May 5, 2005	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 25, 1426

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KARACHI: Supply of additional 100mw to city begins KARACHI, May 4: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation started getting an additional 100 megawatts on Wednesday to overcome the power shortage that is blamed for prolonged breakdowns in the city....		KARACHI: DHA, EU ink accord on solid waste management KARACHI, May 4: A ceremony to sign a partnership agreement between the DHA, the European Union, and two cities of Germany and Spain, for setting up a solid waster management plant...
KARACHI: Hearing of school fee case put off KARACHI, May 4: The Sindh High Court adjourned on Wednesday hearing of a petition challenging the validity of certain provisions of the Sindh Private Educational Institutions, 2001, the rules made and...		KARACHI: Asif defends move to hold dialogue with Establishment KARACHI, May 4: Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday castigated the regime for price-hike, rising unemployment and deteriorating law and order and attacking and brutalizing the press....
KARACHI: Hospitals run out of funds for medicines KARACHI, May 4: Hundreds of poor patients are facing difficulties in getting complete treatment and therapies since major hospitals in the city have not been released 100 per cent allocation for...		KARACHI: Corridor-I survey completed KARACHI, May 4: The Space and Upper Atmospheric Research Commission (Suparco) on Wednesday handed over the topographic survey of the Karachi rail-based mass transit Corridor-I – between the Sohrab Goth and...
KARACHI: SHC CJ takes oath as acting governor KARACHI, May 4: Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed on Wednesday took oath as the Acting Governor of Sindh in the absence of Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad,...		KARACHI: No change in Saddar routes till survey KARACHI, May 4: The District Regional Transport Authority has decided that no changes in the existing routes would be allowed, nor any new route permit would be issued till carrying out...
KARACHI: Bandits kill watchman, loot cash KARACHI, May 4: Bandits shot dead a man when he offered resistance in handing over the money he had drawn from a bank in Jauharbad on Wednesday....		KARACHI: PTCL workers protest against privatization KARACHI, May 4: The Pakistan Telecommunication Unions Action Committee held a protest demo in front of Karachi Press Club against the privatization of PTCL and announced starting a protest movement against...
KARACHI: Employees’ safety termed govt’s main concern KARACHI, May 4: Occupational health and safety at workplace as well as good working conditions are primary concerns of the government. This was stated by Director-General of National Institute of Labour...		KARACHI: Eight suspects remanded KARACHI, May 4: Eight suspects for copyright violations were remanded on Wednesday to the custody of Federal Investigation Agency for interrogation by two judicial magistrates. They were arrested on Tuesday by...
KARACHI: Illegal exchange raided KARACHI, May 4: A joint team of the PTCL, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and the FIA on Wednesday raided an illegal mini-gateway exchange and arrested one person. The exchange was...		KARACHI: Three officials of special branch suspended KARACHI, May 4: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has announced that three police officials of the special branch, namely DSP Ismail Baluch, Inspector Abdul Rehman and Office Superintendent Shamsher Ali have...
KARACHI: Muslims advised not to adopt western views: Seerat conference KARACHI, May 4: Speakers at a provincial conference expressed the view that Muslims did not need to espouse any western or European thesis to appease those blaming them to be deficient...		KARACHI: Z. A. Channa passes away KARACHI, May 4: Former Sindh High Court judge Z. A. Channa died of heart failure on Tuesday night at the age of 87. Justice Channa also served as provincial and federal...
KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, May 4: Zahoor Ahmed Khan, 65, father of Zaheer Ahmed Khan, a sub-editor of daily Dawn, died here on Wednesday after protracted illness. He would be laid to rest at...		KARACHI: New sewerage line planned KARACHI, May 4: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board has chalked out a plan to replace the 45-year-old sewerage line of the I.I. Chundrigar Road, said the board’s Managing Director, Brig...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 4: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather for Karachi and rest of the province on Thursday. The maximum temperature in Karachi is expected to range between...		HYDERABAD: Budgets of Hyderabad, new districts not prepared HYDERABAD, May 4: Officials of the district government have not been able to prepare the budget for Hyderabad and any of the three new districts carved out of it. Official sources...
HYDERABAD: Balochistan proposals termed eyewash HYDERABAD, May 4: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has termed the parliamentary committee’s recommendations for Balochistan an eyewash. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, he said the...		HYDERABAD: Position holders’ names announced HYDERABAD, May 4: The controller of examinations of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology on Wednesday announced names of candidates who secured positions in examinations of various institutes and departments....
DADU: Two bandits held DADU, May 4: Two alleged bandits were arrested after an encounter with police here on Wednesday evening. DPO Dadu Rukhsar Ahmed Khuhawar told reporters at a press conference in his office...		DADU: Nai Gaaj water flow increases DADU, May 4: Following heavy rainfall in the Khirthar range, water flow in the Nai Gaaj has increased and its level rose to seven feet on Wednesday morning. This has also...
LARKANA: Call to save lakes and rivers from pollution LARKANA, May 4: Speakers at a seminar have demanded to stop the flow of poisonous water from the Heerdin Drain, Balochistan, Right Bank Outfall Drain and other drains into the Hamal...		BADIN: Badin oil firm’s policy criticized BADIN, May 4: Hundreds of activists belonging to various parties along with the representatives of NGOs took out a procession here on Wednesday in protest against their policy of denying jobs...
JACOBABAD: Protesters demand clean water JACOBABAD, May 4: On the call of Shehri Ittehad, a complete strike was observed here on Wednesday to protest against supply of contaminated water and spread of gastroenteritis in Jacobabad. A...		MITHI: Village temple robbed MITHI, May 4: A burglar broke into a temple at the Churio village, Nagarparkar taluka and stole jewellery worth thousands of rupees along with a statue on Monday night. When contacted,...