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May 23, 2006 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 24, 1427 KARACHI: CM manages quorum without Muttahida KARACHI, May 22: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday demonstrated his strength in the provincial assembly when he led a procession of 43 MPAs to make quorum and... KARACHI: MQM acknowledges differences with CM KARACHI, May 22: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday acknowledged its differences with the Sindh chief minister by expressing its reservations about his unspecified policies but said that it was engaged in a process to overcome the situation.... KARACHI: Police fail to record statement of burn victim KARACHI, May 22: A 14-year-old boy with fatal burns could not have his ‘dying statement’ (statement before death) recorded owing to the lethargy of the medico-legal officer on duty at the Civil Hospital on Monday.... KARACHI: Musharraf lauds LRBT, donates Rs2 million: 20 years of service KARACHI, May 22: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday praised the services being rendered by Layton Rehmatullah Benevolent Trust towards the cause of curing the blind in the country.... KARACHI: PA session ends without any business KARACHI, May 22: The Sindh Assembly session which had begun on Friday was prorogued on Monday without deliberations on any item on the order of the day.... KARACHI: Arbab lost majority, should quit: Khuhro KARACHI, May 22: The opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Monday asked Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim to step down as he had, according to them, lost confidence of majority in the house.... KARACHI: Minister’s guards beat up Major KARACHI, May 22: Police late Sunday night registered an FIR on the complaint of an army officer who reported that he was beaten up by the police guards escorting a provincial minister in Gulshan Town a few days back.... KARACHI: LJ man gets life for sectarian murder KARACHI, May 22: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Monday a worker of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi to serve life in jail for a sectarian murder. Judge Feroze Mehmood Bhatti of the ATC-2... KARACHI: Several areas face power shutdowns KARACHI, May 22: A power-generating unit of the Korangi Thermal Power Station ceased to work on Monday morning, creating a shortage of up to 100 megawatts and forcing the power utility to resort to load shedding across the city.... KARACHI: 11 religious groups summoned KARACHI, May 22: Inquiry Tribunal of Nishtar Park blast incident on Monday asked leaders and office-bearers of as many as 11 religious organisations to appear in person or through any of... KARACHI: SHC seeks chargesheet in Ehteshamuddin case KARACHI, May 22: The Sindh High Court allowed a prosecution appeal and directed the police on Monday to submit a charge-sheet in the murder case of Ehteshamuddin Haider under the Anti-Terrorist Act for trial of the accused in accordance with law.... KARACHI: Protesters demand release of detainees KARACHI, May 22: The government for the first time on Monday acknowledged the detention of Shia youths who have been picked up by the personnel of law-enforcement agencies in various parts of the city during the last few weeks.... KARACHI: Call for strike against govt’s failure to arrest culprits KARACHI, May 22: Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamat on Monday announced to observe strike in Karachi on May 27 in protest against government''s failure to arrest the culprits behind the April 11... KARACHI: Increase in salaries of teachers demanded KARACHI, May 22: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association has demanded 100 per cent increase in the pay and allowances of the teachers in view of ever increasing prices of daily-use items.... KARACHI: Desalination plant to start functioning by December KARACHI, May 22: Commander 5 Corps and President of the Executive Board, DHA, Lt-Gen. Ahsan Azhar Hayat visited the Defence Housing Authority''s main office for the first time on Monday.... KARACHI: Advanced technology learning centre KARACHI, May 22: An Information and Communication Technology Video-Conferencing Learning Center in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Landhi, was inaugurated by Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil on Monday.... KARACHI: Federal Urdu varsity VC resigns KARACHI, May 22: The vice-chancellor of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Dr Iqbal Mohsin, has tendered his resignation from the post on personal grounds, said sources in the Higher Education Commission on Monday.... KARACHI: KWSB flayed for water shortage in Lyari KARACHI, May 22: The nazims and