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June 10, 2006 Saturday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1427 KARACHI: Media asked to provide Nishtar Park blast films KARACHI, June 9: The tribunal probing the Nishtar Park blast asked the electronic and print media again on Friday to cooperate with the inquiry and furnish any film or photographs of... KARACHI: 550 Afghan DPs leave for home KARACHI, June 9: About 550 displaced persons of 130 Afghan families on Friday left for their homeland under voluntary repatriation programme launched by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in 2002.... KARACHI: O levellers unaware of Urdu book status KARACHI, June 9: A large number of O level students and their teachers are unaware about the status of Urdu textbook, which had reportedly been found containing some offending material.... KARACHI: Exchange company deprived of Rs2m KARACHI, June 9: The employees of an exchange company were allegedly deprived of two million rupees by armed suspects at Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road on Friday.... KARACHI: MMA stages rallies against budget, power crisis KARACHI, June 9: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Karachi, on Friday criticised the government for failing to deliver and adding to the miseries of people by pursuing cruel policies which, it claimed, were increasing unemployment, poverty, prices of essential items and street crimes.... KARACHI: Steps taken to promote education, says Ibad KARACHI, June 9: The Sindh Governor, Ishratul Ibad, on Friday said the government was paying attention to promotion of higher education on priority basis.... KARACHI: 150,000 to appear in Class IX exams KARACHI, June 9: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Karachi, announced on Friday that Secondary School Certificate Part I (Class IX) annual examination-2006 will commence on June 20.... KARACHI: Bureaucratic interference in education criticized KARACHI, June 9: Speakers at a meeting of Shura Hamdard, Karachi chapter, urged the government to do away with what they called ''experimentation and bureaucratization of education''.... KARACHI: Three LJ activists acquitted in firing case KARACHI, June 9: Judicial Magistrate Central Karachi on Friday acquitted three activists of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in firing case as prosecution failed to prove charge against them.... KARACHI: British Council’s drive against honour killings KARACHI, June 9: The British Council has launched an awareness campaign regarding Karo kari – a menace under which people, majority of them women, are killed by their close relatives, according to them, in the name of family honour.... KARACHI: DHA, NLC ink Rs2.6bn deal for road construction KARACHI, June 9: A well-planned modern network of roads designed as per the contemporary engineering standards is being built in Phase-VIII of Defence Housing Authority.... KARACHI: Involvement of private sector stressed: Vehicle fitness certificates KARACHI, June 9: Taking notice of the increasing air pollution in Karachi, Mohammad Adil Siddiqui, Sindh Minister for Transport, has directed Provincial Transport Authority (PTA) and concerned departments to accelerate the... KARACHI: Raise in wages sought KARACHI, June 9: The National Trade Union Federation Pakistan on Friday demanded a 50 per cent enhancement in the salary of workers and to revise salaries after every six months keeping in view the rate of inflation.... KARACHI: Transporters demand new body to replace Ogra KARACHI, June 9: The National Transport Ittehad had demanded setting up of a bipartisan parliamentary committee comprising members from both ruling and opposition benches to regulate oil prices in the country.... KARACHI: Handicapped people seek special package KARACHI, Jun. 9: The handicapped people on Friday criticized the government for ignoring them in the budget and demanded that a special package be announced for them.... KARACHI: Garbage lifting in Baldia privatized KARACHI, June 9: The door-to-door garbage lifting has been introduced in Baldia town as sanitation of UC-5 Saeedabad has been handed to private sector.... KARACHI: Appointment of EDO slammed KARACHI, June 9: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association on Friday expressed concern and astonishment over the appointment of former Principal of Sindh Madressatul Islam Muhammad Ali Shaikh as Provincial Education Manager and EDO-Higher Education of the city government.... KARACHI: Urdu varsity’s new VC KARACHI, June 9: The resignation of the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Dr Iqbal Mohsin, has been accepted, and Prof Dr Kamaluddin has assumed charge of the acting VC.... KARACHI: Removal of silt from Tarbela demanded KARACHI, June 9: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro on Friday emphasised that instead of constructing new and controversial dams, measures should be taken for removal of... KARACHI: Power cuts, fluctuation continue unabated KARACHI, June 9: Many areas of the city experienced power breakdowns of long duration and the affected people kept trying to reach some KESC officials to ascertain the reason and seek help.... KARACHI: SHC asks FIA not to bifurcate cases KARACHI, June 9: The Sindh High Court barred the Federal Investigation Agency on Friday from bifurcating cases registered through the same FIR under the Immigration Ordinance or the Passport Act and the Pakistan Penal Code.... KARACHI: Govt to spend Rs12bn on lining of 514 canals: CM KARACHI, June 9: The Sindh government will spend Rs 12 billion on the lining of 514 canals and distributaries in the province to save irrigation water.... KARACHI: Poisonous gas kills two in Landhi KARACHI, June 9: Two sanitary workers died and two others fell unconscious after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning up a drain in the Export Processing Zone, Landhi, on Friday.... KARACHI: Posting KARACHI, June 9: Lt-Col Danial Ahmed has taken over as new military secretary to Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad. He has replaced Lt-Col Azhar Sohail.... HYDERABAD: SHC summons officials in contempt case HYDERABAD, June 9: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday issued show-cause notices to EDO and DO (education) Umerkot while initiating contempt of court proceedings against them.... HYDERABAD: Training programme for women councillors held HYDERABAD, June 9: District Naib Nazim Zafar Rajput has said that a training programme held for 357 women councillors of union councils, taluka councils and the district council is aimed at enhancing their capacity building.... HYDERABAD: Promotion of para-veterinary staff urged HYDERABAD, June 9: The Sindh Para-Veterinary Staff Association has appealed to Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim to grant grade-11 and grade-17 to stock assistants of the livestock department.... HYDERABAD: SU plans mid-term tests HYDERABAD, June 9: The Sindh University has decided to conduct mid-term tests to promote the culture of study among students. The university will also give some incentives to students who regularly attend classes to discourage some students’ predilection for self-leave.... PESHAWAR: 85 cases of Zakat fund corruption detected PESHAWAR, June 9: The provincial government has detected 85 cases of embezzlement in Zakat funds during the last four years and recovered about Rs2.5 million from those involved in funds misappropriation.... PESHAWAR: Peshawar markets plagued by encroachments PESHAWAR, June 9: The City district government has failed to remove encroachments from the busy markets in the areas of the Kabuli and Hashtnagri police stations.... PESHAWAR: Effective steps urged for malaria prevention PESHAWAR, June 9: Health experts have advised people to use mosquito nets and spray stagnant water pools in their areas with insecticides before the beginning of the mosquito breeding season.... KOHAT: Fugitive killed in ‘encounter’ KOHAT, June 9: A fugitive was killed in an ‘encounter’ with the Shakardarra town police early on Friday morning. According to police, Noor Aslam alias Noori was wanted by the Kohat... PESHAWAR: Development schemes in FR Kohat planned PESHAWAR, June 9: Work on three development schemes worth about Rs98 million will begin soon in the Jawaki area of FR Kohat and paper work and other formalities have been completed.... PESHAWAR: Employees reinstated in Waziristan PESHAWAR, June 9: The political administration of the North Waziristan Agency has implemented the directive of NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai and reinstated dozens of suspended employees and released salaries of hundreds of local teachers and class IV employees....

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