DAWN - Local; December 30, 2008

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December 30, 2008	Tuesday	Muharram 01,1430

KARACHI: No let-up in outages as KESC saves on fuel KARACHI, Dec 29: The KESC’s private management decided not to spend funds on purchasing furnace oil to augment its current (and dangerously low) power generation levels, leaving citizens to spend yet...		KARACHI: Rs150m cellphones, accessories looted in Orangi KARACHI, Dec 29: Cellphones, accessories and scratch cards worth over Rs150 million were stolen from a cellular phone market in the small hours of Monday in Orangi Town, police said....

KARACHI: City emergency response protocols not shared with stakeholders KARACHI, Dec 29: The common strand in the previous two parts of this series dealing with Karachi’s emergency response systems (medical, security and fire related) is that the different agencies operating...		KARACHI: Transporters still afraid of retaliatory attacks: Nato supplies KARACHI, Dec 29: Three weeks after Taliban militants torched over 200 Nato vehicles on the outskirts of Peshawar, Karachi-based transporters continue to be affected. Although the limited transport of Nato supplies...

KARACHI: 750 awarded degrees at KU convocation KARACHI, Dec 29: Degrees were conferred upon more than 750 students who did their bachelor’s, master’s and PhDs from the University of Karachi in 2007, at the university’s convocation for 2008 held on its campus on Monday....		KARACHI: Train kills teenager KARACHI, Dec 29: A teenaged boy was killed on the tracks near Awami Markaz when he was hit by an express train....

KARACHI: Water shortage continues KARACHI, Dec 29: Several towns in Karachi remained in the grip of an acute water shortage for a second consecutive day on Monday....		KARACHI: Group show at Majmua KARACHI, Dec 29: An exhibition of paintings by eight artists opens at the Majmua art gallery on Tuesday at 5:30pm....

KARACHI: Quaid’s anniversary programme KARACHI, Dec 29: The Quaid-i-Azam Academy has organised a function at its Jinnah Hall at 10am on Tuesday to celebrate the 132nd birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, according to a press statement issued here on Monday....		KARACHI: Plan to set up Sindh building control authority KARACHI, Dec 29: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed the Additional Chief Secretary of the Local Government, Ghulam Ali Shah Pasha, to submit comprehensive proposals for the establishment of a...

KARACHI: Workshop postponed KARACHI, Dec 29: The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University, has announced that the HEC-British Council workshop on nutraceutical foods has been postponed....		KARACHI: Suspects in family slaughter case sent to jail KARACHI, Dec 29: Two suspects arrested in the family slaughter case were remanded in judicial custody on Monday till Dec 31 by a judicial magistrate (central)....

KARACHI: SHCBA to challenge retention of judges KARACHI, Dec 29: The Sindh High Court Bar Association on Monday resolved to challenge the retention of three additional judges of the Sindh High Court, alleging that the government had violated the relevant Supreme Court ruling....		KARACHI: HSC-I Humanities results declared KARACHI, Dec 29: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) on Monday announced the results of HSC part-I Humanities (regular candidates) annual examination-2008....

KARACHI: SHC seeks list of cases against petitioner KARACHI, Dec 29: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Azizullah M. Memon and Justice Faisal Arab on Monday directed the Landhi TPO to produce the list of...		KARACHI: Security KARACHI, Dec 29: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza has directed police officials to make all-out efforts for effective enforcement of a contingency plan during Muharram....

HYDERABAD: SU to hold exams as per schedule HYDERABAD, Dec 29: The Sindh University authorities have announced that semester examination will be held as per schedule from Tuesday and point buses for teachers, students and employees will ply on fixed routes....		HYDERABAD: People urged to raise voice against Israeli terrorism HYDERABAD, Dec 29: The Awami Tehrik, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan and South Asia Lawyers Forum have condemned Israeli massacre of Palestinian people and urged the Arab League, OIC, UNO and the peace-loving people...

NAWABSHAH: Sugar mill slammed for releasing polluted water NAWABSHAH, Dec 29: Residents of Murad Panhwar village staged a demonstration here on Monday to protest against a local sugar mill for disposing polluted water into the ponds....		HYDERABAD: Funds for coronary hospital approved HYDERABAD, Dec 29: MNA Syed Tayyab Hussain has said the federal government has approved funds for the establishment of a coronary hospital in Hyderabad....

HYDERABAD: — issues admission lists HYDERABAD, Dec 29: The director, admissions, University of Sindh, has issued the third provisional list of candidates selected for admissions to various disciplines under bachelors degree programme.The...		THATTA: Dist govt system to continue, says minister THATTA, Dec 29: Federal Minister for Local Bodies Razzaq Thaheem has said that he does not foresee an end to district government system but some amendments are necessary to streamline the system....

HYDERABAD: Exhibition HYDERABAD, Dec 29: The Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh, is organizing an exhibition of rare photographs and paintings and letters of Ms Benazir Bhutto at the Benazir Bhutto Gallery on Wednesday....		LARKANA: Plan to buy MRI machines hits snags LARKANA, Dec 29: The government’s project to purchase magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines and computerised tomography (CT) scanners for Larkana’s Chandka Medical College Hospital, Karachi Civil Hospital, Nawabshah’s People’s Medical College...

TANDO MOHAMMAD KHAN: Farm workers protest against management TANDO MOHAMMAD KHAN, Dec 29: A large number of growers who worked at the Red Sindhi Cattle Farm held a demonstration here on Monday in protest against the farm management, accusing it of denying them share in land produce....		PESHAWAR: NWFP seeks donors’ help for uplift strategy PESHAWAR, Dec 29: The NWFP government is engaging international donors to finance a proposed development strategy amid declining foreign contribution to its Annual Development Programme (ADP)....

PESHAWAR: US shelves opportunity zones’ plan: report PESHAWAR, Dec 29: There has been no signs of establishment of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in tribal areas, despite pledges by the US three years ago, says a report....		LANDI KOTAL: Tribal elder shot dead in Jamrud LANDI KOTAL, Dec 29: A tribal elder was shot dead by his rivals in Malagori area of Jamrud tehsil on Monday, sources said....

PESHAWAR: ANP blames Jamaat for Buner carnage PESHAWAR, Dec 29: The Awami National Party on Monday held Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) responsible for Sunday’s carnage during by-election election in Buner and termed the incident a preplanned conspiracy....		PESHAWAR: Bilour for merger of tribal areas with NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 29: Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour said that merger of the tribal areas with the settled areas of the province was the need of the hour to wipe out the tribal belt of criminal elements and foreign agents....

PESHAWAR: 15 hurt in gas cylinder blast PESHAWAR, Dec 29: A liquefied petroleum gas cylinder exploded at a shop in Hashtnagri area here on Monday causing burn injuries to 15 people. The injured were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital....		PESHAWAR: Six Nepalese released from Peshawar jail PESHAWAR, Dec 29: Six Nepalese, who had been arrested in tribal areas, were released from the Peshawar Central Jail on Monday after completion of their jail term....

KHAR: Four injured in Bajaur shelling KHAR, Dec 29: Four civilians sustained injuries on Monday when shells fired by militants and security forces hit their houses in Bajaur tribal region....		CHARSADDA: Four of a family killed over petty dispute CHARSADDA, Dec 29: Four members of a family were shot dead over a minor dispute here on Monday....

PESJHAWAR: Businessmen on hunger strike against lawlessness PESJHAWAR, Dec 29: As part of their campaign against the deteriorating law and order situation and excessive loadshedding in the province, businessmen of the city observed a hunger strike at Chowk Yadgar on Monday....

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