PPI - Pakistan Press International articles from December 2007

PPI - Pakistan Press International archives from December 2007

'20pc of 15000 Karachi street children prone to sexually transmitted diseases'.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : About 15000 street children are present in Karachi, and some 90% are them exposed to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This was stated at a sketching exhibition by artist Muhammad Irfan on Street Children and...

Caretaker Home Minister meets Amin Fahim.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : Caretaker Sindh Home Minister Brigadier (Retd) Akhtar Zamin called on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim at his residence, here on Friday evening and discussed with him matters relating...

Walk held in Sukkur to observe World AIDS Day.
December 1, 2007... SUKKUR, December 01 (PPI) : Sukkur Blood and Drugs Donating Society (SBDDS) on Saturday organized a walk against AIDS/HIV in connection with World AIDS Day from the Qasim Park to Clock Tower. DCO Sukkur Shafique Ahmed Khuwaja, Taluka Nazim...

EOBI, ACCOR SA to ink deal on Monday.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : Brig. Akhtar Zamin (retd) Home Minister Sindh and Chairman Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) will be the chief guest at the signing of management agreement between EOBI and ACCOR SA, France on December...

Compensation for Gharibabad furniture shopkeepers.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : Town Nazim Liaqatabad town Osama Qadri has assured compensation to affectees of Gharibabad Furniture Market, which caught fire Friday night. While visiting the site of inferno Saturday, he directed shopkeepers to...

SSUET Registrar grieved.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : Shah Muhammad Syed, father of Shah Mahmood Hussain Syed, Registrar, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) passed away here Saturday, Dec 01, 2007. His funeral prayers will be held after Zuhar...

90pc of 15000 Karachi street children prone to sexually transmitted diseases.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : About 15000 street children are present in Karachi, and some 90% of them are exposed to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This was stated at a sketching exhibition by artist Muhammad Irfan on Street Children and...

Gulshan Nazim inspects uplift project.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : Town nazim Gulshan Iqbal Muhammad Wasey Jalil Saturday inspected work on Rs28 million project of road development in UC 5. Town Municipal Administration TMA said that new sewerage system has been installed on road...

PPP not to boycott polls: Yousuf Talpur.
December 1, 2007... Umerkot, Sindh, December 01 (PPI) : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and candidate for NA-228 Nawab Yousuf Talpur has said his party was struggling for the restoration of democracy. PPP is the party of oppressed masse and will not boycott...

Partly cloudy weather forecast for Karachi.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : The Met office has forecast fair/partly cloudy weather with hazy morning and minimum temperature of 17 to 19 degree centigrade for Karachi on Sunday. Cold and dry weather would prevail over the rest of the region....

Growers threaten protest against sugarcane rate reduction.
December 1, 2007... KOT GHULAM MOHAMMAD, December 01 (PPI) : Growers of Kot Ghulam Mohammad Minor have expressed concern over reduction in sugarcane price by Rs7 per 40 kilograms by sugar millers in Sindh. They expressed the concern at a meeting held here on...

Khurshed Shah sees pre-polls rigging.
December 1, 2007... SUKKAR, December 01 (PPI) : PPP leader and candidate for NA-198 Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah has accused that pre-polls rigging has been launched in the Sindh province. Addressing a party meeting to celebrate its 40 anniversary, he criticized...

ICMAP to launch IBDL program.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : The Institute of Cost and Management Accounting of Pakistan (ICMAP) will launch Internet Based Distance Learning Programme (IBDLP) from Spring-2008 session. A release said on Saturday that the ICMA Pakistan has...

IHK (INDIAN TROOPS MARTYR 64 INNOCENT YOUTH IN NOVEMBER).
December 1, 2007... Islamabad, December 01 (PPI)Indian troops, in their ongoing acts of state-terrorism, martyred 64 innocent Kashmiri youth, including one in custody in occupied Kashmir, in the outgoing month of November. According to data compiled by the...

WAPDA (TARIQ FOR QUALITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICES).
December 1, 2007... Islamabad,December 01 (PPI)Federal Minister for Water and Power,Tariq Hamid, has said that improvement in the Customer Services, and reduction in lines losses are his two top priorities. He expressed these views while addressing the...

Navy (Naval Chief leaves for Malaysia).
December 1, 2007... ISLAMABAD, December 01 (PPI) Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir Saturday left for an official visit to Malaysia and Bahrain. He was seen off at Islamabad International Airport by Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Asaf Humayun,...

