January 20, 2006	Friday	Zilhaj 19, 1426

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KARACHI: Opposition’s bid to move resolution on US raids fails: PA resumes debate on dams KARACHI, Jan 19: The joint opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday staged a token walkout to register its protest against the recent US air strikes in Bajaur Agency and the Pakistan army’s operation in Balochistan....		KARACHI: Rs1.7bn projects for Karachi announced: City Council meets KARACHI, Jan 19: City nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday announced 11 mega developmental projects for Karachi at an estimated cost of 1.7 billion. Speaking at the first session of the...
KARACHI: Madressahs wait for govt support KARACHI, Jan 19: Madressah managements are dismayed at the pace of implementation of a project promising government support in regard to the arrangements for imparting modern education to their students, in addition to religious studies....		KARACHI: SHC moved for KESC’s privatization record KARACHI, Jan 19: The Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation Labour Union requested the Sindh High Court on Thursday to order production of the Council of Common Interests record on the corporation’s privatization....
KARACHI: High court summons CCB officer KARACHI, Jan 19: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday summoned the executive officer of the Clifton Cantonment Board to appear in person on Friday and explain his...		KARACHI: Strategy on intellectual property rights ordered KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan directed the authorities concerned to work for making the province a model with regard to Intellectual Property Rights....
KARACHI: HR situation not good in country, say experts KARACHI, Jan 19: Politicians, media personnel, experts and retired judges and lawyers in a workshop on Thursday expressed concern over the growing numbers of human rights violations in the country....		KARACHI: Archives deptt in bad state KARACHI, Jan 19: Senior archivists on Thursday underlined the need for equipping the provincial archives department with modern facilities for preserving old government record as well as record of historical importance acquired from private persons....
KARACHI: ATC indicts three in murder case KARACHI, Jan 19: An anti-terrorism court indicted on Thursday three accused in the murder and kidnapping for ransom case of a young man, whose body was recovered in Hyderabad....		KARACHI: Law for safe lab practices stressed KARACHI, Jan 19: Speakers at a seminar on safe laboratory practices called for proper legislation binding academic, research and healthcare institutions in the country to have a written safe practice policy...
KARACHI: Operators warn of suspending cable service KARACHI, Jan 19: The Cable Operators Association of Pakistan on Thursday served an ultimatum on the government that it would suspend its cable transmission across Sindh from Monday if the ban on Indian and other channels was not withdrawn....		KARACHI: Mengal slams Musharraf’s remarks on Balochistan KARACHI, Jan 19: Balochistan National Party chief Akhtar Mengal has criticized the statement of President Musharraf on Balochistan and blamed the army for making the entire country hostage at gunpoint after the takeover of Oct 12, 1999....
KARACHI: PMA expresses concern over billboards KARACHI, Jan 19: The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi on Thursday expressed deep concern over the growth of hoardings, billboards, and other such sources of advertising....		KARACHI: Dr Arbab urges MPs to back decision on dams KARACHI, Jan 19: Leader of the House in the Sindh Assembly Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, before giving way to a debate on the issue of water reservoirs, paid tributes to President...
KARACHI: Imtiaz praises president’s leadership qualities KARACHI, Jan 19: Vice-President of the Pakistan Muslim League Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh (MPA) has said that President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to construct Bhasha Dam first manifests aspirations of the people of Sindh and respect for the provincial assembly resolutions....		KARACHI: WB team briefed on education reforms KARACHI, Jan 19: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro held a series of meetings with the World Bank Mission to workout and finalize budgetary support for improving education in the province....
KARACHI: Altaf’s role in changing Musharraf’s plans lauded KARACHI, Jan 19: MQM legislators on Thursday praised their leader Altaf Hussain’s cardinal and courageous role that led to the decision of building the Bhasha and Munda dams instead of the...		KARACHI: Shariat Court reduces term in rape case KARACHI, Jan 19: The Federal Shariat Court reduced the jail term of a minor convicted of rape and ordered his release forthwith on Thursday....
HYDERABAD: No dam on Indus will be accepted: Magsi HYDERABAD, Jan 19: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has reiterated that the people of Sindh will not accept construction of any dam on the River Indus....		HYDERABAD: CM pledges better farm research facilities HYDERABAD, Jan 19: Agriculture research facilities in the province will be strengthened to evolve high-yield varieties of crops, certified seeds of which will be provided to farmers by the reactivated Sindh Seed Corporation....
HYDERABAD: HDA’s policies criticized HYDERABAD, Jan 19: The Pakistan Workers Federation has criticized what it called anti-workers policies of the Hyderabad Development Authority and said the workers have not been given any funds for purchase of uniform....		LARKANA: Removal of encroachment from park ordered LARKANA, Jan 19: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit, on Thursday directed the Larkana taluka nazim to get alleged encroachment removed from the Bagh-i-Zulfiqar (a public park)...
DADU: ‘1,000 doctors to be appointed in Sindh’ DADU, Jan 19: Sindh health secretary Dr Naushad A. Shaikh has said that 1,000 doctors and 3,000 paramedics will be appointed during the current year to meet shortage of staff in hospitals....		JACOBABAD: Policeman shoots sister JACOBABAD, Jan 19: A police constable, Bahadur Ali Jamali, shot dead his sister, Shakila, 14, in Jatt Mohalla in the jurisdiction of civil line police station here on Thursday....