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June 07, 2006 Wednesday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1427 KARACHI: Security cameras were not installed: Tribunal told... KARACHI, June 6: The provision of closed-circuit television in security plans is not meant to be taken seriously, the Saddar Town police officer told the tribunal investigating the April 11 Nishtar Park blast.... KARACHI: Budget disappoints opposition KARACHI, June 6: Opposition parties and the workers belonging to various labour organizations have expressed their sheer disappointment while commenting on the federal budget 2006-07 presented on Monday, most of them... KARACHI: Fishermen go on lightning strike KARACHI, June 6: Chaos prevailed at the harbour on Tuesday as fishermen observed a lightning strike against congestion at the harbour. They gathered outside the main office of the Fishermen Cooperative... KARACHI: Motorcyclist killed in road accident KARACHI, June 6: A young motorcyclist died in a road accident in Shershah on Tuesday. Police said Naveed Shahzad, 25, was riding his motorcycle when a speeding lorry crushed him.... KARACHI: Young man shoots father to death KARACHI, June 6: A young man shot dead his father in the DHA area Tuesday allegedly for divorcing his mother. “The young man Kamran, 24, barged into his father’s real estate... KARACHI: No clue found to Nishtar Park blast KARACHI, June 6: No breakthrough has been made, so far, in the two bomb blasts near US Consulate on March 2 and at Nishtar Park on April 11, said Home Secretary Brig Mohtaram.... KARACHI: Saddar Town presents Rs700.69m draft budget KARACHI, June 6: A draft budget of Rs700.690 million was presented at the council meeting of the Saddar Town for the fiscal year 2006-07. The meeting was presided over by Convener and Naib Nazim of the town Nasir Tamoori on Tuesday.... KARACHI: PIMA elections KARACHI, June 6: The serving President of the Pakistan Islamic Medical Association, Karachi, and consultant ophthalmologist, Dr Misbahul Aziz, was re-elected for the term 2006-08.... KARACHI: Uplift projects reviewed KARACHI, June 6: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Tuesday said the city government had initiated several big projects in the metropolis on built, operate and transfer bases.... KARACHI: Master’s exams in June end KARACHI, June 6: The master’s annual examinations, 2005, for external candidates will be held in the last week of June, said the controller of examinations of the University of Karachi on Tuesday.... KARACHI: MQM slams supporters of ‘land mafia’ KARACHI, June 6: The members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the Sindh Assembly have criticized political parties supporting the land mafia and air polluters in the city.... KARACHI: Councillors told to work devotedly KARACHI, June 6: Elected representatives of local bodies, including women must develop a more effective understanding of the Local Government Ordinance to discharge their duties in a more meaningful manner.... KARACHI: PN, Royal Navy joint exercises begin KARACHI, June 6: A three-day joint maritime exercise by Pakistan Navy fleet units and Royal Navy Ship HMS Gloucester commenced Tuesday at Arabian Sea. The ship arrived here on a three-day... KARACHI: Recruitment test postponed KARACHI, June 6: The schedule of written and physical fitness tests for recruitment of constables in the Sindh police has been extended, and now these tests would commence on June 22, says a press release.... KARACHI: City Council KARACHI, June 6: The general session of the City District Council Karachi will be held at the Council Hall, Old KMC Building, on June 8, said a city government press release on Tuesday.—PPI... KARACHI: Governor, CM hail federal budget KARACHI, June 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad and Chief Minister Dr Arbab Rahim have welcomed the federal budget and described it as people-friendly. Dr Ibad termed the budget ‘historical’, saying it depicted people’s aspirations.... KARACHI: Goods transporters go on strike KARACHI, June 6: Goods transporters went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday to press the city government for lifting the ban imposed on entry of goods transport into the city between 5am and 11pm.... KARACHI: Three routes announced KARACHI, June 6: The city government on Tuesday announced setting up of three routes for entry of goods vehicles into the city to reach the Karachi Port and their timings.... KARACHI: Lyari in grip of multi-pronged problems KARACHI, June 6: Lyari is in the grip of multi-pronged civic and social problems.... KARACHI: IT training for teachers KARACHI, June 6: The second intermediate programme of 15-day computer training for teachers by the city government’s Information Technology Department started on Monday.... HYDERABAD: SU cancels PhD degree HYDERABAD, June 6: The University of Sindh has withdrawn a PhD degree and cancelled provisional certificate issued to Asad Shaikh, associate professor of the Institute of Information Technology.... HARIPUR: Constables held for extortion HARIPUR, June 6: Two police constables were arrested and a criminal case was registered against them here on Tuesday for extorting money and mobile phones from two travellers.... PESHAWAR: Poor ignored in budget: opposition PESHAWAR, June 6: Opposition parties and traders of the NWFP have rejected the federal budget for 2006-07 and termed it a ‘jugglery of words’ and a ‘fraud’ with the poor, saying that they have been ignored in the budget.... PESHAWAR: Murder convict executed PESHAWAR, June 6: A man sentenced to death on two counts was executed here at the Central Prison early Tuesday morning. Judicial Magistrate Ziaur Rehman administered the execution.... PESHAWAR: Urology unit to be set up at KTH PESHAWAR, June 6: Health Minister Inayatullah has directed immediate establishment of a full-fledged urology unit at the Khyber Teaching Hospital. He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting at the committee room of the health secretariat on Tuesday.... CHITRAL: ‘Tunnel work started in earnest’ CHITRAL, June 6: Federal Minister of Political Affairs and provincial president of the ruling PML Engineer Ameer Muqam has said that the real credit for launching work on the Lowari Tunnel project goes to President Musharraf....

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