July 7, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 29, 1426

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KARACHI: Work on many schemes at a snail’s pace KARACHI, June 6: Work on over a dozen projects has either come to a halt or is progressing at a snail’s pace following dissolution of the city government....		KARACHI: Proposed service structure finalized: Paramedics’ demands KARACHI, July 6: The Sindh health department has finalized draft proposal of service structure for about 33,000 paramedical staff working in provincial government hospitals, which will be forwarded it to finance department on Thursday for financial consideration....
KARACHI: Measures for polls, monsoon reviewed KARACHI, July 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad here on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting which reviewed law and order, as well as the arrangements for expected rains and possible floods in Sindh....		KARACHI: Control rooms set up in all towns for monsoon KARACHI, July 6: The Sindh Adviser on Local Bodies, Waseem Akhtar, on Wednesday said control rooms would be set up in all 18 towns of the city, which would be manned...
KARACHI: US consulate may move to KPT area KARACHI, July 6: The US consulate is actively considering moving to a cotton storage warehouse of the Karachi Port Trust, near the Mai Kolachi bypass. Sources told Dawn on Wednesday the...		KARACHI: PPP asks EC to stop govt from violating election laws KARACHI, July 6: The PPP Sindh chapter has drawn the chief election commissioner’s attention to the violation of election laws allegedly by the chief minister and his coalition partners, and sought...
KARACHI: Bus stops in Malir being converted into shops KARACHI, July 6: Bus stops in Malir are being converted into shops in glaring violation of local government rules. At least half a dozen bus stops on Malir’s Begum Khursheed Road...		KARACHI: Adviser criticizes former city govt KARACHI, July 6: The Adviser to Chief Minister on Local Government, Waseem Akhtar, said the former city government had failed to rid the city of problems, nor could it fulfil its responsibilities....
KARACHI: No headway in bus dacoity case KARACHI, July 6: Police have so far failed to make any headway in the Tuesday’s UTS bus dacoity in North Nazimabad during which two people were shot dead....		KARACHI: 110 cellphones, 15 vehicles taken away KARACHI, July 6: As many as 110 cell phone sets were either snatched or stolen by bandits in various parts of the city on Wednesday. Similarly, two cars and 13 motorcycles were either snatched or stolen on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Bus fare hike challenged KARACHI, July 6: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the provincial labour, transport and commerce department to explain as under which formula public transport fares were increased and why objections from public were not invited while increasing the fare.—PPI...		KARACHI: SCDA projects for coastal areas KARACHI, July 6: Two mega projects costing Rs four billion for the development of coastal zone of Sindh have been approved and its implementation will start in the fiscal 2005-6 These...
KARACHI: DHA’s rain emergency plan KARACHI, July 6: A meeting of the DHA’s high officials finalized a rain emergency plan for the authority and Clifton Cantonment Board (CCB) areas. The meeting was presided over by the...		KARACHI: International moot on oncology tomorrow KARACHI, July 6: The 3rd International Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Conference and the first international conference on paediatric oncology will be held at a local hotel from July 8 to 10....
KARACHI: UK varsity team visits KU KARACHI, July 6: A delegation of the University of Manchester, headed by Head of the Department of International Relations Dr Katherine A Carver, visited the University of Karachi on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Youth conference KARACHI, July 6: Around 50 delegates from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would attend the four-day international youth conference being organized here in the metropolis from July 17 to 21....
KARACHI: MA exams from 27th KARACHI, July 6: The MA External Annual Examinations 2004 of the University of Karachi will commence from July 27. Admit cards of candidates will reach their postal addresses by July 20, said a KU statement on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Road scheme launched KARACHI, July 6: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Shoaib Bokhari on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a road in Gadap to be constructed at a cost of Rs31.750...
KARACHI: Karachi varsity gets pro-VC KARACHI, July 6: A retired teacher has been called back to serve as pro-vicechancellor at the University of Karachi, it was officially learnt on Wednesday. An official communiqué said the Governor,...		KARACHI: Dakait’s accomplice killed, two held KARACHI, July 6: An associate of the Rehman Dakait was killed and two of his accomplices were arrested by the police in an encounter on Hub River Road on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Edhi closes Larkana centre in protest KARACHI, July 6: The Edhi Foundation closed down its Larkana Centre on Wednesday evening over the failure of police to arrest a former in charge of Larkana Centre, accused of embezzlement of funds....		KARACHI: KPT PRO held KARACHI, July 6: A KPT PRO has been arrested by the NAB for misappropriation of Rs11 million. Officials said PRO Kafeel Ahmed embezzled funds on the basis of fake bills for photography....
KARACHI: JUP ready for adjustment of seats in LB polls KARACHI, July 6: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan’s Karachi chapter has announced that it would contest the coming local bodies polls in cooperation with other opposition parties and field joint candidates against those of the coalition parties....		HYDERABAD: Teachers’ service contract extended HYDERABAD, July 6: Sindh Minister for Education Dr Hameeda Khuhro has announced that all teachers appointed on contract basis will continue in service. Talking to a delegation of the Primary Teachers’...
HYDERABAD: Lining of all watercourses urged HYDERABAD, July 6: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Food and Agriculture, Murtaza Khan Jatoi, said that the government had requested the federal government for lining 100 per cent watercourses instead...		HYDERABAD: HDA asked to ensure adequate water supply HYDERABAD, July 6: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has said that Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad has taken a notice of shortage of water in different localities of the city....
HYDERABAD: Bus-owners demand action against contractor HYDERABAD, July 6: The All-Sindh Private Bus Transport Progressive Labour Union has threatened to launch a protest movement if authorities concerned failed to take notice of what they called highhandedness of the contractor who is overcharging parking fee from bus-owners....		HYDERABAD: Demand for autonomy under ’40 resolution HYDERABAD, July 6: The Sindh National Party has demanded that all federating units should be made “autonomous” and “sovereign” as envisaged by the leaders of the All-India Muslim League in the Lahore Resolution....
HYDERABAD: Writers’ welfare fund set up HYDERABAD, July 6: Sindh Minister for Education Dr Hameeda Khuhro has set up a ‘writers’ welfare fund’ for deserving writers, poets and research scholars. A sum of Rs2 million received by...		FEROZE NAUSHAHRO :Two commit suicide NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 6: Two people committed suicide by hanging themselves from tree on Tuesday. A man, Zulfiqar Chandio, 38, was found hanging from a tree in Fazal Mohammad Chandio village near Naushahro Feroze....