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June 06, 2006 Tuesday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 9, 1427 KARACHI: Tribunal seeks films of Nishtar Park blast KARACHI, June 5: The tribunal investigating the Nishtar Park carnage of April 11 asked the senior superintendent of police for security on Monday to produce the footage recorded by closed-circuit television cameras installed along the main Eid-i-Milad procession route.... KARACHI: ATC suspends hanging as victim’s heirs pardon convict KARACHI, June 5: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) suspended on Monday the hanging of a murderer till further orders after the victim’s family pardoned him on the eve of execution.... KARACHI: Ministers’ guards to be withdrawn KARACHI, June 5: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has directed the authorities concerned to withdraw all police guards and mobile escorts given unnecessarily to various people in the entire province.... KARACHI: Two killed in road accidents KARACHI, June 5: Two men died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday. Police said that a speeding water tanker (JP-0073) crushed Sarwar in Block 22, F.... KARACHI: CM asks KESC to end loadshedding KARACHI, June 5: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Monday took strong notice of power crisis in Karachi and asked the KESC to take practical steps to overcome the same.... KARACHI: Couple in fake pregnancy case get bail KARACHI, June 5: The couple claiming the kidnapping of their newborn from the National Institute of Child Health, but later arrested when the woman was diagnosed with amenorrhea in successive medical... KARACHI: Class IX exam to begin on 20th KARACHI, June 5: The Committee of Chairmen of educational boards of Sindh on Monday reviewed the preparation regarding holding of Class IX (SSC Part-I) annual examination and confirmed that the exam will begin on June 20 as decided earlier.... KARACHI: Fishermen hail Altaf’s pledge, seek fulfillment KARACHI, June 5: The small fishermen from Lyari Town have urged the Sindh government to implement the reforms programme announced by the MQM leadership for the fishermen community.... KARACHI: Seminar calls for issuance of driving licences to deaf KARACHI, June 5: Speakers at a seminar on Monday called for issuance of driving licences to deaf people to increase their mobility and to save them from facing problems in their day-to-day life.... KARACHI: Scientific disposal of industrial waste urged KARACHI, June 5: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has cautioned the concerned departments that there can be no compromise when it is the question of disposal of industrial waste and contamination of water resources.... KARACHI: More cases against Benazir slammed KARACHI, June 5: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday has strongly condemned the military government’s “latest attempt to involve Ms Benazir Bhutto in trumped up cases” and described the charges levelled against her as politically motivated.... KARACHI: Result of 3rd professional MBBS KARACHI, June 5: The University of Karachi on Monday declared the result of third professional MBBS annual examination. Sunned Kumar, son of Mool Chand Thorani, of Sindh Medical College stood first,... KARACHI: Inter exams KARACHI, June 5: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, has announced that the leftover candidates of HSC General Group (regular and private) examinations can submit their forms with a late fee of Rs1,000 from June 8 to 10.... KARACHI: CNG rickshaw launched KARACHI, June 5: Smoke-free CNG rickshaw taxi has been introduced in Karachi on eve of June 5 World Environment Day. City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal handed over keys of the rickshaw... KARACHI: Facilities to workers KARACHI, June 5: Sindh Minister for Labour and chairman, governing body of the Sindh Employees'' Social Security Institution, Mohammad Adil Siddiqui, has issued directives to SESSI hospitals, medical and healthcare centres... KARACHI: SHC tells govt to employ all means to produce detainee KARACHI, June 5: The Sindh High Court directed the federal, provincial and military intelligence authorities on Monday to employ all their resources to trace an allegedly detained Jamhoori Watan Party leader and produce him on June 20.... KARACHI: Individual’s role stressed in upgrading environment KARACHI, June 5: Speakers at various functions and seminars held on Monday to mark the World Environment Day stressed the need for the policies seeking individual’s role in ensuring a clean and healthy living environment.... KARACHI: PML-N leader’s plea for safety KARACHI, June 5: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has said that present military rulers have divided interior districts among tribal chieftains and waderas who have unleashed a reign of terror against their opponents, belonging to the opposition parties.... KARACHI: Eritrea seeks stronger ties with Pakistan KARACHI, June 5: Eritrea seeks to strengthen political, economic, social, cultural and defence cooperation with Pakistan which are expected to get a big boost when President Isaias Afewerki visits Pakistan in February next.... KARACHI: Internal problems affecting KESC performance KARACHI, June 5: The Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation’s pitiable performance is being blamed on the undefined roles of its corporate heads and the contractor firm responsible for the operations and management of the power utility.... HYDERABAD: Protest against felling of trees in Khathar HYDERABAD, June 5: A large number of people held a demonstration outside the press club here on Monday in protest against cutting of trees in the Khathar forest.... HYDERABAD: Two boys drown in canal HYDERABAD, June 5: Two young boys drowned in Pinyari canal on Sunday. Eight-year-old Mehrab and his cousin Raju had gone for swimming in the canal when they lost control and swept away by strong current.... HYDERABAD: Polluted air, dirty water main issues: Environment Day observed HYDERABAD, June 5: The World Environment Day was observed in the city on Monday, with people suffering from all kinds of environmental problems — air, noise and water pollution.... HYDERABAD: Ban on teachers’ unions criticised HYDERABAD, June 5: The Sindh Employees Alliance has rejected statement of the Sindh chief minister about banning teachers’ organisations in the province. At a meeting of the SEA action committee held... DADU: Construction of dams opposed DADU, June 5: The information secretary of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Punjab, MPA Farzana Raja has said that the Kalabagh or any other dam should not be built on the Indus river because three provincial assemblies have passed resolutions against them.... PESHAWAR: Parliamentarian forum on Aids PESHAWAR, June 5: A provincial parliamentarian forum on HIV/Aids and an advocacy committee have been constituted to launch a campaign in four selected districts to create awareness about of the disease and also educate people about its prevention.... PESHAWAR: Family awaits release of man held for links with banned group PESHAWAR, June 5: Family members of a man, allegedly picked up by an intelligence agency about three months ago for having links with a banned group, are going through a hard... PESHAWAR: Draft of health policy to be finalised by 30th PESHAWAR, June 5: The NWFP Government has started consultations with a view to formulating a provincial health policy aimed at ensuring continuation of health programmes in the province, officials said.... PESHAWAR: PHC dismisses plea to liquidate bank PESHAWAR, June 5: The company judge of the Peshawar High Court, Justice Jehanzeb Raheem, on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Security of Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) seeking liquidation of the Islamic Investment Bank of Pakistan (IIBP).... PESHAWAR: Pesco board meeting PESHAWAR, June 5: Wing Commander (Retd) Jamshed Saval, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pesco, presided over a meeting at Wapda House here on Monday to review the opening of an Escrow account.... PESHAWAR: GPO soon in Lakki Marwat PESHAWAR, June 5: The Pakistan Post Office would soon set up a General Post Office (GPO) in Lakki Marwat, said NWFP Post Master-General Ghulam Panjtan Rizvi during a visit to a proposed site for the GPO project here on Monday.... KHAR: Young boy electrocuted in Khar KHAR, June 5: A young boy was electrocuted, while two others got injured in different incidents in the Barang tehsil, about 40km from the Bajaur Agency headquarters on Monday, witnesses said.... LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency: JUI leader in Bara kidnapped LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 5: Armed activists of Lashkar-i-Islami kidnapped the amir of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Bara, Maulana Abdul Latif, on Sunday evening.... PESHAWAR: Anti-polio drive launched PESHAWAR, June 5: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that the polio eradication campaign has entered the final stage and has appealed to people to ensure the administration of anti-polio drops to their children below the age of five....

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