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April 20, 2006 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 21, 1427 KARACHI: Investigators disclose type of explosive used in blast KARACHI, April 19: The explosive used in the Nishtar Park bombing was ‘C4’, a type used earlier in the abortive attempt to blow up President Pervez Musharraf’s convoy in Rawalpindi on December 14, 2003.... KARACHI: 16 students hurt as roof of madressah collapses KARACHI, April 19: As many as 16 students of madressah were wounded when the roof of their seminary collapsed here on Wednesday in Gulshan Town.... KARACHI: KIHD governing body dissolved KARACHI, April 19: In a clear violation of the bylaws, the city government has dissolved the governing body of the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases and formed a new body to deal with the KIHD’s affairs.... KARACHI: Summer train timings KARACHI, April 19: The Pakistan Railways has issued the following timetable for summer from April 15. City Station: Hazara Express departure at 6:30am, arrival at 8:15pm, Shah Latif Express departure 7am,... KARACHI: Resettlement of LEW affectees in full swing KARACHI, April 19: The resettlement of families affected by the construction of the Lyari Expressway is going on at a fast pace, with 21,300 families so far having been handed over 80 sq-yd plots along with Rs50,000 cheques per family.... KARACHI: ‘Miscreants in seminaries need to be checked’ KARACHI, April 19: Chance-llor of Binnoria University International, Site, Mufti Mohammad Naeem has said that the involvement of anti-Islam forces in Nishtar Park tragedy cannot be ruled out.... KARACHI: President influencing probe: PPP KARACHI, April 19: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of investigations in the April 11 bomb blast at Nishtar Park and accused Gen Pervez Musharraf of influencing the process.... SUKKUR: Shortage of water hits Kharif crops in Sindh SUKKUR, April 19: Owing to non-implementation of the 1991 water accord, Sindh his getting 16,000 cusecs less than its share, due to which Kharif crops, including sugarcane, cotton and rice, have been severely affected.... PESHAWAR: Talks suggested to solve Balochistan, Waziristan issues PESHAWAR, April 19: Senator Salim Saifullah Khan has urged the government to halt ongoing operations in Waziristan and Balochistan and said that political solutions to the problems should be sought through talks.... PESHAWAR: Two JI leaders join PPP PESHAWAR, April 19: The Pakistan People’s Party has emphasised the need for an independent caretaker government to hold free, fair and transparent elections in the country.... KARACHI: No check on private schools in sight KARACHI, April 19: Despite the fact that Sindh government has got rules and legal provisions for monitoring the affairs of private schools, students and their parents had been unable to get due relief, said educational circle.... KARACHI: Power cuts persist KARACHI, April 19: People in the city complained about prolong power failures in their respective localities as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation continued to face power shortage of 150 megawatts.... KARACHI: Move to stop re-use of ghee, oil containers KARACHI, April 19: The city government has requested the provincial industries department and the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority to take action against ghee and edible oil manufacturers who have been packing their products in used cans.... KARACHI: Joint efforts stressed to curb chest diseases KARACHI, April 19: Sindh Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed has said that the government will make sustained and concentrated efforts to prevent rising chest and other fatal diseases.... KARACHI: Emergency centre KARACHI, April 19: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Shoaib Bokhari on Wednesday visited Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad to review the progress of work of its under-construction advanced emergency centre.... KARACHI: Draft budget KARACHI, April 19: The municipal administration of Lyari Town, in a meeting chaired by town Naib Nazim Abdullah Rahim Baloch, discussed the draft budget of the city government for 2006-2007.... KARACHI: Posting KARACHI, April 19: Javaid Quraishi on his promotion has taken over as general manager, STR-III, PTCL, in Grade-20.—PPI... KARACHI: Govt working for welfare of people, says Ibad KARACHI, April 19: The Governor, Ishratul Ibad, has said the government was working under a multi-dimensional strategy for poverty alleviation and improving the quality of life of the common man.... KARACHI: Comments in activist’s detention case sought KARACHI, APRIL 19: A division bench of the Sindh High Court sought comments from the ministry of defence in a petition challenging the alleged detention of Dr Safdar Sarki, secretary-general of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz.... KARACHI: Class IX exam forms schedule KARACHI, April 19: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi, on Wednesday issued the schedule for submission of SSC Part-I (Class IX) science and general group annual examination 2006, for regular and private candidates.... KARACHI: Guard’s