August 27, 2005	Saturday	Rajab 21, 1426

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KARACHI: Musharraf dedicates Askari Park to public: ‘Army’s gift to Karachiites’ KARACHI, Aug 26: President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday inaugurated the beautifully developed Askari Park, built on the site of the old Sabzi Mandi on University Road, and described it as ‘a gift to people from the army’....		KARACHI: MMA observes ‘black day’ against rigging KARACHI, Aug 26: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) observed black day in the city on Friday to register their protest against what they termed, ”massive rigging under government patronage in the local government elections.”...
KARACHI: Stage set for final phase of LB polls KARACHI, Aug 26: With the completion of direct election process of union councils in the country, stage is set for indirect elections of nazims and naib nazims of the city district...		KARACHI: Civilian to be tried by military court for espionage KARACHI, Aug 26: A civilian detainee who has been arrested on charges of espionage is to be tried by a field general court martial under the Pakistan Army Act, a federal...
KARACHI: Karachi gets a modern park: Rs200 million state-of-the-art project KARACHI, Aug 26: The Askari Park, inaugurated by President General Pervez Musharraf here on Friday has many state-of-the-art features. Giving details of its salient features, Brigadier Junaid, who spearheaded the engineers...		KARACHI: KU toppers waiting for pledged awards KARACHI, Aug 26: A number of top position holders of the University of Karachi are waiting for the release of cash awards, which were announced by the Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, five months back....
KARACHI: Seminar proposes regulatory body: Substandard consumer items KARACHI, Aug 26: Widespread use and application of substandard products and services in the local market has become serious threat to the health and safety of consumers....		KARACHI: Tribunal reinstates 39 UBL employees KARACHI, Aug 26: The Federal Service Tribunal has reinstated 39 employees of the United Bank Limited, Karachi zone. The appellants submitted that they were employed against permanent vacancies of assistants, messengers...
KARACHI: Policy for rehabilitation of special persons approved KARACHI, Aug 26: The government has approved a first-ever national policy for persons with disabilities which provides guidelines to all stakeholders for rehabilitation of special people....		KARACHI: Abbasi report close to Sindh stand: PPP KARACHI, Aug 26: Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, finding little to worry about A. N. G. Abbasi’s report on construction of dams, has said that the report is close to Sindh’s stance on the issue....
KARACHI: Book on Laila Shahzada launched KARACHI, Aug 26: “Laila Shahzada was a sensitive, disturbed and powerful artist whose brush had immense flow and impact. I never came to know her personally but on reading this well-researched...		KARACHI: Young man found dead; woman kills herself KARACHI, Aug 26: A bullet-riddled body of a young man was recovered from the Site Town Friday morning, police said. The body was found from a narrow lane in Pathan Colony from the Pirabad police jurisdiction....
KARACHI: Monsoon may pass off without rain in city KARACHI, Aug 26: The monsoon may pass off this year without rains in the city. The director-general of the Pakistan Meteorological Department, Dr Qamaruzzaman Chaudhry, told Dawn on Monday that this...		KARACHI: Robbery foiled KARACHI, Aug 26: The police has foiled a robbery bid and arrested three outlaws. According to a press release, three personnel of the Shaheen Force, during routine patrol in Tariq Road...
KARACHI: School in residential area sealed KARACHI, Aug 26: The KBCA on Friday sealed one among the thousands of schools being run in residential bungalows at a time when the academic session had already begun....		KARACHI: Gold medals KARACHI, Aug 26: In an international exhibition organized by the Museum and Academy of Children Art, Greece, 14 students from Pakistan received gold medals, said a press release here on Friday....
KARACHI: Development of Urdu varsity deptts on cards KARACHI, Aug 26: A comprehensive plan is underway for the development of all the departments of the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST)....		KARACHI: KBA protests over lawyers’ arrest KARACHI, Aug 26: The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) has announced a sit-in on the main M.A. Jinnah Road on Monday following the arrest of two member advocates from their office on Friday....
KARACHI: Civil judge, magistrate suspended KARACHI, Aug 26: The Chief Justice of Sindh High Court has suspended Civil Judge Khair Mohammad Solangi and Judicial Magistrate Lakhi Ghulam Shah, with immediate effect on the grounds of misconduct,...		KARACHI: Niamat pledges to serve city KARACHI, Aug 26: Former city nazim Niamatullah Khan on Friday pledged to continue serving Karachiites till his last breath, saying he did not need any office for serving the people of the metropolis....
KARACHI: Manipulation of results slammed KARACHI, Aug 26: Condemning manipulation of results in UC-7, Gulshan Town, a leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, Engr Iftikhar Qazi, has demanded of the Election Commission to declare the results null and void....		KARACHI: JI women condemn govt KARACHI, Aug 26: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Women Wing Karachi on Friday demanded the government to stop patronising terrorists and extortionists in the name of enlightened moderation and take notice of maltreatment...
KARACHI: PFF, SQM to launch drive KARACHI, Aug 26: The Siraikistan Qaumi Movement (SQM) and Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) have decided to launch a joint anti-Kalabagh Dam struggle called ‘Save Sindh’, said a press release issued here on Friday....		HYDERABAD: Re-election ordered in seven polling stations HYDERABAD, Aug 26: DRO Zaheeruddin Leghari has ordered fresh polls in seven polling stations, four of Hyderabad city taluka and three of Tando Mohammad Khan district....
HYDERABAD: Poll-related violence: cases registered HYDERABAD, Aug 26: A number of people, including two candidates of the PPP-backed Awam Dost Panel, have been arrested for causing disturbance at various polling stations during the second phase of local body elections....		SUKKUR: JUI alleges large-scale rigging SUKKUR, Aug 26: Leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam have accused the government of large -scale rigging in the second phase of the local body elections and have urged the chief election commissioner to resign....
SUKKUR: PPP asks CEC to resign SUKKUR, Aug 26: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Khursheed Shah and former federal minister Islamuddin Shaikh have demanded that the chief election commissioner should resign from his post because he has failed to hold free, fair and transparent elections....		DADU: Shahani notable injured, arrested DADU, Aug 26: Chief of the Shahani clan, Ghulam Ali Shahani, was injured in an exchange of fire with Rangers personnel in Dadu town on Thursday night....
SHIKARPUR: Massive rigging in Shikarpur alleged SHIKARPUR, Aug 26: Awam Dost Panel leader and PPP divisional president Agha Sirajuddin Durrani has alleged that the government-backed Khushhal Pakistan Panel leaders were involved in stamping of ballot papers with the help of police....