August 10, 2005	Wednesday	Rajab 4, 1426

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KARACHI: Power breakdown hits many areas: Outage to cause water shortage KARACHI, Aug 9: The poorly maintained transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) once again proved vulnerable as it snapped in the early hours of Tuesday, causing...		KARACHI: Printing of ballot papers starts KARACHI, Aug 9: The Election Commission has started printing ballot papers in the first phase of local body elections to be held on Aug 18. The ballot papers are in five...
KARACHI: AC hears arguments in case against Benazir KARACHI, Aug 9: An accountability court adjourned on Tuesday the hearing of a corruption reference against former Premier Benazir Bhutto after partly hearing arguments from her defence counsel....		KARACHI: Judgment on consulate building case reserved KARACHI, Aug 9: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday reserved order in the Japanese consulate building case. M/s Chaman Investment said in their suit that the building, in front of a...
KARACHI: Academics oppose 4-year degree programme KARACHI, Aug 9: Speakers at a seminar at the University of Karachi on Tuesday said the Higher Education Commission (HEC) should not pressurize public varsities for implementation of four-year honours programmes,...		KARACHI: British diplomats visit madressah KARACHI, Aug 9: British Deputy High Commissioners Hamish Daniel and Simon Butt on Tuesday visited the Jamia Islamia Clifton Madressah. They exchanged views with the Vice-Chairman of the Jamia, Mufti Abu...
KARACHI: Site: mix of communities KARACHI: Named after the oldest industrial area of Pakistan with over 2,500 manufacturing units, Site Town is home to members of nearly all communities of the country....		KARACHI: Young man shot dead in Lyari KARACHI, Aug 9: A young man was shot dead in Lyari early on Tuesday morning. Police said that Jabbar Aslam was asleep when some armed men barged into his house, located in Kalakot police jurisdiction....
KARACHI: Anti-polio campaign launched KARACHI, Aug 9: A three-day polio immunization campaign kicked off on Tuesday during which some 6.2 million children would be administered polio drops in the province....		KARACHI: 54 cellphones taken away KARACHI, Aug 9: Fifty-four mobile phones were taken away on Tuesday in different areas of the city. Police said that bandits snatched 17 cellphones at gunpoint while 37 others were stolen....
KARACHI: Ibad calls for setting up task force: Safe blood transfusion KARACHI, Aug 9: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad has expressed dissatisfaction on the performance of Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority regarding registration of blood banks in the province and ordered formulation of a...		KARACHI: Stress termed main cause of eye diseases KARACHI, Aug 9: Majority of eye diseases are caused by physical and mental stress and tension but their effects are reversible, no matter in what age and circumstances the patient is, through Dr Bates Method without using medicines or glasses....
KARACHI: Removal of party flags on govt buildings ordered KARACHI, Aug 9: Sindh governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has ordered immediate removal of party flags on government buildings and officials vehicles. He asked the chief secretary to direct the DCOs of...		KARACHI: JPMC interviews KARACHI, Aug 9: The director of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Prof Mashoor Alam Shah, has said that interviews for appointment on contact basis against posts of BPS-17 and above regarding...
KARACHI: CPNE meeting on 23rd KARACHI, Aug 9: The general secretary of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors, Dr Jabbar Khattak, has announced that the annual general meeting of the council will be held on Aug 23 at 11am here in the CPNE secretariat....		KARACHI: KU academic council polls KARACHI, Aug 9: The elections to the University of Karachi’s academic council for constituencies of associate professor, assistant professor and lecturers will be held on Aug 24, 2005 at the KU Arts Auditorium, said a press release issued on Tuesday....
KARACHI: DHA taking steps to reduce water shortage KARACHI, Aug 9: A representative delegation of the Defence Residents Society called upon Administrator DHA Brig Maqsood Hussain at his office on Tuesday. The administrator told the delegation that water scarcity...		KARACHI: Paintings show at Momart KARACHI, Aug 9: An exhibition of paintings by senior artists opened at Momart on Tuesday, says a press release. It adds that the exhibition will continue till Aug 20....
KARACHI: Doctor among six arrested for selling unsafe blood KARACHI, Aug 9: Police on Tuesday took action against four unregistered blood banks and arrested six persons under Safe Blood Transfusion Act, 1997. Police accompanied by the officials of the Sindh...		KARACHI: Minister rejects Niamat’s claims KARACHI, Aug 9: The Sindh Minister for Planning and Development, Shoaib Bukhari, said the former city government of Karachi was more resourceful than the defunct KMC but during its four-year tenure,...
KARACHI: Foundation laid for bridge KARACHI, Aug 9: Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad said that all ongoing uplift schemes in the city would be completed in the next two years so that people could benefit from them at the earliest....		KARACHI: 5 leaders attacked in Umerkot, says PPP KARACHI, Aug 9: The Pakistan People Party on Tuesday alleged that five of its leaders escaped attempt on their life by armed assailants in Samaro tehsil of Umerkot....
KARACHI: Rally held for freedom of press KARACHI, Aug 9: Secretary-General of the Pakistan Federation Union of Journalists Mazhar Abbas said on Tuesday that employment of journalists on contract was a “hurdle” in the way of press freedom....		HYDERABAD: Chief Justice urges change in litigation culture HYDERABAD, Aug 9: The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed, has said that dispensation of justice is a real problem in the province which directly relates to volume of litigation in the court....
HYDERABAD: ‘Al-Khidmat women were forced to quit contest’ HYDERABAD, Aug 9: Leaders of the Al-Khidmat group (women wing) have alleged that several candidates for the post of councillor were forced by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to withdraw from the local body elections....		DADU: Politicians, police face probe in Dadu DADU, Aug 9: On the directives of the Chief Election Commissioner, an inquiry was initiated on Tuesday against the district police and some political people for arresting Awam Dost Panel candidates and registering cases against them....
NAWABSHAH: Supporters of Awam Dost panel booked NAWABSHAH, Aug 9: Ten supporters of the PPP-backed Awam Dost panel, including three brothers of Ismail Dahri, former PA to Senator Asif Ali Zardari, were booked here on Tuesday....		KHAIRPUR: MPA alleges police harassment KHAIRPUR, Aug 9: People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA Nawab Wassan has alleged that candidates of Awam Dost panel and their supporters are being harassed by police and they are not being allowed to hold corner meetings....
MIRPURKHAS: Man killed in Mirpurkhas clash MIRPURKHAS, Aug 9: One person was killed and another was injured in a scuffle between supporters of the Khushal Pakistan Panel and the Awam Dost Panel in the Babu Shah village, Hussain Bux Mari taluka, on Monday....		SANGHAR: Protest march SANGHAR, Aug 9: Local fishermen started a 30-mile march from Phulel village in Makhi area against delay in issuing notification on the issue of fishing licences by the government....