May 3, 2005	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 23, 1426

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KARACHI: Reservations expressed on new uplift framework: Special cabinet meeting KARACHI, May 2: Sindh cabinet in its special session that lasted for over two-hours here on Monday expressed several reservations on medium term development framework (2005-10) prepared by the planning commission...		KARACHI: Planning commission calls on CM KARACHI, May 2: An eight-member team of Planning Commission of Pakistan, led by its Deputy Chairman Dr Mohammed Akram, called on Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim following the cabinet...
KARACHI: Water supply schemes in Orangi inaugurated KARACHI, May 2: After completion of additional 100mgd K-III water supply project in the next 6 months, work on 100mgd K-IV water supply project will be started....		KARACHI: Police tighten noose around family killer KARACHI: May 2: The April 22 incident where a man allegedly killed his wife and four sons in the KMC Quarters was a ‘well-thought plan’, say the police officials associated with...
KARACHI: SHC hears arguments in contempt case KARACHI, May 2: A three-member bench of the Sindh High Court heard on Monday detailed arguments in a lawyer’s appeal against his conviction for contempt of court by an election tribunal...		KARACHI: NGO helps 2 African convicts go home KARACHI, May 2: Two African women who had completed their jail sentences, along with their children, but remained imprisoned for want of travel documents, are finally leaving for home on Tuesday...
KARACHI: PFF launches drive against contract system KARACHI, May 2: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has announced launching of a Sindh-wide movement for the abolition of contract system in fisheries sector. The decision was taken at a meeting...		KARACHI: Govt tactics against PPP slammed KARACHI, May 2: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday staged a protest rally warning the rulers to desist from using arm tactics against PPP workers and stated that the Punjab government’s...
KARACHI: Accused denies charge in blast case KARACHI, May 2: The accused in the Masjid Haideri bomb blast case denied on Monday charges against him before an anti-terrorism court....		KARACHI: Media urged to play due role for good governance KARACHI, May 2: Political leaders, media experts and senior journalists at a discussion on Media and Good Governance here on Monday felt that to attain the objective of good governance, print...
KARACHI: I.I.Chundrigar Road’s master plan in limbo KARACHI, May 2: The master plan for beautification of the I.I.Chundrigar road is still awaited since over a year when Sindh governor had directed the CDGK to prepare it in consultation...		KARACHI: Three die in road accidents KARACHI, May. 2: Three persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday. A four-year-old girl died in a hit-and-run accident in Korangi. Police said Nafeesa was playing outside her house when she was hit by a speeding vehicle....
KARACHI: Problems of truck stands reviewed KARACHI, May 2: A meeting chaired by the City Nazim here on Monday, reviewed the problems of Mauripur and Hawksbay truck stands. The meeting was informed that illegal encroachments had been...		KARACHI: Rs20 million allocated for Manzoor Colony KARACHI, May 2: Sindh Minister for Mines, Irfanullah Khan Marwat, has said that the provincial government has allocated Rs20 million for development works in Manzoor Colony. Addressing at a public meeting...
KARACHI: Cheques given to artists KARACHI, May 2: Sindh Culture Minister Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani has said that it was our responsibility to share grief and happiness of those artists who had devoted their lives for the...		KARACHI: Town nazims refuse to accept administrators KARACHI, May 2: Town nazims and naib-nazims said that they would not tolerate any intervention into uplift of their areas and refused to give their charges to administrator. Speaking at a...
KARACHI: Rural Health Centre being upgraded KARACHI, May 2: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari laid the foundation for upgradation of a rural health centre at Ibrahim Hyderi on Monday. The construction work for the...		KARACHI: Regularization date extended KARACHI, May 2: The city government on Monday further extended the date for one time regularization of buildings scheme up to June 30. According to a notification the extension was granted...
KARACHI: CM meets Pagara KARACHI, May 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday visited Kingri House and met Pir Pagara. According to official sources, they exchanged views on various matters of the...		KARACHI: Coal reserves termed great asset KARACHI, May 2: Sindh Chief Secretary Mohammed Aslam Sanjrani termed the coal reserves of three fields in Sindh a great asset. He said that the energy to be generated through coal...
KARACHI: Hasan Adil passes away KARACHI, May 2: Well-known educationist and founder of the National College Hasan Adil died after a long illness on Monday. He was 90. Born in Bareilly, Mr Adil went to Aligarh University for higher education...		KARACHI: Arbab visits Police Workshop KARACHI, May 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday inspected the vehicles which are to be declared condemned and, at present, lying at the Police Workshop for the...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 2: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather for Karachi and rest of the province on Tuesday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected between 34 and 36 degrees Centigrade....		HYDERABAD: ‘Lake embankments facing no threat from water level’ HYDERABAD, May 2: Members of a committee constituted last year to handle emergencies during water crisis disagreed with the opinion of the Sindh....
HYDERABAD: ‘Hospital fees to be fixed according facilities’ HYDERABAD, May 2: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on health, Mr Faisal Gabol, has said he is facing resistance from private hospital owners and doctors in implementation of the...		HYDERABAD: Probe against Zakat official defended HYDERABAD, May 2: The chairman of the Anti-Corruption Establishment, a respondent in a petition, has defended initiation of an inquiry against the chairman of the District Zakat and Ushr Committee, Nawabshah,...
HYDERABAD: Law department opened at varsity HYDERABAD, May 2: Sindh University vice-chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui has called upon the lawyer community to play role in securing justice and relief for the common man. He was speaking as...		HYDERABAD: PML-F to appoint district organizers HYDERABAD, May 2: A meeting of the organizing committee of the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) was held at the Jamote house here on Sunday. The Sindh general secretary of the party,...
HYDERABAD: Plea against release of lake water HYDERABAD, May 2: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad bench, was moved on Monday to restrain the irrigation department from releasing poisonous and contaminated water of the Manchhar Lake into the River...		HYDERABAD: BPA results announced HYDERABAD, May 2: The controller of examination, University of Sindh, on Monday announced results of BPA (hons) part-I and part-II of the New batch semester examination of 2004 of the public management sciences department...