June 21, 2005	Tuesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1426

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KARACHI: SHC dismisses plea against sale of PTCL KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh High Court dismissed in limine a writ petition against the sale of 26 per cent shares of the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited. Contesting the petition,...		KARACHI: Exchange of medical seats with Punjab discontinued KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh Health Department has decided to depart from the routine of exchanging medical students of the province with those of Punjab. In a meeting of the health...
KARACHI: Expenditure of Rs26bn approved amid chaos: Supplementary demands KARACHI, June 20: Treasury benches in the Sindh Assembly on Monday hurriedly adopted all 54 demands for grants of supplementary expenditure for the year 2004-05 ignoring the opposition’s protest against the chief minister’s remarks....		KARACHI:Rain likely n coastal areas KARACHI, June 20: The week got off to a sizzling start when temperatures rose to over 38 degrees Centigrade, making Monday the hottest day of the month A spokesman for the Pakistan Meteorological Department said temperatures ranged between 38.8 and 29 degrees Centigrade on Monday. He added that humidity level stood at 62 per cent. The Met office spokesman said there were chances of rain/dust....
KARACHI: Park at old Sabzi Mandi to be ready in 2 months KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh assembly was on Monday informed that work on the public park being developed at the old Sabzi Mandi site in the city was expected to be...		KARACHI: Exhibitors seek end to tax on cinemas KARACHI, June 20: The Pakistan Film Exhibitors’ Association on Monday criticized the Sindh government for not abolishing entertainment tax. Speaking at a press conference,...
KARACHI: First chest pain centre in city inaugurated KARACHI, June 20: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan on Monday laid the foundation stone of Karachi’s first chest pain centre in Model Colony, Malir Town. It will serve as a crisis centre...		KARACHI: Two die in accidents KARACHI, June 20: Two persons died and two children were wounded in separate road accidents on Monday. A man died and his two children were wounded in an accident on Stadium...
KARACHI: Lower court told to end trial in 60 days: Ex-FPCCI chief’s acquittal set aside KARACHI, June 20: The Supreme Court set aside on Monday acquittal of a former president of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry in a narco case and directed...		KARACHI: Case against Saqi, wife disposed of KARACHI, June 20: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court who is also administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Courts in Karachi, on Monday accepting a police report, disposed of a...
KARACHI: Govt must quit as cut motions passed, says Khuhro KARACHI, June 20: The opposition in Sindh Assembly on Monday accused the ruling coalition of bulldozing democratic norms for getting the ‘unjustified’ supplementary budget of Rs26 billion approved in less than...		KARACHI: CS for timely completion of uplift schemes KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazlur Rehman, called upon the officials of the Planning and Development Department, to particularly ensure that industrial effluent or other contaminations did not mix...
KARACHI: Rs3.8m sewerage project launched KARACHI, June 20: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari on Monday laid the foundation stone of sewerage scheme sponsored by MPA Bilquees Mukhtar under MPA’s Priority Programme in Arafat...		KARACHI: Acute water shortage hits Lyari KARACHI, June 20: Filthy water is being supplied in some parts of Baghdadi union council, where residents have apprehended that if remedial measures are not taken immediately, water-born diseases may break...
KARACHI: Law exams KARACHI, June 20: A spokesman for the University for Karachi on Monday clarified that the law students were still at liberty to give the answers of questions in examinations in Urdu university spokesman said that the University of Karachi had already notified on June 9 that the question papers of LLM annual examination...		KARACHI: Multi-purpose complexes for working women soon KARACHI, June 20: The Provincial Minster for Transport, Labour, Trade and Industries, Mohammad Adil Siddiqui, on Monday said multi-purpose complexes would be established in the city for providing vocational and industrial...
KARACHI: MA exam results KARACHI, June 20: The University of Karachi on Monday announced the results of MA final and previous external supplementary examination 2003. A university announcement said that the results pertained to the...		KARACHI: Two women varsities for city approved KARACHI, June 20: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, has approved to set up two new women universities in the city. The coordinator to city nazim for education, Prof Naseem Siddique told...
KARACHI: Exhibition of Japanese architecture KARACHI, June 20: An exhibition of contemporary Japanese architecture was inaugurated at the V.M. Art Gallery, Rangoonwala Community Centre, here on Monday. The Sindh Minister for Planning and Development, Syed Shoaib...		KARACHI: Lease work of Moosa Goth KARACHI, June 20: Sindh Katchi Abadies Authority, after the due approval of its advisory committee, has included Moosa Goth, North Nazimabad, in its regularization plan, and a lease team would start...
KARACHI: New party floats idea of parallel economy KARACHI, June 20: A new religio-political party, Bedar Pakistan Azmat-i-Islam, was introduced in Karachi on Monday with claims of bringing an Islamic and economic revolution an interest-free ‘Mutual Benefit Coupon System’...		KARACHI: Inter-varsity declamation KARACHI, June 20: Adnan Hameed Siddiqui from Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education won the Inter-University Declamation Contest held under the auspices of the Iqra University. A statement on Monday said that...
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, June 20: The Met office has forecast hot and humid weather with maximum temperature expected to range between 38°C and 40°C in Karachi on Tuesday. The highest maximum temperature of...		HYDERABAD: Committee to brief foreign diplomats: Controversial water projects HYDERABAD, June 20: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee will present the water case of Sindh before foreign diplomats and representatives of funding agencies on the occasion of water conference to...
HYDERABAD: Literacy campaign launched HYDERABAD, June 20: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hameeda Khuhro has said that improvement in the standard of education is priority of the government and added that development could only be brought...		HYDERABAD: Writers from India visit university HYDERABAD, June 20: A three-member delegation of Sindhi writers from India visited the University of Sindh and the Institute of Sindhology in Jamshoro on Monday. The writers are: Hari Motwani, Hero...
LARKANA: Nazim presents joint budget for two districts: Larkana, Qambar-Shahdadkot LARKANA, June 20: Larkana District Nazim Khurshid Ahmad Junejo on Monday presented Rs2,348.556 million joint budget for Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts at a special session of the district council. He said...		THATTA: District council approves over Rs1.8bn budget for Thatta THATTA, June 20: The District Council of Thatta approved on Monday the district’s Rs1.835 billion budget for the fiscal year 2005-2006. Addressing the budget session, District Nazim Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah...