July 21, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 13, 1426

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KARACHI: Heavy rush for filing nomination papers KARACHI, July 20: Till midnight Wednesday, the deadline to file nomination papers in the first phase of local government elections 2005...		KARACHI: PM asks PTA to conduct new phone service survey KARACHI, July 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to carry out another quality of service survey of Mobilink rather than fine the country’s largest mobile phone company on the basis of a previous survey....
KARACHI: Poll process puts civic problems on back burner KARACHI, July 20: An uneasy calm prevails in the areas formerly constituting district south and west amid resentment among people over the failure of the local bodies representatives to ensure provision...		KARACHI: NAB accused of interference in judicial process KARACHI, July 20: Pakistan People’s Party vice chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Wednesday accused the National Accountability Bureau of interfering in judicial process in Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case against former...
KARACHI: Hydrants causing damage to roads: Shifting demanded KARACHI, July 20: Two hydrants, one near the water pump intersection in Federal B Area and the other near the Sakhi Hassan roundabout in North Nazimabad, are causing hindrance in the...		KARACHI: Water shortage in many areas KARACHI, July 20: Various parts of the city have been experiencing acute water shortage for the last one week. The hard-hit localities include North Karachi’s sectors 7-D/1, 7-D/2, 7-D/3, 11-A, 11-B,...
KARACHI: Maqbool gets bail in corruption case KARACHI, July 20: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Maqbool Ahmed Sheikh, brother of the sacked provincial revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh, in two corruption cases....		KARACHI: Ex-nazim booked in double murder case: Magistrate raids police kiosk KARACHI, July 20: The police on Wednesday declined to release Guddu Bihari, former nazim of Orangi, when a judicial magistrate raided a detention centre near Sohrab goth....
KARACHI: Order reserved in bus firing case KARACHI, June 20: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Wednesday judgement in the killing case of six employees of the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Organisation (Suparco) against a worker of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi....		KARACHI: Journalists remanded in judicial custody KARACHI, July 20: Two journalists were remanded to judicial custody by two judicial magistrates here on Wednesday after they were charged with fanning religious hatred by publishing objectionable material....
KARACHI: Niamat lauds approval of budget KARACHI, July 20: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan on Wednesday termed formal sanction of city government’s budget for the fiscal year 2005-06 by the Sindh government encouraging....		KARACHI: Ibad seeks report on skyscraper KARACHI, July 20: The Governor, Ishratul Ibad, on Wednesday directed high officials to examine problems with reference to the construction of a proposed 54-storeyed head office building of the Federation of...
KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, July 20: On the second day of training workshop on mud crabs (genus scylla) at Karachi University, three sessions were held on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Calling cards facing tough competition KARACHI, July 20: The benefits of market economy through healthy competition have started trickling down to the common man in several sectors, and the telecommunication sector is one where the cost...
KARACHI: A novel on terrorism launched KARACHI, July 20: The last terrorist — a novel written by Haider Ali — was launched at Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. Dr Mohammad Ali Siddiqui, who presided over the book...		KARACHI: Writers’ role in peace discussed KARACHI, July 20: ‘Writers’ role in the world peace’ was the topic discussed at a forum of journalists, concerned citizens and writers on Tuesday evening under the aegis of Quarterly Kahkashan and Daira Adab-o-Saqafat....
KARACHI: Safe disposal of hospital waste stressed KARACHI, July 20: Experts have called upon the authorities concerned to ensure that relevant rules and regulations are strictly enforced and complied by all hospitals, clinics, laboratories as well as radiology units functioning across the province....		KARACHI: Chemistry moot on 25th KARACHI, July 20: As many as 30 scientists from Asia, Africa and South America are to attend a three-day conference on natural product chemistry scheduled from July 25 to 27 at the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi....
KARACHI: Film festival at Ars Council from 31st KARACHI, July 20: An international film festival will be held at the Arts Council here from July 31. This was announced by the chairman of the Audio-Video Committee of the Arts Council, Kazim Pasha, at a news conference on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Cleanliness in Landhi KARACHI, July 20: A cleanliness campaign has gone underway in Landhi Town as stocks of garbage were removed from various spots and disposed of at different landfill sites....
KARACHI: BSc result KARACHI, July 20: The Urdu University has declared the results of BSc (Hons) first year. The pass percentage in Zoology was 55.62; 56.52 in Applied Biology, 73.53...		HYDERABAD: Inquiry begins against former nazims, says adviser HYDERABAD, July 20: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on local bodies and kutchi abadis, Mr Waseem Akhtar, has said an inquiry against former nazims has begun....
HYDERABAD: Water, health problems discussed HYDERABAD, July 20: A two-member USAID mission called on the DCO at his camp office here on Monday to discuss problems of health, sanitation and drinking water being faced by the district government and other organizations in their respective areas....		HYDERABAD: Official dissatisfied with immunization work HYDERABAD, July 20: Sindh health services director-general Dr Hadi Bux Jatoi has expressed dissatisfaction over performance of the health department regarding the National Immunization Days (NID) programme and routine immunization held under the Extended Programme of Immunization (EPI)....
HYDERABAD: Peak water discharge at Kotri HYDERABAD, July 20: Normal flood water is passing through the Kotri Barrage at its peak position with a discharge of 167,928 cusecs at the Kotri downstream on Wednesday....		HYDERABAD: EC officials face staff problem: Newly-created districts HYDERABAD, July 20: Assistant election commissioners in newly-created districts are facing problems of staff and furniture. Moeedul Haq, Ahmad Ali Halepoto, Aijaz Anwar Chohan, Waseem Ahmed Jafri and Abdul Zubair Khan...
SUKKUR: Two freed in Sukkur SUKKUR, July 20: Waseem Khan, 25, and Shahzad, 28, both sons of the late Naseem Akhtar, who were picked up by the personnel of law enforcement agencies from a medical store,...		MIRPURKHAS: 427,406 voters in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, July 20: About 427,406 voters will elect their representatives in 41 union councils of the district, comprising six talukas. There are 12 union councils in the Mirpurkhas taluka with 122,790 registered voters....