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September 04, 2006 Monday Sha'aban 10, 1427 KARACHI: Police comb houses in Lyari area KARACHI, Sept 3: Police encircled Ali Mohammad Mohalla (old Kalri) in Lyari Town on Saturday midnight and started a door-to-door search operation that continued till 9.30... KARACHI: Each supervisor to execute only one project KARACHI, Sept 3: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday impressed upon the officials concerned to monitor work on uplift projects, and called for deputing one engineer for each of the ongoing projects.... KARACHI: Thousands of phone subscribers suffer: City govt, PTCL at odds KARACHI, Sept 3: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company and the city government are at loggerheads over the mode and schedule of the work for the repairing and shifting of the underground phone... KARACHI: National Museum short of funds, staff KARACHI, Sept 3: The National Museum of Pakistan is functioning without its director besides facing shortage of other staff members, many of them technically qualified people, since a long time, it is learnt here reliably.... KARACHI: Schools in Orangi reflect apathy of government KARACHI, Sept 3: Owing to lack of staff, insufficient classrooms, furniture and other basic necessities, the primary schools of Orangi Town, which had been upgraded to the lower secondary schools three years back, could not start middle level classes yet.... KARACHI: Law, order top priority: Rauf KARACHI, Sept 3: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui said that maintenance of peace and economic development was the top-most priority of the Sindh government.... KARACHI: KU convocation KARACHI, Sept 3: The University of Karachi has notified that rehearsal for the annual convocation-2006 of the varsity would be held on Sept8 at 09:30 am at Valika Ground here.... KARACHI: 89 deprived of vehicles, cellphones KARACHI, Sept 3: As many as 89 people were deprived of their cars, motorbikes or cellphones in various parts of the city here on Sunday.... KARACHI: Firing in wedding claims life of youth KARACHI, Sept 3: Merry-making firing in the air at a wedding ceremony claimed the life of a youth late on Saturday night in Malir.... KARACHI: Fate of new Preedy Street project hangs in balance KARACHI: Sept 3: The fate of the new Preedy Street Project is hanging in balance as the city government, has failed to complete the project for last two years due to reasons best known to the incumbent city administration.... KARACHI: Hospitals getting filthy water KARACHI, Sept 3: Contaminated water is being supplied to all major hospitals of the city increasing the possibilities of outbreaks of viral infections among the patients and hospital staff.... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, Sept 3: The Meteorological Office has forecast cloudy weather for the city on Monday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 30 and 32 degrees Centigrade.—PPI... KARACHI: Implementation of wages act stressed KARACHI, Sept 3: Sindh minister for labour Mohammed Adil Siddiqi has issued directives to concerned provincial organizations for effective implementation of minimum wages as announced by the federal government.... KARACHI: Shortage of classrooms, teachers KARACHI, Sept 3: Keeping in view the basic requirements, school teachers say that for a primary school at least five rooms and as many teachers are a must, but there are... KARACHI: Ill-planned network KARACHI, Sept 3: Schools in the entire town have been established in a disorganized way, as some areas have a very few schools while in others there are many.... KARACHI: One-third schools in rented buildings KARACHI, Sept 3: The total number of primary, lower secondary and secondary schools in the town is 173 and at least one third of them are located in the rented building.... KARACHI: Release of relief fund ordered KARACHI, Sept 3: Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed reviewed losses caused by the recent rains in Karachi and interior of the province besides the relief and rehabilitation measures taken so far.... KARACHI: Overflowing gutters causing problems KARACHI, Sept 3: Residents of Mureed Goth, Pipri area of Bin Qasim Town, are facing serious problems due to overflow of gutters on streets for last three weeks.... KARACHI: KFH to get new equipment KARACHI, Sept 3: A communication system will be established at the Karachi Fish Harbour, which will be linked up with boats so that in case of any emergency fishermen could get help.... KARACHI: Blasphemous websites KARACHI, Sept 3: The Awami Himayat Tehrik announced on Sunday that the tehrik would continue its protest drive against the blasphemous