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KARACHI: Arbab denies patch-up with Imtiaz KARACHI, May 15: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has denied reports of any understanding or agreement having reached between him and the sacked revenue minister Imtiaz Shaikh. Commenting on...		KARACHI: 14 schemes along coast nearing completion: WB team told KARACHI, May 15: Work on 14 development schemes, costing Rs537.105 million, in the areas along the coast of Sindh are nearing completion. These schemes have been launched under the ADP 2004-05...
KARACHI: 220 large buses may be added to UTS fleet KARACHI, May 15: Eleven transport companies have been operating 242 large buses on 16 different routes in the metropolis under the urban transport scheme launched by the city government’s transport and...		KARACHI: Low-cost housing schemes announced KARACHI, May 15: The Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has pledged to provide the shelterless and people of low income with 100,000 plots at Rs500 per sq-yd under a low-cost housing project...
KARACHI: SHC asks CDGK to submit plan for green belt KARACHI, May 15: The Sindh High Court asked the city district government and the PECHS to submit their respective plans for development of the green belt between the society’s block 6...		KARACHI: MQM slams Mumtaz’s remarks KARACHI, May 15: Muttahida Qaumi Movement MNA Nisar Panhwar, MPA Yusuf Munir Shaikh and Special Assistant to the CM Ashfaq Mangi have severely criticized Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, chief of the...
KARACHI: KWSB being unfair to consumers KARACHI, May 15: The financially-starved KWSB in its drive against defaulters is nowadays busy in punishing and harassing even bill-paying consumers by disconnecting their water connections for no fault of theirs....		KARACHI: ‘Cultural street’ attracts large crowd KARACHI, May 15: The number of visitors to Koocha-i-Saqafat, which was held for the first time on May 8, registered a sharp rise on Sunday evening as people flocked to M.R....
KARACHI: Decomposed body found KARACHI, May 15: The decomposed body of an elderly man was found in his apartment in F.B. Area on Sunday. Police said area people complained to the police of a...		KARACHI: Children enjoy feast KARACHI, May 15: Over 1,500 inhabitants of the Edhi Village located off the Super highway enjoyed kabab paratha on Sunday. Abdul Sattar Edhi also joined them. The special feast at the...
KARACHI: Sindh Child Protection Authority on the cards KARACHI, May 15: Provision for a child protection authority, powerful enough to combat instances of child abuse and violation of child rights under different pretexts and varied circumstances, is on the...		KARACHI: Upgrade of burns centre promised KARACHI, May 15: Sindh Health Adviser Faisal Malik has assured all government support to raise the Burns Centre of Civil Hospital Karachi as a Centre of Excellence. Talking to the Friends...
KARACHI: CS takes notice of water shortage KARACHI, May 15: The Chief Secretary, Fazal-ur-Rahman, has taken serious notice of reported water scarcity in various areas of Karachi and Hyderabad. According to the Sindh government sources, the chief secretary...		KARACHI: Humorous account of advertising launched KARACHI, May 15: Ishtehari mujremon ki dard bhari dastaan (A tragic tale of advertisers) by Wajid Yar Khan was launched by USHBA Publishers International at the Press Club on Saturday. The...
KARACHI: BCom suppl exams KARACHI, May 15: The examination department of Karachi University notified on Sunday the examination forms for BCom (regular/external) supplementary examinations-2004 will be accepted from May 18 to 28. Out going students...		KARACHI: Medical camp held for prisoners KARACHI, May 15: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Sunday visited the medical camp set up by the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation (KKF) at Karachi Central Prison on the directive of the MQM...
KARACHI: Trauma unit to be functional this year KARACHI, May 15: A specialized industrial trauma unit with provision for well-equipped ambulance service will be operational by December this year at Indus Hospital, formerly the Islamic Mission Hospital, located in...		KARACHI: Youth urged to stick to their roots KARACHI, May 15: There is a dire need to strengthen the concept of family even in Muslim societies including Pakistan. This was said by Sindh Adviser Mumtaz Hameed here on Sunday,...
KARACHI: Workers’ demand KARACHI, May 15: The United Bank Employees, and Officers Action Committee of the CBA Trade Unions of Pakistan, has urged the UBL administration to announce revised salary packages and bonus profits...		KARACHI: CS, IG asked to look into principal’s killing case KARACHI, May 15: The president’s secretariat has asked the Sindh chief secretary and IGP to look into the killing of Dr Saleem Chaudhry, who was principal of Dawood College of Engineering...
KARACHI: JI holds rally against desecration of Holy Quran KARACHI, May 15: A protest rally was held outside the Karachi Press Club on Sunday against desecration of the Holy Quran in Guantanamo Bay prison. The participants held President Bush responsible...		KARACHI: Police hospitals KARACHI, May 15: The Adviser to Chief Minister on Health, Faisal Malik, on Saturday said both police hospitals in Karachi and Hyderabad would be handed over to the Sindh Police in...
KARACHI: Asif slams govt for Lahore incident KARACHI, May 15: PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has said that the face of so-called enlightened moderation stands blackened with the latest attack on human rights activists in Lahore on Saturday....		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 15: The Met office has forecast hot and dry weather with gusty winds for Karachi on Monday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to range between 35...
HYDERABAD: Violence against HR activists condemned HYDERABAD, May 15: Police violence against Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chairperson Asma Jehangir, secretary-general Iqbal Haider, Hina Jilani and other activists in Lahore on Saturday has been condemned by leaders...		HYDERABAD: Farmers oppose change in land tax structure HYDERABAD, May 15: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed concern over instructions of the Sindh Revenue Board that joint agricultural property above 50 acres will be subject to land and...
HYDERABAD: 3 bandits killed in encounter HYDERABAD, May 15: Three alleged bandits were killed in an encounter with police in an area under the Chalghari police station on Sunday. DPO Ghulam Hyder Jamali identified the bandits as...		HYDERABAD: Writers hail grant for SAB HYDERABAD, May 15: Noted writers as well as members of the board of governors of the Sindhi Adabi Board have praised the decision of Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim...
HYDERABAD: Protest against water shortage HYDERABAD, May 15: Hundreds of men, women and children stage violent protest in some parts of the city on Saturday against shortage of water. Residents of Tando Yousuf, Gujrati Paro and...		SUKKUR: Woman, daughters killed in house fire SUKKUR, May 15: A woman and her two daughters were burnt to death and four other people were injured when a fire broke out in the Dina Bux Golo village in...
MIRPURKHAS: Cases against PPP workers criticized MIRPURKHAS, May 15: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani has condemned police action against peaceful PPP workers,..		KHAIRPUR: Disease hits date trees KHAIRPUR, May 15: Date trees have been affected by a disease causing premature loss of the fruit. The disease has damaged orchards and affected 40-50 per cent of the date produce....