May 25, 2005	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 16, 1426

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KARACHI: Reinstated nazims may resume work on 27th KARACHI, May 24: The reinstated nazims and deputy nazims of Larkana, Jacobabad, Dadu and Mirpurkhas will resume their offices on May 27 afternoon if no order to the contrary is passed...		KARACHI: Kanupp blames KESC for plant shutdown KARACHI, May 24: The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp) and the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) indulged in recrimination following what was believed to be pre-dawn pilferage of power cables, causing...
KARACHI: CAA asked to call meeting of airlines on fares’ issue KARACHI, May 24: The defence ministry is learnt to have asked the director general of the Civil Aviation Authority to convene a meeting of representatives of the Pakistan International Airlines and...		KARACHI: Rangers-KWSB tussle over hydrants creates water crisis KARACHI, May 24: The current tussle between Rangers and Karachi Water and Sewerage Board over the issue of making alternative arrangement for water supply through the hydrants being handed over to...
KARACHI: SHC summons MI official KARACHI, May 24: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday summoned Military Intelligence official, Major Abdul Majeed Lashari, before court on May 31 in a plea against detention of Mohammad Ramzan by...		KARACHI: Progress of Defence projects reviewed KARACHI, May 24: Corps Commander Lt Gen Syed Athar Ali has exhorted the DHA management to ensure completion of its ongoing mega projects within the stipulated time frame while maintaining the...
KARACHI: Feudal system main hurdle in progress, says Ibad KARACHI, May 24: The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has said the biggest impediment in good governance was the feudal system and its mindset that was suffocating the entire structure of...		KARACHI: New security plan for city discussed Karachi, May 24: The Sindh government has decided to implement the Karachi Security Plan to beef up the security of the provincial capital. This was decided here on Tuesday in a...
KARACHI: Four held for robbery attempt KARACHI, May 24: Police arrested four armed suspects after a hostage taking drama at a bungalow in Cosmopolitan Society, Gurumandir, on Tuesday. Police said that four armed men entered the house...		KARACHI: Fare hike gets on people’s nerves KARACHI, May 24: Amid blazing temperatures in Karachi where shortfall in electricity and water had already made lives of people miserable, yet another tormenter is multiplying their miseries in shape of...
KARACHI: Need stressed to implement law against smoking KARACHI, May 24: A consultative meeting organized by The Network for Consumer Organization stressed the need to strictly monitor implementation of the Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non Smokers’ Health...		KARACHI:Acute water shortage persists in Lyari KARACHI, May 24: An acute water shortage problem has been persisting in some parts of Lyari Town for the past two weeks causing unrest among the people in the affected areas...
KARACHI: SBTE workshop KARACHI, May 24: The Sindh Adviser, Mumtaz Hameed has termed the acquisition of technical education the need of the hour. He was speaking at a workshop held at a local hotel...		KARACHI: Cultural festival begins KARACHI, May 24: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has called for stopping the upsurge of Western culture in the country. “Western culture is a poison for Islamic society and the best...
KARACHI: Seminars on development KARACHI, May 24: The Karachi Women’s Peace Committee has initiated a series of seminars based on the theme “Keys to national development”. This was announced by KWPC Chairperson Nargis Rahman here...		KARACHI: Proper planning urged for Karachi KARACHI, May 24: Participants of a discussion agreed that no particular individual was behind the ruining of the past glories of Karachi but rather the present system was responsible for it....
KARACHI: NGOs accused of self-publicity KARACHI, May 24: The Human Rights Network (HRN) expressing concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in the country has observed that the fundamental rights of the people were being violated...		KARACHI: SBC sanctions Rs7.5m for heirs of lawyers KARACHI, May 24: The Sindh Bar Council has sanctioned Rs 7.5 million for the dependants and legal heirs of deceased advocates in the province, SBC vice-chairman Noor Naz Agha told a...
KARACHI: SHC confirms bail in NAB reference KARACHI, May 24: The Sindh High Court confirmed on Tuesday the interim bail granted to an agriculture department director-general and five others accused in a reference filed by the National Accountability...		KARACHI: Documentary festival KARACHI, May 24: The first European Union documentary festival will be held in Karachi from May 27. The five-day festival being hosted by the Royal Netherlands Embassy on behalf of the...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 24: The Met office has forecast hot and humid weather for Karachi on Wednesday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 35°C and 37°C. The highest maximum temperature...		HYDERABAD: Workers hold rallies against price rise, privatization HYDERABAD, May 24: Protest rallies were held in several districts of interior Sindh on Tuesday against price hike, increasing unemployment, promulgation of anti- labour laws and privatization of state enterprises. A...
HYDERABAD: Interim NFC award opposed HYDERABAD, May 24: The chairman of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party, Dr Qadir Magsi, has said that his party and the people of Sindh will not accept any interim NFC award....		HYDERABAD: Parts of two districts declared calamity-hit Bureau Report HYDERABAD, May 24: The additional relief commissioner, Sindh, has declared two dehs of Sanghar district and 25 dehs of Umerkot district as calamity affected area due to drought. A notification issued...
HYDERABAD: Lake rehabilitation plan finalized: Waste disposal checked HYDERABAD, May 24: The chief engineer (Irrigation) of the Kotri Barrage, Mr Manzoor Sheikh, has said the irrigation department is preparing a plan for rehabilitation of the Manchhar Lake on the...		KHAIRPUR: Tapedar held for bribery KHAIRPUR, May 24: The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Monday arrested Allah Warayo Shar, a tapedar of the revenue department in Khairpur, on the complaint of a grower Imdad Gopang of Deh Qaim...