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January 17, 2007 Wednesday Zilhaj 26, 1427 KARACHI: 4 trapped firemen feared dead: Rescue operation enters day two KARACHI, Jan 16: Hopes of rescuing alive the four firemen trapped under the rubble of the fire-wrecked factory faded on Tuesday as a rescue operation, supervised by army men, entered its second day.... KARACHI: Mandatory vaccination law urged: Anti-polio drive begins KARACHI, Jan 16: A senior WHO official in Sindh has called for increase in the routine vaccination coverage against preventable diseases in children, as the province under an expanded programme of immunisation kicked off an anti-polio campaign on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Fighting fire at cost of their lives KARACHI, Jan 16: Monday’s fire in a garment warehouse, which claimed lives of six firemen leaving three still trapped under the rubble, has exposed the near collapse state of the fire department service.... KARACHI: Rs1.55m for limb loss ordered KARACHI, Jan 16: Justice Sajjad Ali Shah of the Sindh High Court ordered the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation on Tuesday to pay Rs1.55 million to a teen-aged boy who lost his right arm by coming into contact with a live wire.... KARACHI: SHC dissatisfied with govt assurances: ‘Missing’ people KARACHI, Jan 16: The Sindh High Court expressed its dissatisfaction with the assurances made in respect of the ‘missing’ people on behalf of the federal and provincial governments on Tuesday and... KARACHI: Mayor of Kolkata in city for festival KARACHI, Jan 16: The mayor of Kolkata, Bhattacharya Bikash Ranjan, has said Karachi’s former metropolitan corporation (KMC) and present Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) seems to be closer to each other due to similarities in their nomenclature.... ABBOTTABAD: Victim’s body found 15 months after quake ABBOTTABAD, Jan 16: The body of an Oct 8, 2005 earthquake victim was recovered from the debris on Monday — that is, 13 months on from that fateful day.... PESHAWAR: Rs2.3bn spent in drought-hit districts PESHAWAR, Jan 16: An amount of Rs2.3 billion has been spent on 802 schemes — 95 per cent of which were water-related — in 14 drought-hit districts of the NWFP under the Drought Emergency Relief Assistance programme since 2001.... PESHAWAR: Reservations on draft syllabi conveyed PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The NWFP government has asked the federal ministry of education to allow the federating units of the country to continue with the existing syllabi unless their reservations regarding the draft national syllabi were allayed.... PESHAWAR: Govt formulates law to regulate pesticide trade PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The federal government has formulated a law to regulate the trade of pesticides, insecticides and other agriculture inputs, sources said. “The federal government has finalised the proposed pesticides... KARACHI: Compensation KARACHI, Jan 16: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced compensation for the heirs of firemen who lost their lives while fighting the fire that broke out in a garment factory on Monday.... KARACHI: CCPO transferred KARACHI, Jan 16: Capital City Police Officer Tariq Jamil has been transferred. According to a notification issued on Tuesday, the city police chief has been directed to report to the Establishment Division.... KARACHI: Police told to move against culprits: Toxic waste case KARACHI, Jan 16: The Sindh High Court asked the police to proceed against all those found responsible for dumping of toxic waste on an industrial plot in the Site Town, which... KARACHI: Workshop on molecular medicine begins KARACHI, Jan 16: The first international symposium and workshop-cum-training course on ‘Molecular Medicine and Drug Research’ was inaugurated at the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, the University of Karachi, on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Improved security for Lyari hospital KARACHI, Jan 16: According to a recent report affirmed by the Lyari General Hospital staff, the security environment in and around the Lyari General Hospital has improved following the deployment of Rangers.... KARACHI: NDC participants briefed on Sindh uplift projects KARACHI, Jan 16: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said Sindh which used to live mostly on overdraft not only paid back its Rs11.4 billion loans but also turned into a surplus province.... KARACHI: Display centres planned KARACHI, Jan 16: Sindh Local Government Minister Muhammad Hussain has said active participation of all districts of Sindh in Hamara Karachi festival would enhance harmony and cohesion