July 29, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 21, 1426

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KARACHI: Work on 35mw unit to begin in October: Dhabeji pumping station KARACHI, July 28: Work on the setting up of a 35-megawatt power plant with hundred per cent foreign investment for providing uninterrupted power supply to the Dhabeji pumping station would begin...		KARACHI: 3,000 guards to be hired for polls KARACHI, July 28: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said the government would hire 3,000 private security guards in addition to the available police and Rangers personnel to ensure free, fair and peaceful local bodies election in the metropolis....
KARACHI: ‘Alaf’ seen as best alternative to rickshaw KARACHI, July 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has described the locally manufactured four-wheeler ‘Alaf’ as the best alternative to rickshaw and appreciated its designing and model....		KARACHI: Diplomats satisfied with law, order situation KARACHI, July 28: The diplomats of Islamic countries have expressed their satisfaction over measures taken by the government for maintaining the law and order situation....
KARACHI: PM pledges provision of more houses: International exhibition opens today KARACHI, July 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that housing and construction industries are among the government’s priorities as the construction and housing sectors play an important role in the alleviation of poverty and unemployment....		KARACHI: Rain emergency steps in city announced KARACHI, July 28: The city government caretaker, Fazalur Rehman, has imposed emergency in the jurisdiction of the city government to meet any eventuality in view of expected rains....
KARACHI: Order on plea for release reserved: Detained nazim KARACHI, July 28: The district and sessions judge, Malir, Mohammad Sadiq Bhatti, reserved on Thursday order on the application for the release of former nazim of Orangi Town....		KARACHI: Lady doctor, dispenser shot dead KARACHI, July 28: A man killed his estranged wife, a lady doctor, and a dispenser in Landhi on Thursday morning. Dr Sana Zubaida, 30, wife of Sahib Khan, advocate, had filed a case for Khula some three months back....
KARACHI: Four businessmen granted pre-arrest bail KARACHI, July 28: Four construction company directors required by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) were granted pre-arrest bail in the sum of Rs1 million each by a division bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday....		KARACHI: Two killed KARACHI, July 28: Two persons died and other was injured in a road accident in Gulistan-i-Jauhar late on Wednesday night. Police said a water tanker knocked down three persons on a motorcycle near Hill Top lawns in Gulistan-i-Jauhar....
KARACHI: S. Hashim Raza’s services recalled KARACHI, July 28: Rich tributes were paid to Quaid-i-Azam’s associate late Syed Hashim Raza at a reference held at the Arts Faculty of the University of Karachi on Thursday....		KARACHI: Paramedics to get new service structure KARACHI, July 28: The Secretary Health Sindh, Prof Noshad Shaikh, has urged the paramedical staff to work with dedication and sincerity together with the health department to improve healthcare in hospitals....
KARACHI: Fiction still alive KARACHI, July 28: Noted short-story writer Ms Umme Ammara has dispelled the impression that literature was on the decline. She said fiction was as much alive as life itself....		KARACHI: Plastic bags adding to pollution KARACHI, July 28: Owing to the increasing use of polythene bags, the situation in Sindh and, especially in Karachi, is worsening. This was stated by the Sindh secretary for environment, Shamsul Haq Memon, here on Thursday....
KARACHI: Amenity plot’s boundary wall razed KARACHI, July 28: The boundary wall of an amenity plot in Gulshan-i-Iqbal’s Block 4-A (Journalists’ Society) was razed by a contractor for dumping building material, including machines, masonry blocks and sand....		KARACHI: Water supply for Bin Qasim KARACHI, July 28: The Adviser to chief minister on Public Affairs, Syed Manzoor Hasan, on Thursday directed the KWSB officials to ensure supply of water to all towns of the city including the Bin Qasim Town....
KARACHI: New secretary to governor KARACHI, July 28: Mohammed Saleem Khan, presently working as Additional Chief Secretary Local Government, has been transferred and posted as principal secretary to governor Sindh with immediate effect....		KARACHI: Hearing of shops case adjourned KARACHI, July 28: Justice Mushir Alam of the Sindh High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a suit filed by the Arabian Sea Enterprises, a Kuwaiti group owning majority shares...
KARACHI: Concern over dearth of psychiatrists KARACHI, July 28: Senior educationists, physicians, scientists and philanthropists of the city have expressed their concern over the dearth of qualified psychiatrists in Pakistan....		KARACHI: Complaint against widow dismissed: Shahid Hamid case KARACHI, July 28: An anti-terrorism court dismissed on Thursday a direct complaint against Ms Shahnzaz Hamid, a complainant in the murder case of her husband Shahid Hamid, for the offence of alleged perjury....
KARACHI: MQM assures minorities of support KARACHI, July 28: Deputy Convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s coordination committee Dr Farooq Sattar has assured the minority community of his party’s continued support, and said it was serving people...		KARACHI: Curbs on press freedom criticized KARACHI, July 28: Speakers at a seminar on Challenges to Press Freedom held on Thursday under the auspices of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Sindh, described freedom of expression as ‘oxygen tent’ for a...
KARACHI: PPP informs CEC of poll irregularities KARACHI, July 28: The Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh chapter, has again drawn the attention of chief election commissioner to the alleged irregularities in local bodies election....		KARACHI: 30 UTS buses sold illegally KARACHI, July 28: EDO Transport and Communication City District Government Karachi has taken notice of the sale of buses being operated under the Urban Transport Scheme (UTS) in Karachi by several companies....