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KARACHI: 8,464 vie for 2,314 seats in Karachi KARACHI, July 31: A total of 8,464 candidates are left in the run against 2,314 seats in 178 union councils in the Karachi city district where elections are scheduled for August...		KARACHI: Code to be enforced effectively: Ibad KARACHI, July 31: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that the law and order conditions in Karachi and elsewhere in the province are conducive for holding fair and transparent elections....
KARACHI: PPP alleges pre-poll rigging KARACHI, July 31: The Secretary General of the Pakistan Peoples Party – Sindh, Nafees Siddiqui, has expressed his concern over the transparency of the local bodies’ elections as reports suggested that...		KARACHI: Musharraf campaigning for PML-Q, alleges PPP KARACHI, July 31: The Pakistan People’s Party has expressed its concern that General Musharraf has been campaigning for the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) in the local body elections....
KARACHI: Minorities, Awam Dost reach poll agreement KARACHI, July 31: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) has announced that it has reached an understanding with the Awam Dost Panel to support each other’s candidates in the local bodies’ polls....		KARACHI: Conference demands uniform policy for health sector KARACHI, July 31: Policymakers and senior management personnel should focus on strategic issues and be trained in health system management so that they are able to provide direction and vision....
KARACHI: Changes in health deptt criticized KARACHI, July 31: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan on Sunday said that frequent changes in the provincial health department had marred its performance....		KARACHI: Admissions to colleges begin today KARACHI, July 31: The process of admissions to first year classes of all faculties in the government city colleges will commence from August 1 with sale of admission forms and brochures through designated bank branches....
KARACHI: Youngster stabbed to death in juvenile jail KARACHI, July 31: An under-trial prisoner died in a brawl with fellow inmates of Juvenile Jail on Sunday. Police said that Imran, 17, alias Rizwan, was attacked with sticks by other inmates in the morning assembly at 6am inside the prison....		KARACHI: Housing exhibition concludes KARACHI, July 31: A three-day International Housing Industry Exhibition which began at the Expo Centre on Friday concluded here on Sunday night with a kids talent show and colourful fireworks....
KARACHI: Refresher course made mandatory for drivers KARACHI, July 31: The Sindh government has decided that all driving licence holders of every category will have to undergo refresher course in the drivers’ training school of the transport department....		KARACHI: Plan to remodel roundabout in Malir dropped KARACHI, July 31: A busy roundabout in Malir continues to be in the illegal possession of land-grabbers who have built a mini-shopping centre there....
KARACHI: Lovers of classical music enthralled KARACHI, July 31: In a no-frill performance with absolute command over classical music, leading vocalist Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan enthralled the audience at a function organized by the All Pakistan Music Conference on Saturday night....		KARACHI: Rain relief steps for Orangi KARACHI, July 31: All necessary arrangements have been made in Orangi Town to meet any emergency in view of imminent rains. The Caretaker of Orangi Town, Qamar Sheikh, said this during...
KARACHI: KBCA hands over Rs1bn to city govt KARACHI, July 31: The Karachi Building Control Authority has handed over one billion rupees received from the regularization of lands to the city government. This was stated by KBCA Chief Controller Brig A.S....		KARACHI: Book on conflict resolution KARACHI, July 31: Under the Programme on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi a book, “Different perceptions on conflict resolution: Need for an alternate approach,” has been published....
KARACHI: Clarification KARACHI, July 31: The Karachi Ports Trust has denied the allegations made in a news item captioned ‘Mangroves being ruined, land sold at high price,’ which appeared in Dawn’s July 25 issue....		KARACHI: New portfolios KARACHI, July 31: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has reallocated portfolios of a provincial minister and a adviser with immediate effect. According to an official announcement here on Saturday, Sindh...
KARACHI: Dwellers of unsafe houses told to shift KARACHI, July 31: Saddar Town’s Caretaker Mukhtar Hussain has appealed to residents of the buildings, declared unsafe by the Karachi Building Control Authority, to shift to safer places in view of expected monsoon rains....		KARACHI: MMA defends madressahs, slams govt KARACHI, July 31: Leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and the Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Sindhi, Dr Mumtaz Memon, said that madressahs were the guards of the country’s ideological frontiers and...
KARACHI: Man shot dead in Keamari KARACHI, July 31: A young man was shot dead in Keamari on Sunday morning. Police said that two men came to the house of Muhammad Ibrahim, 35, near Babri Masjid in the limits of Docks police station....		KARACHI: Govt claims foolproof steps for polls KARACHI, July 31: All arrangements have been made for holding local body elections in a peaceful environment. This was stated by Sindh Chief Minister’s Adviser Wasim Akhtar here on Sunday while...
KARACHI: Harassment of residents resented KARACHI, July 31: The MNA of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Muhammad Hussain Mehanti, has resented the harassment of residents of the government quarters and appealed to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to take immediate notice of the situation....		KARACHI: Salary of MPAs raised by 15pc KARACHI, July 31: The Sindh government as per its budgetary commitment has increased the salaries of Members Provincial Assembly by 15 per cent from July 1, stated an official announcement here on Sunday....
HYDERABAD: Harassment of ADP candidates alleged HYDERABAD, July 31: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has alleged that proposers and seconders of Awam Dost Panel candidates for the local body elections are being harassed, intimidated and kidnapped by a pro-government party....		HYDERABAD: Ex-nazim may face probe for misusing govt property HYDERABAD, July 31: Former district nazim Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman and officials of the Hyderabad Development Authority and Building Control Department are likely to face an inquiry by the Sindh Local Government Commission...
DADU: PPP urges CEC to take notice of candidates’ arrests DADU, July 31: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has appealed to the Chief Election Commissioner to take notice of arrests of Awam Dost Panel candidates in the district....		SUKKUR: Action urged to end illegal hunting in Sindh SUKKUR, July 31: Sindh’s deputy conservator for wildlife Hussain Bux Bhagat has called upon officials of the wildlife department to be vigilant in the field to bring an end to hunting and poaching in the province....
SUKKUR: Explosion in session court godown SUKKUR, July 31: Two store-rooms of godowns of the district and sessions court were damaged completely following an explosion on Saturday. The godowns were being used to keep arms and ammunition recovered from accused....		LARKANA: Hospitals short of anti-rabies vaccine LARKANA, July 31: The anti-rabies vaccine (ARV) is out of stock in taluka hospitals, basic health units and rural health centres in Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts....
KHAIRPUR: Case lodged against ADP candidates KHAIRPUR, July 31: A man, Khurshid Malik, has lodged a case against Awam Dost Panel candidates Hakim Dayo and Abdul Khaliq Bhutto, Rasool Bux, Mazhar Ali, Riaz Ali and Mohammad Ismail...		SHIKARPUR: Kalabagh dam a conspiracy: JSQM leader SHIKARPUR, July 31: Bashir Khan Qureshi, chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, JSQM, has opposed the Kalabagh Dam project and termed it a conspiracy hatched by the government to please the establishment....