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April 27, 2006 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 28, 1427 KARACHI: SHC orders removal of all faulty vehicles: Govt given three months KARACHI, April 26: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday gave all the authorities concerned three months to eliminate all vehicles emitting smoke and creating noise from the city roads.... KARACHI: Girl shot 4 times survives honour killing KARACHI, April 26: Relatives of a 14-year-old girl kidnapped her and shot her four times in an attempted ''honour killing'', a senior police officer said on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Musharraf govt will be forced to quit: PPP KARACHI, April 26: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday vowed to force Gen Pervez Musharraf’s government to pack up, and maintained that time had come for all anti-Musharraf forces to unite like the people of Nepal.... KARACHI: Blasphemy case over cartoons registered KARACHI, April 26: Police have registered a blasphemy case against Danish cartoonists and some European newspapers over cartoons of Holy Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) that sparked worldwide protests this year.... KARACHI: Power failures persist KARACHI, April 26: People remained without electricity at their homes and workplaces for hours, another day on Wednesday, as the extra-high tension 220 kilovolts wire, carrying power from the Bin Qasim... KARACHI: Four towns to go without water KARACHI, April 26: At a time when various parts of the city are in the grip of acute water shortage, the KWSB is applying a 24-hour-long closure of the supply (from... KARACHI: Bandit and pedestrian killed in shootout KARACHI, April 26: A suspected bandit and a pedestrian were killed while four persons, including two policemen, were wounded in a shootout in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town on Wednesday.... KARACHI: CM calls for presentations on budget by all deptts KARACHI, April 26: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has stressed the need for presentations by all departments to ensure a good budget.... KARACHI: MMA flays KESC, govt over power breakdowns KARACHI, April 26: The members of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in the Sindh Assembly have condemned the frequent power failures and "unannounced load-shedding" in the city and said that citizens were being made to suffer enormously in hot and humid days.... KARACHI: SSP activists’ appeal admitted KARACHI, April 26: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday admitted for hearing an appeal filed by the activists of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan against their conviction in a prison van attack case and issued notice to state.... KARACHI: Steps towards e-policing KARACHI, April 26: The introduction of e-policing project in the province was considered at a high-level meeting held at Governor’s House on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Shopping malls on city govt land planned KARACHI, April 26: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the city government would construct shopping malls in various areas in collaboration with a German enterprise on public-private partnership basis.He... KARACHI: Illegal constructions in Scheme-45 on the rise KARACHI, April 26: Unauthorised constructions continue unabated in various blocks of Gulshan-i-Maymar ( Scheme-45) and yet the KBCA officials are not taking action against construction irregularities.... KARACHI: Preservation of buildings stressed KARACHI, April 26: The Naib Nazim, Nasreen Jalil, has said that historical buildings of Karachi were the city’s pride and identification, adding that it was society’s collective responsibility to preserve them.... KARACHI: Naseer laid to rest KARACHI, April 26: Syed Naseer Haider, CEO and chairman of the International Advertising Limited (Saatchi & Saatchi), who passed away on Tuesday, was laid to rest on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Protest demo KARACHI, April 26: The HRCP in a consultative meeting, presided over by Iqbal Haider, with the families of disappeared citizens and representatives of political and labour parties, has decided to hold... KARACHI: BEd exams KARACHI, April 26: The University of Karachi has postponed BEd supplementary examinations 2005 owing to a national holiday on account of Labour Day.... KARACHI: Group show KARACHI, April 26: An exhibition of paintings by six artists opens at the Art Gallery on Thursday. The artists whose works will be on display are: Mansur Aye, Tasaduq Sohail, Wahab Jaffer, Mohammad