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August 27, 2006 Sunday Sha'aban 2, 1427 KARACHI: Legal aid for children plan launched KARACHI, Aug 26: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed on Friday launched a free legal assistance service for children in detention in Karachi.... KARACHI: Order reserved in Eshwar Lal case KARACHI, Aug 26: The district and sessions judge, South, Agha Rafique Ahmed Khan, reserved on Saturday order on the acquittal pleas of a ruling party member of Sindh Assembly in the Eshwar Lal case against six MPAs.... KARACHI: Rehman’s case takes new turn KARACHI, Aug 26: The detention mystery of alleged gangster Abdul Rehman Baloch alias Rehman Dakait has taken a new turn as Rehman''s maternal aunt has finally broken silence regarding unexplained withdrawal... KARACHI: 37 vehicles, 39 cellphones taken away KARACHI, Aug 26: As many as 76 people were deprived of their cars, motorbikes or cellphones in various localities here on Saturday. Police sources said that 37 vehicles, including 16 cars... HYDERABAD: Grand opposition alliance on the cards: Baloch HYDERABAD, Aug 26: The Deputy Secretary-General of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Liaquat Baloch, has said that a grand alliance of all opposition parties is expected to be formed at a meeting to be held in Islamabad on August 29.... KARACHI: City govt fails to fix prices for Ramazan KARACHI, Aug 26: With Ramazan only a month away and prices of essential items have already showing upward trend, the city government has not called upon any pre-Ramazan meeting with the... KARACHI: Regular treatment at KIHD begins KARACHI, Aug 26: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday inaugurated regular treatment facilities at the second largest state-run heart diseases hospital in the metropolis, the Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases.... KARACHI: Accident KARACHI, Aug 26: An infant died in an accident on Saturday. In Keamari, a W-11 route minibus hit a rickshaw near railway crossing in Jackson police limits.... KARACHI: DO office shifted KARACHI, Aug 26: The office of the District Officer Social Welfare Wing of Community Development Department has been shifted from Block-79 Sindh Secretariat 4-B, to Faiyazee Rehman Art Gallery, a handout said on Saturday.—PPI... KARACHI: Date for CAP forms extended KARACHI, Aug 26: The last date for the acceptance of placement forms pertaining to Class XI admissions to city colleges has once again been extended. Now candidates can submit the forms at the designated bank branches till August 31.... KARACHI: Witnesses identify Al Qaeda suspects KARACHI, Aug 26: Two Al Qaeda suspects, accused of masterminding suicide car bombing to kill US diplomat in Karachi, have been identified by three eyewitnesses during an identification parade on Saturday.... KARACHI: Makhdoom condemns dismissal of 112 teachers KARACHI, Aug 26: The vice-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, condemning the brutal treatment of teachers and dismissal of 112 teachers by the Sindh government, demanded their reinstatement and an end to their victimisation.... KARACHI: SHC stays demolition KARACHI, Aug 26: The Sindh High Court, recalling its previous order, stayed the demolition operation of four additional floors of a multi-storey building in Clifton Block-2 till further orders.... PESHAWAR: Girl, four others charged under Hudood law acquitted PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Additional District and Sessions judge Mohammad Rauf Khan, on Friday acquitted a girl and four other people charged under the Hudood law. The court accepted an application filed... PESHAWAR: ‘Rebuilding drive a threat to forests’ PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Reconstruction in the earthquake-hit areas may require more than 96 million cubic feet of timber, posing a threat to the already depleted forest resources of the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Sherpao asks opposition to refrain from agitation PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Saturday said the opposition had every right to bring a no-trust motion but it should not resort to agitation if its attempt to dislodge Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz failed on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Arms industrial estate planned PESHAWAR, Aug 26: An industrial estate, comprising 100 units, will be set up at Darra Adamkhel to upgrade the local arms manufacturing industry, according to a presentation given to NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai here on Friday.... SWABI: 321 students enrolled in GIK Institute SWABI, Aug 26: Three-hundred and twenty-one students were admitted in four-year undergraduate programme of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Two underpasses approved PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The City District Government has approved the construction of two pedestrian underpasses on University Road to avoid growing traffic congestion on the main University-Jamrud Road.... PESHAWAR: Amendment to Hudood laws will encourage adultery: JI PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The amendment in Hudood laws would encourage adultery in society and would further increase obscenity, vulgarity and western culture in Pakistan and, therefore, women would resist such move, said MNA Razia Aziz of the MMA.... PESHAWAR: Six murder accused remanded PESHAWAR, Aug 26: A local court on Friday remanded six accused to police custody for five days in the murder case of Muhammad Younus, a deputy chief manager in State Bank.... PESHAWAR: No bias in funds release, says minister PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Provincial Local Government and Rural Development Minister Sardar Mohammad Idrees has said that funds are being provided to all districts without discrimination for timely completion of projects.... HYDERABAD: Protest against power outages in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Aug 26: Power consumers came out on roads in different areas of the city on Friday night in protest against prolonged electricity breakdowns. Work in the civil hospital was also adversely affected due to lengthy electricity shutdown.... LARKANA: 30 teachers issued termination notices LARKANA, Aug 26: Thirty primary teachers, including leaders of the Primary Teachers Association’s in Larkana district, were given notices of removal from service on Saturday.... SUKKUR: Armed clash leaves three dead in Shikarpur SUKKUR, Aug 26: Three persons were killed in an armed clash between two groups in the Shikarpur district on Saturday morning. Reports reaching here attributed the clash to an old enmity.... LARKANA: Two killed over karo-kari LARKANA, Aug 26: Two persons were killed on the pretext of karo-kari in village Gulbahar Leghari of the Qambar-Shahdadkot district on Saturday. Reports reaching here said that accused Malook Leghari and... LARKANA: 2 motorcyclists killed by highwaymen LARKANA, Aug 26: Two motorcyclists were killed on Saturday near the Bhangar-Aacha turn, some 50 kilometres off here in the jurisdiction of Drigh (Qambar) police station.... DADU: Suicide DADU, Aug 26: A youth, Ali Mohammad Panhwar, 22, on Friday committed suicide by taking pesticide due to domestic problems in the Allah Ditto village of Dadu taluka....

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