CITY: Power to remain suspended due to maintenance work.
December 1, 2007... Islamabad, December 01 (PPI) The power supply will remain suspended due to maintenance and annual construction works, says IESCO press release issued here Saturday. According to schedule issued by IESCO, the electricity will remain suspended...

Politics- PML-N meets today.
December 1, 2007... ISLAMABAD, December 01 (PPI) An important meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has been convened here in Islamabad today (Sunday) to discuss the current political situation of the country. The meeting will be held under the chair of...

IPDF and USPMU sign MoU to implement pilot projects.
December 1, 2007... LAHORE, December 01 (PPI) : Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF), Ministry of Finance and Urban Sector Policy and Management Unit (USPMU) of the Punjab Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in...

Distt (Ppattan): PML-N only party to change nations fate: Masood.
December 1, 2007... PAKPATTAN , December 01 (PPI) : Our leader Mian Nawaz Sharif has outrightly denied any deal with Musharraf, PML-N candidate PP-228 Masood Khalid said, talking to newsmen. He said that PML-N is the party, which could fight in the country. He...

Distt (Pakpattan): MEPCO to instal new power transformers at cost of Rs 140m.
December 1, 2007... PAKPATTAN, December 01 (PPI) : Multan electric power company will spend Rs.140 million on installation of new power transformers at 5 grid stations for uninterrrupted power supply during ongoing year. Reliable sources told that the company will...

Distt (Pakpattan): PPP to clean sweep in polls: Hotiana.
December 1, 2007... PAKPATTAN , December 01 (PPI) : PPP candidate for NA-165 Mian Naseem Hotiana has demanded the government to immediately withdraw all cases registered against PPP leaders. Talking to newsmen here he said that PPP would register a record...

COM: LABARD Mela on Monday-Dec 3.
December 1, 2007... LAHORE, December 01 (PPI) : Lahore Business Association for Rehabilitation of Disabled (LABARD) is organizing LABARD Mela at Race Cource Park, Lahore on Monday, December 03. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE)

Distt (Sialkot): DSJ releases 57 prisoners convicted in minor cases.
December 1, 2007... SIALKOT, December 01 (PPI) : The District & Session Judge (DSJ) Sohaib Ahmad Romi visited the district jail, amid tight security. He listened the problems of the jail inmates and released as many as 57 prisoners convicted in minor cases. On...

Distt (Sialkot): ZTBL to auction properties of 23 defaulters at Pasrur on Dec 8.
December 1, 2007... SIALKOT, December 01 (PPI) : The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) Pasrur has announced the auction of the properties of as many as 23 big defaulters on December 08, 2007 at Pasrur, as they remained unable to deposit their loans. (THROUGH...

Dist (Sialkot): Hotel owner shot dead at Mianwali Bangla-Satrah.
December 1, 2007... SIALKOT, December 01 (PPI) : Muhammad Ramzan, an owner of local hotel was shot dead by some unidentified armed car riders, who showered bullets on his hotel in Mianwali Bangla-Satrah, Daska tehsil, here, Saturday. Two other customers were...

Distt (Sialkot): Youth sodomized after kidnapping.
December 1, 2007... SIALKOT, December 01 (PPI) : A youth Abid Ali (13) was criminally sodomized after kidnapping allegedly by four notorious vagabonds Zaheer, Ali Hassan, Asrar and Qadeer in Muhallah Banwala- Daska Kalan, here, Saturday. Reportedly, the accused...

Distt (Sialkot): World AIDS day observed.
December 1, 2007... SIALKOT, December 01 (PPI) : The government, faith organizations, community organizations and individuals, Saturday, observed the World AIDS day in Sialkot district to focus global attention on the devastating impact of the epidemic disease. ...

Distt (Sialkot): Variyos to fight own if PML-Q not allots tickets.
December 1, 2007... SIALKOT, December 01 (PPI) : The Variyo familys former federal minister Ch. Abdul Sattar Variyo has announced that the familys candidates would contest the January 08, 2008 general elections, if the PML-Q not allotted them the party tickets. ...

Concern shown over mismanagement in BSEK.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : Muttehida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) ex-MPAs have expressed grave concern over mismanagement in the examinations department of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) and demanded taking their notice. In a...

A Abdullah Zaki felicitated for becoming PYMA head.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) president Shamim Ahmed Shamsi, senior vice president Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh and vice president Mohammad Haroon Agar and former chamber leaders Siraj Kassam Teli, Tahir...

EFU unit prices.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : EFU Life Assurance limited announced on Saturday its unit prices effective from December 3, 2007. EFU Managed Growth Fund: Offer Price Rs762.26 and Bid Price Rs724.15. EFU Pension Growth Fund: Offer Price Rs136.17...

