June 27, 2005	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 19, 1426

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KARACHI: Nazim slams transfers before LB elections KARACHI, June 26: City Nazim Niamatullah Khan on Sunday said that a major partner in the Sindh coalition was effecting transfers and postings on a large scale in the city’s local government....		KARACHI: Minister sees increase in violence ahead of polls KARACHI, June 26: The Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Ijazul Haq, has expressed fears that acts of terrorism might escalate in run-up to the local bodies’ elections in Karachi....
KARACHI: All set for polls, says governor KARACHI, June 26: The provincial government has completed arrangements to hold the local bodies’ election in time and in a peaceful manner. This was stated by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad...		KARACHI: APC seeks sacking of Sindh govt, governor KARACHI, June 26: The all-parties conference held under the auspices of Jamaat-i-Islami, Sindh, here on Sunday has demanded dismissal of the Sindh governor and government and setting...
KARACHI: The partitioning of Clifton Beach THE Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, has taken over Clifton Beach and developed it from McDonald’s to the Salt and Pepper Restaurant. A stone embankment wall has been built...		KARACHI: Killings patronized by govt, claims MMA KARACHI, June 26: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has claimed that everyone knew who the killers of the ulema...
KARACHI: Lack of resources discouraging Lyari CBOs KARACHI, June 26: Except a few non-government organizations and community-based organizations operating in Lyari Town, majority of them have been rendered ineffective mainly due to financial reasons,....		KARACHI: Young man drowns; infant rescued KARACHI, June 26: A young man drowned in the sea while an infant was rescued on Sunday when thousands of people throng the city’s coastline. Officials of Emergency Rescue Centre, Hawkesbay,...
KARACHI ‘Char bait’ contest at cultural street KARACHI, June 26: The organizers of Koocha-i-Saqafat revived the long-forgotten poetic genre,...		KARACHI: Narcotics burnt KARACHI, June 26: The Pakistan Customs Preventive Collectorate on Sunday flamed 2,000kgs of hashish and 300kgs of heroin at Neelam Point, Hawkesbay, on the occasion of Anti-Narcotics Day....
KARACHI: Need stressed to improve system of education: Iqra varsity convocation KARACHI, June 26: Federal Education Minister Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi expressing concern over the state of country’s education....		KARACHI: Lyari being made to suffer, says town nazim KARACHI, June 26: The funds promised by President Pervez Musharraf and Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad for the uplift of Lyari are yet to be released despite...
KARACHI: Policeman hinders transport of body KARACHI, June 26: A policeman did not hesitate to use the body of even a fellow policeman to earn a few rupees and disappeared with the legal documents required to transport...		KARACHI: Media held responsible for changing values KARACHI, June 26: Media is changing social, as well as, moral values of our society at a rapid pace and children are its first victims, said speakers of a seminar here on Saturday....
KARACHI: Civil society urged to promote literacy KARACHI, June 26: Speakers at a function on Sunday stressed that a nation could not progress in true sense unless it gave due importance to education....		KARACHI: Promotion of ethics urged to deal with new conflicts KARACHI, June 26: The dismantling of the cold war system and rapid strides by the forces of globalization in the new world order have given birth to new conflicts...
KARACHI: Bhit Shah Complex celebrations KARACHI, June 26: Three-day golden jubilee celebrations of the Bhit Shah Cultural Centre will begin from July 7. According to an announcement here on Sunday, this was stated at a...		KARACHI: KKF holds free medical camp KARACHI, June 26: A one-day free medical camp was organized by Muttahida Legal Aid Committee under the auspices of the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation (KKF) in Mawach Goth, Baldia Town here on Sunday....
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, June 26: The Met office has forecast hot and humid weather for Karachi with maximum temperature expected to range between 35 and 37 degrees Centigrade on Monday. The highest maximum temperature of 47 degrees Centigrade was recorded at Dalbandin and the lowest minimum temperature of 19.5 degrees...		KARACHI: Emergency steps for rains, floods ordered: All depts, utility services put on alert KARACHI, June 26: In view of the expected heavy rains and floods, all town municipal administrations, group of offices of the city government and important utility agencies have been advised to make required arrangements....
KARACHI: Hoax calls disturb police dept KARACHI, June 26: An anonymous caller informed the police helpline identifying himself as the son of a senator being kidnapped by unknown persons created panic...		KARACHI: Dawn staffer grieved KARACHI, June 26: Inayat Rasool Awan, father of Akhgar Anwaar Awan, a sub-editor of Dawn, passed away here on Sunday after a brief illness.....
HYDERABAD: Jamshoro district to get Rs2 billion for development: Gorakh hill station to be completed soon: CM HYDERABAD, June 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that Rs2 billion had been allocated for Jamshoro district. He said work on the Gorakh hill-station would be carried...		SUKKUR: Rally in Sukkur for women’s rights SUKKUR, June 26: More than 250 human rights activists staged a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday to denounce crimes against women, karo-kari and Jirga system....
HYDERABAD: Plea to reopen Khokhropar route HYDERABAD, June 26: Office-bearers of the Association of Peoples of Asia on Sunday demanded that Khokhropar-Monabao border and Indian consulate in Karachi should....		HYDERABAD: Call for release of PPP MPA HYDERABAD, June 26: Workers of the People’s Labour Bureau held a demonstration outside...
MIRPURKHAS: Major power breakdown MIRPURKHAS, June 26: A major power breakdown, lasting over five hours, hit Hirabad sub- division on Sunday morning causing immense hardship to people....		NAWABSHAH: JSM rejects NFC award NAWABSHAH, June 26: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM) has said it will reject any National Finance Commission award unless Sindh was given the ownership rights over its resources....
SANGHAR: Shopkeeper killed SANGHAR, June 26: A man, Ali Raza Hazara, 25, was killed by unidentified people in a flat on the M.A. Jinnah road here on Sunday. The deceased was a bachelor...		KARACHI: Convoy attack case KARACHI, June 26: An anti-terrorism court put off hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case on the request of the defence counsel....