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KARACHI: 69 survivors arrive from Muzaffarabad KARACHI, Oct 24: Eight more families comprising 69 people have arrived in the city from an earthquake-devastated village, Basant Kot, near Muzaffarabad. They travelled by bus and arrived at Patel Para,...		KARACHI: Opposition shows defiance to speaker: PA adjourned KARACHI, Oct 24: The Sindh Assembly session was adjourned on Monday within half-an-hour without taking any business when the opposition members showed defiance and declined to take seats....
KARACHI: Opposition asked to respect speaker KARACHI, Oct 24: Sindh Assembly Speaker Muzaffar Hussain Shah on Monday regretted the attitude of the opposition, and said that the opposition should show respect to the office of the Speaker....		KARACHI: Manufacturers told to provide 90,000 tents by Nov 30 KARACHI, Oct 24: The Pakistan Canvas and Tents Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCTMEA), who has been given the task by the government to provide 90,000 tents till Nov 30, will provide 5,000 tents before Eidul Fitr....
KARACHI: Progress on LoC proposal demanded KARACHI, Oct 24: The Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy has urged both the governments to move fast for joint rehabilitation efforts in the earthquake devastated areas on both sides...		KARACHI: Teachers oppose decision on language subject KARACHI, Oct 24: A body of Urdu teachers of the city colleges has opposed the official move to reduce the number of Urdu papers given to the students at the intermediate level....
KARACHI: Govt urged not to revive language issue KARACHI, Oct 24: The Save Sindh Committee (SSC), comprising prominent writers, intellectuals, lawyers, doctors, political and social workers and human rights activists, has urged the government not to raise the language issue once again....		KARACHI: No action imminent against erring cellphone firm: PTA keeps survey results secret KARACHI, Oct 24: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has kept the results of its second survey of the services offered by Mobilink under wraps. Sources told Dawn on Monday that the results...
PESHAWAR: Assembly urges govt to write off loans of quake-affected people PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The provincial assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution, demanding of the NWFP government to write off all the outstanding loans and taxes payable by the affected people in the quake-hit five districts of the province....		BATTAGRAM: Religious groups play key role in relief operation BATTAGRAM, Oct 24: A number of religious groups and parties are actively working in quake-affected areas, providing relief to people. Thousands of volunteers from these organizations are in the field, helping...
KARACHI: KWSB told to improve water distribution network KARACHI, Oct 24: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has directed KWSB Managing Director, District Coordinating Officer and all departments concerned to employ every possible resource in improving the water distribution network of the city....		KARACHI: Altaf calls for precautions against quake KARACHI, Oct 24: Founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain on Monday called for precautionary measures in the coastal areas of Karachi as the city was located in the earthquake-prone belt....
KARACHI: KBCA official arrested KARACHI, Oct 24: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Monday arrested an officer and his personal assistant for their alleged involvement in irregularities and corruption in the affairs of the Karachi Building Control Authority....		KARACHI: No FCS board after 14 months KARACHI, Oct 24: Elected directors of Fishermen’s Cooperative Society (FCS) have urged the government to constitute the board of directors and hold elections of chairman and vice chairman to run affairs of the society....
KARACHI: KU announces exam schedule KARACHI, Oct 24: The University of Karachi, on Monday announced that the first and second year 2nd semester terminal exams of BSc (honours and subsidiaries) will commence from Nov 14....		KARACHI: Cleanliness works to be completed before Eid KARACHI, Oct 24: Jamshed Town Nazim Tahir Mashhadi on Monday directed town officials to devise a concrete programme for removal of encroachments from footpaths and other places in order to contain difficulties faced by commuters and pedestrians....
KARACHI: South Korea contributes Rs7.2m for relief work KARACHI, Oct 24: Consul General of the Republic of Korea Suk-Chul Chang on Monday called on Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad at the Governor’s House and presented him a cheque along with relief goods amounting to $7.2...		KARACHI: Hearing of case against Harkat men put off KARACHI, Oct 24: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Monday the hearing of case pertaining to a plot to kill President Parvez Musharraf against a worker of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: People praised for unity KARACHI, Oct 24: Lauding the historic unity demonstrated by the nation in the wake of the worst-ever earthquake that hit northern Pakistan on October 8, the Jamaat-i-Islami, Sindh, on Monday called...		KARACHI: Opposition slams speaker, ministers KARACHI, Oct 24: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Monday held the home minister, the mines minister and the Speaker responsible for wasting another day of the assembly without carrying on any business....
KARACHI: PPP in Canada raises $0.9m for quake victims KARACHI, Oct 24: The PPP Canada chapter has raised 900,000 dollars to be contributed to the relief activities for the victims of earthquake in northern Pakistan and Kashmir....		KARACHI: Four die in accidents KARACHI, Oct 24: Four persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday. Fourteen-year-old Farman was knocked down by a hit and run vehicle on Super...
KARACHI: Shehla Shibli passes away KARACHI, Oct 24: Mrs Shehla Shibli, noted writer, journalist and lecturer passed away at her residence here on Sunday. Educated at the Kinnaird and Government colleges in Lahore, she joined the All India Radio during the Second World War....		KARACHI: SHC appoints new trustee KARACHI, Oct 24: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed has appointed Justice (retd) G H Malik as trustee of Quaid-i-Azam Aligarh Scholarship Trust in place of Justice (retd) Z H Channa who expired early this year....
KARACHI: Dumper owners asked to check over-speeding KARACHI, Oct 24: DIG Traffic Falak Khurshid on Monday has asked the owners of dumpers and loaders not to indulge in over-speeding. In a meeting with the representatives of Dumper Truck...		KARACHI: Army troops return from Sierra Leone KARACHI, Oct 24: Another batch of Pakistani contingent from the UN mission in Sierra Leone arrived here on Monday morning. According to an ISPR press release, Brig Tariq Ghafoor welcomed the troops at the airport....
HYDERABAD: Compulsory Sindhi teaching up to intermediate urged HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee has demanded that the teaching of Sindhi language should be made compulsory from primary to intermediate levels....		HYDERABAD: Order to produce son of applicant in court HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Monday ordered the counsel of an applicant to produce the latters son before the court on October 31....
HYDERABAD: Move to curb supply of poor quality fertilizer, pesticide HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Sindh agriculture secretary Nazar Hussain Mahar has rescinded the administrative authority of DG agriculture extension over the Directorate of Plant Protection Sindh and put it under the administrative control of Director General agriculture research....		HYDERABAD: Village woman on hunger strike HYDERABAD, Oct 24: A woman from the Allah Bachayo Chhalgri village observed a token hunger strike here on Monday in protest against what she called atrocities of her husband....
SUKKUR: Problems of Sukkur discussed SUKKUR, Oct 24: The district nazim, Sukkur, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, held a meeting with all five taluka nazims of Sukkur, New Sukkur, Rohri, Salehpat and Pano Akil at his office...		KHAIRPUR: Police accused of harassing PPP workers KHAIRPUR, Oct 24: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah and the district president of the PPP ladies wing, Gazala Siyal, have said SHO investigation B-Section Khairpur, Javed Farooqui, raided the house of...