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January 13, 2009 Tuesday Muharram 15, 1430 KARACHI: ‘Gynaecologist’ convicted for killing woman KARACHI, Jan 12: A lady health worker who posed as a gynaecologist was convicted for manslaughter as a district and sessions court found on Monday that the emergency Caesarean section case... KARACHI: EDO for law post abolished KARACHI, Jan 12: Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro has announced a raft of decisions including the abolishment of the posts of executive district officer for law in all the districts of... KARACHI: Experts back ban on organ ‘donation’ to foreigners KARACHI, Jan 12: Legal and medical experts who appeared before a full bench of the Federal Shariat Court here on Monday strongly supported the provisions of the Transplantation of Human Organs... KARACHI: Boy kidnapped, killed by cousins KARACHI, Jan 12: Two young men were arrested on Monday for kidnapping and killing their five-year-old cousin in New Karachi.... KARACHI: Dancers struggle to keep Kathak alive KARACHI, Jan 12: In a posh Karachi home, a dozen girls struggle to maintain their balance as they are put through their paces by Sadia Khan, a skilled performer of the country’s traditional Kathak dance.... KARACHI: Woman wounded KARACHI, Jan 12: A 25-year-old woman was shot and wounded allegedly by her husband’s younger brother in Manzoor Colony.... KARACHI: Three-day anti-polio drive begins KARACHI, Jan 12: A three-day anti-polio campaign — aimed at vaccinating over two million children up to five years of age — started on Monday.... KARACHI: Forecast KARACHI, Jan 12: The meteorological office has forecast partly cloudy weather with cool night for the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Dow varsity convocation KARACHI, Jan 12: The Dow University of Health Sciences has announced that it will hold a convocation for MBBS graduates (batches 2004 to 2007) at its Ojha campus on Jan 31.... KARACHI: Two suspects in traders’ killing case remanded KARACHI, Jan 12: Two officials of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell were on Monday remanded in police custody till Jan 19 by a judicial magistrate in a case relating to the murder... KARACHI: MBBS exams from 21st KARACHI, Jan 12: The University of Karachi has announced that MBBS third professional annual examination-2009 will commence from Jan 21.... KARACHI: Women protesters condemn Israel KARACHI, Jan 12: Thousands of women supporters of a religious party marched through the city on Monday to protest against Israeli action in Gaza and to criticise the United States for its support to Israel.... KARACHI: Committees’ chairmen KARACHI, Jan 12: The Sindh Assembly has notified the names of chairmen of various standing committees.... KARACHI: Date extended KARACHI, Jan 12: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology has extended the last date for submission of registration forms for private students of BA, BCom and MCom has... KARACHI: Secy comes unprepared to PAC’s first meeting KARACHI, Jan 12: The first meeting of the Public Accounts Committee of the Sindh Assembly was held on Monday in which the accounts for the year 2003 and 2004 of the agriculture department were considered.... KARACHI: FSC admits plea against low returns on bank deposits KARACHI, Jan 12: The Federal Shariat Court admitted on Monday a petition questioning the low returns on bank deposits and remission of loans during 2001-2008 for regular hearing on a date to be fixed by its office.... KARACHI: Ulema vow to ensure sectarian harmony MIRPURKHAS, Jan 12: Local scholars of the Sunni and Shia sects agreed on Monday that matters pertaining to objectionable remarks against any sect at religious gatherings would be reported first to... HYDERABAD: Advice to sacked lecturers HYDERABAD, Jan 12: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association on Monday asked the 330 ad hoc lecturers, terminated en bloc by the government, to continue to perform their duties as the... THATTA: Legislators, Thatta PPP leaders split on DPO THATTA, Jan 12: Senior leaders and legislators of the Pakistan People’s Party and the party’s low-ranking office-bearers are clearly split on ousting the district police officer, with former praising him and the latter demanding his removal.... HYDERABAD: Sindh Archives offers little help to historians: scholar HYDERABAD, Jan 12: Dr Sarah Ansari, a British author and historian of modern Sindh, laments absence or disappearance of official record on post-independence Sindh and said the Sindh Archives offered little help to historians.... HYDERABAD: Seminar on HIV/AIDS vaccines HYDERABAD, Jan 12: A seminar for creating awareness among masses on HIV/AIDS vaccines was held at the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Women, children take to the streets: Gas, power outage HYDERABAD, Jan 12: A large number of women and children poured out onto the streets in Tando Allahyar on Monday and held a demonstration outside the district nazim’s secretariat in protest against prolonged loadshedding of gas and electricity.... MITHI: Probe into youth training plan urged MITHI, Jan 12: The Pakistan People’s Party, Tharparkar chapter, has urged the Sindh chief minister to order a probe into alleged violation of rules and regulations in the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Programme and take measures for its success.... MIRPURKHAS: Ghous’s visit MIRPURKHAS, Jan 12: A joint meeting of the Mirpurkhas and Umerkot district chapters of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Monday finalized the welcome programme of Sindh PML-N president Syed Ghous Ali Shah.... UMERKOT: Anti-polio drive launched UMERKOT, Jan 12: DCO Ghulam Akbar Leghari and EDO health Dr Umer Rind here on Monday inaugurated anti-polio campaign by administering anti-polio drops to the children below five years of age.... LARKANA: SHC stops proceedings against naib nazim LARKANA, Jan 12: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Monday restrained the Larkana district nazim, DCO, senior most presiding officer and two members of district council from... PESHAWAR: Minister under fire in PA over ‘poor’ healthcare: Frontier short of 512 doctors PESHAWAR, Jan 12: The Frontier province, which has been coping with the burden of more than 1,500,000 Afghan refugees since 1989, is short of 512 medical officers, hence it is unable to cater to the needs of its own citizens.... PESHAWAR: Kidnappers leave injured priest at church gate PESHAWAR, Jan12: A priest, who was kidnapped from Peshawar Saddar two days ago, was released in mysterious condition here on Monday.... MINGORA: Five more killed in Swat violence MINGORA, Jan 12: Five more persons were killed and two sustained injuries in different incidents of violence in the restive Swat valley on Monday....

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