OWSP to observe Intl Day of Disabled.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : The Organization for the Welfare of Special Persons (OWSP) will observe the International Day of Disabled by organizing a seminar on Decent Work for Persons with Disabilities at Pakistan Navy Welfare Centre,...

Tough contest between PPP, PML-Q on NA-227 likely.
December 1, 2007... KOT GHULAM MOHAMMAD, December 01 (PPI) : A tough election contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) is likely to take place on NA-227 Kot Ghulam Muhammad seat. Sources told PPI on Saturday that Hakim...

Chief of Naval Staff leaves for Malaysia-Bahrain visit.
December 1, 2007... ISLAMABAD, December 01 (PPI) : Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir left here on Saturday on an official visit to Malaysia and Bahrain. He was seen off at Islamabad International Airport by Vice Admiral Asaf Humayun, Muhammad...

Dr Rashid made FUUAST science dean.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) has appointed Prof. Dr Rashid Kamal Ansari, Chairman Mathematics Department as Dean Faculty of Science from Nov 2007, said a varsity announcement...

Walk held to mark International AIDS Day.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : The Chairman, Sehar Foundation Trust, Iftikhar Ghazali, has expressed concern over the widespread of AIDS among street children of Karachi and called for immediate protective measures by the government and people to...

Sugar mills in Badin slash cane purchase rate.
December 1, 2007... JHUDO, Sindh, December 01 (PPI) : Five sugar mills working in district Badin have have further slashed purchase rate of sugarcane, forcing growers to stop harvesting their crop. PPI learned on Saturday that total of five sugar mills of the...

Pak-India bodies call for combating Menopause, Osteoporosis diseases.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : Pakistan and Indias Menopause Societies have joined hands to create awareness about rising trend of Menopause and Osteoporosis diseases among women. In this connection a symposium was held here on Saturday, which...

DAY (World Childrens Day today).
December 1, 2007... Islamabad, December 01 (PPI)Procter and Gamble Pakistan will celebrate Papmers World of Babies at the Fatima Jinnah Park here today (Sunday). The objective of celebrating the Day is to see the world through the eyes of a baby. (THROUGH ASIA...

CITY: Rawal Expo Industrial Fair-2007 opens on 6th.
December 1, 2007... Rawalpindi, December 01 (PPI)Rawal Expo Industrial Fair 2007 would open on December 06 at Ayub National Park and in this regard, preparations are in full swing. Chairman Expo, Khurshid Barlas told that for the first time Expo Center is being...

SIDDIQI (Once emergency lifted, deposed judges will be back, says Justice Siddiqi).
December 1, 2007... ISLAMABAD, December 01 (PPI)Justice Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqi has said when the PCO and emergency are lifted then definitely the same situation would return, which prevailed before imposition of emergency on 3rd November. Talking in a radio...

PRESIDENT (President, PM express grief over Turkish air crash).
December 1, 2007... ISLAMABAD, December 01 (PPI) President Pervez Musharraf and caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro have expressed their shock and grief over the loss of life in the crash of a Turkish airliner. In separate messages the two leaders...

Sports: Champion of Hill cycle race on Dec 25.
December 1, 2007... Islamabad, December 01 (PPI) In order to promote cycling in Pakistan, Pakistan Cycling Federation is going to organize Champion of Hills Cycle Race from Rawalpindi to Murree on December 25. The race will start from Army Sports Stadium,...

Distt (Sukheki): Call to start wagon service from Hafizabad to Sukheki via Kot Sarwar.
December 1, 2007... SUKHEKI, December 01 (PPI) : Local social, political and business circles have called upon the District Nazim Hafizabad Chaudhry Mubashir Abbas Bhatti to arrange starting of wagon service from Hafizabad to Sukheki via Kot Sarwar so as to...

Distt (Chiniot): Govt urged to arrest Khadar canal water stealers.
December 1, 2007... CHINIOT, December 01 (PPI) : On an application of Sub Divisional Officer Canal Khdar Sub-Division, Police Kandiwal Station had registered a case against accusd Riaz, Sher, Yousaf, resident of village Allauddin Wali for water theft by making a...

PG: 3-tier strategy to sensitize population planning.
December 1, 2007... LAHORE, December 01 (PPI) : The Punjab Population Welfare Department (PWD) is implementing a 3-tier strategy of sensitizing population planning in the province through proactive advocacy campaigns, enhancement and improvement in the operational...

PML-Q talking to JUI, PPP-SB for poll alliance: Arbab.
December 1, 2007... Larkana, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : Former chief minister and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) Sindh President Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said his party was engaged in talks with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP-SB) for...

