August 20, 2005	Saturday	Rajab 14, 1426

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KARACHI: Muttahida set to rout rivals in 14 towns KARACHI, Aug 19: Complete results of the first phase of local government elections 2005, held on Thursday in 10 districts of the province, had not landed in the local office of the Election Commission till late Friday night....		KARACHI: Peaceful polls proved city safe for investment: Ibad KARACHI, Aug 19: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad said on Friday that the peaceful holding of the first phase of local body elections in Sindh, particularly in Karachi, had shattered the...
KARACHI: CM rejects charges of rigging, low turnout KARACHI, Aug 19: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has estimated that the voters’ turnout in the first phase of the local body election in Sindh was over 38 per...		KARACHI: Activist of MQM shot dead KARACHI, Aug 19: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was gunned down by unknown persons in the Ramaswami area on Friday. Police said Asif Ali, 35, was sitting in front...
KARACHI: Two presiding officers granted bail KARACHI, Aug 19: The two presiding officers who were arrested on Thursday on the charge of rigging in Thursday’s polling were granted bail separately by the Judicial Magistrate South, Naheed Jabbar, on Friday....		KARACHI: Polling still on, alleges Niamat KARACHI, Aug 19: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan on Friday claimed that the local bodies’ elections in Karachi were totally engineered, a fraud and rigged. He alleged that in order to...
KARACHI: Govt plans to upgrade monotechnic institutes KARACHI, Aug 19: On the directive of Sindh Minister for Education and Literacy Dr Hamida Khuhro, a plan has been prepared to convert nine monotechnic institutes into poly trade vocational institutes....		KARACHI: STBB preparing books in phases KARACHI, Aug 19: The Sindh Text Book Board has marketed only five new books for students of Class IX and X this years, it was learnt officially....
KARACHI: CPSP to extend support to Sudan KARACHI, Aug 19: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) will extend cooperation to the Sudanese government in providing medical education and training to Sudanese doctors....		KARACHI: Admission list to be issued on 22nd KARACHI, Aug 19: The first placement list in regard to admissions to first year classes of city government colleges will be released on Aug 22, said a senior official in the City government’s education department on Friday....
KARACHI: Optic-fibre cable damaged in Clifton KARACHI, Aug 19: Inter-exchange telephone traffic of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company was adversely affected when workers of a government agency accidentally damaged a fibre-optic cable near Schon Circle on Friday evening....		KARACHI: MPhil, PhD degrees awarded KARACHI, Aug 19: The University of Karachi’s Board of Advanced Studies Research (BASR) on Friday announced awarding nine PhD and three MPhil degrees. The awards were decided in a meeting held...
KARACHI: CDs, DVDs seized KARACHI, Aug 19: The staff of the Collectorate of Customs (Preventive) posted at the Jinnah international Airport seized a large number of CDs/DVDs, which were being smuggled into the country, said a press release on Friday....		KARACHI: Passports sought KARACHI, Aug 19: Pursuing the policy of federal government on repatriation of foreign students studying in religious seminaries of Pakistan, the Sindh government has dispatched letters to various religious institutions asking...
KARACHI: Date extended KARACHI, Aug 19: The KESC has extended the last date for payment of electricity bills, which were due Aug 18. They can now be paid till Aug 20 without late payment charges, said a KESC spokesman on Friday.—APP...		KARACHI: Rakhsha Bandhan KARACHI, Aug 19: Members of Hindu community in the city like elsewhere around the globe celebrated their annual festival of threads, Rakhsha Bandhan, on Friday. Rakhsha means protection and Bandhan means tie or bond....
KARACHI: Security steps KARACHI, Aug 19: Sindh IGP Asad Jehangir on Friday reviewed security measures for the second phase of local government elections due on August 25, and exhorted police officers to pursue coordinated measures towards ensuring people’s security peaceful environment during the polls....		KARACHI: SHC reserves order on PR employees’ petition: Allotment of plots KARACHI, Aug 19: The Sindh High Court on Friday reserved order on a petition moved by several railway employees against their exclusion from the category of federal government servants for allotment of plots....
KARACHI: PPP says election results were engineered KARACHI, Aug 19: The Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh chapter, has described the results of first phase of local government polls as ‘engineered’ and demanded that the Election Commission should declare the...		KARACHI: EC receives results from nine towns KARACHI, Aug 19: The Election Commission on Friday night released unofficial results of 26 of 178 union councils in 18 towns of Karachi. Saddar Town: UC-4 nazim: Mohammad Nasir, naib nazim:...
KARACHI: PTI alleges rigging in polls KARACHI, Aug 19: The President of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf Sindh, Zubair Khan, on Friday criticized the ruling coalition for alleged manipulation in the local body polls....		KARACHI: IFJ condemns KARACHI, Aug 19: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the cancellation of declarations of four newspapers and magazines in Pakistan under the Press and Publication Ordinance....
KARACHI: High tides KARACHI, Aug 19: The Edhi Foundation has warned the beach goers of high tides advising them not to go for a dip in the sea over the weekend....		HYDERABAD: Handing over of Rani Bagh to district govt opposed HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The Qasimabad Dost Panel has opposed a proposal of the DCO to hand over Rani Bagh (municipal garden) to the district government. It warned that if the proposal...
HYDERABAD: CM urged to relax ban on service regularization HYDERABAD, Aug 19: Work charge employees of the building control department have appealed to the government to regularize services of employees who had completed five years of their service in this capacity....		HYDERABAD: Plan to form core groups on crops HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The Sindh Agriculture Department will form core groups on important crops for development of production technologies and increasing productivity. This was decided at a meeting held at the Sindh Seed Corporation office on Wednesday....
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Rigging allegation levelled against Jatoi group NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 19: Former provincial minister and PML leader Syed Murad Ali Shah and PPP MNA Syed Zafar Ali Shah have accused the Jatoi group of rigging the local body elections....