August 11, 2005	Thursday	Rajab 5, 1426

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KARACHI: City govt launches Rs130m projects: Water, sewerage networks KARACHI, Aug 10: The city government has initiated work on a consolidated programme for rehabilitation of water supply and sewerage networks in the city at an estimated cost of Rs130 million....		KARACHI: Altaf asks people to reject religious extremists KARACHI, Aug 10: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday called upon the people of Sindh, particularly of Karachi, to overwhelmingly vote for the Haq Parast candidates in the upcoming...
KARACHI: EC failed to stop code violations: MMA KARACHI, Aug 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday claimed that the Election Commission of Pakistan had failed to restrain violators of the code of conduct, and said that if the...		KARACHI: Board told to submit minutes of meeting: CBR promotion case KARACHI, Aug 10: The Sindh High Court asked the central selection board on Wednesday to submit minutes of its meeting in respect of a promotion case held in February this year by Sept 3....
KARACHI: Effective enforcement of laws stressed KARACHI, Aug 10: Sindh Minister for Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik has described Pakistan as an ‘over-legislated country’ with no effective enforcement of laws as compared to the developed countries of...		KARACHI: Bin Qasim Town: 46 per cent women voters KARACHI: Bin Qasim Town, in the north-east of Karachi, covers an area of over 825 square kilometres and is the second largest of the metropolitan centre’s 18 towns....
KARACHI: Medical complex at JPMC KARACHI, Aug 10: Works for construction of a high-rise medical complex at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre will begin soon, it was officially learnt. The complex, which will comprise a two-tower...		KARACHI: Power cut causes water crisis KARACHI, Aug 10: Various parts of the city either went dry or received scant supply for the second consecutive day on Wednesday owing to a shortfall of over 163 mgd which...
KARACHI: Young man killed in North Karachi KARACHI, Aug 10: An unidentified man was shot dead by unknown persons in New Karachi Industrial Area on Wednesday morning. Police said the body of a young man in his late...		KARACHI: Completion of projects on time ordered KARACHI, Aug 10: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Wednesday ordered early completion of various projects so as to provide relief to the people. He issued these directives during his four-hour visit to the city....
KARACHI: Plan to restructure doctors’ posts under study KARACHI, Aug 10: The Federal Health Ministry is contemplating to restructure the posts of doctors and other relevant medical professionals serving at medical centres under it in various parts of the country....		KARACHI: Robbers’ gang busted in Gulshan KARACHI, Aug 10: Police on Tuesday arrested a gang of five alleged robbers and recovered unlicensed pistols, jewellery, saving certificates, mobile phones, foreign currency, and other valuables from their possession....
KARACHI: Laser facility at CHK opens today KARACHI, Aug 10: The Sindh Minister for Health, Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani, will inaugurate a comprehensive laser photocoagulation facility at the Civil Hospital’s Eye Department on Thursday....		KARACHI: Affidavits in detention case sought KARACHI, Aug 10: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday, expressing dissatisfaction over the affidavits of federal interior and defence secretaries regarding detention of three activists of Baloch Alliance, directed them to file their complete affidavits about arrest and whereabouts of deainees....
KARACHI: BA, BSc exam forms KARACHI, Aug 10: The University of Karachi has announced the schedule for submission of examination forms and fees of BA/BCom/BOL and BSc (Improvement of Division) annual examinations 2005....		KARACHI: Diplomats meet MQM leaders KARACHI, Aug 10: Mr Hamish Daniel and Mr Simon Butt, British Deputy High Commissioners in Karachi and Islamabad, respectively, met Dr Farooq Sattar, deputy convenor of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, and...
KARACHI: Illegal structures demolished KARACHI Aug 10: The demolition team of The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) removed illegal constructions from Saddar, North Nazimabad and Jamshed towns....		KARACHI: PPP slams govt for obstructing candidates KARACHI, Aug 10: Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Deputy Secretary-General of the PPP Mina Raza Rabbani on Wednesday slammed the government for “stopping Awam Dost candidates from contesting the local government elections.”...
KARACHI: Political leaders urge tolerance KARACHI, Aug 10: Leaders of different political parties at a seminar here on Wednesday described tolerance in political leaders as ‘need of the hour’ for the prosperity and progress of Karachi....		KARACHI: MQM accused of betraying people KARACHI, Aug 10: The former city nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Tuesday accused the Muttahida Qaumi Movement of betraying the people of Karachi despite the fact that the people had sent them to the corridors of power for five consecutive times....
KARACHI: Motorcyclist killed in accident KARACHI, Aug 10: A young motorcyclist died in a road accident in Lyari on Wednesday. Police said that Shahzad, 23, was on his motorcycle when a speeding vehicle knocked him down on Mirza Adam Khan Road....		KARACHI: Imtiaz’s bail pleas put off KARACHI, Aug 10: The five bail applications filed by former Sindh Minister Imtiaz Shaikh and two by his brother Maqbool Shaikh were put off till Aug 31 by a bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC), comprising Justice Musheer Alam....
HYDERABAD: High-level team inspects Kotri Barrage: ‘Faults’ in telemetry system HYDERABAD, Aug 10: A three-member team visited Kotri Barrage on Tuesday to examine faults in the telemetry system at the barrage. The chairman of the prime minister’s inspection team, Maj-Gen (rtd) Farooque Ahmed, headed the team....		HYDERABAD: SU allocates seats for new districts HYDERABAD, Aug 10: The University of Sindh has allocated separate seats for candidates of six new districts for academic year 2006. The districts are: Jamshoro, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Umerkot and Qambar-Shahdadkot....
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: ADP candidates want army to supervise polls NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 10: Candidates of the Awam Dost panel from UC Dalipota, Kehkot, Mithiani, Kot Bahadur and Bhorit have accused police of compelling opposition candidates to quit the contest....		SUKKUR: Siemens denies irrigation officials’ claim SUKKUR, Aug 10: A spokesman for Siemens has denied claims of irrigation authorities of Sukkur and Guddu barrages that the company’s general manager had assured them that the fault of the telemetry system would be removed as soon as possible....
DADU: 153 schools closed in Dadu DADU, Aug 10: One hundred and fifty-three primary schools have remained closed in remote areas of the district since 1998 due to non-availability of teachers. EDO education Prof Jalil Ahmad Akhund...		NAWABSHAH: Additional force for sensitive poll stations NAWABSHAH, Aug 10: Over 200 polling stations of the district have been declared sensitive and 3,000 additional force will be deployed during the local body elections....