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January 24, 2009 Saturday Muharram 26, 1430 KARACHI: Citizens urged to lobby for police reform KARACHI, Jan 23: Though the police service is beset with multifarious problems, the path towards reform requires the masses to get engaged and lobby the authorities to push forward the agenda... KARACHI: Elderly man killed by robbers KARACHI, Jan 23: An elderly man was killed by bandits during an attempted robbery in Baldia town on Friday morning, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: Robber released on entering guilty plea KARACHI, Jan 23: A man convicted of robbery was released by a district and sessions court when he entered a guilty plea because the length of his stay in prison as an undertrail exceeded the sentence handed down on Friday.... KARACHI: Environmental tribunal assails Sepa’s performance KARACHI, Jan 23: The Sindh Environmental Protection Tribunal has raised several questions with regard to the performance of the provincial environmental watchdog and criticised its working in its detailed order through which it disposed of complaints against nine tanneries in Korangi.... KARACHI: Three PWs testify in jeweller’s kidnap, murder case KARACHI, Jan 23: An Anti-Terrorism Court recorded on Friday the statements of three prosecution witnesses in a kidnapping for ransom and murder case of a jeweller.... KARACHI: Newlyweds live in fear of honour-killing KARACHI, Jan 23: Pervez Chachar and his young wife live in the police headquarters in Karachi. Their crime? They fell in love and married without their families’ permission.... KARACHI: NPP chief backs Asif on Balochistan policy KARACHI, Jan 23: The National Party Parliamentarian chief and a Balochistan minister, Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, has said that he discussed the issue of ‘disappearances’ and cases against Herbihar Marri with President Asif Ali Zardari during his visit to Islamabad.... KARACHI: Over 800 students to benefit from Rs1bn endowment fund KARACHI, Jan 23: The Sindh government’s endowment fund for education, which was established with seed money of Rs500 million in 2002-03, has risen to over Rs1 billion in funds, with over 800 students as beneficiaries.... KARACHI: Conference on Samma period in KU today KARACHI, Jan 23: The University of Karachi’s department of Sindhi in collaboration with the provincial department of culture and tourism is organising a national literary conference on the ‘Samma period’ of Sindh on Saturday on the campus.... KARACHI: Mild quake jolts Malir KARACHI, Jan 23: A mild earthquake of 2.4 magnitude on Richter scale jolted some areas of Malir at 7:52am on Friday.... KARACHI: Bone marrow centre at NICH KARACHI, Jan 23: The first government-run bone marrow centre in Sindh will start functioning at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) Karachi in March.... KARACHI: SPLA protest drive gets under way KARACHI, Jan 23: On the first day of a two-month protest campaign announced by the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association, college and university teachers observed a ‘black day’ across the province... KARACHI: 71 judges to be recruited soon KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh Minister for Law and Criminal Prosecution Mohammad Ayaz Soomro has said that recruitment of 71 civil judges will be made through the Sindh Public Service Commission soon in order to overcome the shortage of judges.... KARACHI: Exhibition KARACHI, Jan 23: An exhibition of photographs, titled “Hemisphere”, by Aasim Akhtar opens on Saturday at the Photospace gallery at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: Tripartite moot on labour issues KARACHI, Jan 23: Sindh Labor Minister Ameer Nawab Khan on Friday said the government would organise a tripartite conference soon to review issues of employers and employees in order to prepare recommendations to solve problems of workers on a priority basis.... KARACHI: Unregistered SIMs to be blocked by Feb 1, says adviser KARACHI, Jan 23: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has expressed the hope that the law and order situation in the province, particularly in Karachi, will be improved in the coming days.... KARACHI: DHA files counter-affidavit in Gizri flyover case KARACHI, Jan 23: The Defence Housing Authority on Friday filed a counter affidavit in the Sindh High Court to become a party in two identical petitions against the construction of a flyover in Gizri.... KARACHI: Wanted outlaw arrested KARACHI, Jan 23: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) arrested a wanted outlaw from the interior of Sindh in Ferozabad on Friday. The accused, Abid Shah, was wanted in connection with murders, kidnappings for ransom and numerous highway robberies.... KARACHI: Notices issued in detention case KARACHI, Jan 23: Justice Qaiser Iqbal of the Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the advocate-general of Sindh and an official of the special investigation unit of police for Feb 3 in a case pertaining to ‘illegal’ confinement.... SANGHAR: Protest against Israel SANGHAR, Jan 23: Activists of Sunni Tehrik took out a rally against Israel here on Friday. The rally started from Dilbar chowk and marching through different roads reached the local press club.... LARKANA: Fertiliser shortage to hit wheat production LARKANA, Jan 23: The Sindh Abadgar Board leader Gada Hussain Mahesar on Friday expressed the fear that acute shortage of fertiliser would lead to a considerable drop in wheat production in... KHAIRPUR: Pen-down strike by clerks KHAIRPUR, Jan 23: Clerks affiliated with the All Lower Staff of Clerks’ Association and labour unions district Khairpur irrigation (east and west), workshops, buildings observed a pen-down strike on Friday.... SHIKARPUR: Suspect in acid throwing held SHIKARPUR, Jan 23: Police after arresting the absconding accused from Karachi involved in throwing acid on a midwife in Shikarpur brought him to back on Friday.... MIRPURKHAS: Smuggled drugs being sold openly MIRPURKHAS, Jan 23: A number of medicines smuggled from India are being reportedly sold at different medical stores in the city and other towns of the district.... HYDERABAD: Body for women’s rights in the offing HYDERABAD, Jan 23: A non-governmental organisation, Association for Betterment and Development of Human Being (ABAD), at a consultative meeting has decided to appoint a “district committee for women’s rights” in Hyderabad,... Senate election: festivity in MPAs columns THE election for 11 Senate seats next month is nothing less than a real spring in the lives of lawmakers, who had spent million of rupees to bag their seats on Feb 18, 2008.... PESHAWAR: Bad security scares away foreign donors PESHAWAR, Jan 23: The NWFP government may not be able to attract any major foreign funding to support its next year Annual Development Programme because of donors’ reservations over the security situation in the province, an official told Dawn.... MANSEHRA: Five FC platoons approved for Kala Dhaka security MANSEHRA, Jan 23: NWFP Minister for Haj Nimroz Khan has said the provincial government has approved five platoons of the Frontier Constabulary for Kala Dhaka to maintain peace in the region.... KOHAT: Gumbat residents demand gas facility KOHAT, Jan 23: A large number of people, protesting against delay in provision of gas facility to their area, on Friday blocked the Kohat-Rawalpindi road in Gumbat by burning tyres.... LANDI KOTAL: Tirah clash claims seven more lives LANDI KOTAL, Jan 23: Seven more people were killed and several others injured as fierce gun battle between two rival groups continued for the fourth day in the Tirah valley on Friday.... GHALANI: Over 50 houses demolished in Mohmand GHALANI, Jan 23: The security forces demolished over 50 houses of suspected militants during a search operation in Lakaro tehsil of Mohmand tribal region on Friday.... KOHAT: Two shepherds shot dead in Orakzai KOHAT, Jan 23: Unidentified people killed two shepherds who mistakenly entered the Sheikhan area of the Orakzai Agency from Kohat while grazing their animals on Friday....

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