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KARACHI: Unplanned urbanization destroying environment: IUCN report on Sindh KARACHI, June 2: Poverty cannot be reduced in the province without halting and reversing rural decline, said a baseline resource document on various sectors released by the IUCN, the world conservation union, at a ceremony on Thursday. According to the report, reasons for the rural decline include widespread water shortage and deterioration in irrigation systems,...		KARACHI: LEAs deployed at phone exchanges in Karachi KARACHI, June 2: Law-enforcement agencies were deployed at all telephone exchanges in the metropolis on Thursday on the request of PTCL management. The security was provided to exchanges in view of an ongoing tussle between the management and workers....
KARACHI: City govt told not to remove shopkeepers KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh High Court restrained the city district government on Thursday from disturbing the possession of shopkeepers who had been carrying out their businesses in a small street...		KARACHI: Schedule for postponed HSC papers KARACHI, June 2: The intermediate (HSC) annual examinations for regular and private candidates of humanities group will begin from June 15, it was learnt officially. An officer of the Board of...
KARACHI: JI leader’s killers to be arrested soon: Ibad KARACHI, June 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad said on Thursday that the killers of Aslam Mujahid will be arrested very soon as investigators have almost resolved the case....		KARACHI: ‘Water main issue in turning city green’ KARACHI, June 2: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Thursday dispelled the impression that water scarcity was the major cause restricting the transformation of Karachi into a green city....
KARACHI: Water shortage persists in many areas KARACHI, June 2: Many parts of the city on Thursday remained in the grip of an acute water shortage amid the persisting hot and humid weather. The worst-affected localities included Clifton’s...		KARACHI: Rangers deployed to check water theft KARACHI, June 2: Rangers personnel have been deployed in certain areas of the province to check water theft and inspect modules in the wake of complaints of water theft which has...
KARACHI: Religious leaders urged to restrain followers KARACHI, June 2: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has urged leaders of Sunni and Shia sects to foil the conspiracy of plunging the country into a new bloodbath....		KARACHI: Admission campaign in rural Sindh soon KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazlur Rahman, has called for launching a campaign to motivate the rural population to get their children of 5 to 9 years of age...
KARACHI: Mothers demand respect: seminar KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Dr Sohrab Sarki, said Islam was the only religion, which had given maximum respect to mothers, quoting the Holy Prophet (SAW) that...		KARACHI: Release of 53 people ordered KARACHI, June 2: The judicial magistrate, East, Hifzur Rehman, ordered on Thursday release of 53 people, who were arrested for resorting to violence following terrorist attack on Masjid Madinatul Ilm. The...
KARACHI: Over 700 sex-related cases reported last year: WAR KARACHI, June 2: As many as 728 sex-related crimes were reported in the city during the year 2004, says a report prepared by an NGO, the War Against Rape (WAR). It...		KARACHI: BA suppl exam process KARACHI, June 2: The examinations department, University of Karachi on Thursday notified that examination form and fee of regular candidates of BA for the supplementary examinations-2004 would be accepted till June...
KARACHI: 1,061 TB cases registered KARACHI, June 2: About 1,061 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) in adults were registered under the DOTS programme in the Chest OPD of the Civil Hospital from Oct 2002 to April 2005 Giving details of the registered cases, Dr Tajammul Baig, head of the Chest OPD, Civil Hospital,....		KARACHI: Book on Sahabzada Yaqub launched KARACHI, June 2: Former Foreign Minister Sahabzada Yaqub Khan has emphasized the significance of time as a factor in ‘negotiations’ and regretted that time...
KARACHI: Assemblies rendered redundant, says Qaim KARACHI, June 2: President of the PPP, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the assemblies are not being allowed to play their constitutional role. Addressing a news conference at...		KARACHI: Man sentenced for defrauding bank KARACHI, June 2: The special court for banking offences sentenced on Thursday a crook to different terms, totalling over five year, for defrauding a bank through fake cheque. Judge Qamaruddin Bohra...
KARACHI: Warrants for arrest of TPO, SHOs KARACHI, June 2: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the Anti-Terrorism Court No 3 issued on Thursday non-bailable warrants for the arrest of a town police officer and former station house officers...		KARACHI: Violence in city termed result of wrong policies KARACHI, June 2: Chairman of the Sindh National Front Sardar Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto has said that the bloodshed and violence that has engulfed Karachi is the outcome of the government’s...
KARACHI: Italian reception KARACHI, June 2: The Consul-General for Italy and Mrs Bruno Pasquino held a reception here on Thursday to mark the 59th anniversary of the proclamation of the Italian Republic. The reception...		HYDERABAD: Cotton crop target set at 3.2m bales for Sindh HYDERABAD, June 2: Field officers of agriculture extension have been directed to launch a campaign to ensure sowing of cotton on 630,000 hectares in Sindh. The directive was issued by Sindh...
HYDERABAD: PTCL union leaders held HYDERABAD, June 2: In a crackdown on leaders of the Pakistan Telecommunication Employees union, police on Wednesday night conducted raids in Mirpurkhas and Larkana and arrested some of them. The employees...		HYDERABAD: Golarchi channel project to ease water crisis HYDERABAD, June 2: The director of the Left Bank Canal Area Water Board, Agha Aijaz Ahmad, has said water channels of Golarchi, spread over 336 miles, are being excavated which will...
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Desperate woman jumps to death from train NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 2: A woman was killed while her husband was injured when they jumped from a running train near Kot Laloo railway station on Wednesday. Kulsoom, 19, daughter of...		DADU: Growers threaten to block highway DADU, June 2: A group of growers and political activists held a demonstration in Sehwan on Thursday against authorities for not starting a water pumping station of the Danister Canal to...
SANGHAR: Protest against auction of fishing rights SANGHAR, June 2: Local fishermen including women and children staged a demonstration on Thursday outside the office of the fisheries department in protest against the auction of fishing rights. They also...		THATTA: Arbab backs windmill project THATTA, June 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that installation of windmills for power generation will bring prosperity and create job opportunities for people along 350 kilometres...
SUKKUR: Girl beaten to death SUKKUR, June 2: A teenaged girl was beaten to death when she offered resistance to two people who tried to kidnap her in the Matarkot village in Ghotki on Thursday. Abida,...		MIRPURKHAS: Two die in accidents MIRPURKHAS, June 2: Two people were killed and four others were injured in two road accidents here on Thursday. Thirteen-year-old labourer Ramesh Kumar was killed when a mango-laden truck overturned ...