August 12, 2005	Friday	Rajab 6, 1426

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KARACHI: K-3 project to be ready by June: KWSB chief KARACHI, Aug 11: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board’s K-3 project, designed to provide an additional 100 million gallons per day (mgd) water to the city would be completed by June 2006....		KARACHI: SSC students worried over delay in notification: Composite exam KARACHI, Aug 11: Delay in the issuance of a federal government’s notification on revival of composite matriculation examinations is causing concern among the education officials, teachers and students in Sindh....
KARACHI: Gulberg: middle-income town KARACHI: A total of 302 candidates, including 29 for slots of nazims and naib-nazims, are in the run in the eight union councils of Gulberg Town, which includes a good part of Karachi’s old district central....		KARACHI: Writer of sacrilegious book gets life term KARACHI, Aug 11: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Thursday a sacrilegious writer to life in jail for defiling a copy of the Holy Quran, outraging religious feelings of society and propagating religious hatred....
KARACHI: Court moved for safety of suspect in Pearl case KARACHI, Aug 11: Brother of an accused in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case arrested from Gujranwala moved a petition on Thursday for his safety through Advocate Rai Bashir of Lahore....		KARACHI: Traffic jams still a routine KARACHI, Aug 11: The traffic police have miserably failed to regulate traffic on busy commercial streets in the metropolis, causing traffic jams. The jams which occur daily can been seen on...
KARACHI: Holiday in educational institutions KARACHI, Aug 11: All educational institutions in the province would observe a holiday on Aug 15, said official sources on Thursday. Talking to Dawn, the additional secretary of the Sindh education...		KARACHI: 28 major roads to be washed: Ibad KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that arrangements are being made for washing the city’s 28 major roads while later this facility will be extended to the level of towns....
KARACHI: Volunteers as guards not acceptable, says PPP KARACHI, Aug 11: The Pakistan People’s Party has opposed the government’s plan to induct ‘volunteers’ for the electoral process, and described it “a move to plant armed activists of the ruling coalition to manipulate the ballot.”...		KARACHI: CBMs with Afghanistan suggested KARACHI, Aug 11: A security analyst and former Director-General of the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS) Lt-Gen (r) Kamal Matinuddin believes that Afghanistan is now progressively getting better, and says he sees a beginning of a positive change there....
KARACHI: Laser photocoagulation service at CHK KARACHI, Aug 11: The Civil Hospital Karachi became the first public sector health facility in the province to have the Laser Photocoagulation Service facility when the facility was inaugurated at its...		KARACHI: Diploma in Islamic economics, law KARACHI, Aug 11: The Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre, University of Karachi, will introduce postgraduate diplomas in Islamic Economics and Islamic Law. This was stated by the director of the centre, Prof Dr Khalilur Rahman, here on Thursday....
KARACHI: SSC toppers honoured KARACHI, Aug 11: The Academy for Research in Islamic Sciences organized a ceremony to honour the position holders in the SSC examinations. Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui was the chief guest on the occasion, said a statement issued here on Thursday....		KARACHI: Illegal structures demolished KARACHI, Aug 11: On the directive of the Chief Controller of Buildings, Brig A.S. Nasir, various illegal constructions were demolished in the city. According to the KBCA, an illegally constructed courtyard...
KARACHI: No classes at FUUAST till 20th KARACHI, Aug 11: The teaching process at the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology will remain suspended up to Aug 20 in connection with the coming local body polls....		KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, Aug 11: The Society of Aircraft Engineers of Pakistan organized a workshop on ‘Six Sigma Process Certification’ here on Wednesday. The session was attended by PIA’s aircraft engineers and other airlines....
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Aug 11: The Met office has forecast cloudy weather with chances of light rain/drizzle in Karachi on Friday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to range between 32°C and 34°C....		KARACHI: Minorities demand repeal of biased laws KARACHI, Aug 11: Speakers at a rally on Thursday demanded repeal of all laws discriminatory against the vulnerable sections of the society, including women and minorities....
KARACHI: Girl, teacher die in accident KARACHI, Aug 11: A four-year-old girl and her teacher were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Korangi. Hafiz Mohammad Abdullah, 25, a teacher, was going on his...		KARACHI: Directives against loadshedding KARACHI, Aug 11: Federal Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Abdul Razak A. Thaheem directed the concerned officials to complete all uplift schemes pending in Karachi and other parts of Sindh on war footing....
KARACHI: Home minister takes notice of joy-firing KARACHI, Aug 11: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has taken strict notice of continued incidents of firing on wedding and other occasions in violation of his directives in this regard....		KARACHI: MMA criticizes remarks against hijab KARACHI, Aug 11: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Thursday alleged that those giving remarks against the hijab wanted to do away with Islam from the country....
KARACHI: Book launch KARACHI, Aug. 11: Junoon Mein Jitnee Bhi Guzree, a book comprising memoirs of senior journalist Hassan Abidi, will be launched in the Karachi Press Club on Friday a 4.30pm....		NAWABSHAH: Returning officers call for inquiry against DCO NAWABSHAH, Aug 11: Returning officers of the district have complained to the Election Commission and the district returning officer about non-cooperation of the DCO....
DADU: FIR registered against police official DADU, Aug 11: On the directives of the Chief Election Commissioner, an FIR was registered against the in-charge of the Thrari Mohabbat investigation police on Wednesday night for illegally detaining three...		HYDERABAD: Muttahida rejects JI allegations HYDERABAD, Aug 11: A spokesman for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement , Hyderabad zone, has dismissed as false and baseless allegations levelled by Jamaat-i-Islami candidates....