July 6, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1426

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KARACHI: Opposition parties urged to unite for LB elections KARACHI, July 5: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has urged all opposition parties to get united and face the government challenge in the coming local bodies polls by fielding one-to-one candidate against the ruling coalition nominees....		KARACHI: Political rivals getting threats: Jamaat KARACHI, July 5: The Naib Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami and Senator, Prof Ghafoor Ahmad, has warned that if terrorism and killings were allowed under state sponsorship, the country’s solidarity would be threatened....
KARACHI: Code of conduct for LB polls questioned KARACHI, July 5: Pakistan People’s Party leader Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Tuesday termed the All Parties Conference held by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement a publicity ploy....		KARACHI: Law officer seeks time for comments on Mansur’s plea KARACHI, July 5: The federal law officer on Tuesday sought time before the Sindh High Court for obtaining comments from the concerned department on a petition by the ex-Naval chief, Mansurul Haq, against ban on his travel abroad....
KARACHI: Diplomat calls for dialogue to remove doubts KARACHI, July 5: The freedom of religion is one of the founding values of the United States and the American culture. This was stated by the outgoing US consul-general in Karachi, Douglas C.Rohn....		KARACHI: Commuter, motorcyclist shot dead by bandits: Bus robbery KARACHI, July 5: A commuter and a motorcyclist were gunned down by the bandits riding in a bus in North Nazimabad on Tuesday. Moreover, three people were injured in separate incidents...
KARACHI: Milk plant project KARACHI, July 5: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has sought details from the provincial secretary agriculture about milk plant project. He called for convening a meeting in this regard with participation...		KARACHI: Rain emergency centres KARACHI, July 5: Rain emergency centres have been set up in various towns to cope with any crisis situation in the coming rains. The rain emergency centre in Liaquatabad Town has...
KARACHI: ‘Bake Sale Mela’ held at CHK KARACHI, July 5: A number of students of the Dow Medical College (DMC) got involved in stall sale of bake cakes and other eatables to raise funds for different projects of...		KARACHI: NGOs seek lifting of ban on fishing KARACHI, July 5: A number of non-governmental organizations representing Karachi-based fishermen have called for lifting ban on catch of fish and shrimps currently imposed in the coastal zone of Sindh on account of breeding season....
KARACHI: Rs700m IT projects to be outsourced, says minister KARACHI, July 5: The Government of Sindh has made an allocation of Rs700 million for the Information Technology department for the fiscal year 2005-06, which has doubled the allocation of fiscal year 2004-05....		KARACHI: 20th volume of Lughat published KARACHI, July 5: The Urdu Lughat Board has published the 20th volume of the Urdu Lughat in spite of the fact that it faces a shortage of funds and human resources....
KARACHI: Pay structure of paramedics in 10 days, says adviser KARACHI, July 5: Sindh Health Adviser Faisal Malik refusing to be bogged down or pressurized by any group has assured that genuine demands of paramedics would be taken into consideration and...		KARACHI: NRL told to settle pensioner’s dues KARACHI, July 5: The Federal Service Tribunal has directed the National Petroleum Refinery and Petro Chemical Corporation (Perac) to recalculate the pensionary benefits of its former chief medical officer, who retired...
KARACHI: Rs21m display centre’s foundation laid KARACHI, July 5: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Shoaib Bukhari on Tuesday laid the foundation of a display centre at Government Polytechnic Institute for Women in Karimabad....		KARACHI: Physiotherapy admissions schedule KARACHI, July 5: The University of Karachi has announced enrolment and fee structure of BS (Physiotherapy). Enrolment fee of Rs600 will be charged from July 6 to 13....
KARACHI: Traffic police to make emergency plan for rains KARACHI, July 5: The Inspector General of Police Sindh, Asad Jehangir Khan, has directed the DIG Traffic Karachi to prepare a rain emergency traffic plan in advance, so that vehicular flow could be kept uninterrupted during rains....		KARACHI: Teachers’ contracts extended KARACHI, July 5: The Sindh government has decided to extend the service contracts of primary school teachers recruited on merit through the Sindh Public Service Commission in the year 2001....
KARACHI: Writers’ welfare fund gets Rs2 million KARACHI, June 5: The Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy, Dr Hamida Khuhro, being the chairperson of Sindhi Adabi Board, ordered for the establishment of ‘Writers Welfare Fund’ by placing initially an amount of Rs2 million....		KARACHI: Worship rights for all sects at YMCA urged KARACHI, July 5: Members of a Christian’s organization criticizing the control of Young Men Christian’s Association (YMCA) by the members of one sect have urged the authorities to ensure that all...
KARACHI: Handicrafts show inaugurated KARACHI, July 5: Sindh Minister for Women Development Saeeda Malik inaugurating stalls of Women Development Department set up at the International Consumer Show at Expo Centre on Tuesday....		KARACHI: Transporters threaten strike KARACHI, July 5: The National Transport Ittehad (NTI) on Tuesday threatened to announce a wheal-jam strike on July 16 if the government did not withdraw the upward revision in POL prices till July 15....
KARACHI: SC bench KARACHI, July 5: A session of Supreme Court, Karachi registry will be held from July 11 to 15. The two benches, comprising CJ Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Mohammad Javed Buttar and...		KARACHI: Water thieves warned KARACHI, July 5: The Managing Director of the KWSB, Brig Iftikhar Haider, has warned of stern action against those involved in water tampering and the black sheep with the board....
KARACHI: Demo held against price hike KARACHI, July 5: The Pakistan People’s Party, Karachi chapter, on Tuesday held a protest demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club against price hike and sacking of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s government on July 5, 1977....		KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, July 5: The Met office has forecast partly cloudy/ cloudy weather with chances of drizzle on Wednesday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to range between 32°C and 34°C.—PPI...
HYDERABAD: Rs1bn for social sector development: minister HYDERABAD, July 5: Sindh Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, Mr Qamar Mansoor, has said the Sindh government has earmarked Rs1 billion for the development of the social sector with a view to providing job opportunities and undertaking welfare oriented activities....		HYDERABAD: Ex-nazim booked HYDERABAD, July 5: Former Taluka Nazim Haji Moinuddin Sheikh and Municipal Workers Union (CBA) general secretary Akram Rajput on Sunday were booked by the City police for allegedly assaulting one person in the premises of the City TMA on June 27....
HYDERABAD: Former nazim alleges harassment HYDERABAD, July 5: Former Nazim of union council Seri of Thana Bula Khan, Jamshoro, district, Dur Mohammad Palari, has alleged that since the creation of the new district of Jamshoro, the...		HYDERABAD: PPP to field women for nazim’s posts HYDERABAD, July 5: People’s Party Parliamentarians will field women candidates on seats of nazims and naib nazims in local body polls and on reserved seats of councillors in Sindh, party sources claimed on Sunday....
HYDERABAD: Contractor accused of bullying bus owners HYDERABAD, July 5: The intercity bus terminal here has been tense for several days because of alleged violation in collection of parking fee by a contractor....		HYDERABAD: Villagers protest HYDERABAD, July 5: Villagers blocked the Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road for more than an hour on Sunday to protest against power breakdown in the Tajpur village near Tandojam for the last two days....