August 8, 2005	Monday	Rajab 2, 1426

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KARACHI: PML chief’s statement on offer to PPP termed false KARACHI, Aug 7: The Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday termed the statement of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain “a pack of shameless lies” in which he had claimed that he had gone to Makhdoom Amin Fahim with the offer of making provincial government in Sindh,...		KARACHI: Long ride to first home-grown car KARACHI, Aug 7: Feroze Khan believes his future was already determined when his homeless mother gave birth to him on a car porch. More than half a century later, he has launched Pakistan’s first home-grown automobile....
KARACHI: Old phone numbers to cease soon KARACHI, Aug 7: Subscribers of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) whose telephone numbers were changed under the national telephony number plan will lose their old numbers this month....		KARACHI: Niamat demands probe into terrorism KARACHI, Aug 7: Former city Nazim Niamatullah Khan has said the past four-year record of public service in Karachi was the best example of good governance, which also has proved wrong...
KARACHI: Completion of project before time ordered: Shahrah-i-Pakistan KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directives for completion of renovation and expansion work at Shahrah-i-Pakistan ahead of schedule keeping in view the quality of the project....		KARACHI: Orangi: a picture of neglect THE densely populated Orangi Town, comprising 13 union councils on the western fringes of Karachi is home to 7,23694 people, with 3,30386 registered voters. Out of that 13,5680 are women voters....
KARACHI: Woman killed by husband KARACHI, Aug 7: A woman was axed to death allegedly by her husband in North Karachi on Sunday. Police said that Zubaida, 45, was killed early in the morning in Sector...		KARACHI: EOBI officers asked to deliver goods KARACHI, Aug 7: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan has impressed upon officers of the Employees’ Oldage Benefits Institution (EOBI) to play their due role in...
KARACHI: Rescue centre to be set up in Mauripur KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has announced that Rescue 15 police centre would be established in Mauripur with the help of philanthropists and general public....		KARACHI: Cleanliness drive begins in Site KARACHI, Aug 7: A cleanliness drive was started in Site area on the directives of Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Minister for Industries Mohammad Adil Siddiqui on Saturday....
KARACHI: Ibad visits Ghazi’s shrine KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad visited the shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi at Clifton on Saturday evening and offered fateha. Adviser to the CM on Local Government...		KARACHI: Committee set up KARACHI Aug 7: The Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Environment and Alternative Energy, Muhammad Noman Saigol, said on Sunday that positive changes would be brought in the environment department to improve its performance....
KARACHI: Cyberachi a distant dream IT IS half way through the day, but only silence rings out at the call centre, operating out of one floor in a small building near Korangi, Karachi....		KARACHI: Deportation of students opposed KARACHI, Aug 7: The President of Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahle Sunnat, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, has demanded the government to review its decision of expelling all foreign students studying in seminaries, saying the decision is against national interests, the ummah and religion....
KARACHI: No concrete evidence found yet: DIG attack case KARACHI, Aug 7: The investigators in the case of life attempt on the DIG Investigation Wing have been baffled to defend their stance in the court as they have failed to...		KARACHI: 4 new schools to be opened in LEW settlements KARACHI, Aug 7: The Independence Day will be celebrated in the newly established settlements of Hawkesbay and Taiser Town with the opening of four new schools....
LARKANA: Registration of cases ordered: Misuse of funds by DC members LARKANA, Aug 7: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ordered registering cases against 106 former members of the defunct Larkana district council for allegedly misusing development funds....		HYDERABAD: Musharraf urged to seize powers of minister HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The former federal minister and PPP leader Zafar Ali Leghari has said that Federal Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi has unleashed a reign of terror and the PPP-backed candidates are being harassed by the police....
HYDERABAD: Ex-nazim, ADP candidates booked HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The Hala police on Saturday registered a case against former district nazim Dr Makhdoom Rafiquzzaman and some Awam Dost Panel candidates for bringing out a procession in Hala, violating the elections code of conduct, on Friday....		HYDERABAD: President’s statement criticized HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed resentment over a statement of President Gen Pervez Musharraf about construction of the Kalabagh dam....
SANGHAR: LB polls: 1,929 vying in Sanghar SANGHAR, Aug 7: A total of 1,929 candidates are in the run for 55 union councils of the district in the local body elections. There are 823 candidates for Muslim general...		KHAIRPUR: ‘Harassment of opposition candidates continues’ KHAIRPUR, Aug 7: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has complained that state machinery is being used to harass Awam Dost Panel candidates and to support candidates backed by the PML-F....
NAWABSHAH: PPP faces tough time in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Aug 7: Being the home district of Asif Ali Zardari, the People’s Party Parliamentarians had won both MNA and five MPA seats in the last general elections....		HYDERABAD: Jobs urged for local people HYDERABAD, Aug 7: Activists of the Awami Action Committee for Rights of People, Tando Alam, held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday, demanding jobs for local people....