22 April 2005	Friday	12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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KARACHI: Protesters block road amid water, power crises KARACHI, April 21: Protesting against prolonged power failures and persisting water shortage, residents of Pak Colony on Thursday staged a sit-in on main Manghopir Road near Bismillah Hotel, causing suspension of...		KARACHI: Traders caught in ministers’ tussle KARACHI, April 21: An ongoing tussle between two provincial ministers is likely to mar the government efforts towards containing the sale/purchase of stolen mobile phone sets. Sources in the police department...
KARACHI: Khokhrapar-Monabao bus service likely KARACHI, April 21 : The construction and repair of road for start of a bus service between Khokhrapar-Monabao was reviewed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief...		KARACHI: PPP slams ‘state terrorism’ KARACHI, April 21: Leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh chapter, on Tuesday slammed the government for turning Punjab into a ‘police state’ and ‘no-go area for the PPP activists’ on...
KARACHI: Ibad calls for measures to extirpate crimes KARACHI, April 21: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has called for special manpower to root out specified crimes and to work with full focus in this regard. He was presiding...		KARACHI: Ban demanded on plastic bags KARACHI, April 21: People across the globe will be celebrating the 35th Earth Day on April 22, focussing on concerns about what is happening to our land, rivers, lakes and air....
KARACHI: Corruption, insecurity hurdles in investment KARACHI, April 21: British High Commissioner Mark Lyall Grant said on Thursday said security and corruption of various types remained the main concerns for investors, hindering investments in Pakistan especially in...		KARACHI: Honest leadership must for progress: nazim KARACHI, April 21: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Thursday stressed the need for an honest and dedicated leadership for the country, saying success of the newly introduced local government system...
KARACHI: Uncertain future for freed woman KARACHI, April 21: A 23-year-old Ugandan woman, who completed her prison term in July last year, and her baby, born in jail, were finally released on Thursday by the prison authorities...		KARACHI: HEC’s pressure tactics flayed KARACHI, April 21: Karachi University Teacher’s Society (KUTS) has expressed deep concern over what it called an attempt to strangulate the autonomy of the university by the chairman of the Higher...
KARACHI: Exhibition on Islam in Sicily begins tomorrow KARACHI, April 21: An 18-day exhibition focussing on “Islam in Sicily: a garden between two civilizations” will open on Saturday at the 19th century Frere Hall. The exhibition is being organized...		KARACHI: Man subjected to inhuman treatment KARACHI, April 21: An elderly man was tied to a column of building with a rope until he fainted after having been through the ordeal for about 10 hours by some...
KARACHI: Appointments cancelled KARACHI, April 21: The Sindh Local Government Department has cancelled the appointment of doctors made by the city nazim to the Karachi Medical and Dental College. In a letter to the...		KARACHI: New PIA chief motivates management KARACHI, April 21: The newly-appointed chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines said on Thursday that a corporation should have a clear vision, a mission, values and a set of code of...
KARACHI: Two awarded life term in murder case KARACHI, April 21: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Syed Inamur Rahman, sentenced on Thursday two men to suffer life in jail for murdering a man during a quarrel. Shabbir...		KARACHI: KU evening courses KARACHI, April 21: The admissions to certificate, diploma, bachelor’s and master’s level courses in the evening programmes at various faculties of the University of Karachi for the session 2005-06 will commence...
HYDERABAD: PPP protests against arrests HYDERABAD, April 21: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday against arrests of party workers who were going to Lahore to...		HYDERABAD: Students praised for waging struggle despite odds HYDERABAD, April 21: Chief of Awami Tehrik Rasool Bux Palijo has urged oppressed nations to struggle jointly for the liberation of people, and said that the time is ripe and the...
HYDERABAD: ‘Mango export potential not fully utilized’ HYDERABAD, April 21: Agricultural specialist M. H. Panhwar has said there are many mango varieties other than Sindhri that can successfully meet export challenges of the world market and earn a...		HYDERABAD: Self-immolation warning HYDERABAD, April 21: Former employees of the defunct Sindh Road Transport Company have threatened to commit self-immolation on May 1 if they are not paid their dues. They held a protest...