July 15, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 7, 1426

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KARACHI: Flag system introduced for safety of beachgoers KARACHI, July 14: The Emergency Rescue Centre (ERC) of the city government on Thursday introduced flag system at beaches on Thursday for the safety of picnickers, a senior official said....		KARACHI: Muttahida’s election campaign continues KARACHI, July 14: MQM coordination committee members, ministers and advisors continued campaign for the party’s proxies in the upcoming local government elections in various parts of the metropolis and solicited their support....
KARACHI: Rangers given key role in maintaining law & order: Local body elections KARACHI, July 14: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Thursday said that Pakistan Rangers would play key role in maintaining peace during upcoming local body polls so that they could be held in free, fair, transparent and tranquil environment....		KARACHI: BSE warns schools against dual affiliation KARACHI, July 14: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, has once again warned the secondary schools affiliated with it that in no case would they be encouraged to have links with other education boards for examination purposes....
KARACHI: Six more bodies arrive KARACHI, July 14: Six more bodies of the ill-fated train passengers who died in Wednesday’s train tragedy, were shifted from Ghotki to Karachi on Thursday. Officials of the Edhi Foundation said...		KARACHI: Army may not be needed in polls: Ibad KARACHI, July 14: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad Khan said on Thursday that police and Rangers were capable of maintaining law and order during the upcoming local government elections in the province...
KARACHI: Woman wins free will in Zina case KARACHI, July 14: The Sindh High Court on Thursday allowed a petitioner, Irshad Bibi, to live with her spouse Nawaz Ali, and restrained police from taking any action against the couple....		KARACHI: Increase in Sindh health sector funds put at 32pc KARACHI, July 14: Development funds for the health sector in Sindh has been increased by 32 per cent in the year 2005 raising the year’s allocation from Rs600 million to Rs795 million for provincial schemes alone....
KARACHI: Need stressed to promote research culture KARACHI, July 14: The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Karachi, Prof Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, has underscored the need for sustainable growth of varsities in the country, focussed on knowledge based activities, manifested through interactive education cum research programmes....		KARACHI: Proposals for free, fair elections presented KARACHI, July 14: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday recommended proposals for holding of free, fair and impartial local bodies elections, and feared that elections might be rigged....
KARACHI: Hearing in Pearl case adjourned KARACHI, July 14: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Ataur Rahman and Justice Musheer Alam on Thursday adjourned hearing of three appeals in Danial Pearl kidnapping and murder case till August 16....		KARACHI: Student’s body washed ashore KARACHI, July 14: The body of a student, who had drowned on Wednesday, was retrieved on Thursday by the lifeguards of the City Government’s emergency rescue centre, with the help of an NGO, and coast guards....
KARACHI: ATC summons Imtiaz on 30th KARACHI, July 14: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Thursday directed the counsel of sacked provincial revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh to produce his client before the court on July 30...		KARACHI: KFHA affairs KARACHI, Jul. 14: The Sindh Trawler Owners Fishermen Association (STOFA) has called for introducing one-window operation in the channel of Karachi Fish Harbour. The present system, the association claimed, is a...
KARACHI: Regime out to hijack election process: PPP KARACHI, July 14: The monitoring committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party for local bodies’ elections on Thursday alleged that the military regime was employing pre-poll rigging to hijack the whole election process....		KARACHI: PN special force KARACHI, July 14: Pakistan Navy has put its special forces on high alert in the areas of Shah Bandar, Keti Bandar, Jati, Sajawal and Chur Jamali to meet any eventuality in case of floods....
KARACHI: Euro39m to be spent on education: Hamida KARACHI, July 14: The European Union has provided a grant of 39 million euros (Rs3 billion) to Sindh for the promotion of education in the province....		KARACHI: NGO concerned over women rights KARACHI, July 14: The Aurat Foundation, a non-governmental organization working for women rights, has condemned political parties in the NWFP’s Dir district for restricting women from contesting the ensuing local bodies’...
KARACHI: Artists perform at AKU KARACHI, July 14: Renowned drama artist Usman Peerzada and brothers Faizan and Salman, of Rafi Peer Theatre Group left a profound impression on the audience, as they made their eloquent and...		KARACHI: Woman gives birth to four KARACHI, July 14: A 35-year-old woman gave birth to four babies, three females and one male, here at a local hospital in Metroville on Thursday. According to the hospital administrator, Mrs...
KARACHI: New block of ASH opened KARACHI, July 14: The 100-bed extension project of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, named as Nasir Hussain Shaheed Block, was inaugurated by Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari here on Thursday....		KARACHI: Bastille Day KARACHI, July 14: To mark Bastille Day — the national day of France — French Consul-General Jean-Yves Berthault held a reception at his residence on Thursday....
HYDERABAD: Emergency declared in veterinary hospitals HYDERABAD, July 14: The director of the Sindh animal husbandry, Dr Sarwar Shaikh, has said a state of emergency has been declared at all veterinary hospitals and dispensaries of the province in the wake of heavy flood and rains....		HYDERABAD: Moot on ‘Sindh vision and envision’ next year HYDERABAD, July 14: The University of Sindh, Jamshoro, and the University of Karachi will jointly organize a four-day international conference on “Sindh vision and envision” in February 2006 in Karachi....