cartoons.... KARACHI: Ummah urged to forge unity KARACHI, Sept 3: The failure of the USA in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as defeat of Israel in Lebanon showed that no nation could be enslaved with weaponry, said Naib Ameer Jamaat-i-Islami Prof Ghafoor Ahmed on Sunday.... KARACHI: Postponement of city council session defended KARACHI, Sept 3: The leaders of the Haq Parast group in the City Council have criticised the opposition leaders for taking political mileage out of a non-political issue.... KARACHI: 407 Mohtasib employees regularized KARACHI, Sept 3: The services of some 407 employees of the Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat have been notified to be confirmed.... KARACHI: Pakhtoons vow to show strength KARACHI, Sept 3: The Pakhtoon Action Committee, Loya Jirga, has urged the Pakhtoon population in Karachi to organize their street power and wage a practical struggle for realization of their due rights.... KARACHI: KBCA chief against regularization KARACHI, Sept 3: The illegal construction activity has greatly affected the very beauty of the city as well as over-burdened utilities and as a result people living in all parts of the city had been facing problems and hardships.... HYDERABAD: Bugti’s death set to change future of Sindh and Balochistan: Talal HYDERABAD, Sept 3: Leaders of political and nationalist parties on Sunday condemned the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti in an army action and the government’s failure to learn any lesson from the past mistakes which led to dismemberment of the country.... HYDERABAD: Akhori dam opposed HYDERABAD, Sept 3: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has rejected the proposed construction of Akhori dam by the federal government. At its meeting held here on Sunday, leaders said that the... HYDERABAD: ‘Absence of democracy cause of Bugti''s killing’ HYDERABAD, Sept 3: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has said that Baloch leader Akbar Bugti has been killed because of the absence of democratic government in the country.... HYDERABAD: Protest against disappearance of activists HYDERABAD, Sept 3: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz held a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday in protest against arrest and disappearance of party leaders Aslam Baloch and Mushtaq Soomro.... NAWABSHAH: Bugti burial insulted Baloch, says Fahim NAWABSHAH, Sept 3: Makhdoom Amin Fahim, chairman of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, has said that the burial of Nawab Akbar Bugti in a locked coffin was not only... SUKKUR: MNA urges Musharraf to quit SUKKUR, Sept 3: People’s Party MNA Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah has suggested that Gen Musharraf should resin to save the country because the government has put the solidarity of the country at stake by killing Nawab Akbar Bugti.... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah faces water shortage NAWABSHAH, Sept 3: Water supply to parts of the city remained suspended due to damages caused to supply line on Sunday morning.... KHAIRPUR: Office-bearers sent on forced leave KHAIRPUR, Sept 3: The Sindh government has sent four office-bearers of the primary and secondary schoolteachers associations on forced leave.... MIRPURKHAS: Cerebral malaria hits Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Sept 3: Cases of cerebral malaria are increasing in Mirpurkhas and adjoining areas due to growth of mosquitoes after recent rains.... PESHAWAR: Ulema reject reports about adverse effects of polio vaccine PESHAWAR, Sept 3: An edict issued after a meeting of Ulema and experts brushed aside rumours about any harmful effects of polio vaccine and urged parents to get their children immunised against the crippling disease.... PESHAWAR: FDC seeks funds for timber import PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The NWFP Forest Development Corporation (FDC) has sought Rs500 million from the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) to import timber for reconstruction in the quake-hit districts of the province, according to sources.... PESHAWAR: Police official held with drugs PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The Anti-Narcotics Force arrested a Motorway Police official after seizing drugs from his car on Saturday, a spokesman for the force told Dawn on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Demand for withdrawal of FC from Balochistan PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party on Sunday criticised use of Frontier Corps personnel in what it called an unlawful operation against the people in Balochistan....

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