July 25, 2005	Monday	Jumadi-us-Sani 17, 1426

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KARACHI: Opposition making seat adjustments at local levels KARACHI, July 24: Opposition parties have geared up their efforts for seat adjustment among their respective groups contesting the local bodies election scheduled for August 18....		KARACHI: Scrutiny of papers in four zones completed KARACHI, July 24: Returning officers of four, out of five, zones of the city district Karachi on Sunday completed scrutiny of nomination papers filed for the first phase of the local bodies election scheduled for August 18....
KARACHI: 300 acres pledged for Arts Council housing society KARACHI, July 24: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad announced on Sunday that the government would give 300 acres to Arts Council for its cooperative housing society....		KARACHI: Diplomats hail Niamat’s performance KARACHI, July 24: Foreign diplomats have appreciated development works carried out during the last four years by the city government under the leadership of former City Nazim Niamatullah Khan....
KARACHI: SMC fund utilization rules flouted by dist govts KARACHI, July 24: A few of the district governments, including that of Karachi, appear to work in violation of procedures set by the Sindh government for the utilization of School Management Committee (SMC) funds....		KARACHI: Tax relief for film, other industries KARACHI, July 24: A high-level meeting held at the Governor’s House on Sunday decided in principle to allow a three-year exemption in entertainment tax and property tax on industrial organizations in the province....
KARACHI: Two more bodies recovered KARACHI, July 24: Two more bodies of the family of eight, who had drowned on Saturday, were recovered on Sunday by rescue workers during a search operation....		KARACHI: Replacement of tracks in full swing KARACHI, July 24: The work on conversion of 135km-long meter gauge track into broad gauge from Mirpurkhas up to Zero Point of Pakistani border is going on in full swing and...
KARACHI: Many areas facing water shortage KARACHI, July 24: Various parts of the city are either without water or have been receiving scant supply for the last four or five days....		KARACHI: Encroachers free to usurp pedestrians’ right in Malir KARACHI, July 24: The Malir Town administration under a secret deal with shopkeepers along a busy road has allegedly surrendered a six-foot-wide footpath....
KARACHI: Gorakh Hill project to be completed by next year KARACHI, July 24: The Gorakh Development Project will be completed by June 2006, a meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary, Fazalur Rehman, was told on Saturday....		KARACHI: Mangroves being ruined, land sold at high prices KARACHI, July 24: A senior director of the Fishermen Cooperative Society has held the ‘land mafia’ and certain officials of different government agencies responsible for ruining the coastal areas of Karachi....
KARACHI: Sewage irritating residents KARACHI, July 24: The residents of Clifton’s Block-7 have expressed concern over constant sewage overflow near the Farooq-i-Azam mosque opposite Boating Basin....		KARACHI: Illegal constructions demolished KARACHI, July 24: The demolition squad of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) demolished illegal constructions under the supervision of the KBCA controller at various places besides cancelling the license of a builder....
KARACHI: Govt keen to solve basic problems: minister KARACHI, July 24: The Sindh Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination, Dr Suhrab Khan Sarki, said that the government was utilizing all resources to resolve the problems of the public....		KARACHI: Rs1m okayed for artistes KARACHI, July 24: Sindh Culture and Tourism Department has approved Rs1.01 million as honorarium for 209 folk artistes, poets and writers of the province....
KARACHI: Youths urged to frustrate conspiracies KARACHI, July 24: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan on Sunday said that the ‘forces of evil’ were afraid of the Islamic ideological identity of Pakistan and they wanted to make the country secular....		KARACHI: Seven die in various incidents KARACHI, July 24: Seven people died in various traffic accidents in the metropolis on Sunday. Three youths died in a road traffic accident late Sunday night and six others were injured....
KARACHI: Release of impounded goods ordered KARACHI, July 24: The Sindh High Court allowed a petition moved by a shipping company on Friday and ordered the customs authorities to release its impounded containers immediately....		KARACHI: List of people held for petty crimes sought KARACHI, July 24: All district attorneys in the province have been asked to furnish lists of prisoners held for petty offences to a committee appointed by the provincial home minister....
KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, July 24: The Met office has forecast partially cloudy and windy weather with chances of drizzle in the night/morning for Karachi during the next 24 hours....		KARACHI: ANP-backed group KARACHI, July 24: President of the Awami National Party, Sindh, Shahi Syed said that his party would participate in the upcoming local bodies polls from the platform of the ‘Khidmatgar Group’....
HYDERABAD: Protest against arrest of activists HYDERABAD, July 24: Women activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday in protest against detention of party leaders....		HYDERABAD: Delay in dispensing justice violation of human rights HYDERABAD, July 24: A seminar has demanded that in accordance with the United Nations charter, access to justice should be ensured to all people and violation of human rights as a political weapon should be stopped forthwith....
HYDERABAD: AT chief sceptical of LB polls HYDERABAD, July 24: Awami Tehrik chief and Sindh Water Committee president Rasool Bux Palijo has expressed concern over the government policy under which, he blamed, an ethnic party and feudal lords are being backed to win the local body elections....		HYDERABAD: PPP, MMA reach accord for local election HYDERABAD, July 24: The People’s Party Parliamentarian and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have almost finalized seat adjustments for two talukas –- the City and Latifabad — in newly-created Hyderabad district to face the Haqparast Group of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement....
HYDERABAD: Nomination forms not issued HYDERABAD, July 24: A large number of candidates faced inconvenience in getting nomination forms here on Sunday. A rush of candidates was witnessed in the sessions court....		HYDERABAD: Services of woman educationist eulogized HYDERABAD, July 24: State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Hussein has said that trade deficit of the country is increasing which is being bridged through remittances....