July 8, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1426

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KARACHI: Consumers in a fix since closure of LSR hydrant KARACHI, July 7: Residents of many water-starved localities, until recently depending on tanker service from the now closed LSR (Low Supply Reservoir) hydrant, are running from pillar to post to get water from an alternative hydrant....		KARACHI: Action against dealers of stolen cellphones likely KARACHI, July 7: Police has decided to launch a crackdown on those dealers and shopkeepers in the Saddar mobile electronics market who have been involved in the trading of snatched or stolen cellphones....
KARACHI: Committee to look into Sabzi Mandi affairs KARACHI, July 7: The Chief Minister, Dr Ghulam Arbab Rahim, has constituted a high-powered committee to solve problems concerning the New Sabzi Mandi. The committee, comprising 21 members including Minister of...		KARACHI: Rs29 million botanical garden at KU planned KARACHI, July 7: A botanical garden project was formally kicked-off on the University of Karachi campus on Thursday, when vice-chancellor, Dr Pirzada A Qasim, planted a Royal Palm sapling in the presence of senior faculty members....
KARACHI: 2 dealers released after plea-bargain KARACHI, July 7: The administrative judge of the accountability courts, Ms Qaiser Iqbal, ordered release of two dealers of the Thatta Cement Factoy after approving their plea of bargain....		KARACHI: Expert identifies seized turtle KARACHI, July 7: The 3,600 kg seized turtle meat is of fresh water turtles which are protected under the law. The customs had confiscated the meat when it was being smuggled out abroad by a Lahore-based trader....
KARACHI: Khuhro seeks suo motu notice of ‘tyranny’ KARACHI, July 7: Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Thursday strongly condemned the shifting of Mohan Lal Meghwar, an interned PPP leader who held the post of...		KARACHI: Women urged to contest LB polls KARACHI, July 7: The Aurat Foundation has urged the women to contest the ensuing local bodies’ elections 2005 so that they could become a part in the decision-making at the local level and safeguard the rights of women....
KARACHI: Robbers take away 140 cellphones, kill doctor KARACHI, July 7: A doctor was killed when he offered resistance to bandits who were attempting to snatch his cellphone in Gizri on late Thursday night....		KARACHI: Electricity failures continue KARACHI, July 7: Power breakdowns in various areas continued in the hot and humid weather on Thursday making the lives of people miserable. Officials of the KESC attributed the power breakdowns to local faults and denied any major power breakdown....
KARACHI: Altaf slams terrorism in London KARACHI, July 7: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain termed Thursday’s terrorist attack in London ‘callous and barbaric’ designed to kill innocent people. In a statement faxed from the MQM’s international...		KARACHI: Inspection of projects from today KARACHI, July 7: Sindh Adviser on Local Government Waseem Akhtar on Thursday arranged an inspection visit of the ongoing projects under the city government and town municipal administrations (TMAs)....
KARACHI: Adequate utilization of population plan urged: Seminar on family planning KARACHI, July 7: Speakers at a seminar on family planning here on Thursday called for efficient and effective motivation campaigns across the country, particularly in rural areas, for adequate utilisation of...		KARACHI: Japanese group to study city’s future water needs KARACHI, July 7: The Caretaker, City Government, Fazalur Rehman, on Thursday said planning would have to be carried out right from today to meet requirements of drinking water after 30 years....
KARACHI: Ibad lauds services of literary figures KARACHI, July 7: The Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, said that the government had been facing many challenges for the last 2 years including alleviation of poverty, improvement in the health and education sectors....		KARACHI: Drain near graveyard flooding area KARACHI, July 7: Visitors to the Sakhi Hasan Graveyard complain that the place gets submerged in filthy water flowing from a surrounding locality into a storm water drain passing across the graveyard....
KARACHI: Diploma exam forms KARACHI, July 7: The University of Karachi on Thursday notified for the information of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), and the Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases Karachi, candidates that the...		KARACHI: Unity among Muslims stressed KARACHI, July 7: The Provincial Minister for Religious Affairs, Manzoor Ali Panhwar, said the teachings of Islam were based on harmony, morality, peace and brotherhood and there was no room for hatred and prejudice in Islam....
KARACHI: Hospital project launched KARACHI, July 7: The Provincial Minister for Planning and Development, Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a 36-bed hospital in Gulberg Town....		KARACHI: High alert sounded for imminent floods KARACHI, July 7: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has ordered a state of high alert for police in view of the floods in river Indus as a flow of 450,000 to...
KARACHI: Pre-oncology conference workshops held KARACHI, July 7: Four pre-conference workshops about the ‘Third International Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Conference’ and ‘First International Conference on Paediatric Oncology’ were held at local hotel on Thursday....		KARACHI: Court warns counsel against lack of interest KARACHI, July 7: The Sindh High Court has taken notice of lack of interest by the state counsel in cases, and asked them to appear in their particular cases fully prepared....
KARACHI: Adviser for timely completion of roads KARACHI, July 7: Mumtaz Hamid, Adviser to chief minister, during his visit of to the Shahrah-i-Jahangir on Wednesday directed concerned officials to construct the road according to international standards and within stipulated time....		KARACHI: Accident KARACHI, July 7: A young boy, Mohammad Usman, 12, died in a hit-and-run accident on the main University Road on Thursday. The incident took place in the limits of Sachal police station, Gulshan Town, police said....