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April 21, 2006 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 22, 1427 KARACHI: Student shot dead in college KARACHI, April 20: A student of the Government College for Commerce and Economics was shot dead inside the college premises on Thursday morning.... KARACHI: Home deptt told to pay compensation: Illegal detention case KARACHI, April 20: The Sindh High Court on Thursday ordered immediate release of a man detained by the jail authorities despite expiry of his detention period and asked the Central Prison... KARACHI: Loopholes in security at Nishtar Park in focus KARACHI, April 20: A three-member committee headed by Inspector General, Sindh, Jehangir Mirza is investigating the aspect of administrative loopholes in security arrangements at Nishtar Park on April 11, when a... KARACHI: Nishtar Park tragedy toll rises KARACHI, April 20: Another victim of the Nishtar Park bombing died in a hospital here on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 49.... KARACHI: PPP-PML(N) reach 10-point consensus KARACHI, April 20: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan People’s Party have reached an understanding on a 10-point ‘charter of democracy’ which would be made public after its ratification by Mian Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto in their meeting in London.... HYDERABAD: Demand for Sindh’s share of water under ’91 accord HYDERABAD, April 20: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee has reiterated its opposition to construction of dams on River Indus and demanded implementation of the 1991 Water Accord and Sindh’s share according to the agreement.... KARACHI: Another day of power failure across city KARACHI, April 20: The weak power generation system of the power utility suffered another setback on Thursday when one of its power-generating units in Bin Qasim Thermal Power Plant ceased to work.... KARACHI: Ibad for low-cost housing facilities KARACHI, April 20: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has stressed the need for geared up and coordinated steps for providing housing facilities throughout the province.... KARACHI: Two more firemen die KARACHI, April 20: Two more firemen died here on Thursday raising the death toll to three in the SITE PMT blast. Sub-Fire Officer Mohammad Aqueel and fireman Zubair Ahmed, admitted to... KARACHI: Sentenced KARACHI, April 20: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Ms Munawwar Sultana, sentenced two bandits to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.... KARACHI: Book on Sufi saints launched KARACHI, April 20: The launching of the book: “The Friends of God - Sufi Saints in Islam: popular poster art from Pakistan” by Dr Yeurgen Waseem Frembgen, was held at the Goethe Institut here on Wednesday evening.... KARACHI: Beach cleaning drive begins KARACHI, April 20: Students belonging to various schools of the metropolis took part in a beach cleaning activity at the Liaquat View Clifton, near Boat Basin police post.... KARACHI: 1,000 books missing from Frere Hall library KARACHI, April 20: Over 1000 valuable books are missing from the city’s oldest library, situated in Frere Hall. It came to light during computerisation of the library record, sources said, adding... KARACHI: Road termed killer KARACHI, April 20: The Nazim Lyari Town, Malik Mohammed Fayaz, has branded the Mauripur Road as ‘killer road’ and said that people crossing this road mostly faced accidents because of round-the-clock... KARACHI: Paintings at V.M. Art KARACHI, April 20: An exhibition of paintings by Fizza Saleem opens at the V.M. Art gallery at 5.30pm on Friday. The show will continue till May 4, open daily (except Sunday) from 10.30am... KARACHI: Fishermen launch drive against abject poverty KARACHI, April 20: Speakers at a seminar here on Thursday expressed concern over the plight of fishermen communities in Sindh and Balochistan, saying that a large number of them lived in abject poverty.... KARACHI: APMSO, IJT trade allegations: Killing of student KARACHI, April 20: The All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO) has suspected that the Thursday killing of a student at the Government College for Commerce and Economics may be an organised... KARACHI: Muttahida dissolves student wing body KARACHI, April 20: The MQM coordination committee on Thursday dissolved the ad-hoc committee of the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organization and constituted a three-member committee for reorganization of the APMSO.... KARACHI: Killing jeopardises academic activity KARACHI, April 20: Killing of a student within the premises of the Government College of Commerce and Economics on Thursday has further deepened the concern among teachers and students in the city.... KARACHI: Pemra holds