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June 17, 2006 Saturday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1427 KARACHI Police have no device to defuse a bomb: Nishtar Park tribunal told KARACHI, June 16: The bomb disposal unit has no device to defuse a live bomb, a security official told the tribunal probing the Nishtar Park blast on Friday.... KARACHI :Niazi’s brother also succumbs KARACHI, June 16: Habibullah Niazi, the younger brother of deputy superintendent jail Amanullah Khan Niazi, succumbed to his wounds on Friday morning at the Civil Hospital, pushing the death toll in the Thursday shooting incident to five.Amanullah... KARACHI 59 cellphones snatched KARACHI, June 16: Robbers took away at least 59 cellphones from pedestrians and motorists in different parts of the city on Friday.According to police sources, there were reports of snatching of... KARACHI Opposition parties reject Sindh budget KARACHI, June 16: Opposition parties have rejected the Sindh budget for fiscal 2006-07, terming it a “bundle of lies and fudged figures” and based on “contradictions”.... KARACHI :Measures for DHA security discussed KARACHI, June 16: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Ahsan Azhar Hayat took oath of the office of President Executive Board of Defence Housing Authority on Friday.Addressing the Executive Board meeting, he asked DHA... KARACHI :PPP, MMA slam govt for poor law, order KARACHI, June 16: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party and a former prime minister Ms Benazir Bhutto has condemned the killing of a senior prison official along with his several associates... PESHAWAR :Probe begins into Hayatabad land scam PESHAWAR, June 16: An 11-member committee of the City District Council has started investigation into the sale of prime land in the posh Hayatabad township at lower than market prices and... KARACHI: Robber killed in encounter KARACHI, June 16: The police on Friday shot dead a bandit and arrested his accomplice after an encounter in Saeedabad.Police said two suspects were looting some pedestrians in Sector 14, when a police party patrolling the area approached them.The... KARACHI :Budget brings relief to people: Ibad KARACHI, June 16: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has expressed the confidence that province''s budget for the fiscal 2006-07 would prove to be an exemplary one towards the development of... KARACHI :SSC results of deaf students KARACHI, June 16: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi on Friday announced the result of SSC Part-I and Part-II (Class IX and Class X) Annual Examination 2006 taken by deaf candidates.According... KARACHI :Landhi Town to buy Rs104m machinery for sanitation KARACHI, Jun 16: The Landhi Town Municipal Administration has planned to purchase machinery worth Rs104 million to clean the storm-water drains and improve the overall sanitary condition of the town.... KARACHI :Urdu varsity senate meets KARACHI, June 16: The ninth Senate meeting of Federal Urdu University of Science, Arts and Technology will be held on June 19 with Deputy Chair Senate, Prof Fateh Mohammad Malik in the chair.Representatives... KARACHI :Namaz-i-Istisqa KARACHI, June 16:''Namaz-i-Istisqa'' was offered in Sindh on Friday on the appeal of Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim. At Chief Minister’s House, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, with members of the cabinet, MPAs and government officers offered prayers.—APP... KARACHI :Book on partition and convergence launched KARACHI, June 16: Speakers at a book launch on Friday said that if people of both India and Pakistan fully supported the ongoing peace process there was no reason that strong... KARACHI :College principals to get more powers KARACHI, June 16: EDO Higher Education Dr Mohammad Ali Shaikh, who is designated as Sindh Education Manager from July 1 when administrative control of colleges would be retained by the provincial... KARACHI :World day to combat desertification today KARACHI, June 16: Pakistan will be observing World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on June 17 with the theme “the beauty of deserts and the challenge of desertification.”Observance... KARACHI :Bahria varsity project KARACHI, June 16: A project submitted by the HEC to establish electrical engineering department at the Bahria University at its Islamabad and Karachi campuses has been approved by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP).... KARACHI :Working of education body criticized KARACHI, June 16: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Finance M A Jalil has criticised the performance of the Sindh Education Foundation. He made these remarks during a post-budget press conference here on Friday.The... KARACHI :Penalty KARACHI, June 16: The Sindh High Court Inspection Team Member has imposed minor penalty of withholding of increments for two years under Sindh Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rule 1973, upon... KARACHI :NAB asks PIB depositors to file claims KARACHI, June 16: The National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, has asked all account-holders/depositors of the Prudential Investment Bank to submit their claims immediately so that further action regarding the amounts payable by... KARACHI :Education key to eliminate child labour: speakers KARACHI, June 16: Political and human rights activists on Friday stressed the need to overcome socio-economic evils like bonded labour and child labour, saying that these practices were by-products of dictatorship... KARACHI :HRCP seeks strict curb on jirga system KARACHI, June 16: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday demanded stern action against those holding jirgas in Shikarpur and Jacobabad.In a press release issued here on Thursday, it... KARACHI :Assassins of Quaid’s great grandson convicted KARACHI, June 16: The district and session judge, East, Rashida Asad, sentenced on Thursday five police officials to a five-year term for killing the great grandson of Quaid-i-Azam in the custody.The... KARACHI :Soomro KARACHI, June 16: Acting President Mohammadmian Soomro on Friday called on chief of Pakistan Muslim League-F Pir Pagara at his residence, and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest.—Staff Reporter... HYDERABAD :‘30,000 women die during delivery each year’ HYDERABAD, June 16: About 30,000 women die every year in Pakistan due to complications in delivery and thousands of others develop life-long disability because of pregnancy-related problems.... HYDERABAD :Directive to form school committee HYDERABAD, June 16: Iqra University and the district’s education department have been asked to complete the formation of 157 school management committees (SMCs), for middle and high schools, by the end of summer vacations.... JACOBABAD :Man, woman killed in crossfire JACOBABAD, June 16: A man and a woman were killed and three others sustained serious injuries as two groups exchanged fire over a land dispute in Garhi Khairo on Thursday.... HYDERABAD :Villagers demand upgrading of primary school HYDERABAD, June 16: People of Shahoo Khan Hote village of the Jhuddo taluka of the Mirpurkhas district have criticised a decision of setting up a middle school in Abdul Jabbar Leghari village by ignoring the requirement and demand of their village.... HYDERABAD :Protest against killing of JSQM leader HYDERABAD, June 16: A large number of activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz took out a procession from Hoshoo chowk to Seeratun Nabi chowk in Tando Mohammad Khan on Friday in protest against killing of Hakeem Notiar.... LANDI KOTAL :Building demolished LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 16: The political administration of the Khyber Agency demolished another shopping plaza in the Bara bazaar on Thursday. The demolition is part of... PESHAWAR :Notices issued in detention case PESHAWAR, June 16: The Peshawar High Court on Friday issued notices to the deputy attorney general and the NWFP advocate general in a writ petition challenging detention of a medical practitioner by the Inter Service Intelligence.... PESHAWAR :Students call it a clash of economic interests PESHAWAR, June 16: University students taking part in a discussion said there was no such thing as ‘clash of civilisations’ rather it was a war between economic interests of different groups across the globe....

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