Need stressed to promote literacy.
December 1, 2007... JAMSHORO, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : People belonging to all schools of thought should play their role to promote education and creating a healthy society. These views were expressed on Friday in a seminar organized by National Commission for...

SBP conversion rates.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : The State Bank of Pakistan Friday announced the following rates applicable for conversion into rupee of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special US Dollar...

Price row: Sugarcane growers stop supply to mills in Sindh.
December 1, 2007... BADIN/THATTA/NAWABSHAH, November 30 (PPI) : The sugarcane growers in Sindh have stopped supply to sugar mills as the price row between growers and millers deepens. The millers have reduced the sugarcane price by Rs7 to Rs10 per 40 kilograms in...

DIHE inks MoU with US institute.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education and Institute of Leadership and Global Education USA have recently signed a memorandum of understudying (MoU) to jointly build leadership studies in Pakistan with a team of...

Transfers and postings of Judges.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : The Chief Justice and Judges of High Court of Sindh has ordered the following transfers and postings of Senior Civil Judges and Assistant Sessions Judges in the public interest with immediate effect. Saad Salam...

Consultant for Law Department appointed.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : The Services General Administration and Coordination Department, Government of Sindh, with the approval of Chief Minister has appointed Buxial Khan Gudaro as consultant in Law Department on contract for a period of...

Halepota hails Presidents announcement to lift emergency.
December 1, 2007... Islamabad, November 30 (PPI) : Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd) Abdul Qadir Halepota terming the withdrawal of emergency by Dec 16, as announced by the President Gen. (retd) Pervez Musharraf, a good omen, claimed that a new era of...

Need stressed for objective, impartial poll coverage.
December 1, 2007... MITHI, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) organized a one-day workshop on Media coverage during Elections at Mithi Press Club here on Friday. A large number of journalists belonging to various towns of Thar attended...

Two kidnapped villagers reach home.
December 1, 2007... Jacobabad, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : Two kidnapped persons reached home here on Friday. Mumtaz and Hizbullah Khoso were kidnapped fifteen days back by a group of bandits on their way to Jacobabad from Larkana. It was learnt that on Friday,...

Minister takes notice of E&T police excesses.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : Taking notice of a raid by the excise police in Bakira Sharif town, caretaker minister for Excise and Taxation Dr Abdul Karim Mahar has asked E&T Secretary to investigate the matter and submit him report within 24...

New Karachi factory boiler blast: ADJ frames charges against accused, notices to 8 cops for evidences.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : Additional District and Sessions Judge Karachi Central Neelofar Shahnawaz Friday framed charges against Muhammad Akhter, owner of a factory, and Mohammad Ahsanullah, boiler operator, and issued notices to 8 police...

FIRs to be lodged against graffiti: City nazim.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that 90 percent work of water and sewerage and basic infrastructure have been completed after which main thoroughfares and roads will be constructed within few months...

Poll boycott for sake of judiciary: MMA leader.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Sindh chief Asadullah Bhutto has said that the all parties in APDM had announced boycotting elections against torture on lawyers and journalists and dictatorial steps. This he said...

Sports: Cricket: Tariq Gym thrash NK Rangers in knockouts.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI): Tariq Gym registered a massive six-wicket triumph over NK Rangers in KCCA Zone-II Knockout Akhtar Ali Memorial cricket tournament here on Thursday at Tariq ground. NK Rangers batted first and posted a total of 214...

Two LJ activists acquitted in sectarian murder case.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : An Anti Terrorism Court Friday Acquitted two activists of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) in a sectarian murder case. Muhammad Tehseen and Anwar Baloch were charged with killing Asghar Ali in Baghdadi area on...

Blast damages railway track in Nawabshah.
December 1, 2007... NAWABSHAH, November 30 (PPI) : A low-intensity blast damaged railway track near Habib Sugar Mills, here on the night between Thursday and Friday. A bomb disposal squad rushed to the scene and inspected the damaged track. It collected pieces...

Cattle disease: PMA fears affected meat, milk may harm people.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Karachi Chapter has feared that meat and milk of buffaloes affected by food poisoning in Cattle Colony of Landhi may reach city markets; thus pose serious threat to human health....

Need stressed for better welfare of industrial workers.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : Interim Minister for Labour, Transport, Industries and Commerce Arif Ali Khan Abbasi has called for that better welfare facilities should be provided to industrial employees by their employers. This call made...