councillors of Lyari Town on Monday criticised acute water shortage in their town and accused the KWSB officials for negligence.... KARACHI: NA body praises uplift works KARACHI, May 22: The National Assembly Standing Committee for Local Government and Rural Development has appreciated the performance of city district government of Karachi.... KARACHI: Cultural mela KARACHI, May 22: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced one-day extension in ongoing cultural and entertaining mela arranged by the community development department at Clifton Beach Park.... KARACHI: Eucalyptuses in Gulshan to be cut down KARACHI, May 22: The town administration of Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Monday announced that it would chop down eucalyptus trees along Haider Ali Road in UC-1 within next 15 days and plant date palms in their place.... KARACHI: Model parks KARACHI, May 22: The Shah Faisal Town Administration would build model parks in all of its union councils having jogging tracks and swings for children. Town Nazim Muhammad Imran announced this... KARACHI: School project foundation laid KARACHI, May 22: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Bukhari on Monday laid the foundation stone of primary section at a public school in North Karachi.... KARACHI: Group show for quake relief KARACHI, May 22: An exhibition of paintings by 35 leading artists opens at the Momart gallery at 6pm on Thursday. The artists whose works will be on display are: Amber Aslam, Amin Gulgee, Anis Ahmed, Ather Jamal, Chitra Pritam, C.Z.... HYDERABAD: District nazim accused of ignoring Qasimabad taluka HYDERABAD, May 22: The Qasimabad Action Committee has said that the people of Qasimabad taluka are getting step-motherly treatment from the district nazim. Speaking at a press conference at the press... HYDERABAD: Below Kotri water not fit for human drinking: expert HYDERABAD, May 22: The dean of the faculty of natural sciences of the University of Sindh, Dr M. Y. Khuhawar, has said that water of Kotri downstream is not fit for human consumption.... HYDERABAD: Projects to overcome drought effects HYDERABAD, May 22: DCO Mohammad Sharif Awan has said that as many as 20 development schemes at a cost of Rs70.033 million have been taken in hand under the Drought Emergency Relief Assistance (DERA) programme in the district.... KHAIRPUR: Nazim urges water for tail-end growers KHAIRPUR, May 22: District Nazim Syed Niaz Hussain Jilani urged irrigation officers on Monday to ensure that Thari Mirwah, Kotdiji and Faiz Ganj talukas particularly the tail-end areas received water.... PESHAWAR: 87 illegal FM stations in NWFP shut down PESHAWAR, May 22: Police have shut down 87 FM radio stations which were operating illegally from religious seminaries and mosques in various districts of the NWFP, officials said on Monday.... PESHAWAR: PPP rejects renaming NWFP as Khyber PESHAWAR, May 22: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) said on Monday that it would not accept any name other than Pukhtunkhwa for the NWFP and linked its stance to a resolution... PESHAWAR: Equal funds for union councils PESHAWAR, May 22: Minister for Local Government Sardar Mohammad Idrees has directed that development funds should be equally distributed among union councils. Presiding over a meeting of the Provincial Local Government... PESHAWAR: Mild quakes hit Muzaffarabad, Mansehra PESHAWAR, May 22: Two earthquakes of mild intensity jolted the town of Mansehra and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir capital on Monday within the space of seven hours, the meteorological station said in separate reports.... PESHAWAR: Order to solve water problem PESHAWAR, May 22: Town-II Naib Nazim Israrullah has directed the town municipal administration to take immediate action to solve the water supply problem in the Hasan Garhi-I union council.... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to ratify firearms protocol PESHAWAR, May 22: The Sustainable Peace and Development Organisation (SPADO) has urged Pakistan to ratify the UN firearms protocol and establish a national commission to control manufacturing, proliferation, export and import of small arms and light weapons.... SWABI: Protest against arrest of officer SWABI, May 22: The Teachers Association held a demonstration here on Monday in protest against arrest of the assistant deputy district officer for primary education. The officer, Ali Haider, was arrested in a fraud case one week ago.... HARIPUR: Motorcyclist killed HARIPUR, May 22: One person was killed and another injured when a pick-up hit their motorcycle near the Doreha Bridge on the Hattar Industry Road on Monday The man killed was identified as M....

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