July 14, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 6, 1426

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KARACHI: Musharraf announces industrial package KARACHI, July 13: President Pervez Musharraf has announced an industrial infrastructure development package, which includes two new industrial...		KARACHI: Four bodies, 11 injured airlifted to Karachi: Train tragedy KARACHI, July 13: Four bodies of those died in the train accident near Ghotki were brought to Karachi in a chartered plane late on Wednesday night....
KARACHI: PPP, MQM seek probe into train tragedy KARACHI, July 13: Political parties have expressed shock and dismay over train accident near Ghotki in which several hundred people were killed and a large number of passengers sustained injuries....		KARACHI: Sindh govt criticized for ‘pre-poll rigging’ KARACHI, July 13: Slamming the regime for alleged pre-poll massive rigging in the upcoming local government elections, the Pakistan Peoples Party on Wednesday announced launching a website to expose what it...
KARACHI: MQM cautions voters against propaganda KARACHI, July 13: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement persisted with its corner meetings on Wednesday in its bid to ensure peaceful local body elections and nullify the alleged conspiracies of the religious parties to vitiate the atmosphere....		KARACHI: Measures for shifting of US Consulate discussed KARACHI, July 13: US Consulate officials on Wednesday held meetings with the representatives of various public utilities in view of their relocation to a cotton storage warehouse on Mai Kolachi bypass....
KARACHI: Robberies, crime on the rise at KU campus KARACHI, July 13: The frequent incidents of robberies and other criminal activities on the University of Karachi campus have shattered the confidence of its residents in the available security system....		KARACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead KARACHI, July 13: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead by unknown persons in Azizabad early on Wednesday morning. Body of Adnan Aziz, 30, was found by the police in Block 8 of Azizabad....
KARACHI: Police officers summoned to Islamabad KARACHI, July 13: All field police officers of grade 18 and above of the Sindh police have been summoned at Islamabad for their meeting with President Pervez Musharraf on Friday....		KARACHI: CPA draft KARACHI, July 13: The Senate and National Assembly Secretariat have convened a meeting of all national and provincial legislatures to arrive at national consensus regarding ratification of the draft of Commonwealth...
KARACHI: Effluent plants to be set up in industrial estates KARACHI, July 13: Sindh Minister for Industries, Mohammed Adil Siddiqui, has said that effluent plants will be installed in all the industrial estates for which land will be provided by the provincial government....		KARACHI: Indian lawyers visit SBC office KARACHI, July 13: Legal fraternity in Pakistan and India on Wednesday pledged to continue sharing ideas and views to foster friendship and peace. The pledge came at a reception hosted by...
KARACHI: Work ordered on low-cost housing project KARACHI, July 13: Adviser to Chief Minister on Local Government Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday directed the City Government to start work on low cost housing project....		KARACHI: Imtiaz’s bail extended KARACHI, July 13: Hearing of a number of bail pleas filed by a former Sindh Minister, Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, was put off till August 10 by a Sindh High Court bench...
KARACHI: KESC notifies safety steps during rains KARACHI, July 13: KESC customers and people at large have been advised for protecting themselves and their families from electrical accidents and electrocution especially during rains....		KARACHI: New park in North Nazimabad KARACHI, July 13: A park is being built in North Nazimabad, Block-N at a cost of Rs8.5 million. Adviser to Chief Minister Mumtaz Hameed visited the park’s site to see the construction work....
KARACHI: Traffic jams clarified KARACHI, July 13: A spokesman for police department on Wednesday contradicted a news item appearing in press according to which traffic remained jammed for many hours on M.A....		KARACHI: KU research fellowships KARACHI, July 13: The University of Karachi on Wednesday invited applications for the award of university research fellowship from students enrolled in MPhil/ PhD programmes in the faculties of Arts, Sciences,...
KARACHI: Fun fair at Dow KARACHI, July 13: The Islami Jamiat Talabat at Dow University of Health Sciences organized a fun fair for students within the premises of Dow Medical College here on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Indonesia, Pakistan enjoy friendly relations: envoy KARACHI, July 13: Indonesia and Pakistan have been enjoying exemplary friendly relations and both the countries share the same views on important global and regional issues....
KARACHI: PPP slams Hasba Bill KARACHI, July 13: The Pakistan Peoples Party has rejected the Hasba Bill in the NWFP and termed it a full frontal attack on Pakistan as a moderate Muslim state....		KARACHI: 10 bikes recovered, gang busted KARACHI, July 13: The Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) arrested three members of a motorcycle lifting gang and a purchaser of stolen and snatched motorcycles here on Wednesday....
KARACHI: ME-bound passengers suffer flight delay KARACHI, July 13: Passengers of a private airline suffered tremendously on Wednesday morning for what its officials said “technical fault” in the aircraft. The Shaheen Airlines flight was to leave Karachi at 12.45am...		HYDERABAD: Fate of Hyderabad passengers still unknown HYDERABAD, July 13: The fate of passengers who had boarded the Lahore-bound Tezgam Express from Hyderabad and the Karachi Express for Hyderabad remained unknown as railway authorities have no confirmation whether...
HYDERABAD: Call for cut in prices of agricultural inputs HYDERABAD, July 13: The Sindh-Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association has appealed to the president to reduce prices of diesel and other agricultural inputs to save the agriculture sector and foreign exchange being spent on import of agricultural commodities....		HYDERABAD: Demolition of shops, restaurants condemned HYDERABAD, July 13: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur on Wednesday condemned demolition of shops and restaurants along the Super Highway in Nooriabad by the Jamshoro administration and police and termed it political victimization....
HYDERABAD: GOC inspects Indus Bund HYDERABAD, July 13: Hyderabad GOC Maj-Gen Mohammad Mustafa visited the Indus River protective bund at Bhanote, some 80 kilometres off here, on Wednesday. According to an ISPR press release, the GOC...		SUKKUR: Ban on movement of cattle in canals SUKKUR July 13: The caretaker of the district government, Shafique Ahmad Khoso, has imposed restrictions on movement/entrance of cattle into canals in the Sukkur taluka under section 144, Cr....