August 24, 2005	Wednesday	Rajab 18, 1426

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KARACHI: Train passengers made to suffer KARACHI, Aug 23: Passengers travelling from Karachi to other parts of the country by train had to face hardships at the Landhi Railway Station on Monday and Tuesday due to failure...		KARACHI: Students, teachers left in lurch: New textbooks for IX, X KARACHI, Aug 23: It is over three weeks since the new academic year began and the students, their parents and teachers are still not clear about the use of new books...
KARACHI: Encroachment galore all over city KARACHI, Aug 23: Besides the insatiable greed of certain elements, the defunct Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s decision to levy land-use charges on fast-food outlets and restaurants doing business on footpaths, the city’s roads and footpaths seem to be vanishing....		KARACHI: Hearing in Rs298m fraud case put off KARACHI, Aug 23: An accountability court put off on Tuesday the hearing of a Rs298 million fraud case against three officials of the Pakistan Post Office after the prosecution concluded its evidence with the statement of the investigation officer....
KARACHI: Suspected bandit shot dead KARACHI, Aug 23: Police shot dead a suspected bandit and arrested his accomplice in PECHS early on Tuesday morning. Police said that two policemen on a motorcycle were passing through Delhi...		KARACHI: Three killed in Baloch Para shootout KARACHI, Aug 23: Three persons were shot dead and their associate was wounded when unknown persons opened fire on them in Illyas Goth, Baloch Para Liaquatabad on Tuesday evening....
KARACHI: No holiday in city KARACHI, Aug 23: Teaching at educational institutions, including government and private schools, in the city will continue as usual on Aug 24 and 25, it was learnt officially....		KARACHI: Heritage building sealed off amid row KARACHI, Aug 23: The Karachi Building Control Authority on Monday sealed off the Shikarpuri Market, a building protected under the Sindh Cultural Heritage Protection Act, in order to prevent anyone from causing damage to it....
KARACHI: Degree classes exams to begin on Nov 21 KARACHI, Aug 23: The graduate level annual examinations of the University of Karachi for students of colleges and external candidates would begin on Nov 21, said sources on the campus....		KARACHI: SHC orders promotion of two officials KARACHI, Aug 23: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday ordered promotion of two grade 18 federal government doctors to grade 19 with effect from March 1989....
KARACHI: Progress of LERP projects reviewed KARACHI, Aug 23: The Federal Secretary Planning and Development, Humayun Farshori, on Tuesday visited the two developing Taisar and Baldia sites of the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project (LERP)....		KARACHI: Work on first post mall begins KARACHI, Aug 23: With the advancement in technology the world over, the postal system in the country has also made headway. This was stated by the Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan,...
KARACHI: CS urges promotion of art, culture KARACHI, Aug 23: The Chief Secretary, Fazalur Rehman, has asked city government authorities to hold a presentation on the evolutionary matters of Faizi Rehamin Art Gallery and its reactivation so that...		KARACHI: Hearing of convoy attack case adjourned KARACHI, Aug 23: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Monday the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case against 11 workers of the banned Jundullah group after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: Shops on SHC premises KARACHI, Aug 23: Several Bar representatives called on Tuesday for an immediate halt to construction of new shops in the Sindh High Court premises. Sindh Bar Council member and a former...		KARACHI: Administrative barriers KARACHI, Aug 23: A day-long workshop on ‘Administrative Barriers to Investment in Pakistan’, being jointly organized by the Board of Investment, Ministry of Privatization and Investment and Foreign Investment Advisory series, will be held here on Thursday....
KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Aug 23: Partly cloudy or cloudy weather with chances of drizzle in the night and morning has been forecast for the city over the next 24 hours....		KARACHI: Need stressed to liberalize people of Muslim world KARACHI, Aug 23: Prof Iftikhar H. Malik, a teacher of international history at Bath Spa University College, on Tuesday, urged Britain to help democratic forces in the Muslim world....
KARACHI: Petition challenging detention dismissed KARACHI, Aug 23: A Sindh High Court division bench dismissed as withdrawn on Tuesday a petition challenging preventive detention of two alleged activists of outlawed militant outfits under the provisions of the Anti-Terrorist Act....		KARACHI: EC not independent, says Ghafoor KARACHI, Aug 23: The deputy chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Senator Prof Ghafoor Ahmad, has said that the election commission is neither free nor independent and the local government elections of Aug 18 were not transparent....
KARACHI: Art works at Clifton KARACHI, Aug 23: An exhibition of art work by Shakil Ismail opens at the Clifton Art Gallery on Wednesday at 6pm. The exhibition will continue till Sept 3, says a press release....		KARACHI: Notice to AG in contempt case KARACHI, Aug 23: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro, on Tuesday issued notice on a contempt of court application...
KARACHI: SHC allows amendment in petition KARACHI, Aug 23: The detention of Mohammad Kashif Khan, an alleged dangerous activist of defunct Sipah-i-Shaba Pakistan (SSP) was extended for another 30 days, Additional Advocate General Sindh appearing before a...		KARACHI: Workshop at DUHS KARACHI, Aug 23: A two-day workshop on “Multiple Choice Questions - One Best Type” commenced at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) here on Tuesday under the supervision of Prof Salahuddin Afsar, Principal, Dow Medical College....
HYDERABAD: CM, MQM accused of harassing opponents HYDERABAD, Aug 23: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have accused the Sindh chief minister and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement of harassing and intimidating opposition candidates....		HYDERABAD: Foreign observers due for polls HYDERABAD, Aug 23: Foreign observers are due in the city to monitor the local body elections on August 25. Police sources said they would also visit Badin, Dadu, Jamshoro, Tando Mohammad Khan and Matiari districts....
HYDERABAD: Sindh Corps Commander visits Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Aug 23: The Corps Commander of Sindh, Lt-Gen Syed Athar Ali, visited Hyderabad on Tuesday to review security arrangements made by the army and Rangers for the local government polls, says an ISPR press release....		HYDERABAD: Workshop on trauma held HYDERABAD, Aug 23: The vice-chancellor of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Professor Jan Mohammad Memon has said that the lives of victims of road accidents can be saved with immediate medical care....
BADIN: Protest against mill management BADIN, Aug 23: Over 100 workers of the Army Welfare Sugar Mills took out a procession in protest against the sugar mill management for allegedly terminating services of 130 employees of the mill....		KHAIRPUR: PPP era has ended: PML-F KHAIRPUR, Aug 23: Former district naib nazim and PML-F leader Bibi Irshad Jilani said the PPP era has come to an end. Speaking at a street corner meeting in Abid colony...
HYDERABAD: Admission HYDERABAD, Aug 23: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, has finalized the schedule for admissions in the first year of engineering, architecture and city and regional planning....		KARACHI: Paintings show at Indus KARACHI, Aug 23: An exhibition of paintings by Maqsood Ali opens at Indus Gallery on Wednesday at 6pm. The exhibition will be on till Oct 6, open daily from 11am to 8pm....