June 14, 2005	Tuesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 6, 1426

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KARACHI: Schedule soon for LB elections: CEC KARACHI, June 13: The schedule for the local bodies polls would be announced soon. This was stated by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar while talking to reporters at the office of the Provincial Election Commissioner here on Monday....		QUETTA: ‘LB polls to be Altaf vs Niamat contest’ QUETTA, June 13: The City Nazim of Karachi, Niamatullah Khan, has declared that the next local bodies’ polls would in fact be a contest between Altaf Hussain and Niamatullah....
KARACHI: Saqi granted pre-arrest bail, wife freed KARACHI, June 13: The Sindh High Court admitted Jam Saqi to pre-arrest bail in a kidnapping case and confirmed the interim bail granted in the case to his detained wife, Akhtar Sultana, on Monday. Disposing of a writ petition moved by the couple...		KARACHI: Iranian couple’s registration termed mistake KARACHI, June 13: An Iranian couple and their minor daughter were mistakenly registered by the National Aliens Registration Authority (Nara) and the government had ordered cancellation of their registration, Deputy Attorney-General ...
KARACHI: PA debate on budget begins amid rumpus KARACHI, June 13: The Sindh budget 2005-06 came under severe criticism from opposition benches when the provincial assembly initiated a general debate on it on Monday....		KARACHI: Two die in accidents KARACHI, June 13: Two persons, including a teenager, died in road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday. Police said that Muhammad Akhtar, 17, a junk dealer, was crossing the main Sharea Faisal pushing his cart when a speeding minibus of D-7 route knocked him down....
KARACHI: Arbab calls on Pir Pagara KARACHI, June 13: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim called on PML-F chief and spiritual leader of Hur Jamaat Pir Pagara at Kingri House on Monday. They discussed local bodies elections, Annual Development Programme,...		KARACHI: Indifference to child rights criticized KARACHI, June 13: Speakers at the launch of a report on Monday urged the government to give due priority to social sector development, particularly children related issues, so that quality of...
KARACHI: Humanities annual exams from 15th KARACHI, June 13: About 64,000 candidates will appear in the HSC Humanities (regular and private) annual examinations, 2005, commencing on June 15. The controller of examinations of the Board of Intermediate..		KARACHI: Media urged to help cut population growth KARACHI, June 13: The Sindh Minister for Population Welfare, Syed Ali Bux Shah, here on Monday disclosed details of a proposal aimed at seeking public approval for family planning strategies....
KARACHI: Admissions to KU evening programmes KARACHI, June 13: The Director of the evening programme at Karachi University, Prof Shahid Zaidi, announced that the date for acceptance of admission and tuition fees from those included in the...		KARACHI: PPP blames govt policies for unbridled inflation KARACHI, June 13: The Pakistan People’s Party has rejected the government’s claim of improvement in the national economy, saying that inflation has plagued the country and is forcing people not only...
KARACHI: HSC exam centre shifted KARACHI, June 13: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi has notified for the information of all concerned that the Chinniot Islamia College, block-7, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, University Road, Karachi Centre has been shifted...		KARACHI: Use of modern technology urged for uplift KARACHI, June 13: The Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazlur Rehman, called for the utilization of modern technology and an effective strategy for early implementation of the road sector development programme under the...
KARACHI: Illegal structures demolished KARACHI, June 13: Illegal constructions were demolished in different areas of the city in an action taken by demolition squad of the Karachi Building Control Authority on Monday. According to the...		KARACHI: Ban imposed on betel-nut products, gutkas KARACHI, June 13: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has imposed a ban on the manufacture, sale, use and storage of betel products and gutkas, within the jurisdiction of the city government,...
KARACHI: En bloc posting of teachers ordered: Denationalized colleges KARACHI, June 13: The governor of Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has asked the Sindh Education Department to ensure en bloc posting of teachers withdrawn from the two recently denationalized colleges in...		KARACHI: SHC sends woman to Darul Aman KARACHI, June 13: A woman remarried by her father after annulment of her free will marriage by a tribal jirga was on Monday ordered by the Sindh High Court to be...
KARACHI: Nadra develops vehicle tracking system KARACHI, June 13: A decision has been taken in principle for introducing the Vehicle Identification and Tracking System devised by the National Database Registration Authority in Sindh. Initially, it will be...		KARACHI: PPP’s protest on 16th KARACHI, June 13: The Pakistan Peoples Party, Sindh on Monday announced a day of protest in the province on June 16 against the arrest of the party’s Hyderabad City president and...
KARACHI: 12mgd water shortfall caused by power cut KARACHI, June 13: The city on Monday suffered a shortfall of around 12 million gallons of water in the wake power failures that occurred at Dhabeji pumping station (Phase-II and IV)....		KARACHI: Work begins on third bus terminus KARACHI, June 13: The city government has started work on the construction of an inter-city bus terminus in the environs of the metropolis off Super Highway near Gulshan-i-Maymar, which is likely...
KARACHI: Opposition stages sit-in KARACHI, June 13: The combined opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Monday staged a sit-in on the stairs of the assembly building to deplore the arrest of MPA Zahid Bhurgari in...		KARACHI: New rice variety next year KARACHI, June 13: The Sindh Assembly was on Monday informed that the high-yield rice variety being developed to replace Irri-6 was expected to be released in 2006-2007. The information came from...
KARACHI: Banker arrested for fraud KARACHI, June 13: A senior vice-president of the Islamic Investment Bank Limited was arrested on Monday by the National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, in a bank fraud case. Vakil Ahmed Siddiqui, who...		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, June 13: The Met Office has forecast hot and humid weather for Tuesday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 35 and 37 degrees Centigrade in Karachi and very...
HYDERABAD: PPP protests against arrest of MPA HYDERABAD, June 13: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians have condemned the arrest of party MPA Zahid Bhurgari, saying his life is in grave danger as he has not been produced...		HYDERABAD: Water rotation plan in Badin HYDERABAD, June 13: The director of the Left Bank Canal Area Water Board, Badin, has announced a rotation programme from June 14 to manage water shortage. In a notification issued here...
HYDERABAD: IRO-2002 termed anti-labour HYDERABAD, June 13: A labour convention has called for repeal of all anti-worker and trade union clauses of the Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002, describing it a violation of the ILO convention...		HYDERABAD: Woman appeals for justice HYDERABAD, June 13: A widow has appealed to authorities to register an FIR of the murder of her son and restore possession of ancestral property to her family. Speaking at a...
HYDERABAD: Plan to develop cattle farms urged HYDERABAD, June 13: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on livestock and fisheries, Faqir Jadam Mangrio, has directed officials of the livestock department to prepare schemes for the benefit of...		SANGHAR: Bodies of man, woman remain unclaimed SANGHAR, June 13: The bodies of a man and a woman found in the Jamrao Canal near Dilore Mori on Sunday have not been identified. The bodies are lying unclaimed in...