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May 22, 2006 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 23, 1427 KARACHI: Coal-based power plants planned, says Arbab KARACHI, May 21: The vast coal reserves in Sindh will be utilised to produce electricity and many such power plants will be set up over the next five years.... KARACHI: Fair polls not possible under present govt, says ARD KARACHI, May 21: President of the ARD Makhdoom Amin Fahim has alleged that the present military-led dispensation excels in rigging and is indulged in subverting peoples’ will and the constitution.... KARACHI: Two rallies held against detention of youths KARACHI, May 21: Two big demonstrations were staged by the Jaferia Alliance and the Imamia Students Organisation on Sunday against the continued detention of Shia youths.... KARACHI: Nadra lays blame on passportdeptt KARACHI, May 21: The National Database Registration Authority on Sunday said that they had started issuing letters to those computerized cardholders, whose family tree was incomplete.... HYDERABAD: Gastroenteritis claims 4 lives in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, May 21: The director-general of Sindh health services, Dr Hadi Bux Jatoi, has said that four children have died of gastroenteritis.... PESHAWAR: Fata development budget to be Rs10bn: Sherpao PESHAWAR, May 21: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has underlined the need for including honest and dedicated people into the tribal jirga proposed to be constituted to resolve the issues confronting Fata people.... PESHAWAR: Agitation against govt greatest jihad: Qazi PESHAWAR, May 21: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Sunday described agitation against the government as the greatest jihad and said rulers were working against the Islamic system with the support of western countries.... KARACHI: Demand for making probe public: Conference on Nishtar Park tragedy KARACHI, May 21: The Shuhada-i-Nishtar Park tragedy conference has demanded making public the investigations made so far by sensitive agencies of the April 11 incident.... KARACHI: Row over seasonal fishing ban KARACHI, May 20: Small fishermen have urged the government to seek experts’ opinion on the seasonal ban imposed every year in the June-July period to facilitate fish breeding.... KARACHI: Ibad for improvement in power supply KARACHI, May 21: The Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has directed the authorities of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and Wapda to take immediate steps for improving the power supply situation in the city.... KARACHI: Investigators still await DNA test report KARACHI, May 21: Investigators in Nishtar Park bombing case are still waiting for the report of DNA test of the suspected suicide bomber and the claimants of the severed head.... KARACHI: Many MPAs reaffirm support for CM KARACHI, May 21: Members of the Sindh Assembly belonging to various parties in the coalition have reposed confidence in the leadership of Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and pledged that... KARACHI: IBA to set up centre for training entrepreneurs KARACHI, May 21: The Institute of Business Administration will set up an independent centre for entrepreneurship for the training and guidance of young men and women who plan to set up their own businesses.... KARACHI: Foundation of first parking plaza laid in Saddar KARACHI, May 21: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Pakistan''s first multi-storey parking plaza in Lines Area near Saddar.... KARACHI: WHO compiling data on industrial pollution in city KARACHI, May 21: Chief Minister’s Adviser on Environment, Alternate Energy and Information Technology Noman Saigal said that the World Health Organisation and other international organisations of health and environment had started... KARACHI: Projects for Shah Faisal Town KARACHI, May 21: The union council nazims of Shah Faisal Town have suggested the immediate construction of a dual road from Shah Faisal Colony No-5 to Quaidabad via Azeempura-Juma Goth, and building of storm drains in various areas of the town.They... KARACHI: Newly-built road without streetlights KARACHI, May 21: The one-kilometre road between Nagan Chowrangi and Anda Morr, built in August last year, turns into a horrible strip of land for pedestrians from dusk to dawn in the absence of streetlights.... KARACHI: Group show at Gulmohar KARACHI, May 21: A group exhibition of photography and ceramics begins at the Gulmohar art gallery at 5.30pm on Monday. Those whose works will be on display are: Hasan Siddique, Naomi Alesworth, Hamza Vora and Unaiza Maniar.... KARACHI: Wounded girl dies KARACHI, May 21: The 14-year-old girl, Noor Jehan, who had suffered five bullet wounds about a month back, died in her hospital bed early Sunday morning.... KARACHI: Nazim seeks Rs6bn for treatment plant KARACHI, May 21: Nazim of Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday requested President Pervez Musharraf to help the city government in the setting up of a water treatment plant which will cost Rs6 billion.... KARACHI: Five killed in highway accident KARACHI, May 21 : Five fruit and vegetable traders died and 15 others were injured in an early morning accident on the Super Highway. Police said the traders who used to... KARACHI: Shifting of graves KARACHI, May 21: A large number of people under the banner of ‘Action Committee of Affectees of Graveyard Manoon Goth’ staged a demo and protest rally from Hassan Square to Gharibabad... HYDERABAD: WB funding for large dams opposed HYDERABAD, May 21: The president of the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah, has said that the people of Sindh will never accept construction of the Kalabagh dam.... HYDERABAD: Govt criticised for not allowing public meeting HYDERABAD, May 21: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Sindh president Zubair Khan has criticized the Sindh government for refusing permission to the party to hold a public meeting in Nawabshah on May 24.... HYDERABAD: Conference at Bhithshah HYDERABAD, May 21: The Sindh Nationalist Forum announced here on Saturday that the forum would organise “International Paigham-e-Sindh Conference” in March next year at the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.... NAWABSHAH: 200 schools await reopening NAWABSHAH, May 21: About 200 primary schools for boys and girls are lying closed in three talukas of the district depriving village children of education.... PESHAWAR: Bus robber killed, accomplice injured PESHAWAR, May 21: One alleged robber was killed and another injured in a pre-dawn police action as they tried to escape after looting a passenger bus on the Pajaggi Road.... HANGU: Constable dies as mob storms police station in Hangu HANGU, May 21: A head constable was killed when residents of Tora Wari village stormed the Doaba police station on Sunday to free a proclaimed offender was put in the lock-up there.... SWABI: Councillors demand equal share in Swabi uplift funds SWABI, May 21: The opposition in the district council said on Sunday that they would stay away from the council meetings if their demand for equal distribution of Rs100 million development funds was not accepted.... TIMERGARA: Dir teachers threaten hunger strike TIMERGARA, May 21: The All Teacher Association (ATA) of Dir Lower has threatened to observe a three-day hunger strike in Islamabad from May 31 to June 2 if the government does not accept their demands....

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