August 2, 2005	Tuesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 25, 1426

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KARACHI: Financial trouble may hit KCR operation KARACHI, Aug 1: Pakistan Railways is considering registering a case against the ticketing contractor of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) who according to the KCR has defaulted on payments, which could force suspension of the service....		KARACHI: Bridge on National Highway opens KARACHI, Aug 1: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad Khan inaugurating the double track “Sussi Bridge” on National Highway on Monday said that roads had direct linkage to economic progress of any country....
KARACHI: Education deptt launches enrolment campaign KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh education department, which has been failing to see any reduction in the dropout rate in the primary classes during the years, now hopes to...		KARACHI: New academic session begins KARACHI, Aug 1: Schools and colleges in the city reopened on Monday after a summer vacation of two months, with the commencement of new academic year as well....
KARACHI: Two women found dead in DHA KARACHI, Aug 1: Two bullet-riddled bodies of unidentified young women were recovered from DHA on Monday morning. Police said the bodies were found near DHA Women College in Phase VIII, and...		KARACHI: Harkat men told to engage counsel KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh High Court again intimated two condemned prisoners of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al Alami on Monday to engage counsel to argue their cases otherwise it would appoint defence lawyers for them at state expense....
KARACHI: MQM reviews steps for local body polls KARACHI, Aug 1: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement coordination committee on Monday reviewed its mass contact campaign for the local body elections and the weeklong cleanliness campaign in the city....		PESHAWAR: 831 return unopposed in 12 districts PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday declared that 831 candidates, many of them for nazims, had returned unopposed in 12 districts of the NWFP where polling in the...
PESHAWAR: PHC restrains CAR from adverse action: Canadian NGO’s operations in refugees camps PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Peshawar High Court on Monday restrained the Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees (CAR) and local police from taking any adverse action against a Canadian non-governmental organization till next order....		KARACHI: Ibad reviews cleanliness drive in various areas KARACHI, Aug 1: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad on Monday paid an eight-hour visit to various towns of the city and reviewed the arrangements for cleanliness and implementation of development work....
KARACHI: Lyari: Karachi’s oldest settlement KARACHI: Lyari Town is the oldest settlement of Karachi city, with an estimated population of 607,992, mainly comprising workers and small businessmen. Once the locality was characterized as a ‘labour colony’...		KARACHI: PTA decision on WLL opposed KARACHI, Aug 1: Wireless local loop operators appear to be on a collision course with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) over its recent decision on single-cell mobility....
KARACHI: Navy seeks extension of continental shelf KARACHI, Aug 1: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah has said that Pakistan Navy has been vigorously pursuing the case with the government for extension of continental shelf from 200...		KARACHI: CHK needs in-patient chest ward KARACHI, Aug 1: The Civil Hospital Karachi is in need of in-patient chest ward, as the number of patients suffering from chest diseases is increasing by every passing day....
KARACHI: SC upholds tribunal order KARACHI, Aug 1: The Supreme Court has declined the provincial government leave to appeal against a Sindh Services Tribunal (SST) order reinstating an information director....		KARACHI: Visitors being overcharged at zoo KARACHI, Aug 1: The management of Karachi zoo and some of its contractors are fleecing three million visitors, particularly children, by charging them more than the official rates....
KARACHI: Youth urged to join textile sector KARACHI, Aug 1: Sindh Adviser Mumtaz Hameed called for attracting more and more youngsters to join the textile sector. He was speaking as chief guest at a workshop on ‘Quality Improvement Project 2005’ at a local hotel, here on Monday....		KARACHI: ‘World facing imperialism after 9/11’ KARACHI, Aug 1: Wide opportunities are open for the students of geography to study in the United States. This was stated by Dr Kavita Pandit, professor and head of the Department of Geography, University of Georgia, USA....
KARACHI: Two men shot dead KARACHI, Aug 1: Two young men were shot dead in seperate incidents on Monday. A young man was shot dead near Jilani Centre, Merewether Tower on Monday night....		KARACHI: Convoy attack case KARACHI, Aug 1: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Monday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group....
KARACHI: Water pipeline removed in Gharibabad KARACHI, Aug 1: A builder is learnt to have uprooted a 10-inch-dia pipeline stretching around 600 feet in Gharibabad, depriving over 30,000 population of water in more than 20 goths and different parts of Malir....		HYDERABAD: MNA accuses DPO of harassment HYDERABAD, Aug 1: In an urgent communication addressed to the Speaker of the National Assembly a copy to which was sent to the chief election commissioner in Islamabad, Nawab Abdul Ghani...
HYDERABAD: Water rotation begins today HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The executive engineer of the Nasir irrigation division has announced a water rotation programme. Fifteen channels, including Nagnah, Gharib, Tando Ghulam Ali, Wagherji, Jarkas and Tando Soomro-II distributaries,...		HYDERABAD: Protest against accumulation of sewage, power failure HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Residents of Pathan, Dadan Shah and Sarfaraz colonies took to the streets on Monday to protest against disruption in power supply,...
HYDERABAD: Kutcha area submerged by water HYDERABAD, Aug 1: A big portion of the kutcha area near Matiari and crops over hundreds of acres of land have been inundated following an increase in the water flow of the River Indus....		HYDERABAD: HEC chairman to inaugurate university laboratory HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Higher Education Commission chairman Prof (Dr) Atta-ur-Rehman will inaugurate a high-tech research central laboratory and the telemedicine and e-health discipline at the University of Sindh in the third week of August....