May 10, 2005	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 1, 1426

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KARACHI: Rumpus over demolition of settlements mars session KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh Assembly proceedings on Monday were marred by a pandemonium over the issue of the demolition of old goths in Karachi. The issue, raised by the opposition,...		KARACHI: Cellphone firms not helping in stolen sets’ detection KARACHI, May 9: A total of 2,319 cellphone sets had either been snatched or stolen during the past three months in the metropolis and none of them has so far been...
KARACHI: Centralized fire office goes operational KARACHI, May 9: A centralized fire emergency helpline “Fire-16” started functioning round-the-clock from Monday. Housed in the basement of the Central Fire Station, the fire control room would be formally inaugurated...		KARACHI: Teachers to boycott intermediate exams: Denationalization of colleges KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association (SPLA) has come up with hard feelings about the denationalization of the St. Joseph’s College for Women and the St Patrick’s College...
KARACHI: Law & order prerequisite for progress, says Ibad KARACHI, May 9: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has said that establishment of law and order is the cardinal requirement for development and progress in every sector. “The elected government in the...		KARACHI: Efforts on for release of 32 fishermen: PA told KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh Assembly was on Monday informed that efforts were being made for securing release of 32 more fishermen from the custody of Indian authorities. The written statement...
KARACHI: IJT stages sit-in at Sindh PA building: Students baton-charged KARACHI, May 9: A number of Islami Jamiat Talaba activists on Monday managed to reach in front of Sindh Assembly building and held sit-in against government’s failure in arresting killers of...		KARACHI: Police ordered to submit charge-sheet in ransom case KARACHI, May 9: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of Sindh High Court, who is also administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts, on Monday sent Mahfooz Ahmed, an alleged associate of sacked provincial minister...
KARACHI: SHC issues notices to Customs authorities: Refund of duties KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh High Court decided on Monday to reissue notices in a contempt case against the Customs authorities for not refunding the duty and taxes recovered on import...		KARACHI: Harkat man acquitted in blast case KARACHI, May 9: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Monday an activist of banned Harkatul Al-Aalmi in the petrol pump blast case. Judge Feroze Mahmood Bhatti of the ATC-2 exonerated Abdur Razzaq...
KARACHI: Electricity breakdowns continue unabated KARACHI, May 9: The transmission and distribution system of Karachi Electric Supply Corporation broke down in many localities as the ongoing heat wave intensified on Monday. Calling from different areas of...		KARACHI: City in grip of heat wave KARACHI, May 9: An unrelenting heat wave pushed temperatures across the city towards 40°C on Monday, the hottest day of the month. An official of Meteorological Department said that the maximum...
KARACHI: Daman-i-Koh project launched KARACHI, May 9: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, laid the foundation stone of city’s unique recreational project ‘Daman-i-Koh’ atop a hill in North Nazimabad, on Sunday night. The 45-acre project, resembling...		KARACHI: City govt’s budget body meets KARACHI, May 9: A meeting of the city government’s budget committee was held here on Monday under the chairmanship of Mohammad Siddiq Rathor. The meeting expressed concerns over the dissatisfactory performance...
KARACHI: Man shot dead KARACHI, May 9: A young man was killed in Korangi on Monday. Police said that a bullet-riddled body was recovered from Zaman Town police jurisdiction near a cinema house. The body,...		KARACHI: Hamida for encouraging women to develop skills KARACHI, May 9: The women of Pakistan are very talented and the need of the hour is to encourage them so that they could fully utilize their abilities. This was stated...
KARACHI: Teachers termed backbone of society KARACHI, May 9: The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Karachi, Dr Pirzada Qasim, has urged the educational institutions to hold more programmes to honour their respective teachers. He was speaking as...		KARACHI: HSC exams KARACHI, May 9: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, will accept examination forms from private candidates of HSC Part I and II (Improvement of division, additional subjects) annual examination 2005 from...
KARACHI: Idea of enlightened moderation flayed KARACHI, May 9: The holy life of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) should be followed in order to achieve the goal of a moderate and enlightened society. These views...		KARACHI: People’s Sports Complex to be renovated KARACHI, May 9: The city government has added the renovation of the Peoples’ Sports Complex, Maripur Road, Lyari as a project in the list of its uplift schemes. This was decided...
KARACHI: Drug smuggler arrested KARACHI, May 9: A team of Excise and Intelligence Karachi raided a flat in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar and arrested a member of a gang which used to smuggle heroin abroad by concealing...		KARACHI: Khuhro crticizes speaker KARACHI, May 9: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro on Monday accused Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah of muffling the voice of the opposition. Addressing a news...
KARACHI: Traffic system to be upgraded KARACHI, May 9: The traffic police system at Sharea Faisal will be established on Motorway Police model and later the traffic management through out the city will be streamlined on this...		HYDERABAD: Hesco urged to stop issuing inflated bills HYDERABAD, May 9: The Moro Action Committee, Naushahro Feroze, has urged Hesco to stop issuing detection and inflated bills and resorting to load-shedding in the area. Speaking at a news conference...
HYDERABAD: Patients suffer as hospital gets no increase in budget HYDERABAD, May 9: The Civil Hospital Hyderabad (CHH) continues to be discriminated against by the Sindh health department in terms of enhancement of its budget for local purchase from 25 percent...		HYDERABAD: SAU teachers reject syndicate decisions HYDERABAD, May 9: The Sindh Agriculture University Teachers Association has rejected decisions of the syndicate meeting held on April 30 and selection board meetings held on April 19 and 20. In...
HYDERABAD: People being supplied safe water, says HDA HYDERABAD, May 9: A spokesman for the Hyderabad Development Authority has said drinking water being supplied to people is a little saltish but all hazardous elements have been removed and the...		HYDERABAD: 56,000 to appear in HSC exams HYDERABAD, May 9: The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, has announced that the higher secondary certificate part-I and II (class-XI and XII) annual examination 2005 (science...
HYDERABAD: Cracks develop in SNP ranks HYDERABAD, May 9: Cracks are reported to have developed in the Sindh National Party following resignation/expulsion of its two senior office-bearers, deputy general secretary Anwar Khoso and coordination secretary Wahid Bux...		SUKKUR: Petition filed against 400 policemen SUKKUR, May 9: A petition was filed against 400 policemen in the Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, on Monday following raids on houses of Shar tribesmen. Tribe’s chief Sardar Ahmad Yar...