May 30, 2005	Monday	Rabi-us-Sani 21, 1426

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KARACHI: City nazim apprises president of plans: Sharea Faisal alternatives KARACHI, May 29: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has said that he has apprised President Pervez Musharraf of the city government’s two different proposals for providing a route to serve as an...		KARACHI: Centre upset over poor performance of provinces KARACHI, May 29: Federal Minister for Labour and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan has described the performance of all four provinces in vocational training as ‘disappointing’....
KARACHI: Wazir Mansion station lacks facilities KARACHI, May 29: The Pakistan Railways have extended the local train service to the Karachi Circular Railway loop up to Wazir Mansion station without renovating the said station and which is without facilities....		KARACHI: Daman-i-Koh work stopped KARACHI, May 29: Adviser to the CM on Local Government Wasim Akhtar on Sunday got the development work at the Daman-i-Koh project site stopped. The project, stretched over an area of 42 acres, is being executed by the city government in North Nazimabad’s hilly tracks. Mr Akhtar told Dawn that he, along with the KWSB Managing Director,...
KARACHI: PML-N wants Defence Day observed on May 28 KARACHI, May 29: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has stated that Yaume Takbeer, which falls on May 28 when first nuclear test was carried out, should be commemorated as Defence Day of...		KARACHI: Cultural project gets Rs5m from Ibad KARACHI, May 29: The Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, who turned up at the recently opened Koocha-i-Saqafat on an unscheduled visit on Sunday evening, approved Rs5 million for the cultural project....
KARACHI: Lack of basic amenities for pilgrims at Manghopir KARACHI, May 29: Visitors to a suburban centre of the Manghopir village have to suffer many hardships as few facilities have been provided for them by the civic agency. People visit...		KARACHI: Govt claims of economic progress lies: seminar KARACHI, May 29: The tall claims of economic recovery are white lies, and according to a report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Pakistan was ranked 142nd amongst 175 countries...
KARACHI: Altaf seeks UN probe into desecration KARACHI, May 29: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has demanded that a UN committee be formed to investigate the desecration of the Holy Quran at Guantanamo Bay detention...		KARACHI: Bazm-i-Scienci Adab’s 125th meeting KARACHI, May 29: The 125th meeting of Bazm-i-Scienci Adab was held at the Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Science Centre on Saturday. Chaired by Dr Mohammad Ali Siddiqui, the proceedings were conducted by Prof...
KARACHI: LGH’s services lauded KARACHI, May 29: The Lyari General Hospital performs 5,000 major and minor surgeries every year besides rendering valuable medical services in the community within its available means. This was stated by...		KARACHI: MMA warns of protest against oil prices KARACHI, May 29: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has threatened of protests if the prices of fuel were not cut and steps not taken in the coming budget to reduce price hike....
KARACHI: Man kills wife, injures daughter KARACHI, May 29: A man killed his wife and wounded his daughter in Old Golimar over a domestic matter on Sunday. Police said that Ali Ashgar, 60, stabbed his wife Amber...		KARACHI: Kidnappers identified KARACHI, May 29: The four alleged kidnappers who had been killed, in what police claimed to be an encounter, in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Saturday morning were identified on Sunday, and their bodies...
KARACHI: Foundation of schools laid KARACHI, May 29: The Provincial Minister for Planning and Development, Syed Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, laid the foundation stone of the Government Girls Primary School and Government Boys Primary School in Gulshan-i-Zia,...		KARACHI: $0.8m uplift project for coastal zone KARACHI, May 29: The central development working party of federal government has given its affirmative nod to Sindh Coastal and Inland Community Development Project costing US$0.814 million for coastal zone. The...
KARACHI: SESSI’s performance reviewed KARACHI, May 29: Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution Commissioner Mohammad Asif Marghoob has urged the field directors of the institution to make all out efforts to widen the social security scheme....		KARACHI: Demand for effective steps to curb terrorism KARACHI, May 29: The Jafria Alliance Pakistan stating that Zionist agents have harmed Islam and Pakistan by spilling blood of oppressed Muslims at the behest of their masters called for practical...
KARACHI: Declamation KARACHI, May 29: An inter-university declamation contest will commence from June 3 at the Iqra University, Gulshan Campus. Various universities from private and public sector including Hamdard University, Greenwich University, Usman...		KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, May 29: A workshop on “Science in mass media” will be organised by the Department of Genetics, University of Karachi, from June 7. This was announced by the Organising Secretary,...
KARACHI: Cases against 2 journalists KARACHI, May 29: Cases were registered against two local journalists on Sunday for publishing reports likely to ‘incite’ people’s sentiments against the state. The first FIR was registered against a reporter...		KARACHI: Fishermen’s protest continues KARACHI, May 29: Leaders of various political parties visited the hunger strike camp of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum outside Karachi Press Club on Sunday and expressed solidarity with protesting fishermen. Besides observing...
KARACHI: US asked to apologize for desecration KARACHI, May 29: Protest rallies staged outside Karachi Press Club separately by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Sunni Tehreek and Anjuman Naujawanan-i-Islam on Sunday demanded that the US should extend unconditional apology to...		HYDERABAD: Telemetry system giving wrong figures: official HYDERABAD, May 29: Kotri Barrage chief engineer Manzoor Ahmad Shaikh has said the telemetry system installed at the barrage is showing wrong figures of water discharge at the barrage and its...
HYDERABAD: Demand for clean drinking water HYDERABAD, May 29: Expressing concern over acute shortage of drinking water in Sindh, leaders of various social welfare organizations set up an organization and formed a 20-member committee to find ways...		HYDERABAD: Altercation halts PPP convention HYDERABAD, May 29: Proceedings of a convention of the People’s Party Parliamentarians in Tando Allahyar came to a halt following altercation between two groups of party workers on Saturday. The groups...
DADU: Police officials suspended DADU, May 29: Three police officials of the Dadu police lines were suspended and another was demoted on charges of negligence and collaborating with criminals. Speaking at a news conference on...		MITHI: Thar villagers appeal for more buses MITHI, May 29: Thousands of people, who had shifted from various villages of Tharparkar district to barrage areas in search of sustenance, are facing difficulties because of shortage of transport. Tharis...
BADIN: Three killed in Badin BADIN, May 29: Three people were killed in Lowari Sharif here on Sunday. Gulab Junejo, 60, and his son, Allahdad 20, were sitting in their house when one Din Mohammad Junejo...		JACOBABAD: Suicide JACOBABAD, May 29: Eighteen-year-old Altaf Ahmad Abro committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope in the Phool Bagh locality in the jurisdiction of the Civil Lines police station here on...