Kazim, Mohammad Bukhari and Sarfaraz Mussawar.... HYDERABAD: 60pc water shortfall at Kotri Barrage HYDERABAD, April 26: The chief engineer of the Kotri barrage, Mr Manzoor Sheikh, has presented a grim picture of water situation at the barrage. Speaking at his office on Wednesday, he... HYDERABAD: By-election will be fair and free, says CEC HYDERABAD, April 26: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retired) Qazi Mohammad Farooq has assured that he will take every possible measure to conduct free, fair and transparent by-election in NA-219 of Hyderabad.... HYDERABAD: Need stressed for saving irrigation water HYDERABAD, April 26: Correct planting of crops and an efficient irrigation system can reduce water use by 50 to 70 per cent and overall water consumption by up to 25 per cent.... NAWABSHAH: Nazim demands staff for institutes NAWABSHAH, April 26: District Nazim Faryal Talpur has demanded that the Sindh education department should provide staff for the Nawabshah monotechnical institute for girls and the Sakrand institute for boys so that they could start functioning.... SUKKUR: Interfaith harmony stressed SUKKUR, April 26: Lawmaker Pervaiz Masih has called for interfaith harmony and urged minorities to demonstrate the spirit of accommodation and restraint.... HYDERABAD: STPP to take part in polls, says Magsi HYDERABAD, April 26: Sindh Taraqi Passand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said that the STPP will take part in the next general elections. Speaking at a “point of view” programme... KHAIRPUR: Man accused of assaulting daughter KHAIRPUR, April 26: A man has been booked for allegedly assaulting his daughter. Complainant Ghulam Akbar Leghari has stated in an FIR filed with the A-Section police that on April 22... SANGHAR: Cotton sowing hampered by water shortage SANGHAR, April 26: Acute shortage of irrigation water has hampered the cotton sowing in the district. The irrigation department has resorted to the rotation programme due to low level of water in the Nara Canal.... PESHAWAR: Khalil calls for strengthening tribal system in Waziristan PESHAWAR, April 26: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has said that situation in the Waziristan tribal region could improve and peace restored by following the traditional political system.... PESHAWAR: Ranigat nominated for world heritage list PESHAWAR, April 26: Unesco has approved nomination of the archaeological site of Ranigat, also known as Queen’s Rock, in Buner district for inclusion in the world heritage list, according to sources in the archaeology department.... PESHAWAR: Municipal workers postpone strike PESHAWAR, April 26: The workers union of City Development & Municipal Department (CD&MD) on Wednesday put off their call for strike when assurances were given by Provincial Minister for Auqaf and... HARIPUR: Haripur strike continues HARIPUR, April 26: Workers of a brick-manufacturing unit here continued their strike on Wednesday against alleged violations of labour laws by the factory administration. The workers of the Khyber Bricks Factory... MIRPURKHAS: 11 of a family embrace Islam MIRPURKHAS, April 26: Eleven members of a family embraced Islam on Monday in the presence of Maulana Hafeezur Rehman Faiz at Madina Masjid. Azizullah, Abid, Kamran, Noman, Ahsan Ali, Nazeer Ali... PESHAWAR: Blood banks in NWFP not getting screening kits PESHAWAR, April 26: Taking notice of complaints about the non-availability of screening kits for HIV, hepatitis B and C, NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has ordered the official concerned to ensure... PESHAWAR: Award for contest winners PESHAWAR, April 26: The 24th annual PAF Hifz-o-Qiraat competition was held at the PAF auditorium, Air Headquarters, here on Wednesday. Eight contestants who had secured first positions at the zonal level... LANDI KOTAL: Two Khasadar personnel killed LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 26: Armed men killed two members of the Khasadar force and injured another in an ambush on a checkpost on the main Peshawar-Torkhum Road, near Sur Kamar, in Jamrud, Khyber Agency, on late Tuesday night.... MIRAMSHAH: Soldier injured in blast MIRAMSHAH, April 26: A bomb went off near a school building housing paramilitary forces in Mirali, North Waziristan Agency, on Tuesday, wounding one soldier, sources said.... SUKKUR: Court orders FIR against 1,000 police personnel SUKKUR, April 26: The Sukkur bench of the Sindh High Court has ordered the SHO Wasti Jeevan Shah of the Ghotki district to register an FIR against 1,000 policemen, including the...

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