PPI - Pakistan Press International back issues from December 2007:
'20pc of 15000 Karachi street children prone to sexually transmitted diseases'.
Dec 01, 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 AIDS/ HIV at the Arts Council, here on Saturday ....
Caretaker Home Minister meets Amin Fahim.
Dec 01, 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 to law and order in the province and code of ...
Walk held in Sukkur to observe World AIDS Day.
Dec 01, 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, ...
EOBI, ACCOR SA to ink deal on Monday.
Dec 01, 2007 ... KARACHI, December 01 (PPI) : Brig. Akhtar Zamin (retd) Home Minister Sindh and Chairman Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) will be ...
Compensation for Gharibabad furniture shopkeepers.
Dec 01, 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 ...
SSUET Registrar grieved.
Dec 01, 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 ...
90pc of 15000 Karachi street children prone to sexually transmitted diseases.
Dec 01, 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 AIDS/ HIV at the Arts Council, here on ...
Gulshan Nazim inspects uplift project.
Dec 01, 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 ...
PPP not to boycott polls: Yousuf Talpur.
Dec 01, 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 elections, he said addressing the Meet the ...
Partly cloudy weather forecast for Karachi.
Dec 01, 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 ...
Growers threaten protest against sugarcane rate reduction.
Dec 01, 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 Saturday. The meeting was attended by Haji ...
Khurshed Shah sees pre-polls rigging.
Dec 01, 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 recent meeting of former Sindh ...
ICMAP to launch IBDL program.
Dec 01, 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 also been offering Distance-Learning Education ...
IHK (INDIAN TROOPS MARTYR 64 INNOCENT YOUTH IN NOVEMBER).
Dec 01, 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 Research Wing of Kashmir Media Service, ...
WAPDA (TARIQ FOR QUALITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICES).
Dec 01, 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 officials of the Ministry here Saturday.The Minister ...
Navy (Naval Chief leaves for Malaysia).
Dec 01, 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, Ambassador of Bahrain, Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad ...
CITY: Power to remain suspended due to maintenance work.
Dec 01, 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 today (Sunday) from 0800 to 1600 hours at ...
Politics- PML-N meets today.
Dec 01, 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 partys President Mian Shahbaz Sharif. ...
IPDF and USPMU sign MoU to implement pilot projects.
Dec 01, 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 the development of infrastructure projects under ...
Distt (Ppattan): PML-N only party to change nations fate: Masood.
Dec 01, 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 urged the PML-N workers to maintain discipline ...
Distt (Pakpattan): MEPCO to instal new power transformers at cost of Rs 140m.
Dec 01, 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 alter low capacity power transformers with ...
Distt (Pakpattan): PPP to clean sweep in polls: Hotiana.
Dec 01, 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 victory in upcoming elections and the ruling league ...
COM: LABARD Mela on Monday-Dec 3.
Dec 01, 2007 ... LAHORE, December 01 (PPI) : Lahore Business Association for Rehabilitation of Disabled (LABARD) is ...
Distt (Sialkot): DSJ releases 57 prisoners convicted in minor cases.
Dec 01, 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 this occasion, the jail ...
Distt (Sialkot): ZTBL to auction properties of 23 defaulters at Pasrur on Dec 8.
Dec 01, 2007 ... SIALKOT, December 01 (PPI) : The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) Pasrur has announced the auction of the properties of as ...
Dist (Sialkot): Hotel owner shot dead at Mianwali Bangla-Satrah.
Dec 01, 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 also injured ...
Distt (Sialkot): Youth sodomized after kidnapping.
Dec 01, 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 kidnapped ...
Distt (Sialkot): World AIDS day observed.
Dec 01, 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.Addressing the seminar held here, the ...
Distt (Sialkot): Variyos to fight own if PML-Q not allots tickets.
Dec 01, 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.Talking to the newsmen at Daska, Ch. Abdul ...
Concern shown over mismanagement in BSEK.
Dec 01, 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 statement issued here, they alleged that there was ...
A Abdullah Zaki felicitated for becoming PYMA head.
Dec 01, 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 Khaliq, Haroon Farooki, M. Zubair Motiwala and ...
EFU unit prices.
Dec 01, 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 ...
