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December 05, 2007 Wednesday Ziqa'ad 24, 1428 KARACHI: Notices issued on poll appeals KARACHI, Dec 4: An election tribunal issued notices on Tuesday to the Election Commission, the advocate-general, the returning officers and other respondents in four appeals filed by three candidates against rejection of their nominations or acceptance of their rivals’ papers.... KARACHI: PPP was satisfied with Oct 18 security measures: SSP KARACHI, Dec 4: A senior police officer has informed an inquiry tribunal investigating the Oct 18 Karsaz blasts that Pakistan People’s Party leaders were fully satisfied with the overall security arrangements... KARACHI: DIG held in land scam KARACHI, Dec 4: The National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, on Tuesday arrested a deputy inspector general (DIG) of the Sindh police, Altaf Hussain Bhatti, for misusing his authority to acquire more than 500 acres of land in Thatta district.... KARACHI: Emergency rule sees upsurge in crime KARACHI, Dec 4: As the emergency rule imposed on Nov 3 has entered its second month with the fundamental rights of the common people still suspended, criminals carried out their business... KARACHI: Groom’s father sent to jail in murder case KARACHI, Dec 4: Additional district and sessions judge Tasneem Sultana on Tuesday rejected the pre-arrest bail application of Shaikh Abdul Majeed, the father of murder victim Hafiz Shaikh Mohammad Azeem, and remanded him to jail custody for 14 days.... HYDERABAD: Nazim inaugurates Rs6.8m projects HYDERABAD, Dec 4: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Monday laid the foundation stones for a road and drainage lines from Haider Shah Aabri to Sawan Khan Gopang village, a computer... KARACHI: Man killed in brick attack KARACHI, Dec 4: A man, driver by profession, was killed on Tuesday after he sustained serious head injuries during a fight with two of his colleagues in Machko.... KARACHI: Search for your solutions within, says Barsamian KARACHI, Dec 4: Destroying the perception that some external saviours were going to descend from the heavens and deliver to us the ideals many of us hold dear such as freedom,... HYDERABAD: Call to declare Mukhi House art museum HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The students and faculty members of the Institute of Art and Design, University of Sindh, have urged the government to declare the Mukhi House an art museum and make efforts for preservation of historical heritage of the country.... KARACHI: Ex-NED students held for car theft KARACHI, Dec 4: Police on Monday arrested two students of the city’s premier engineering university for their alleged involvement in car theft. Both young men were first year students of the... KARACHI: FCS chief takes charge amid dissent KARACHI, Dec 4: The former chairman of the Sindh Trawlers’ Owners Association (STOFA), Tahir Mazhar Dada, has taken over the charge as the administrator of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Demand for release of lawyers KARACHI, Dec 4: The human rights committee of the Sindh Bar Council on Tuesday urged the government to release all lawyers and political activists arrested elsewhere in the country for opposing its unlawful measures and emergency rule.... KARACHI: Without any frills KARACHI: As art matures in Pakistan artists seem to have taken on a certain measure of social responsibility and increasingly turned to social themes for their artworks – be it installations, paintings, sculptures or photography.... KARACHI: Award for Aali, Nizami KARACHI, Dec 4: The Pakistan Festival (PF) and Pak-American National Alliance (PANA) will present “Nishan-i-Sipas” to eminent writers Jamiluddin Aali and Majeed Nizami in recognition of their literary, educational, journalistic and... KARACHI: Katchi abadis KARACHI, Dec 4: Caretaker Minister for Katchi Abadis Syed Saleem Ahmed Zaidi has directed the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority (SKAA) to expedite work for granting lease to the residents of all notified katchi abadis in the province.... KARACHI: Ghalib Library seeks to reclaim lost glory KARACHI, Dec 4: Ghalib Library, which has been in shambles for the last some years, will be made an attractive place for book-lovers, particularly youth, with the revival of its lost glory.... KARACHI: Warrants in double murder case issued KARACHI, Dec 4: The additional district and sessions Judge-II (Central), Nelofer Shahnawaz Azimi, on Tuesday issued bailable warrants for five policemen, a medico-legal officer (MLO) and four other prosecution witnesses for not appearing in court in a double murder case.... KARACHI: Police case hinges on suspect’s confession : Couple’s murder KARACHI, Dec 4: While the police claimed to have solved the murder case of a couple with the arrest of a private security guard, his 15-year-old wife and his brother’s wife... KARACHI: Gang busted KARACHI, Dec 4: Ferozabad police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four members of a gang allegedly involved in several cases of robberies and kidnapping.... KARACHI: Minister seeks lifting of ban on recruitment KARACHI, Dec 4: Caretaker Minister for Population Welfare and Women Development, Sindh, Nadira Panjwani has requested the chief minister to lift the ban on employment so that vacant posts of doctors, officers and other staff in her department could be filled.... HYDERABAD: Attack on fishermen condemned HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) has strongly reacted to attack and injury to five fishermen of Dafri Lake, Badin. It expressed resolve to hold protest demonstrations outside Pakistani Embassies around the world.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad board announces SSC-I results HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The controller of examinations, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, here on Tuesday announced the results of Secondary School Certificate part-I (class-IX) annual examination 2007 of general group (regular and private).... HYDERABAD: Clerks body wants official removed HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The Hyderabad chapter of the All-Pakistan Clerks Association on Tuesday urged the Sindh governor, chief minister and irrigation minister to order removal of the director of Left Bank Canal Area Water Board within a week.... HYDERABAD: Housing schemes declared illegal HYDERABAD, Dec 4: The Sindh Town Planning Department has declared illegal six housing schemes in Ghotki district advising people to refrain from booking plots there.... PESHAWAR: Fraud detected at university PESHAWAR, Dec 4: The University of Peshawar recently suspended a staffer after his involvement in the issuance of fake marks certificates came to light. The strict disciplinary action on the part... PESHAWAR: Islamia College granted varsity status : Sister institution also planned PESHAWAR, Dec 4: NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai announced the upgradation of the Islamia College Peshawar to the status of a fully-fledged university at the annual general meeting of the Senior Alumni Association of the institution, held here on Tuesday....

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