June 23, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 15, 1426

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KARACHI: PA adopts finance bill, session prorogued: 70pc tax on hotels restored KARACHI, June 22: With the adoption of the Sindh Finance Bill 2005 into a law on Wednesday by the provincial assembly, the business of the current budget session concluded and the...		KARACHI: SHC seeks explanation for putting Mengal on ECL KARACHI, June 22: The Sindh High Court asked the federal interior ministry on Wednesday to apprise it of the reasons behind the foreign travel ban imposed on Sardar Mohammad Akhtar Mengal,...
KARACHI: Heatwave, power cuts compound misery KARACHI, June 22: An unrelenting heatwave dealt a shattering blow to the fragile network of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation which collapsed again in almost all the localities of the city...		KARACHI: Heatwave to persist KARACHI, June 22: The mercury in the city rose to 42.2 degrees centigrade on Wednesday with low humidity of 33 per cent. The current trend of winds will continue for the next two days. Meteorological department has forecast hot and humid weather with chances of thunderstorm and light rain in Karachi over the next 24 hours...
KARACHI: Construction at Hindu Gymkhana KARACHI, June 22: The National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), present occupant of the Hindu Gymkhana, plans to carry out some construction work on the premises of the historical monument, it...		KARACHI: Security steps for LB polls reviewed KARACHI, June 22: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad here on Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation, and the steps being taken for the forthcoming local bodies elections....
KARACHI: MMA for polls under supervision of army KARACHI, June 22: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal demanded that the forthcoming local bodies’ polls should be conducted under the supervision of army, accusing that Rangers and police had failed to maintain law...		KARACHI: MQM urges parties to devise code of conduct: Local bodies polls KARACHI, June 22: Cautioning against the alleged conspiracy to derail the democratic dispensation by plunging the province, especially the metropolis into another phase of bloodbath, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has convened...
KARACHI: PPP demands transparent elections KARACHI, June 22: PPP-Parliamentarian President Makhdoom Amin Fahim has reiterated his party’s demand for early and transparent elections under an independent elections commission and vowed to bring back the party chairperson...		KARACHI: Artificial water shortage to help tankers mafia KARACHI, June 22: Independent sources in the KWSB have described the water shortage in the city as ‘artificial’, saying such tactics were usually applied to boost the sale of water through...
KARACHI: Bathing banned along 3 beaches KARACHI, June 22: Karachi’s three beaches — Neelam Point, Cape Mount and Sonehra Point — have been closed for bathing for two months because of high tide, while people can go...		KARACHI: PMA offers guidelines for pharma industry KARACHI, June 22: Expressing extreme concern about the unethical practices of pharmaceutical industry in bribing doctors, the Pakistan Medical Association Central Council has proposed some guidelines for the pharmaceutical industry. ...
KARACHI: MA results for colleges declared KARACHI, June 22: The University of Karachi has declared the results of MA (Regular) previous and final annual examinations 2004 for affiliated colleges. According to statistics, as many...		KARACHI: City nazim opens park, second chest pain centre KARACHI, June 22: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, inaugurated the city’s 12th model park named after late Aslam Mujahid in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Wednesday....
KARACHI: PPP attacks govt for flaws in budget papers KARACHI, June 22: Leader of the Opposition Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has said that the budget documents, including finance bill, are important papers which called for flawless figures and calculation anomalies, but...		KARACHI: Two held for killing KSE member KARACHI, June 22: Police on Wednesday arrested a young woman and a man for killing Amanullah Marfani, a member of Karachi Stock Exchange. Trussed-up body of Amanullah Marfani was recovered from...
KARACHI: PTCL renews free phone offer KARACHI, June 22: The PTCL has again extended ‘bilkul muft’ telephone connection scheme. Under this scheme, the people can get a new connection by making a call to 0800-898989 where they...		KARACHI: NICH to train Saudi nurses, doctors KARACHI, June 22: The visiting Saudi deputy minister for health has in principle agreed to collaborate with the National Institute of Child Health NICH), Karachi in various areas including training of...
KARACHI: Rs216.7m budget for Baldia presented KARACHI, June 22: The Nazim of Baldia Town, Aurangzeb Khan, on Tuesday presented the town’s budget of Rs216.70 million for the fiscal year 2005-06, showing a balance between revenue and expenditures....		KARACHI: Cancellation of illegal allotments urged: Gutter Baghicha KARACHI, June 22: The Shehri Tanzeem has urged that work on a national park scheme at the existing site of Gutter Baghicha be started immediately and all illegal allotments of land...
KARACHI: ATC puts off hearing in convoy attack case KARACHI, June 22: An anti-terrorism court put off on Wednesday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case after recording the statement of a prosecution witness. Judge Feroze Mehmood Bhatti...		KARACHI: APC for peace planned KARACHI, June 22: The Sunni Tehrik will hold an All Parties Peace Conference on Friday at the Karachi Press Club at 2pm, says a press release. The release says the Sunni...
KARACHI: Journalist grieved KARACHI, June 22: Aqeela Mateen, the wife of Mateen Ahmed Khan, a former Dawn staffer and senior journalist, passed away here on Tuesday night. She was 72. She was buried on...		HYDERABAD: Erratic power supply adds to people’s misery: Hyderabad in grip of heatwave HYDERABAD, June 22: With the city sizzling under a heatwave, the system of power distribution has created an unbearable situation for residents. While people suffer due to prolonged power breakdowns, Hesco...
HYDERABAD: Hunger strike against arrest of PPP MPA HYDERABAD, June 22: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Wednesday to protest against the arrest of party MPA Zahid Ali...		HYDERABAD: Growers want water HYDERABAD, June 22: Tail-end growers of the Kandhar Shakh, Bulri Shah Kari taluka, Tando Mohammad Khan district, have accused a retired officer of a law-enforcement agency of depriving them of their...
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Cantonment Board to have 4 UCs HYDERABAD, June 22: Following an announcement that the local bodies elections in cantonment areas of the country will be held on July 30, four union councils have been created in...		HYDERABAD: ‘Ejection of workers to be resisted’ HYDERABAD, June 22: Residents of Tando Mohammad Khan, Talpur Textile Mills, labour colony, and PPP activists staged a protest sit-in on Phulelli road on Wednesday against the threat of workers’ ejection...
HYDERABAD: Payment of Baitul Maal funds from 25th HYDERABAD, June 22: The DCO has said that funds for the 10th instalment of the food support programme under the Baitul Maal have been released to post offices concerned and payments...		HYDERABAD: Police get lawyer’s remand HYDERABAD, June 22: The Hussainabad police obtained four- day remand of an advocate in the case of murder of a watchman of a project which is stated to be the...