May 31, 2005	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 22, 1426

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KARACHI: Airlines told to fix fares above cost KARACHI, May 30: The Civil Aviation Authority directed on Monday the three private airlines and the Pakistan International Airlines to establish air fares above cost. Sources said the direction to this effect was made during a meeting which was chaired...		KARACHI: Pakistan to claim $2bn from owners of Tasman KARACHI, May 30: Pakistan will claim a compensation of $2 billion from the last owners of Tasman Spirit, the oil tanker which ran aground off the coast of Karachi...
KARACHI: Regulatory powers for PMDC urged KARACHI, May 30: Thirty two of the medical and dental colleges, including eight in the public sector and 26 in private sector, only partially meet the required criteria of the Pakistan...		KARACHI: Charged parking KARACHI, May 30: The city government has decided to restart the charged parking in in the covered areas of the city from June 6. Following is the parking schedule as...
KARACHI: HSC exam postponed KARACHI, May 30: The HSC annual examinations scheduled for May 31 have been postponed for some later date; it was learnt officially on late Wednesday night. The controller of examinations of...		KARACHI: Daman-i-Koh target of land mafia: city govt KARACHI, May 30: A spokesman for the city government, criticizing the party which is opposing the Daman-i-Koh project, has said that the city government had announced developing the park in North...
KARACHI: Park found blocking road in Korangi KARACHI, May 30: A Korangi road has been blocked by a newly-developed park, the Sindh High Court nazir said in his report on Monday. Nazir Moinuddin Ahmed said he inspected the...		KARACHI: Farooq condemns JI leader’s murder KARACHI, May 30: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday described the killing of Jamaat-i-Islami leader Aslam Mujahid as a ‘conspiracy’ to destroy peace of the city. Addressing a news conference at...
KARACHI:L: JI blames Muttahida KARACHI, May 30: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Monday alleged that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was involved in the murder of JI Karachi Naib Amir and former MPA Muhammad Aslam Mujahid. In a...		KARACHI: Many areas without water due to power cuts KARACHI, May 30: Pumping of water to various localities was badly affected on Tuesday by a series of power breakdowns at different pumping stations. The localities which suffered most included different...
KARACHI: Guard takes away Rs6m from bank KARACHI, May 30: A security guard and his accomplices took away Rs6 million from a bank branch in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Monday. The TPO of Gulshan-i-Iqbal told Dawn that a sweeper entered...		KARACHI: $3m hashish seized,16 arrested KARACHI, May 30: In an operation carried out in high seas with the help of international coalition, a launch loaded with two tons of hashish and heading towards African coastline was...
KARACHI: Implementation of laws against smoking urged KARACHI, May 30: The Pakistan Chest Society, Sindh chapter, on Monday took out a funeral procession of cigarettes in front of Karachi Press Club to symbolize the desire to make the...		KARACHI: Budget must bring down prices, say experts KARACHI, May 30: Economic experts on Monday questioned the government’s claim of macro economic gains and pointed out that if the budget was unable to bring down the prices of essential...
KARACHI: 800 IT awareness centres planned KARACHI, May 30: The Provincial Minister for Information Technology, Mustafa Kamal, has announced that as many as 800 information technology awareness centres would be established throughout Sindh, while 35 such centres...		KARACHI: Inspection team visits DUHS KARACHI, May 30: After a gap of 13 years a PMDC inspection team here on Monday visited the Dow Medical College, which through a Sindh government order has been upgraded as...
KARACHI: Favouritism in selection alleged KARACHI, May 30: The candidates, rejected in interviews and selection process for the posts of assistant professors, associate professors and professors in the Dow University of Health Sciences alleged numerous injustices...		KARACHI: Malir bridge to be completed in 2 years KARACHI, May 30: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan has said that he considers Karachi as his own city and is investing all his energies and abilities for its development. “Everyone living here...
KARACHI: Language course KARACHI, May 30: The Korean consul-general, Mr Sckchul Chang, accompanied by Mr Choong Woo Lee and his wife, called on the vice-chancellor of Karachi University, Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui,...		KARACHI: BSc results announced KARACHI, May 30: The examination department, University of Karachi announced on Monday the results of BSc (Pass) part-II/ both parts annual exams 2004. Fatima Ishaq d/o Syed Ishtiaq Hussain of DHA...
KARACHI: Education dept seeks SBP’s guidance KARACHI, May 30: The Sindh Education and Literacy Department has asked the State Bank of Pakistan for guidance to avail maximum possible profit-based investment on Rs200 million, released to Sindh Education...		KARACHI: Three-day workshop on ‘science in mass media’ KARACHI, May 30: The genetics department of the University of Karachi will hold a three-day national workshop on “Science in mass media” at its premises from June 7 to 9. About...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 30: The metereology office has forecast hot and humid weather for Karachi with the maximum temperature ranging from 35 to 37 degrees centigrade on Tuesday. A very hot and...		HYDERABAD: Convocation of SAU held HYDERABAD, May 30: Former Vice-Chancellor Sindh Agriculture University Dr Abdul Qadir Ansari has stressed the need for introducing house job training programme in the university on the pattern of house job...
HYDERABAD: Revenue limits of reconstituted districts HYDERABAD, May 30: The revenue department of the government of Sindh has notified the revenue limits of the reconstituted districts of Hyderabad, Matiari, Mirpurkhas and Jamshoro and Jhuddo and Manjhand talukas...		HYDERABAD: Agha Saleem’s book selected for award HYDERABAD, May 30: The Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and Mysticism Award Committee of the academy of letters has selected a book by Agha Saleem, “Melody of Clouds”, for the cash award...
HYDERABAD: PPP protests against price hike, water shortage HYDERABAD, May 30: A large number of activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians took out a procession from Hussainabad to the press club here on Monday and observed a hunger strike...		HYDERABAD: Water crisis to deepen in Sindh: SCA: Construction of Kalabagh dam HYDERABAD, May 30: Sindh Chamber of Agriculture president Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah has observed that farmers will be deprived not only of irrigation water but also of drinking water after construction of...
HYDERABAD: Jam Saqi arrested, released on bail HYDERABAD, May 30: Police on Sunday night arrested human rights activist and PPP leader Comrade Jam Saqi in a case relating to seizure of 1,250kgs of explosive material. Mr Saqi, a...		LARKANA: Girl students deprived of scholarship LARKANA, May 30: Some 84,284 girl students studying in middle and secondary schools of Larkana and Shahdadkot districts in class six, seven and eight may not receive their scholarship as the...