OWSP to observe Intl Day of Disabled.
Dec 01, 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, Karachi, on December 3, 2007.In a release on ...
Tough contest between PPP, PML-Q on NA-227 likely.
Dec 01, 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 Ali Zardari after consultation with Benazir ...
Chief of Naval Staff leaves for Malaysia-Bahrain visit.
Dec 01, 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 Ibrahim, Muhammad Abdul Qadir and other officials. ...
Dr Rashid made FUUAST science dean.
Dec 01, 2007 ... Karachi, December 01 (PPI) : The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) has appointed Prof. Dr Rashid Kamal ...
Walk held to mark International AIDS Day.
Dec 01, 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 combat it.This was stated by SFT chief ...
Sugar mills in Badin slash cane purchase rate.
Dec 01, 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 district including Pangrio Sugar Mills, Dewan ...
Pak-India bodies call for combating Menopause, Osteoporosis diseases.
Dec 01, 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 was addressed by medical professionals from ...
DAY (World Childrens Day today).
Dec 01, 2007 ... Islamabad, December 01 (PPI)Procter and Gamble Pakistan will celebrate Papmers World of Babies at the Fatima Jinnah Park ...
CITY: Rawal Expo Industrial Fair-2007 opens on 6th.
Dec 01, 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 set up on permanent basis for enhancement of ...
SIDDIQI (Once emergency lifted, deposed judges will be back, says Justice Siddiqi).
Dec 01, 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 programme, he said the constitution will also ...
PRESIDENT (President, PM express grief over Turkish air crash).
Dec 01, 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 conveyed their sympathies to the families of those ...
Sports: Champion of Hill cycle race on Dec 25.
Dec 01, 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, Rawalpindi at 1100 hours. Total distance will be ...
Distt (Sukheki): Call to start wagon service from Hafizabad to Sukheki via Kot Sarwar.
Dec 01, 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 provide better transport facilities to ...
Distt (Chiniot): Govt urged to arrest Khadar canal water stealers.
Dec 01, 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 cut in Khadar canal but police freed them after ...
PG: 3-tier strategy to sensitize population planning.
Dec 01, 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 efficiency of service delivery outlets and ...
PML-Q talking to JUI, PPP-SB for poll alliance: Arbab.
Dec 01, 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 election alliance.Talking to newsmen at the ...
Need stressed to promote literacy.
Dec 01, 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 Human Development (NCHD). EDO Community ...
SBP conversion rates.
Dec 01, 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 Bonds and profits ...
Price row: Sugarcane growers stop supply to mills in Sindh.
Dec 01, 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 district Badin. Reacting strongly the growers ...
DIHE inks MoU with US institute.
Dec 01, 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 highly trained faculties/professors. ...
Transfers and postings of Judges.
Dec 01, 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 Ansari awaiting for posting has been posted in ...
Consultant for Law Department appointed.
Dec 01, 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 ...
Halepota hails Presidents announcement to lift emergency.
Dec 01, 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 democracy had been ushered in country....
Need stressed for objective, impartial poll coverage.
Dec 01, 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 the workshop. Addressing the journalists, ...
Two kidnapped villagers reach home.
Dec 01, 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 ...
Minister takes notice of E&T police excesses.
Dec 01, 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 hours.The officers against whom the ...
New Karachi factory boiler blast: ADJ frames charges against accused, notices to 8 cops for evidences.
Dec 01, 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 personals for evidences for Dec 5, 2007. ...
FIRs to be lodged against graffiti: City nazim.
Dec 01, 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 after which a positive change would be felt in ...
Poll boycott for sake of judiciary: MMA leader.
Dec 01, 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 during a meeting with a delegation of Islamic ...
Sports: Cricket: Tariq Gym thrash NK Rangers in knockouts.
Dec 01, 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 runs losing five of their wickets in stipulated ...
Two LJ activists acquitted in sectarian murder case.
Dec 01, 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 Mar 8, 2002.Defendants counsel Mushtaq ...
Blast damages railway track in Nawabshah.
Dec 01, 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 of exploded material and checked them. The ...
Cattle disease: PMA fears affected meat, milk may harm people.
Dec 01, 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.Talking to PPI on Friday, PMA Honorary ...