June 11, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 3, 1426

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KARACHI: Opposition stirs rumpus in budget session KARACHI, June 10: Budget session of the Sindh Assembly on Friday witnessed uproarious scenes for about 15 minutes before budget speech as MMA members...		KARACHI: Police foil MMA’s sit-in plan KARACHI, June 10: The police on Friday foiled Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s plan of a sit-in outside Sindh Assembly building by arresting their leaders and activists from Regal Chowk. However, later on they were released, police sources said....
KARACHI: Order reserved against Rehman’s accomplices KARACHI, June 10: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Friday judgement in a case against seven alleged accomplices of Rehman Dakait....		KARACHI: Hours-long traffic jam perturbs commuters KARACHI, June 10: A serious traffic jam was witnessed in the downtown area on Friday evening owing to the beefed up security in view of Muttahida Majlis–i-Amal’s plan to stage a...
KARACHI: People throng All About Lifestyles KARACHI, June 10: Thousands of shoppers on Friday afternoon flocked to the Expo Centre where All about lifestyles, a three-day exhibition organized by the Dawn Group of Newspapers, opened amid fanfare....		KARACHI: Hospital’s demolition proposal resented KARACHI, June 10: The medical superintendent of Services Hospital, Karachi, has expressed strong reservations on the proposal of razing the hospital, citing it was the only healthcare facility for the Sindh...
KARACHI: Alternative road to Sharea Faisal discussed KARACHI, June 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has stressed the need for construction of an alternative road to Sharea Faisal on priority basis to facilitate uninterrupted traffic movement to...		KARACHI: SPLA criticizes teachers’ transfers and postings KARACHI, June 10: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association has criticized the recent exercise of transfers and postings of college teachers, who had been promoted to higher grades during the last...
KARACHI: Expansion of Superhighway planned KARACHI, June 10: Federal Minister for Communications Shamim Siddiqui has announced expansion of Superhighway, linking Karachi to Hyderabad, with focus on turning it into a six-way lane inter-city project....		KARACHI: Strike by Urdu varsity teachers termed undue KARACHI, June 10: The administration of the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) on Friday said the ongoing protest and strike by the teachers at its Baba-i-Urdu Campus...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, June 10: The Met office has forecast hot and humid weather with maximum temperature expected to range between 35 and 37 degrees Centigrade in Karachi on Saturday....		KARACHI: Plea rejected in Bath Island plots case KARACHI, June 10: The Sindh High Court rejected on Friday an urgent plea seeking stay of construction on six Bath Island plots....
KARACHI: Writ against US officials, police put off to 15th KARACHI, June 10: The Sindh High Court adjourned hearing of a petition seeking registration of a case against the police personnel and US consulate officials who had allegedly manhandled and illegally...		KARACHI: Man dies in accident KARACHI, June 10: A man died in a hit-and-run accident on Stadium Road on Friday. Police said that the victim was in his 40’s apparently crossing the road when a speeding vehicle hit him. He was taken to the nearby hospital,...
KARACHI: Notices issued to NAB KARACHI, June 10: A Sindh High Court division bench issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau and other respondents in a petition questioning an accountability court’s insistence on the appearance of...		KARACHI: SIUT’s grant increased to Rs300m KARACHI, June 10: The Senior Finance Minister, Syed Sardar Ahmed, while announcing the Sindh budget for the fiscal year 2005-06 in the provincial assembly on Friday evening told that the grant-in-aid...
KARACHI: Deadline in Saqi case KARACHI, June 10: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court, who is also administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts in Karachi, on Friday ordered the investigation officer in the case...		KARACHI: Nisar terms budget pointless KARACHI, June 10: Leader of the opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro said that considering traditions, the opposition in the assembly attended the Friday’s assembly session with black armbands to...
KARACHI: Edhi advice to picnickers KARACHI, June 10: The Edhi Marine Service here on Friday warned Karachiites that since the coastal water has turned rough and there are high tides, it would be appropriate to avoid...		KARACHI: Illegal project KARACHI, June 10: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) has declared as illegal the sale and advertisement in respect of “Anara Garden” project in Sector 25-A, Deh Songal Tapu, Scheme-33, Gadap...
HYDERABAD: ‘Education reform plan to focus on Sindh and Balochistan’ HYDERABAD, June 10: The deputy chief of the Education Sector Reform Assistance (ESRA) programme, Islamabad, Dr Suleman Humayoon, has said that the plan is being implemented under the USAID to bring...		HYDERABAD: MMA holds rally against sacrilege, killing of workers HYDERABAD, June 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal held a demonstration at Seroghat after the Friday congregation in protest against desecration of Holy Quran by American troops, terrorist attacks on religious places and...
HYDERABAD: Widows appeal for help HYDERABAD, June 10: Two widows of Hashim Junejo from Chaukhandi village of the Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka, Dadu district, have made an appeal to the Sindh governor and chief minister to...		HYDERABAD: Arrest of activists criticized HYDERABAD, June 10: Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has criticized the arrest of party activists in Karachi in what he called under an unannounced operation....
BADIN: Protest against irrigation officials BADIN, June 10: About 2,000 employees of the irrigation department observed a pen-down strike on Friday in protest against what they called harsh attitude of the director of the Left Bank...		SHIKARPUR: Altaf urges people to cooperate with MQM SHIKARPUR, June 10: Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation (KKF) organised a function to distribute a variety of goods among poor and deserving people at Liaquat Park here on Friday evening....