public hearing KARACHI, April 20: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) held a public hearing for award of teleport and FM radio broadcast licenses to successful bidders here on Thursday at its Karachi office.... KARACHI: Billboards’ rise to be checked: Kamal KARACHI, April 20: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has said the city government was gearing up its campaign to check and discourage illegal and haphazard publicity boards in the city to remove them within a month.... KARACHI: Saddar Town gets mobile lavatory KARACHI, April 20: The town municipal administration of Saddar Town on Thursday in a simple ceremony handed over a mobile toilet to concerned authorities for facilitating beachgoers.... KARACHI: Witness fails to identify Jundullah men KARACHI, April 20: A witness in the Bible Society blast trial on Thursday failed to identify two activists of the banned Jundullah. The ATC, headed by Judge Feroz Mehmood Bhatti, after examination of witness, adjourned the hearing to April 22.... HYDERABAD: Call for setting up remand homes HYDERABAD, April 20: Former chief justice of the Sindh High Court and chief of the committee for welfare of women prisoners, Justice (rtd) Nasir Aslam Zahid, has called for implementing the... LARKANA: Council wants gunnybags for wheat farmers LARKANA, April 20: The district council of Qambar-Shahdadkot on Thursday adopted a resolution calling upon the government to provide gunnybags to wheat growers.... HYDERABAD: Farmers urged to use new pest control technology HYDERABAD, April 20: The director-general of the Sindh agriculture extension, Mr Naeem Korejo, has called upon cotton growers to use newly-introduced PB-ROPE-L (sex pheromones) technology for minimising attack of pink bollworm.... HYDERABAD: Need stressed to improve quality of education HYDERABAD, April 20: Dr Sonia Darracq, education attaché at the Embassy of France, has stressed the need for a pragmatic approach to improve quality of higher education in the country.... GILGIT: Villagers affected by project seek relief GILGIT, April 20: More than 400 villagers affected by the Naltar hydel power project have demanded compensation and said that without government’s support they and their children would be forced to live like refugees.... LANDI KOTAL: Outlaws released to get kidnapped boy freed LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 20: The Khyber Agency political administration ordered release of six outlaws from three prisons on March 17 to get a kidnapped schoolboy freed.... PESHAWAR: ‘Restoration of schools to cost Rs43bn’ PESHAWAR, April 20: Reconstruction and rehabilitation of damaged schools in earthquake-affected areas and relocating others from the danger zone will cost Rs43.08 billion, according to data prepared by the provincial education department.... KOHAT: Deadline given for Karak gas supply KOHAT, April 20: Hundreds of activists of tshe Khattak Ittehad held a protest rally near the Gurguri oil and gas fields on Thursday and gave the government 10 days for acceptance of their demands.... SWABI: Displaced people seek compensation SWABI, April 20: People displaced by a new residential township staged a protest demonstration against the Swabi Development Authority, seeking increased compensation and accusing officials of ignoring them in allotment of apartments.... PESHAWAR: FIA plans to curb human trafficking PESHAWAR, April 20: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has set targets for its different wings to curb human trafficking, according to officials.... PESHAWAR: ‘Haj policy being improved’ PESHAWAR, April 20: The Ministry of Haj and Religious Affairs is making improvements in the Haj policy to provide better facilities to pilgrims in the next Haj scheduled in December.... PESHAWAR: UNHCR to assist in refugee repatriation PESHAWAR, April 20: The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees would continue to support voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees, Deputy High Commissioner of the agency, Wendy J Chamberlain, said here on Thursday.... HANGU: Three held in Hangu blast case HANGU, April 20: Three people, including a councillor, have been arrested on charges of attacking and damaging public and private property in the post-suicide attack violence on the 10th of Muharram this year.... KOHAT: Two shot dead in Kohat KOHAT, April 20: Two people were killed and three others injured in different incidents of firing on Thursday while the body of a boy crushed to death by a train was found near Gandiali.... LAKKI MARWAT: Emergency landing LAKKI MARWAT, April 20: Two interior ministry helicopters made emergency landings near Ahmadkhel village, 12km from here, after one of the helicopters developed a technical fault....

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