May 7, 2005	Saturday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 27, 1426

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KARACHI: Rs16 billion earmarked for over 100 projects KARACHI, May 6: The city government will spend Rs16.675 billion for undertaking more than hundred development projects during the next fiscal year (2005-06). Of the total amount, Rs8.147 billion will be...		KARACHI: Danish firm’s bid for water, power plants reviewed KARACHI, May 6: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has stressed the need for installing more desalination plants in the coastal areas of Karachi to meet the city’s increasing water requirements. He...
KARACHI: Water shortage persists KARACHI, May 6: At least 100 houses in North Nazimabad’s Block C remain deprived of water for the last one month. Aggrieved residents say all their efforts in getting the supply...		KARACHI: SHC upholds ombudsman’s adjudication against MDA KARACHI, May 6: The Sindh High Court upheld on Friday the provincial ombudsman’s adjudication in favour of an allottee in the Malir Development Authority’s low-cost housing project contracted out to a...
KARACHI: Water level in Manchar to be brought down: PA told KARACHI, May 6: The Sindh Assembly on Friday met under the chairmanship of Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah. The proceedings started with the recitation of Holy Quran and Naat at 10.55am,...		KARACHI: Journalists boycott Sindh PA proceedings KARACHI, May 6: Journalists boycotted proceedings of the Sindh Assembly on Friday in protest against violent attitude of police against protesting media men on Tuesday in different parts of the country....
KARACHI: Maid’s death case takes new turn KARACHI, May 6: The Asiya murder case took a new turn on Thursday when the victim’s parents submitted a written statement before the district and sessions court of East stating that...		KARACHI: Suspected bandit shot dead KARACHI, May 6: Police shot dead an alleged robber and arrested his two accomplices for looting valuables the house of a trader in Sachal police limits early on Friday morning. Police...
KARACHI: Master plan for industrial areas KARACHI, May 6: The city government is preparing a master plan in collaboration with the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) to improve infrastructure facilities in the city’s industrial areas. The City Nazim,...		KARACHI: Delegation KARACHI, May 6: A 30-member delegation of nazims and naib-nazims of Karachi will leave for Islamabad on Sunday. In Islamabad, the delegation will meet NRB Chairman Daniyal Aziz and hold talks...
KARACHI: Seerat moot at Defence college KARACHI, May 6: A Seerat-un-Nabi (PBUH) conference was held at Defence Authority Degree College for Women on Friday. Eminent scholars from Karachi University and the college students spoke on various aspects...		KARACHI: LEAs told to produce pesh imam in court KARACHI, May 6: The Sindh High Court on Friday ordered the LEAs to produce the pesh imam of a mosque alleged to be detained since March 9. The SHC division bench...
KARACHI: SHC chief justice feted KARACHI, May 6: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on behalf of the city government, hosted dinner in honour of the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed. The...		KARACHI: 2 Nigerian women leave prison to return home KARACHI, May 6: Two Nigerian women - one of them accompanied by her child - who had completed their jail sentences but remained imprisoned owing to non-availability of travel documents, were...
KARACHI: New DMC principal KARACHI, May 6: The vice-chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences has appointed Dr Salahuddin Afsar as principal of the Dow Medical College....		KARACHI: 136 water supply lines disconnected KARACHI, May 6: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board as part of its ongoing drive against defaulters disconnected 136 water connections including that of nine big projects, on Friday....
KARACHI: Progressive writings critically examined KARACHI, May 6: The Progressive Writers Association held its literary sitting with Anwer Sajjad in the chair at the PMA House on Thursday. Izhar Haideri presented his ghazal for critical analysis....		KARACHI: Speedy justice in DCET principal case demanded KARACHI, May 6: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), expressing concern over lack of progress in the murder case of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology Principal Dr Saleem Choudhry,...
KARACHI: Students seek SPLA’s help against privatization KARACHI, May 6: A delegation of female students of Govt. St. Joseph’s College for Women Karachi called on Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Friday and sought their assistance in...		KARACHI: 14 shops razed KARACHI, May 6: The KBCA in its current drive against illegal construction on Friday demolished 14 illegally built shops in Jamshed and Saddar Towns. A spokeswoman for the KBCA said that...
KARACHI: Rs3.5 million power theft unearthed KARACHI, May 6: A team of KESC engineers specially trained to detect innovative and concealed methods for availing illegal power by commercial and industrial consumers, unearthed electricity theft worth Rs3.5 million...		KARACHI: Govt move to abolish excise duty criticized KARACHI, May 6: The Pakistan People’s Party on Friday expressed concern over government’s reported move to abolish excise duty in next year’s budget with a view to “effectively enforcing the sales...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 6: The Met office has forecast hot, humid and partly cloudy weather in the city on Saturday with maximum temperature expected to range between 34°C and 36°C. On Friday,...		HYDERABAD: Emergency declared in Sindh hospitals: Rise in cases of water borne diseases HYDERABAD, May 6: The Sindh health services department has declared emergency in all hospitals of Sindh and sought an additional grant of Rs2 million from the government to meet immediate medical...
HYDERABAD: Caution urged in handling supply of water: Release from Manchhar into Indus HYDERABAD, May 6: Given the fact that water reservoirs of Water and Sanitation Agency, Hyderabad, have a capacity of storing water for not more than three to four days, the...		HYDERABAD: Fishermen demand abolition of contract system HYDERABAD, May 6: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum has rejected the contract system in all sweet-water lakes and ponds as well as the Indus River and demanded that licence system should be...
HYDERABAD: Coalmine training centre to be set up HYDERABAD, May 6: The Sindh government has decided to set up a coalmine training centre and a model coalmine at Lakhra in collaboration with the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology,...		HYDERABAD: Investors assured of protection HYDERABAD, May 6: The special assistant to the Sindh chief minister, Pir Zaman Shah Jilani, has said investors contributing to development of the province by setting up new industries will be...