July 4, 2005	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 26, 1426

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KARACHI: Cellphone dealers, police lock horns again: Drive against snatchers KARACHI, July 3: A rift has developed between the Karachi Electronics Dealers’ Association (KEDA) and police over the sale of snatched and stolen mobile phones in Saddar electronics market....		KARACHI: Package for Sindh soon: Shujaat KARACHI, July 3: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Sunday that people of Sindh were justified in demanding more facilities and the government would ensure equal share for...
KARACHI: Niamat, 250 others nominated in FIR KARACHI, July 3: The former City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, three legislators and around 250 other people have been nominated in an FIR lodged by Nasreen Jalil, member of the Muttahida Qaumi...		KARACHI: Fire-hit PSO plant was ill-equipped KARACHI, July 3: The PSO lubricant manufacturing plant in Korangi Industrial Area, which was badly damaged by a huge fire on Saturday night, was not equipped with essential fire-fighting equipment,...
KARACHI: JI activist shot dead KARACHI, July 3: A member of the Jamaat-i-Islami was shot dead in Gulshan-i-Hadeed on Sunday. Police said Tajammul Hussain, 50, was shot by unknown persons outside his house in Gulshan-i-Hadeed within the limits of Steel Town police station early Sunday morning....		KARACHI: Fire erupts in building KARACHI, July 3: A fire broke out in the Bulbul-i-Hazardastan building on Napier Road at around 9.45pm on Sunday and engulfed the entire building. Soon afterwards, eight fire tenders were rushed...
KARACHI: Cellphone’s erratic performance annoys people KARACHI, July 3: Customers of the country’s largest cellphone company, Mobilink, were greatly inconvenienced on Sunday when their mobile handsets showed that there was no network coverage....		KARACHI: Rise in fuel prices brings back donkey-carts KARACHI, July 3: The use of donkey-carts, once mainly confined to Lyari and some other old city areas, is now becoming more visible in other parts of the city, thanks to soaring fuel prices....
KARACHI: Police action against token system KARACHI, July 3: The traffic police on Saturday arrested five termini operators of various minibuses and coaches for abetment and inciting drivers of other public transport buses to drive their vehicles recklessly and negligently....		KARACHI: UTS bus route restoration urged KARACHI, July 3: The sudden disappearance of urban transport system (UTS) buses of route UTS-8 has created great inconvenience for and resentment among a large number of commuters....
KARACHI: PIA achieves 20-year high seat factor KARACHI, July 3: Pakistan International Airlines achieved a 20-year high seat factor of 85.5 per cent on its domestic and 77.2 per cent on international routes in June, thus achieving an overall average of 78.6...		KARACHI: KU to hold world Sindhi conference KARACHI, July 3: The University of Karachi in a meeting held on Saturday decided to convene a world Sindhi conference in February 2006 on the varsity campus....
KARACHI: Parents urged not to overlook abdominal pain in children KARACHI, July 3: Parents and medical practitioners have strongly recommended parents not to ignore recurrent abdominal pain among children, as it may be a major sign of ‘Helecobacter pylori’, a silent...		KARACHI: BCom exam timings KARACHI, July 3: The Karachi University on Sunday notified that timings of new and old courses’ papers of BCom (regular and external) parts I and II supplementary exams 2004 had been changed....
KARACHI: Hydrant’s closure helps improve traffic flow KARACHI, July 3: With the closure of the low supply reservoir (LSR) hydrant, situated behind Civic Centre, the flow of traffic on a portion of the main University Road near the...		KARACHI: Better qualified nazims stressed KARACHI, July 3: President of the Tehrik-i-Istiqlal Rehmat Khan Wardag has demanded that the minimum educational standard required for a nazim should be raised so that it could be ensured that...
KARACHI: Ibad urges community’s help to curb crime KARACHI, July 3: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that the government is organizing participation of community at every level and positive and highly encouraging results of the process are emerging....		KARACHI: Two held for ulema’s murder KARACHI, July 3: Police are likely to declare the arrest of two activists of a banned sectarian group on Monday for their alleged involvement in killings of Mufti Ateequr Rehman, Maulana Irshad, Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai and five brothers....
KARACHI: POL price hike criticized KARACHI, July 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has termed the hike in fuel prices as an anti-people decision and alleged that the rulers were least concerned about the sufferings of the poor masses....		KARACHI: Impersonator arrested KARACHI, July 3: A youth, who had informed police on June 26 about his kidnapping identifying himself as son of Senator Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, was arrested on Sunday....
KARACHI: FIR against ex-nazim slammed KARACHI, July 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has condemned the registration of a farce and baseless FIR by Nasreen Jalil of the MQM against former City Nazim Niamatullah Khan and other MMA members at the Airport police station....		KARACHI: US praises Pakistan’s anti-terror role KARACHI, July 3: The US Consul General in Karachi, Mr Douglas Rohn, has praised the contribution of Pakistan in the war against international terrorism. “America has to be grateful for the...
HYDERABAD: Creation of districts termed a ploy to divide PPP votes HYDERABAD, July 3: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Naheed Khan has said that the division of districts and talukas on political and ethnic basis and large-scale transfers of senior officers are aimed at dividing PPP votes in local body elections....		HYDERABAD: Protest against shifting of taluka headquarters HYDERABAD, July 3: A large number of people from Manjhand taluka, Jamshoro district, staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday in protest against what they called illegal shifting of the taluka headquarters from Manjhand to Sann....
NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah’s division to be challenged in court NAWABSHAH, July 3: The Nawabshah taluka has been divided on political grounds and the decision will be challenged in a court. This was stated by former District Nazim Faryal Talpur while...		SUKKUR: Low voltage hits phone network SUKKUR, July 3: The city and adjoining areas were cut off from the rest of the country for approximately two and a half hours after telephone network collapsed on Sunday evening due to low voltage in the main exchange....
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Road blocked against power disconnection NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 3: Villagers took out a procession in Moro town on Saturday to protest against power disconnection. People of Haut Khan Chandio village came here on tractor trolleys and blocked the National Highway for three hours....		SANGHAR: One killed, 3 injured in clash SANGHAR, July 3: A man was killed and three others were injured in a clash over grazing of cattle in Rehman Dars village about 25km off Khipro on Sunday. Some cattle entered the fields on Saturday and after an exchange of hot words the animals were driven away...