August 25, 2005	Thursday	Rajab 19, 1426

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KARACHI: APC rejects LB results, demands fresh polls: Countrywide movement proposed KARACHI, Aug 24: An all-parties conference of religious and political parties has rejected the local government elections, describing them as ‘total fraud’ and stressing the need for holding an APC at national level to consider the matter....		KARACHI: Cellphone users to touch 30m mark KARACHI, Aug 24: The telecommunications sector has witnessed an unprecedented growth, and in the next few years, the cell phone subscriber base is expected to reach 30 million. This was stated by the chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Shahzada Alam while speaking at a forum of telecoms regulator, operators and users on Wednesday...
KARACHI: China seeks regional peace for development KARACHI, Aug 24: A delegation from the Chinese Institute of International Studies (CIIS) held discussions with scholars and students at the University of Karachi on Wednesday....		KARACHI: STB fails to inform education deptt KARACHI, Aug 24: The Sindh Education department till Wednesday afternoon was ignorant of the development and marketing of the new and revised book of Pakistan Studies – taught to students mostly in class IX....
KARACHI: MQM man shot dead KARACHI, Aug 24: An MQM activist was shot dead by his friend in Azizabad on Wednesday. According to police, Khan Rehan Habib, his wife Sadaf Rehan Habib, and Syed Rehan Ahmed were travelling in a car....		KARACHI: People urged to elect enlightened candidates: Ibad sees peaceful polling KARACHI, Aug 24: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has expressed the hope that people would fully exercise their right to vote in the second phase of the local body elections....
KARACHI: Ex-nazim Guddu Bihari set free KARACHI, Aug 24: Former nazim of Orangi was finally released on Wednesday by the police after over an 18-month detention. Mohammed Shahid Alam alias Guddu Bihari was arrested in February 2004 by the Anti-corruption Establishment....		KARACHI: 2 suspected gangsters killed in ‘encounter’ KARACHI, Aug 24: An alleged gangster and his accomplice were shot dead in what police claimed to be an encounter in a densely populated locality of old city area in Lyari on Wednesday....
KARACHI: Rs130m worth firefighting vehicles to be procured KARACHI, Aug 24: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) will purchase fire brigade vehicles worth around Rs130 million during the current year, a meeting chaired by the CDGK caretaker was told here on Wednesday....		KARACHI: Awareness of environment issues stressed KARACHI, Aug 24: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Environment and Alternative Energy Mohammad Noman Saigal has emphasized the need for promoting awareness of environment concerns not only in the masses...
KARACHI: High court dismisses plea for quashment: Custodial death KARACHI, Aug 24: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Wednesday a petition moved by a former station house officer for quashment of a murder case against him for allegedly killing a youth in custody....		HYDERABAD: PPP leader welcomes army deployment HYDERABAD, Aug 24: Member of the National Assembly and Pakistan People’s Party leader Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur, in a statement faxed to Dawn here on Wednesday, welcomed the deployment of army...
KARACHI: Candidate allowed to contest election KARACHI, Aug 24: A division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro, on Wednesday issued bailable warrant of arrest in the sum...		KARACHI: Bail in kidnapping case denied KARACHI, Aug 24: A Sindh High Court division bench on Wednesday refused bail to two accused facing trial for kidnapping a businessman for ransom. Tahir Mugheri and Wazeer Ahmed are being...
KARACHI: Ex-manager of PQA arrested KARACHI, Aug 24: The National Accountability Bureau arrested on Wednesday a former project manager of the Port Qasim Authority for his involvement in financial embezzlement and malpractices and for causing a loss of Rs350 million to the national exchequer....		KARACHI: Sewage inundates road KARACHI, Aug 24: Filthy water gushing out from a chocked storm-water drain has spread on either side of main University Road, near Chandni Chowk, causing hindrance in the smooth flow of traffic, besides creating unhygienic conditions in the vicinity....
KARACHI: KU academic council polls held KARACHI, Aug 24: Polling for election to the Academic Council of the University of Karachi from two constituencies of university teachers was held on Wednesday. Giving an unofficial account of election...		KARACHI: Clean food in schools urged KARACHI, Aug 24: The Sindh education department has been urged to ensure that hygienic standards are strictly maintained at all canteens and tuck shops at educational institutions....
KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, Aug 24: The Met office has forecast cloudy weather with chances of drizzle for Karachi during the next 24 hours. The maximum temperature will remain between 31 and 33 degrees Centigrade....		KARACHI: Paintings show at Canvas KARACHI, Aug 24: An exhibition of paintings by Mansoor Rahi will open at Canvas Gallery on Thursday at 5pm, says a press release. The exhibition will continue till Sept 3, excluding Sundays....
KARACHI: SHC issues notice to AG in contempt petition KARACHI, Aug 24: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the advocate-general of Sindh in a contempt petition alleging that elections to four newly-constituted union councils of Rato...		HYDERABAD: Relief for Wapda employees HYDERABAD, Aug 24: The Federal Minister for Water and Power, Mr Liaquat Jatoi, has restored the allowance of Rs400 per month of Wapda employees and has regularized the services of daily wage employees working for 15 years in the organization....
THATTA: Protest against attack on teacher THATTA, Aug 24: Students of the Government Boys High School, Sujawal, and their teachers took out a procession and later blocked the Sujawal-Badin highway in protest against an attack on Ashraf Leghari, a teacher of the school, here on Tuesday....		NAWABSHAH: Corps commander visits Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Aug 24: Sindh Corps Commander Lt-Gen Syed Athar Ali visited Nawabshah district on Wednesday to review security arrangements for the second phase of local body elections....