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July 27, 2006 Thursday Jumadi-ul-Sani 30, 1427 KARACHI: No loadshedding from today: KESC KARACHI, July 26: People in various localities complained about power failures on Wednesday and the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation claimed that power supply situation has improved.... KARACHI: Repeal of Hudood laws demanded KARACHI, July 26: Scholars, intellectuals and leaders of various civil society organisations have demanded repeal of the Hudood Ordinance, maintaining the ordinance had been promulgated by a dictator quite a big... KARACHI: Two more held for Turabi’s killing KARACHI, July 26: Two more suspects behind the killing of Allama Hasan Turabi were picked up by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell of the police, sources said on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Rapid progress on projects ordered KARACHI, July 26: President General Pervez Musharraf has called for accelerating the pace of development in Sindh to improve the quality of life of the people.... KARACHI: Tribunal examines MLO KARACHI, July 26: The Nishtar Park blast inquiry tribunal comprising Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi of the Sindh High Court examined the medico-legal officer (MLO) of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Rs363m water and sewerage projects approved KARACHI, July 26: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has approved 13 different projects worth Rs363 million to improve water and sewerage infrastructure in the metropolis.... KARACHI: Altaf demands ban on MMA, religious parties KARACHI, July 26: MQM leader Altaf Hussain has accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and certain other religious organisations of being involved in acts of terrorism and called for an immediate ban imposed on them.... KARACHI: Musharraf regime weakening: PPP KARACHI, July 26: The secretary general of the PPP Sindh chapter Mr Nafis Siddiqui said here on Wednesday that there could be no free, fair and transparent elections under Gen Musharraf''s dispensation.... KARACHI: Imtiaz satisfied over meeting with president KARACHI, July 26: The leader of a disgruntled faction in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Imtiaz Ahmad Sheikh, has expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the Chief Minister’s House here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Four die in road accidents KARACHI, July 26: Four persons, including, a minor child and an elderly woman, died in various accidents here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Safety commission polls held amid opposition’s boycott KARACHI, July 26: The opposition members in the City District Council on Wednesday boycotted the elections of the District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission, accusing the treasury benches of bypassing the relevant rules of the election procedures.... KARACHI: SESSI paid Rs4m to secured workers in June KARACHI, July 26: The Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) paid Rs 4.05 million to the secured workers and their families in June under different schemes of financial benefits.... KARACHI: Work on parks in Gulshan begins KARACHI, July 26: The Gulshan-i-Iqbal town administration has started work on development of family and children parks in Block 10-A and Shati Nagar areas of UC-7.... KARACHI: Modern research equipment at DCET KARACHI, July 26: The newly commissioned state-of-the-art liquid separation and extraction equipment of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology can be used by senior students and research fellows from other educational... KARACHI: Dissatisfaction over probe into Turabi killing expressed KARACHI, July 26: The leaders of Shia Ulema Council Pakistan (SUCP) on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the investigations into the assassination of Allama Hassan Turabi, and stated that the government was complicating the situation.... KARACHI: Reopening of schools on Aug 1 demanded KARACHI, July 26: All Private Schools Management Association (APSMA), Sindh urged Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro to allow reopening of all the government and private schools from August 1 instead of August 16.However,... KARACHI: 70-ton girder falls off pillars KARACHI, July 26: A 70-ton girder of an interchange, being constructed at the traffic intersection of Pir Sibghatullah Rashdi Road and Ibrahim Rahimtoola Road, plunged on Tuesday night when it was being placed on two side pillars.... KARACHI: IT Tower: clarification KARACHI, July 26: A spokesman for the city government has said the construction work of the proposed IT Tower has not yet started.... KARACHI: Drizzle forecast KARACHI, July 26: The Met office has forecast cloudy weather with chances of drizzle during the next 24 hours in Karachi. The maximum temperature in the city on Thursday is expected to range between 32 and 34 degrees Centigrade.... KARACHI: High Court admits plea about jail rolls KARACHI, July 26: The Sindh High Court admitted a petition on Wednesday to look into the preparation of jail rolls by the Central Prison for the purposes of calculating remissions under the legal and constitutional provisions.... KARACHI: Tankers, digging blocking flow of traffic KARACHI, July 26: A major portion of one track of New M. A. Jinnah Road has become almost impassable owing to surfacing of pointed gravels in abundance all along it, causing damage to vehicles and slowing down movement of vehicular traffic.... KARACHI: Rally held for release of Baloch people KARACHI, July 26: Baloch activists of various parties and NGOs staged a rally here on Wednesday for the release of all Baloch people detained illegally by government agencies in various parts of the country.... KARACHI: Withdrawal of security from seminary flayed KARACHI, July 26: Legislators of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Mohammad Hussain Mehanti, Abdul Sattar Afghani and Mohammad Laeeq Khan have criticised the withdrawal of security personnel from the seminary in Binnori Town... KARACHI: 25 vehicles, 31 cellphones taken away KARACHI, July 26: As many as 86 people were deprived of their cars, motorbikes and cellphones in the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Three remanded KARACHI, July 26: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the High Court of Sindh, also the administrative judge of the Anti-Terrorism Courts for Karachi division, on Wednesday remanded three men in police... HYDERABAD: Teachers protest against ban on associations HYDERABAD, July 26: Protest demonstrations and hunger strikes by teachers against the ban on teachers’ and employees’ associations continued in the district headquarters of Sindh.... HYDERABAD: Jalal plans parliamentary party for nationalists HYDERABAD, July 26: Former deputy speaker of the Sindh Assembly Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has stressed the urgent need for providing a platform to Sindhi nationalists to do parliamentary politics.... HYDERABAD: Police still clueless about Manu Bheel’s family HYDERABAD, July 26: Even after the arrest of Abdul Rehman Mari, the principal accused in the kidnapping case of nine family members of Manu Bheel, police officers remained clueless about recovery of the hostages.... HYDERABAD: Nazim vows to improve standard of education HYDERABAD, July 26: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that the district government is working on many schemes to improve the standard of education.... HYDERABAD: Concern over university affairs HYDERABAD, July 26: A retired professor of the Quaid-i-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah, has appealed to the chancellor of universities of Sindh, the chief minister and members of... PESHAWAR: Polio vaccine does not induce sterility: WHO PESHAWAR, July 26: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday rejected rumours about polio vaccine and said its vaccine were totally safe and did not contain any sterility-inducing ingredient.... PESHAWAR: Nazim’s bid to take over building PESHAWAR, July 26: About 50 supporters of Town-III Nazim Shakirullah Khan on Wednesday attempted to take possession of the building housing the social welfare and women development (SW&WD) department.... PESHAWAR: Israeli aggression condemned PESHAWAR, July 26: The Awami National Party has condemned the killing of civilians, including children and women, in the continuing air attacks by Israel on Lebanon and termed it barbarism and terrorism.... PESHAWAR: WB urges extension of Aids programme PESHAWAR, July 26: The World Bank has urged the health department to extend the HIV/Aids awareness programme to the areas which have remained neglected so far.... PESHAWAR: 800 kutcha houses submerged in Charsadda PESHAWAR, July 26: Flash flood played havoc in several areas of Charsadda district on Wednesday and inundated some 800 houses in Hajiabad locality, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Changes in syllabus rejected PESHAWAR, July 26: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has rejected the amendments to the syllabus made by the centre, saying that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government would never allow any material in the syllabus contrary to the ideological basis of the country....

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