June 29, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 21, 1426

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KARACHI: City Council approves Rs43.807bn budget KARACHI, June 28: The City Council on Tuesday approved the City Government’s Rs43.807 billion budget for the fiscal 2005-06 against its total receipts of Rs43.823 billion, indicating a surplus of Rs15.79...		KARACHI: It is illegal: adviser KARACHI, June 28: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Local Government Waseem Akhtar on Tuesday termed the presentation and approval of the CDGK budget by the City Nazim in City Council illegal....
KARACHI: Rs35bn spent on uplift: nazim KARACHI, June 28: The city Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Tuesday, vowed to make Karachi a most modern and civilized city of the Islamic world by the year 2010. Delivering the fourth and the last budget speech of his four-year term of office in the City Council,...		KARACHI: 3.6 tonnes of turtle meat seized KARACHI, June 28: The Customs officials have seized a 3.6-tonne consignment of meat of the endangered green turtle being exported to the Far East by a Lahore-based trading company....
KARACHI: Muttahida extends invitations for APC KARACHI, June 28: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Tuesday approached mainstream political parties and invited them to participate in the All Parties Conference to be organized by the MQM on July 3....		KARACHI: Work on Rs42.74 million water project begins KARACHI, June 28: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, said the city government is honestly fulfilling its pledge of rendering services to the citizens without discrimination. “We have worked...
KARACHI: Hearing in van attack case adjourned KARACHI, June 28: An anti-terrorism court put off on Tuesday the hearing of the murder case of six employees of the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Organisation (SUPARCO) against a worker...		KARACHI: Police clueless in ulema murder case: Several raids conducted KARACHI, June 28: Police are groping in the dark to find a clue to the killers of Mufti Ateequr Rehman and Maulana Irshadul Haq, who were gunned down on Burnes Road on Thursday night....
KARACHI: Rs405.381m budget for NED varsity approved KARACHI, June 28: The senate of NED University of Engineering and Technology on Tuesday approved a recurring budget estimate of Rs405.381 million for 2005-06, with a deficit of Rs18.919 million....		KARACHI: Transfers, postings notified KARACHI, June 28: The Sindh Government has ordered a number of transfers and postings of officers with immediate effect. According to an official notification, Buxial Khan Gudaro, an officer of ex-PCS...
KARACHI: Super Highway link road plan launched KARACHI, June 28: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Tuesday said only an honest and responsible leadership could resolve the city’s problems. Laying the foundation-stone laying of a link road from...		KARACHI: Ten more free IT centres KARACHI, June 28: The Sindh Information Technology Department will open ten more free IT awareness centres in different districts of Sindh and the formal inauguration of these centres would start from June 29....
KARACHI: Free textbooks ready for distribution KARACHI, June 28: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, said on Tuesday that the textbooks for class one to five were ready for free distribution among the students....		KARACHI: ‘Goods taken away from disputed temple’ KARACHI, June 28: Various Hindu organizations, related to the disputed Guru Nanak Temple Arambagh, have alleged that a Sikh community member had taken away various articles belonging to the temple just...
KARACHI: Regularization deadline KARACHI, June 28: The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) has once again cautioned the public to submit their applications for regularization of buildings by June 30 after which action will be...		KARACHI: Polls on party basis sought KARACHI, June 28: The local bodies’ polls should be held on party basis and through the process of joint electorate. This was demanded by the speakers at a meeting arranged by...
KARACHI: CSS classes KARACHI, June 28: The CSS preparatory classes will commence at the University of Karachi from July 4. This was announced by a KU spokesman on Tuesday. He said that the classes would be conducted under the auspices of the university’s student guidance,...		KARACHI: 279 watchmen regularized KARACHI, June 28: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ordered the regularization of services of 279 chowkidars (watchmen) of provincial food department, who were appointed on contingent basis some years back....
KARACHI: Curriculum for national coherence stressed: Education symposium KARACHI, June 28: Speakers on the second day of a symposium on “Understanding Quality Education” on Tuesday held curriculum as the key feature of education frameworks meant for societal development, which...		KARACHI: Driver kills constable KARACHI, June 28: The driver of an inter-city passenger coach shot dead a traffic police constable on Shahrah-i-Pakistan on Tuesday evening. Police said that a passenger coach (JA-9181) was coming from Mansehra....
KARACHI: Foundation of school project laid KARACHI, June 28: The Sindh Minister for Planning and Development, Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Government Boys Secondary School, Azimpura, Shah Faisal Town....		KARACHI: Schedule for selection in AMC notified KARACHI, June 28: The Army Selection and Recruitment Centre, Karachi, announced on Tuesday that the registration for commission in Army Medical Corp and as psychologist will begin from July 4....
KARACHI: Steps urged for uplift of special people KARACHI, June 28: The Sindh Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Sohrab Khan Sarki, said that it was the responsibility of everyone to come forward and help the underprivileged....		KARACHI: Emergency landing by Brunei plane KARACHI, June 28: A Boeing 767 of the Royal Brunei Airline made an emergency landing at the Karachi Airport after one of its two engines failed on Tuesday....
HYDERABAD: No headway on NFC issue, says minister HYDERABAD, June 28: Senior Sindh Minister for Finance and Cooperation Syed Sardar Ahmad has said there has been no headway on the NFC award issue. He was speaking to journalists at...		HYDERABAD: Regularization of contract teachers’ service demanded HYDERABAD, June 28: Teachers of primary schools took out processions and held demonstrations in different parts of Sindh on Tuesday for acceptance of their demands. The Primary Teachers...
DADU: Creation of new talukas opposed DADU, June 28: The district president of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, MNA Rafique Jamali, has said that the government is creating two talukas in Dadu district for dividing the PPP vote in the interest of the PML...		NAWABSHAH: Musharraf urged to postpone LB polls NAWABSHAH, June 28: Sindh Minister for Religious Affairs Mir Manzoor Khan Panhwar has said that the Sindh government has submitted a proposal to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to postpone...