bullet kills manager in SITE KARACHI, April 19: An assistant manager of an auto showroom in Site died in what police described an incident of accidental firing on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Encroachment on amenity plot removed KARACHI, April 19: A 30-year-old encroachment on an amenity plot in Malir’s UC-2 at Baraf Khana along Begum Khursheed Road in front of B-Area Imambargah has been removed, paving way for the construction of an ambulance service centre on the plot.... KARACHI: Camps for water connections KARACHI, April 19: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board will set up camps in Jamshed Town on weekly basis to provide water connections to people of the town at 60 per cent discount.... KARACHI: Drug peddler jailed KARACHI, April 19: Judge Bin Yameen of the anti-narcotics court sentenced on Wednesday a drug peddler to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.... THATTA: Govt trying to save its partner: Khuhro THATTA, April 19: The leader of Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, has said the government has miserably failed to maintain law and order which is evident from the... HYDERABAD: Skill training centre to be set up: Nazim HYDERABAD, April 19: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that the district government will establish a skill training centre to help control unemployment in the district.... KARACHI: 13 policemen suspended for keeping boys in fetters KARACHI, April 19: Sindh Inspector General Police Jehangir Mirza on Wednesday suspended 13 police personnel who had locked up teenage boys and kept them in fetters.... LARKANA: Power supply to Moenjodaro cut LARKANA, April 19: The local managers of Hyderabad Electric Supply Company, Hesco, disconnected power supply to Moenjodaro site on Wednesday. Mohammed Amin Qureshi, the Deputy Director of the site, told this... SANGHAR: Sanghar DC demands water rotation schedule SANGHAR, April 19: The district council demanded on Wednesday that the irrigation department should issue its water rotation schedule as it had not released any water in many canals and minors for more than 15 days without making any prior announcement.... SUKKUR: Woman, man killed SUKKUR, April 19: Armed men shot dead a woman and a man in Gehno village in the jurisdiction of Pano Akil police station on Wednesday. Police said some the assailants gunned... PESHAWAR: Uzbek envoy calls for close cultural, economic ties: Eight MoUs to be signed PESHAWAR, April 19: Uzbek Ambassador to Pakistan Oybek Usmanve has underlined the need for strengthening economic, social and cultural ties between Pakistan and Uzbekistan and said that President Islam Karimov will... PESHAWAR: UC-level child rights bodies proposed PESHAWAR, April 19: Participants in a workshop here have called for formation of committees at the union council level to protect rights of children.... HARIPUR: 18,000 literacy centres opened in NWFP HARIPUR, April 19: The provincial government has earmarked Rs1 billion for a literacy project and opened 18,000 literacy centres across the province and 900 more were being planned for Haripur and Abbottabad.... PESHAWAR: Pregnant women vulnerable to hepatitis PESHAWAR, April 19: The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that hepatitis-E was fatal for pregnant women after 17 cases of the viral disease were detected in the earthquake-hit Balakot district.... PESHAWAR: ‘Rs73 million spent on educational projects in Fata’ PESHAWAR, April 19: The government has spent Rs73 million out of an allocation of Rs103 million under the Second Science Education Project (SSEP) on various developmental schemes for bolstering education infrastructure in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.... PESHAWAR: Centre urged to support Hamas PESHAWAR, April 19: The NWFP senior minister Sirajul Haq has urged the federal government to provide financial assistance to the Hamas government and said the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal may launch a fund-raising campaign for the Palestine government.... PESHAWAR: Police to launch drive against hoax calls PESHAWAR, April 19: The emergency police have lodged a complaint with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and two cellular phone companies against some persons for using abusive language on emergency call number 15.... PESHAWAR: Litrary contest held PESHAWAR, April 19: A two-day all Pakistan quiz, essay and declamation contest concluded here on Wednesday. The Literary and Debating Society (LDS) of the NWFP University of Engineering and Technology (UET)... CHARSADDA: Protests held against Charsadda nazim CHARSADDA, April 19: Employees of works and services department on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against the behaviour of Charsadda District Nazim Naseer Mohammad Khan against their deputy director Murad Ali.... PESHAWAR: ‘PML-N to be reorganised’ PESHAWAR, April 19: Provincial president of Pakistan Muslim League (N) and former chief minister Pir Sabir Shah has said that the party would be reorganised at the union council level in accordance with the decision of the central executive council....

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