December 29, 2005	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 26, 1426

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KARACHI: Haq Parast clinches most naib nazim slots: Opposition boycotts voting KARACHI, Dec 28: Haq Parast candidate Nasreen Jalil was elected Naib Nazim of the City District Government Karachi on Wednesday amid uproar in the City Council and boycott of the election process by the opposition....		KARACHI: Bhasha dam be built first, says Arbab KARACHI, Dec 28: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the provincial government agrees with President Musharraf’s ‘Water Vision 2006-2016’ and favours construction of big dams to meet...
KARACHI: Nadra to expand bill machine network KARACHI, Dec 28: Latest technology will be used to bring more projects to facilitate citizens in solving their day-to-day problems. “In this regard, Nadra’s bill payment machines would facilitate the...		KARACHI: PPP accuses Irsa of violating ’91 accord KARACHI, Dec 28: The Pakistan Peoples Party has strongly condemned the regime’s policies of allegedly forcing about 2.7 million people of the Indus delta regions of Sindh to migrate, and warned...
KARACHI: Journalists condemn attack on press KARACHI, Dec 28: A joint meeting of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), Sindhi Media Forum (SMF) and Karachi Press Club, held on Wednesday, condemned...		KARACHI: Cleanliness top priority: Ibad KARACHI, Dec 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directive for taking effective steps for carrying out cleanliness work and eliminating encroachments in the entire city on a priority basis....
KARACHI: SHC seeks rejoinder in detention case KARACHI, Dec 28: The Sindh High Court asked the federal interior secretary on Wednesday to file, within 10 days, a rejoinder to a petition alleging that a man was being detained by a federal law enforcement agency unlawfully....		KARACHI: City govt to form traffic regulating board KARACHI, Dec 28: The government has decided to constitute a traffic management board in Karachi to improve the traffic management system. This was decided here on Wednesday in a high-level meeting in the office of Sindh Chief Secretary Fazalur Rehman....
KARACHI: Political will needed to curb use of tobacco: Seminar told KARACHI, Dec 28: Health practitioners and researchers have warned against the hazards of tobacco consumption and sought the help of show-biz personalities, lawyers and mediamen in creating an awareness among people in this regard....		KARACHI: Smoking causes cardiac diseases KARACHI, Dec 28: Local and foreign medical experts on Wednesday delivered papers on a variety of health subjects on the third day of the second annual symposium of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS)....
KARACHI: KU okays award of PhD, MPhil degrees KARACHI, Dec 28: The Board of Advanced Studies and Research, University of Karachi, has approved award of 13 PhD degrees, 15 MPhil, one MD and two MS degrees to its students,...		KARACHI: Workshop on health ends KARACHI, Dec 28: Doctors with special interest in echocardiography and technologists working in the said field from different hospitals of the city, on Monday actively participated in the ‘First Live Trans-oesophageal...
KARACHI: Govt urged to include entire Baghicha land in park plan KARACHI, Dec 28: Speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday demanded that the entire 480-acre land of Gutter Baghicha be utilized for the construction of the proposed national park as had been pledged by President Pervez Musharraf....		KARACHI: Abrogation of anti-worker laws demanded KARACHI, Dec 28: Speakers at a conference on Wednesday condemned the privatization policy of the government and sought its abolition. Speaking at the “WTO, anti-privatization workers conference”, organized by the Anti-privatization...
KARACHI: Citizens compromised by VVIPs yet again KARACHI: The citizens have unofficially been declared the least important people in Karachi. From the labourer on daily wages, to the white collar official to an ‘insignificant’ essential services worker –...		KARACHI: Hearing of Asif’s plea put off KARACHI, Dec 28: The Sindh High Court adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of former federal minister Asif Ali Zardari’s plea against a sessions court’s refusal to allow him exemption from personal appearance in Mir Murtaza Bhutto’s murder case....
KARACHI: Young man shot dead KARACHI, Dec 28: A young man was killed and his friend was wounded when unknown persons opened fire on them in Liaquatabad late Tuesday night....		KARACHI: Restoration of union activities in PIA demanded KARACHI, Dec 28: Speakers at a press conference on Wednesday demanded that duty hours of the PIA cabin crew be made in accordance with the international standards so that the safety of passengers and aircraft is not compromised....
KARACHI: Naib nazims urged to serve masses KARACHI, Dec 28: MQM chief Altaf Hussain has urged the newly-elected naib nazims to take revolutionary steps for bringing advancement in the obsolete systems by introducing computer technology....		KARACHI: Group show at Art Gallery KARACHI, Dec 28: Group exhibition by Bangladeshi artists, M Fokhrul Islam, Jahangir Hussain, Mozzamil and M Zhinuk, at the Art Gallery from Thursday. The exhibition will continue till Jan 8....