15 April 2005	Friday	05 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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KARACHI: SHC orders restoration of electricity to 59 shops KARACHI, April 14: The Sindh High Court ordered the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Thursday to restore connections of 59 petitioner shopkeepers.The petitioners complained through Advocate...		KARACHI: City govt to clear amenity plots of encroachments KARACHI, April 14: The city government’s advisory committee, consisting of nazims of all 18 towns, has decided to remove all sorts of encroachments from plots earmarked for parks and playgrounds. ...
KARACHI: Trader seeks case against US consulate staff KARACHI, April 14: A city businessman’s petition for registration of a case against some members of the US consulate staff could not be taken up by the Sindh High Court on...		KARACHI: Alternative arrangements for Asif’s welcome: PPP KARACHI, April 14: In an apparent bid to prevent activists of the Pakistan People’s Party from converging on Lahore on Saturday to welcome Asif Ali Zardari on his return home, the...
KARACHI: Free travel, trade key to Kashmir settlement KARACHI, April 14: The need for encouraging inter- and intra-Kashmiris interaction, particularly by removing travel and trade restrictions, for...		KARACHI: Rs50m package for Lyari announced KARACHI, April 14: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday visited various parts of Lyari and taking notice of its poor sanitary conditions announced a special package of Rs50 million...
KARACHI: Priests urge governor to restrain ‘miscreants’ KARACHI, April 14: A three-member delegation of the priests associated with the Diocese of Karachi called on Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad at the Governor’s House on Thursday and urged him...		KARACHI: Minority alliance seeks probe KARACHI, April 14: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA), Sindh chapter, has urged the authorities to institute a high-level inquiry into the atrocities being committed against the administrator of the Brenton...
KARACHI: Nazim asks for help in setting up fire stations KARACHI, April 14: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has appealed to philanthropists as well as some private banks to help the city government in establishing fire stations and acquiring a snorkel....		KARACHI: Nazims seek MQM’s help in uplift projects KARACHI, April 14: The nazims of various towns of the city belonging to the Al-Khidmat group on Thursday appealed to the Sindh government to support them in strengthening the city’s infrastructure...
KARACHI: Withdrawal of teachers’ sacking order demanded KARACHI, April 14: The ongoing protest by teachers of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology on the issue of suspension of...		KARACHI: Ex-constable shot dead KARACHI, April 14: A former policeman was shot dead by unknown persons in New Karachi on Thursday. Police said that three young men in an auto-rickshaw came to the sector 5-C...
KARACHI: Police arrest 14 at Cantt station KARACHI, April 14: The Pakistan Railways police baton-charged a crowd at the cantonment railway station and arrested 14 people for disturbing law and order and trying to travel without tickets. ...		KARACHI: Ideology, history be seen separately: Conference told ... KARACHI, April 14: Ideology and history, though equally important, belong to disparate domains and should be dealt with separately. A historian who...
KARACHI: Two burnt to death KARACHI, April 14: Two people including a three-year-old girl were killed in a fire that broke out in huts in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Thursday. Hospital sources said that charred bodies of Shabana,...		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, April 14: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather with maximum temperature ranging from 36 to 38 degrees Centigrade for Karachi on Friday. —PPI...
HYDERBAD: Tribute paid to I.I. Kazi at founder’s day event HYDERBAD, April 14: In connection with the Sindh University founder’s week celebrations, the Sindh University Model School organized a debate competition on Thursday on “Allama I.I. Kazi, the guide of youth”....		HYDERABAD: Doctors demand stipend payment HYDERABAD, April 14: Post-graduate doctors of the Liaquat Medical University Hospital, who are doing diploma courses, abstained from work in the ward and out-patient department on Thursday to hold a demonstration...
HYDERABAD: Progress of work on water, sewerage projects reviewed HYDERABAD, April 14: A two-member monitoring committee from the planning and development department of the Government of Sindh arrived here on Thursday to hold a meeting with the district coordination...		HYDERABAD: Govts in Asia failed to improve people’s lot: Rich states urged to provide debt relief HYDERABAD, April 14: The governments in Asia have failed to fulfil commitments pledged at the Copenhagen Social Summit and the Beijing Women Conference in 1995 and the Millennium Summit five years...
THATTA: UN agencies finalize work plan for Thatta district THATTA, April 14: A workshop on “Coordination of United Nations, Simplification and Harmonization Initiatives in Thatta” prepared recommendations to...		HYDERABAD: Police excesses alleged HYDERABAD, April 14: Hundreds of residents of Shah Latif town blocked the main Sabzi Mandi chowk after police officials of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell allegedly ransacked a house in order to...
LARKANA: Team formed for Warah deaths probe LARKANA, April 14: A three-member inquiry team, headed by Chandka Medical College Hospital medical superintendent Dr Syed Mehboob Shah, will ascertain...		SUKKUR: Protest against killing of man SUKKUR, April 14: A large number of villagers staged a protest demonstration and sit-in on the Khanpur-Sangrar road following the killing of a motorcyclist by armed men on Thursday morning. ...