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July 11, 2006 Tuesday Jumadi-ul-Sani 14, 1427 KARACHI: Musharraf not at all acceptable, says Fazl KARACHI, July 10: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has categorically stated that General Pervez Musharraf is not acceptable to the opposition and any move to... KARACHI: Hearing put off in KESC petitions KARACHI, July 10: The Sindh High Court adjourned on Monday hearing of three writ petitions against loadshedding to July 18 to enable the counsel for the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation and other respondents to submit their comments.... KARACHI: PPP slams persisting power, water crises KARACHI, July 10: The Karachi Coordination Committee of the Pakistan People’s Party has expressed concern over the continuing power breakdowns of long duration and water shortage in Karachi.... KARACHI: Recruitment in education deptt on merit: Arbab Karachi, July 10: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Monday that the recruitment process in the Sindh education department was based on merit.... KARACHI: Workers’ body holds top PIA officials responsible: Plane crash KARACHI, July 10: A workers union of the PIA has claimed that the Fokker aircraft that crashed near Multan on Monday met with the accident due to the lack of maintenance,... KARACHI: MQM man, ST chief’s guard shot dead KARACHI, July 10: A guard of Sunni Tehreek chief Sarwat Qadri was shot dead by unknown persons in Malir in the small hours of Monday. Police said the body of Irshad... KARACHI: Power shut down in N. Karachi KARACHI, July 10: Residents of North Karachi suffered a prolonged power shutdown as a high-tension wire snapped suspending power supply to various localities. KESC officials said that a 220KV wire, carrying... KARACHI: 66 cellphones, 29 vehicles taken away KARACHI, July 10: Bandits took away at least 66 mobile phones and 29 vehicles in different parts of the city on Monday. Police sources said seven cars were snatched at gunpoint and eight were stolen in different localities.... KARACHI: Hunt on for OT team in kidney-theft case KARACHI, July 10: Police are looking for the anaesthetist, doctors and paramedics who assisted in the Dr Kashif Mateen, a surgeon accused of stealing a kidney from a patient at a private hospital in North Nazimabad on May 7.... KARACHI: Dearness allowance KARACHI, July 10: The Government of Sindh, with effect from July 1 till further orders, has sanctioned dearness allowances at 15 per cent of the basic pay per month to all... HYDERABAD: MNA criticises Wasa, Hesco HYDERABAD, July 10 Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNA from Hyderabad, Sahibzada Abul Khair Mohammad Zubair, said on Monday the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and Hyderabad Electricity Supply Company (Hesco) had made the lives of people miserable.... KOHAT: Forward bloc seeks Muqam’s removal KOHAT, July 10: Members of the forward bloc in the ruling PML have demanded dismissal of the party’s provincial president Amir Muqam who, according to them, ‘has spoiled the gains made by the government over the past four years’.... KARACHI: Qasmi’s death widely condoled KARACHI, July 10: People from all walks of life, including men of letters, politicians, intellectuals and journalists were shocked and grieved over the death of renowned poet, critic and journalist Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, who breathed his last on Monday.... KARACHI: British Council building without public library KARACHI, July 10: The British Council Karachi, which saw ups and downs after 9/11, has finally shifted to its own permanent building within the premises of the British Deputy High Commission in Clifton.... KARACHI: Kamal lays foundation of Baldia Stadium KARACHI, July 10: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Monday said the city government had initiated Rs507 million uplift projects, including revamping of water and sewerage system and construction of roads and a stadium, in Baldia Town.Addressing... KARACHI: Exhibition for promoting culture planned KARACHI, July 10 : A high-level meeting, presided over by Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman in his officer here on Monday, decided to organize a photographic exhibition depicting the cultural heritage, natural beauty and ancient buildings of the province.... KARACHI: Foreign trawlers termed threat to marine wealth KARACHI, July 10: President of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Mohammad Ali Shah, has warned that if an immediate ban was not imposed on deep-sea fishing by foreign trawlers, Pakistan would lose... KARACHI: DUHS ceremony KARACHI, July 10: The Dow University of Health Sciences arranged a ceremony to honour the services of the facilitator of the plastic surgery on patients with post-burn contractures and congenital deformities at Burns Centre, Civil Hospital Karachi on Sunday night.... KARACHI: Demo against Hudood Ord KARACHI, July 10: Speakers at a demonstration organised by an NGO, the Actionaid at the Press Club on Monday, demanded of the government to repeal the Hudood Ordinances.... KARACHI: SBTE computer courses KARACHI, July 10: The registrar of the Sindh Board of Technical Education on Monday announced schedule for registration forms and fee for IT courses for the academic session 2006-07.... KARACHI: Halt to operation in Balochistan sought KARACHI, July 10: Baloch nationalist parties and social organizations staged a rally here on Monday to condemn the ongoing military operation in the Bugti and Marri areas of Balochistan, and urged... KARACHI: Notices issued in detention cases KARACHI, July 10: The Sindh High Court issued notices to federal and provincial attorneys for July 14 in a petition alleging illegal arrest and detention of a Pakistani engineer brought back... KARACHI: Woman killed KARACHI, July 10: A woman was strangulated to death after being raped by unknown persons in the Al Falah area late Sunday night. Police said the body of Rubina was found in her Millat Town house on Monday morning.... KARACHI: Busy areas to get special focus in new traffic plan KARACHI, July 10: Sindh Transport Minister Muhammad Adil Siddiqui has said that improvement in the basic infrastructure of public transport system was essential to make Karachi a modern city.... HYDERABAD: Landlords want to get their land vacated HYDERABAD, July 10: Four landowners of Tajpur have appealed to the district administration to get their agricultural land vacated from what they called illegal possession by farmers.... HYDERABAD: Anti-Thal canal, dam committee rejects CCI HYDERABAD, July 10: The anti-greater Thal canal and Kalabagh dam action committee on Monday rejected the formation of the Council of Common Interests. It said that since Gen Pervez Musharraf had... HYDERABAD: ‘Hyderabad free of religious bigotry’ HYDERABAD, July 10: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Monday said that protection of life and property of all communities and sects living in Hyderabad was the responsibility of the district administration.... LARKANA: Strike in Shahdadkot against lawlessness LARKANA, July 10: A complete strike was observed in Shahdadkot town on Monday in protest against lawlessness, firing of rockets on rice mills and sending threats over mobile phones for extortion by bandits.... SUKKUR: Mega project for Sukkur approved SUKKUR, July 10: The federal government has approved the phase four of the Urban Drainage Scheme, Sukkur, to be carried out with a caused of Rs474.227... MIRPURKHAS: Protest against water shortage MIRPURKHAS, July 10: More than 200 farmers and activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz staged a demonstration and observed a token hunger strike on Monday outside the office of the... NAWABSHAH: Two killed, 40 injured in accident NAWABSHAH, July 10: A truck driver and a minor girl were killed and 40 others were injured in a road accident on the National Highway near Sakrand early on Monday morning.... DADU: Jamshoro district council passes budget DADU, July 10: Jamshoro District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar presented a Rs1,964.069 million budget with a surplus of Rs106.7 million for the fiscal year 2006-07 which the council passed unanimously in... SHIKARPUR: Strike against power outages observed SHIKARPUR, July 10: A complete strike was observed in Dakhan town on Monday against unannounced electricity loadshedding for hours almost on daily basis. The residents of Dakhan town and its adjoining... KHAIRPUR: Ghulam Ali Talpur dies KHAIRPUR, July 10: Former Member of the Sindh Assembly Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur died in a hospital in Karachi on Sunday night after a prolonged illness.... KHAIRPUR: Man assaults sister-in-law KHAIRPUR, July 10: A man drugged his 16-year-old sister-in-law and then criminally assaulted her when she came to stay in his house for a night, said the girl’s father in an FIR filed on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Doctors working with donor agencies violating rules PESHAWAR, July 10: A number of doctors working with international donor agencies are violating provincial health department rules. Sources said that the provincial government employees were required to seek official permission before applying for jobs outside the department....tside the department.... PESHAWAR: Surgeon nominated for award in Scotland PESHAWAR, July 10: A Pakistani surgeon and his wife have been nominated for the Robert Burners Award in Scotland for their services after the Oct 8 earthquake in the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: NWFP revenue shortfall at Rs6 billion in 2005-06 PESHAWAR, July 10: The NWFP recorded a revenue shortfall of over Rs 6 billion against its projected current revenue receipts of Rs 58.3 billion for 2005-06.... PESHAWAR: Monitoring of cable TV stressed PESHAWAR, July 10: Commissioner of Council of Complaints Abdul Karim Kundi has warned cable television operators against indulging in objectionable practices and urged them to respect the social norms.... KHAR: 50 transformers seized KHAR, July 10: The Water and Power Development Authority confiscated cables and 50 transformers from about half a dozen villages in the Bajaur Agency. Wapda officials launched a campaign against...

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