among the people of Sindh.... KARACHI: Admissions to KU evening programme KARACHI, Jan 16: The Unive-rsity of Karachi has announced admissions to various departments in the evening programme. According to a KU notification, interested candidates can apply for seats available in the... KARACHI: Govt asked to cancel islands deal KARACHI, Jan 16: The Sindhi Association of North America has slammed the government policy over the sale of two islands to a Dubai-based company and expressed solidarity with the indigenous communities... KARACHI: 40pc cut in petroleum prices urged KARACHI, Jan 16: The government’s decision to cut prices of petroleum products has been termed as yet another step to oblige the capitalists of the country.... KARACHI: PMDC poll controversy KARACHI, Jan 16: Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions said on Tuesday that it rejected the latest elections of office-bearers by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council as, according to... KARACHI: Musharraf’s re-election to be resisted: PPP KARACHI, Jan 16: A central leader of Pakistan Peoples Party has vowed to put up ‘stiff resistance’ if General Musharraf tries to re-elect himself as the president from the present assemblies.... KARACHI: Further cut in petroleum prices urged KARACHI, Jan 16: Terming the reduction in the diesel and petrol prices as peanuts, speakers at a conference on Tuesday demanded that the prices be lowered realistically and fixed in accordance with the international prices.... KARACHI: Road work scares off mini-buses KARACHI, Jan 16: Due to the construction work on main Shahrah-i-Orangi, the number of mini-buses has declined causing difficulties for people. Transporters, Mohammad Ali Khan and Haji Haleem, while talking to... KARACHI: Watercolours at Zenaini KARACHI, Jan 16: An exhibition of watercolours by Ghalib Baqar is under way at the Zenaini art gallery. The show, which will be on till Jan 20, is open daily from 11am to 8pm.... HYDERABAD: PML workers join PPP HYDERABAD, Jan 16: As many as 226 leaders and workers of the local chapters of the Pakistan Muslim League and Sindh Punjabi Students Association have joined the People’s Party Parliamentarians.... HYDERABAD: Need stressed to generate more funds for Qasimabad HYDERABAD, Jan 16: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has made it clear that the trauma centre being established in the city will not cater to the needs of a population of... HYDERABAD: Isra varsityadmissions HYDERABAD, Jan 16: The Isra University has invited applications for admissions to bachelor and master degree programmes in Business Administration, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Sciences and other subjects.... PESHAWAR: 500 recruits to be trained this year PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The project director of law-enforcing agencies, Fata, Said Rasool, on Tuesday said training of 500 new recruits of the Levies would be completed by December this year.... PESHAWAR: Frontier to set up ‘carpet village’ PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The NWFP government has agreed to set up a ‘carpet village’ and announced various schemes for development of the carpet industry in the province.... PESHAWAR: Nation behind president, claims Muqam PESHAWAR, Jan 16: Federal Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam has said that terrorist and extremist tendencies were detrimental to the national interest and the nation firmly stood behind President Gen Pervez Musharraf in war against terror.... LAKKI MARWAT: Two shot dead in two incidents LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 16: Two people were killed and two others suffered bullet injuries in separate incidents here on Tuesday, police said. In the first incident, Abdul Wahab was shot dead... PESHAWAR: Transfer and postings in NWFP PESHAWAR, Jan 16: The establishment and administration department of the North West Frontier Province has, through a notification, announced the transfer of three senior officers.... SKARDU: Law and order SKARDU, Jan 16: The local police department is making all efforts to maintain law and order and eliminate crime from society, said Senior Superintendent of Police Wazir Mohammad Ali while talking to journalists on Tuesday.... LANDI KOTAL: Kidnapped boy recovered LANDI KOTAL, Jan 16: A student of a local private school, who was kidnapped from Bara in May 2006, was recovered from Orakzai Agency on Tuesday.... ABBOTTABAD: Convict hanged ABBOTTABAD, Jan 16: A man convicted in a triple murder case was hanged to death in the Abbottabad District Jail on Tuesday. Nazir Ahmed, a resident of Haripur, was found guilty...

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