted the event to five days.... DADU: Crime graph rises in Dadu DADU, Dec 1: As many as 2,262 FIRs were registered at 23 police stations of the district during eleven months of current year, which was a record if compared with last year’s record which stood at 1,678 FIRs.... HYDERABAD: Central jail officials suspended HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Superintendent central jail Abdul Majeed Siddiqui, his deputy Gul Mohammad Sheikh and some other officials have been placed under suspension by provincial home department on charges of corruption and maladministration.... HYDERABAD: Local bodies system lauded HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Speakers at a public assembly termed the local bodies system as perfect but in need of few amendments in relevant laws.... HYDERABAD: Call to end violence against women HYDERABAD, Dec 1: The intellectuals of Sindh have called upon the enlightened forces of South Asia to perform a practical role in the struggle for women’s rights and to restore their status in the society.... HYDERABAD: Cane haulage charges reduced HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Cane Commissioner Sindh in exercise of his powers, under the Sugar Factories Control Rules 1950, has re-fixed haulage charges for sugarcane for all mills of Sindh with immediate effect.... HYDERABAD: Farmers at the mercy of Passco HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Sindh, Balochistan and southern Punjab have harvested a bumper rice crop but market players were ruining growers through manipulations, said the Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB).... LARKANA: Landlord shot dead, friend kidnapped LARKANA, Dec 1: Highwaymen late on Sunday night killed a landlord and kidnapped his friend from Bero Chandio village in the limits of Taluka police station Larkana.... HYDERABAD: Package for Hesco workers announced HYDERABAD, Dec 1: Hesco chief K.B.Qureshi here on Monday has approved marriage grants of 120 employees, financial assistance to 25 widows and 60 scholarships for the employees’ children.... PESHAWAR: Price cut results in fuel shortage PESHAWAR, Dec 1: Following reduction in the prices of petroleum products the owners of various filling stations in Frontier province have stopped selling fuel to motorists causing serious problems to the people.... GHALANAI: Tribal jirga offers support to govt GHALANAI, Dec 1: A jirga of the Haleemzai tribe held here on Monday decided to extend cooperation to the government in flushing out militants from the Mohmand Agency.... KOHAT: JUI leader picked up for interrogation KOHAT, Dec 1: A local leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Khateeb of Bahadar Kot Jamia mosque was picked up by personnel of an intelligence agency from his house, sources told Dawn on Monday....

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