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September 21, 2006 Thursday Sha'aban 27, 1427 KARACHI: City govt told to set up 18 link clinics of ASH: Trauma centre opened KARACHI, Sept 20: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has underlined the imperative need for making the healthcare facilities more efficient and easily accessible to public in view of ever increasing population congestion in Karachi.... KARACHI: Power cuts persist across city KARACHI, Sept 20: The ill-maintained and fragile distribution system of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation again failed to withstand the sizzling weather and developed numerous faults resulting in prolonged and intermittent power failures in various localities.... KARACHI: Sindh PA condemns pope’s remarks KARACHI, Sept 20: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday failed to take up any of the main items on the order of the day for which the opposition had requisitioned the session.... KARACHI: Judgment in case against Mengal reserved KARACHI, Sept 20: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Wednesday judgment in the army personnel hostage-taking case against former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal and his four domestic servants.Judge... KARACHI: VIP’s police escort kills innocent man KARACHI, Sept 20: The sole bread-winner of a family, 26-year-old Asif, was gunned down by some trigger-happy policemen escorting a VIP on Stadium Road late on Tuesday night.... KARACHI: Two MQM activists shot dead in Landhi KARACHI, Sept 20: Two activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were shot dead by unknown persons in Landhi on Wednesday. Police said Saleem, 30, and Rais, 35, workers of unit 81,... KARACHI: Owners of parked vehicles warned KARACHI, Sept 20: The city government has decided to lift and remove vehicles parked on roadsides and which are hindering the traffic flow. City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has asked the people... KARACHI: 65 deprived of vehicles, cellphones KARACHI, Sept 20: At least 30 vehicles and 35 cellphones were taken away by bandits in the city on Wednesday. Police sources said two cars were snatched at gunpoint and 10 were reported stolen.... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, Sept 20: The met office has forecast hot and hazy weather for the city on Thursday. According to the forecast, the maximum temperature is expected to range between 37 and 39 degrees Centigrade.—PPI... KARACHI: Call for survey on hepatitis prevalence KARACHI, Sept 20: In order to ease the process of most effective interventions to curb hepatitis there is a need to determine the exact quantum and magnitude of the disease and... KARACHI: Democratic forces urged to quit assemblies KARACHI, Sept 20: Dr Abdul Hayee Baloch, chief of National Party, has said here that the killing of Nawab Mohammad Akbar Khan Bugti was targeted and circumstantial evidences contradicted the government’s claim that it was an accidental.... KARACHI: Complete provincial autonomy demanded KARACHI, Sept 20: Rehbar of Tehrik-i-Isteqlal and former Air Chief, Asghar Khan on Wednesday declared that military had no political role and claimed that Article 58 (2-B) was the major impediment in the evolution of a democratic culture in the country.... KARACHI: Encroachment on service road of Sharea Faisal KARACHI, Sept 20: The trend of illegally occupying service road and green-belt area of the VVIP Road -- Sharea Faisal -- by the owners of roadside buildings and commercial organizations continues... KARACHI: Equal job opportunities for women stressed KARACHI, Sept 20: Sindh Minister for Women Development Saeeda Malik has said that no nation can prosper unless its women are given due importance and opportunity to work in the field of their choice without any discrimination.... KARACHI: World Peace Day KARACHI, Sept 20: The Karachi Women’s Peace Committee in collaboration with the Young Women Christian Association will organize a meeting of women NGOs to mark the World Peace Day at a local hotel on Thursday.... KARACHI: SPLA vows to continue struggle KARACHI, Sept 20: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association on Wednesday reiterated that the struggle would continue against the ban on associations of government teachers and education employees in the province.... KARACHI: Resolution of regional conflicts urged KARACHI, Sept 20: French ambassador to Pakistan Regis de Belenet here on Wednesday called for reducing and resolving regional conflicts, consolidating the weak and reconstructing the so-called failed states.... KARACHI: Govt plans to hire 500 teachers on ad hoc basis KARACHI, Sept 20: Sindh education department is working on a plan for ad-hoc appointment of about 500 teachers in city colleges for the academic session 2006-07.... KARACHI: Full bench to take up remission matter KARACHI, Sept 20: A full bench of the Sindh High Court will take up the matter about granting remission to prisoners convicted in NAB cases. This was decided by a division... KARACHI: Exam forms KARACHI, Sept 20: The Controller of Examination, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, has announced to extend the date for submission of examination forms of first, second and third... KARACHI: New deptt at KU KARACHI, Sept 20: A department of clinical pharmacology would be established at Karachi University. This was announced at the inaugural ceremony of a two-day national workshop on “University-Industry Interaction: Chemical and Pharmaceuticals for National Development” on Wednesday.... KARACHI: DAE admission KARACHI, Sept 20: The technical education department of city government has extended the last date for submission of admission forms of three-year Diploma of Associate Engineering 2006-07 till Sept 22.... KARACHI: Group show at Momart KARACHI, Sept 20: An exhibition of drawings by 16 painters will open at the Momart gallery at 6pm on Thursday. Those artists whose works will be on display are: Abrar Ahmed,... HYDERABAD: Choked lines being opened, says nazim HYDERABAD, Sept 20: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil said on Wednesday that the district had started cleaning chocked sewerage lines and resumed work on the repair of damaged roads.... HYDERABAD: Use of technology to preserve fruit, vegetables stressed HYDERABAD, Sept 20: The vice-chancellor of the Sindh Agricultural University, Tandojam, Prof Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh, has said that thousands of tonnes of fruits and vegetables go waste due to lack of training.... HYDERABAD: PPP criticises PM’s Hyderabad visits HYDERABAD, Sept 20: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Qaim Ali Shah has said that the prime minister’s visit to Hyderabad without announcing any specific relief for rain-affected people was a cruel joke.... HYDERABAD: CBA urges govt to grant relief to Zeal Pak factory HYDERABAD, Sept 20: The Zeal Pak Cement Factory Employees Union (CBA) has appealed to the prime minister, the governor, and the chief minister of Sindh and the district nazim to direct... SUKKUR: Boy shots mother dead SUKKUR, Sept 20: A boy shot dead his mother and a man early on Wednesday morning in Pinyo Khorkhani village in the jurisdiction of Piryaloi police station near Sukkur.... SUKKUR: 15 suspects arrested SUKKUR, Sept 20: Police arrested 15 suspects during an early morning raid on Bachal Shah Miani village on Wednesday and shot and injured a woman when she put up resistance.... PESHAWAR: Unauthorised fruit market, taxi stand add to traffic chaos PESHAWAR, Sept 20: A lack of concern for common people’s problems on the part of traffic police and other authorities concerned, has led to the creation of an unauthorised fruit market... PESHAWAR/KHAR: Woman injured in blast dies PESHAWAR/KHAR, Sept 20: A 22-year-old woman, wounded in Tuesday’s bomb blast in the Bajaur Agency, died in the Lady Reading Hospital where she was being treated for critical head injuries.... PESHAWAR: Power system overloaded: Pesco PESHAWAR, Sept 20: More than 45,000 distribution transformers are functioning round the clock to provide electricity to consumers throughout the province. The 36th meeting of the board of directors of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) was informed here on Wednesday....

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