JUP fully supports boycott polls, Anas Noorani.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : Jamiat Ulma-e-Pakistan (JUP) chief and Muttahida Mujlis-e-Amal (MMA) central vice president Allama Shah Mohammad Anas Noorani has said that they are a part of MMA and support the alliances decision to boycott polls....

Mumtaz reject change of faces, demands system change.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : Sindh National Front (SNF) chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has said that country needed a change of system instead change of faces. In a statement, SNF chief said that during last eight-year rule of President...

Tando Adam police claim arrest of notorious bandit.
December 1, 2007... Tando Adam, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : Tando Adam Town Police on Friday claimed to have apprehended notorious dacoit Muhammad Khan Mehkani along with a kalashikov after a brief shootout. SHO Tando Adam Yar Muhammad Rind informed that a police...

NLF concerned over proposed raise in oil prices.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : National Labor Federation (NLF) Pakistan president Rafiq Ahmed has expressed concern over the proposed raise in the oil prices and demanded of the government to reduce the same so that price hike could be...

Man injured over land dispute.
December 1, 2007... SAKRAND, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : Five persons allegedly attacked a villager, Muhammad Ali Chandio, with axes and seriously injured him over land dispute at village Miro Khan Chandio near here on Friday. He was rushed to local hospital....

Sports: Cricket: Mutahir excels as Sir Syed CC storm into semis.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI): Mutahir Shah smashed an unbeaten ton and helped Sir Syed Cricket Club record a massive nine-wicket victory over Sangam Sports in the quarter-final match of KCCA Zone-II Nishat Malik Memorial cricket tournament here...

JI observes black day against Swat operation.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter on Friday staged protest demonstrations in different city parts including Lyari to mark its black day against operation in Swat and Shangla. Demonstrators...

Accused granted interim bail.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : Sindh High Court (SHC) Friday accepting the pre-arrest bail application, issued interim pre arrest bail against the surety of Rs.50,000/- to the applicant. Chief Justice of SHC Justice Afzal Soomro took up the...

150 huts gutted in Gulshan.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : A fire reduced to ashes around one hundred and fifty huts in Block 19 of Gulshan-e-Iqbal here on Friday evening. A spokesman of Fire Brigade Department said five fire tenders were rushed to the scene and started...

Two injured in firing near Larkana.
December 1, 2007... Larkana, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : Two car riders were injured in firing near Ratodero town here Friday. A car on way to Jacobabad when some unknown armed men opened fire on it, resulting injuries to Ghulam Rasool Unnar and Shaheen Pathan...

Man gunned down over land dispute.
December 1, 2007... Larkana, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : A villager was gunned down in an armed clash between two groups of Brohi clan at village Yaro Lakhiar near Dokri town on Friday. The two groups of Brohi tribe opened fire on each other over a dispute of piece...

Sports: Cricket: Govt. College outclass SM Arts and Commerce college.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI): Govt. College Malir Cantt trounced SM Arts and Commerce College, registering a big nine-wicket triumph and sailed into quarters of Inter Collegiate Cricket Championship here on Thursday at Al-Mansoora Ground. SM...

Villager murdered over petty dispute.
December 1, 2007... Kunri, Sindh, November 30 (PPI) : A villager was gunned down while other received bullet in his head in two separate accidents near here on Friday. The two groups of Rind clan clashed over a minor issue of cutting firewood at village Sher...

57th annual polls for SHCBA on Saturday.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) would be holding its 57th annual elections for the year 2007-2008 on Dec 1, 2007. SHCBA is the democratic organization of the legal fraternity, which conduct polls for...

APC seeks peaceful solution to Swat issue.
December 1, 2007... KARACHI, November 30 (PPI) : Speakers of an all parties conference here on Friday demanded a peaceful solution to the Swat issue. The moot on Military Operation in Shangla and Swat was convened by Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi chapter at the Idara...

Sports: Tennis: Aisam storms into singles semis, Doubles final with Bopanna.
December 1, 2007... New Dehli, November 30 (PPI): Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi moved a step closer to realising his dream of winning a Challenger series tournament with a clinical 6-2, 6-3 demolition of top seeded Ivo Minar here on Thursday. The Pakistani player...

Civil society fears massive rigging in ensuing polls.
December 1, 2007... Karachi, November 30 (PPI) : Former Judges and leaders of different political parties of the opposition on Friday feared widespread rigging in coming general elections scheduled on January 8, 2008. They were speaking at a workshop on...

EC constitutes appellate tribunals in four provinces to hear objections.
December 1, 2007... Islamabad, November 30 (PPI) : Secretary Election Commission Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad on Friday said Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq had nominated with approval of President judges of high courts as...