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June 15, 2006 Thursday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 18, 1427 KARACHI: Mengal, BNP being victimised: Benazir KARACHI, June 14: PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto, condemning the “victimisation of former Balochistan chief minister Akhtar Mengal,” has warned that chasing and hounding Baloch leaders for political dissent could have serious repercussions for the federation.... KARACHI: Bomb squad not properly trained: Nishtar Park Tribunal informed KARACHI, June 14: The bomb disposal squad of the police special branch for security is neither adequately equipped, nor properly trained to perform the task assigned to it, cross-examination of its... KARACHI: 59 mobile phones, 26 vehicles taken away KARACHI, June 14: Bandits had a field day on Wednesday as they either snatched or took away 59 cellphones and 26 vehicles in the city. According to police sources, 24 cell phones were snatched at gunpoint and 35 cellphones were stolen.... KARACHI: Sindh govt plans to build small dams KARACHI, June 14: The Sindh government has decided to construct small dams in Karachi and other water-deficient areas of the province to collect and preserve rainwater and use it for drinking and irrigation purposes.... KARACHI: No decision yet to ban rickshaws: governor KARACHI, June 14: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad said here Wednesday that no final decision had been taken to ban rickshaws in Karachi.... KARACHI: Inquiry into medical reports ordered KARACHI, June 14: The Director General of Health, Sindh, Dr Hadi Bakhsh Jatoi, ordered an inquiry on the complaint of a banking court judge who alleged that a private hospital had issued contradictory laboratory reports of his four-year son.... KARACHI: Excise minister presents budget in PA today KARACHI, June 14: In the absence of a finance minister, Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad, who holds the portfolio of Excise and Taxation, will present the Sindh budget 2006-07 in the provincial assembly at 3pm on Thursday.... KARACHI: NAB official gets bail KARACHI, June 14: A division bench of the Sindh High Court granted bail to a National Accountability Bureau official involved in a corruption case.... KARACHI: IG orders removal of torture cells KARACHI, June 14: Following the suo moto notice taken by the apex court of Pakistan about the reported presence of torture cells in police stations, Sindh IGP Jahangir Mirza has issued... KARACHI: Ibad stresses competent manpower for progress KARACHI, June 14: The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has said that professionally competent and globally compatible manpower was needed to efficiently handle the challenges that lay ahead of the nation, for rapid economic development of the country.... KARACHI: Postponement of FCS meeting criticised KARACHI, June 14: A number of NGOs and elected directors of the Fishermen the Cooperative Society have criticized the decision of the Provincial Registrar Cooperative Societies regarding postponement of the Society’s... KARACHI: AKU-EB all set to hold first exams KARACHI, June 14: The Aga Khan University Examination Board is all set to hold its first Secondary School Certificate composite examinations in May 2007 for about 2,200 candidates from 66 schools in the country.... KARACHI: Inter-city bus termini to be shifted KARACHI, June 14: The city government has planned to construct inter-city bus termini at Deh Bhatti Aameri on the Super Highway and at Razzaqabad in Malir Town on the National Highway on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis.... KARACHI: Demolition in Abbasi Nagar slammed KARACHI, June 14: Leaders of different labour organisations in their joint statement issued on Wednesday condemned the razing of Abbasi Nagar locality in North Karachi Town’s UC 4 area.... KARACHI: Proposals on traffic plans sought KARACHI, June 14: The Chief Secretary, Fazalur Rehman, on Wednesday sought proposals from the Works and Services department for vehicular traffic movement, car parking and security arrangements around the Sindh Secretariat.... KARACHI: Scholarships for Pakistani students KARACHI, June 14: Scholarships are available for master’s degrees in social and political science for Pakistani students aged 23 to 35 years at the Royal Holloway, University of London, said a British Council communiqué.... KARACHI: PTCL cable damaged KARACHI, June 14: The underground cable network of Pakistan Telecommunication Ltd has been damaged due to construction work on Road-8000 and new Quaidabad Flyover, the PTCL spokesperson said.... KARACHI: HSC forms KARACHI, June 14: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi on Wednesday announced that examination forms of HSC parts I and II of Humanities (private) will be accepted on June 14 and 15 till 11am with a late fee of Rs1,000.—PPI... KARACHI: Govt fails to redress parents’ grievances KARACHI, June 14: While feeling aggrieved at the demands of private schools, parents are of the view that the Sindh Education Department is failing to make schools abide by the rules.... KARACHI: Nationalists hold demo against dam projects KARACHI, June 14: The Sindh Qaumi Ittehad, an alliance of Sindhi nationalist parties, on Wednesday held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club against the allocation in the new federal budget for Kalabagh Dam project.... KARACHI: 2 acquitted in murder case KARACHI, June 14: Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the Anti-terrorism Court-V acquitted on Wednesday two accused in the murder case of an assistant sub-inspector on Monday.... KARACHI: US Consulate’s relocation demanded KARACHI, June 14: The father of a victim of June 2000 US Consulate bombing has urged the government to consider relocation of the consulate building.... KARACHI: Charged parking KARACHI, June 14: The city government is re-introducing the charged-parking system at 11 places in the city from July 1.The places where charged-parking is being re-introduced include North Nazimabad’s Hyderi Market... KARACHI: Action on Sikhs’ plea KARACHI, June 14: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has directed the TPO Jacobabad to investigate the reported hooliganism, take legal action and inform him about the same in detail.... HYDERABAD: Tando Mohammad Khan to spend 30pc of budget on education HYDERABAD, June 14: The district nazim of Tando Mohammad Khan, Mir Inayat Ali Talpur, has announced that 30 per cent funds in the district government budget will be earmarked for promotion of education, especially among girls.... SUKKUR: Measures urged to improves work of housing societies SUKKUR June 14: The District Coordination Officer, Sukkur, Shafique Ahmed Khoso, has directed the chairmen of various cooperative housing societies to work out a system to regulate the working of the societies, improve their functioning and provide basic amenities.... HYDERABAD: Central library to be set up in Hyderabad: nazim HYDERABAD, June 14: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that for the first time the district will make a separate allocation in the budget for the promotion of literature and... HYDERABAD: Power supply disconnected HYDERABAD, June 14: Hyderabad Electric Supply Company teams disconnected power supply to 25 consumers after it found during a campaign against power thieves and defaulters in Qasimabad that their meters had been tampered with....

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