March, 29 2005 Tuesday 18 Safar 1426 KARACHI:US firm and KWSB sign desalination plant deal KARACHI, March 28: A preliminary agreement for the installation of two desalination plants, having a capacity of 25mgd each, one at Korangi and the other at Bin Qasim, was signed here... KARACHI: President’s movement perturbs people KARACHI, March 28: City witnessed worst traffic jams on Monday on Sharea Faisal and other roads due to movement of President Pervez Musharraf in the city.... KARACHI: Trial of three high profile cases halts KARACHI, March 28: The trial of three high profile cases, including the corps commander convoy attack case, could not proceed on Monday as the defence attorneys did not turn up.... KARACHI: Probe ordered into allotment, sale of land KARACHI, March 28: The Sindh High Court ordered a probe on Monday into allotment and sale of 30 acres in Gulistan-i-Jauhar (Scheme-36) by the alleged allottees to a developer.... KARACHI: Ban on tobacco use at govt educational institutions KARACHI, March 28: The government-run colleges, higher secondary schools and technical education institutions have been declared as no-smoking zones.... KARACHI: Seraikis not opposed to Kalabagh dam: PSP KARACHI, March 28: The Pakistan Seraiki Party chief, Taj Mohammad Langa, said on Monday that people of Seraiki belt did not oppose Kalabagh or greater Thal Canal projects and asked the... KARACHI: Kasuri says economic uplift in all regions must for peace KARACHI, March 28: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri on Monday emphasized that the best assurance for the consolidation of global peace was in the economic development and prosperity of all regions.... KARACHI: Transporters call strike for 30th KARACHI, March 28: After failure of talks with the provincial government over the issue of raising fuel prices, the transporters announced here on Monday a countrywide wheel-jam strike on March 30.... KARACHI: CG discusses plot matter with CM KARACHI, March 28: The US Counsel-General, Douglas C. Rohn, on Monday called on Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim at the Chief Minister’s House and discussed matter relating to an alternate... KARACHI: Record of conspiracy case sent to ATC KARACHI, March 28: The Sindh High Court on Monday sent record and procedure of a case pertaining to conspiracy to assassinate President Pervaiz Musharaf to an Anti-Terrorism Court.... KARACHI: Law, order under control: minister KARACHI, March 28: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that there is no harassment or fear prevailing among the businessman community in the province, nor is any businessman leaving the... KARACHI: Cantonment board’s neglect criticized KARACHI, March 28: Residents of Gulistan-i-Jauhar’s block-19, which lies under the administrative jurisdiction of Cantonment Board Faisal, demanded the authorities to take immediate steps for widening of main road and construction... KARACHI: Talks on issues promoting harmony, says Ibad KARACHI, March 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Monday said the issues which used to generate inter-provincial bias were being used now to promote harmony and solidarity.... KARACHI: Policy on snatched cellphones approved KARACHI, March 28: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has approved a policy on theft or snatching of cellphones, it is learnt.... KARACHI: Youth shot dead by mobile snatchers KARACHI, March 28: A youth was shot dead when he put up resistance to bandits in Korangi on Monday.... KARACHI: Park in Nazimabad opened KARACHI, March 28: Naib Nazim Tariq Hasan on Monday inaugurated the Hameed Shah Park in Union Council No 11 of Liaquatabad Town.... KARACHI: CNICs for Bengalis demanded KARACHI, March 28: The Awami Himayat Tehreek has demanded that identity cards and passports be issued to Bengali-speaking people residing here as they were true and real Pakistanis.... KARACHI: New lift at ASH KARACHI, March 28: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan inaugurated the new lift of the central building of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Monday.... KARACHI: Admissions to ISPA KARACHI, March 28: The Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics, University of Karachi has announced to induct new batch of MPhil from July, for which candidates having MSc or equivalent degrees... KARACHI: Immunization KARACHI, March 28: The Sindh Extended Programme for Immunization Project Director Dr Ali Nawaz Shaikh on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to strengthen the routine immunization of children against preventable diseases.... KARACHI: Principal of Dawood college remembered KARACHI, March 28: Teaching and non-teaching staff and students at the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) have urged the government to ensure security of academicians.... THATTA: No decision on dam without consent of Sindh: CM THATTA, March 28: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said he is alive to protests against the Kalabagh dam, including Sindh Assembly’s resolutions, and added that no decision will... HYDERABAD: Transporters, trade bodies support strike call HYDERABAD, March 28: Trade organizations and transporters have promised a positive response to the strike call given by the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement for March 31.... HYDERABAD: Local people not being denied jobs’ HYDERABAD, March 28: The plant manager of LPG, Ashfaq Leghari, has refuted allegations levelled by the Awami Action Committee, Union Council-4, Qasimabad, that local people are being denied jobs in the... HYDERABAD: 80 houses gutted; three injured HYDERABAD, March 28: Eighty houses were gutted and three people received burn injuries when a fire broke out in Mushtarka Colony, Tando Mohammad Khan, on Monday morning.... SHIKARPUR: PPP can steer country out of crisis: Qaim SHIKARPUR, March 28: The president of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has said that the PPP is a major political party of the country with roots in... LARKANA: PPP leadership to meet on April 3: Bhutto’s anniversary LARKANA, March 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians at a meeting on Monday finalized arrangements to commemorate the 26th death anniversary of the former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 4.... SUKKUR: Irrigation SDO kidnapped SUKKUR, March 28: A sub-divisional officer of the irrigation department was kidnapped by some unidentified armed men from Kambrani Laro, near Kandhkot, late on Sunday night, along with his son, who... NAWABSHAH: Transfer of EDO opposed by Nazim NAWABSHAH, March 28: District Nazim Faryal Talpur has strongly opposed the transfer of the EDO (education) during interviews for appointment of teachers, and accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League of conspiring... NAUSHAHRO FEROZ: Villagers protest power supply disconnection NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 28: Inhabitants of seven villages of Halani staged a sit-in on the National Highway on Monday to protest against disconnection of power supply to their villages as well... DADU: Temple land occupied’ DADU, March 28: The Pooj Hindu Panchayat, Dadu, has accused a group of influential people of occupying four acres of Masan land, where the cremation of Hindus took place, and a... DALBANDIN: Car used in double murder recovered DALBANDIN, March 28: The car used in the murder and later dumping of the two sisters at Dalbandin, Chagai, was recovered by the Dalbandin police on Monday. According to District Nazim,...

© The DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2005