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April 05, 2007 Thursday Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1428 KARACHI: SCBA strike call for 13th KARACHI, April 4: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has decided to observe a full day strike and boycott of courts on April 13. All bar associations in the country... KARACHI: Lawyers continue protest drive KARACHI, April 4: Lawyers continued their protest campaign in Sindh High Court, city courts and Malir district court on Wednesday against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: New plant being set up to meet shortfall: Power crisis KARACHI, April 4: Keeping in view the growing demand of electricity in the city, a consortium of the city government, Port Qasim Authority and a foreign firm will set up a power plant in the metropolis to generate 350 megawatts power.... KARACHI: Work on second corridor to start next month KARACHI, April 4: Work on another signal-free corridor from Nagan Chowrangi to Sharea Faisal would commence in May and complete by the year’s end. This was announced by Karachi Nazim Mustafa... KARACHI: PPP indulging in politics of non-issues, says CM KARACHI, April 4: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party is indulging in politics of non-issues which is hampering the business of legislation in the assembly.... KARACHI: Govt avoiding opposition in assembly: Khuhro KARACHI, April 4: The Leader of Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, has claimed the government is reluctant to face the opposition in the assembly.... KARACHI: Women’s rights situation still grim, says report KARACHI, April 4: At least one woman was murdered every day in Sindh during the first quarter of the current year and three men killed each day form January to March,... KARACHI: Education exhibition begins at Expo Centre KARACHI, April 4: The 17th Pakistan International Education Exhibition began at the Karachi Expo Centre here on Wednesday. The Consul General of China in Karachi, Chen Shan Min, inaugurated the two-day... KARACHI: MLOs stumped by funds shortage KARACHI, April 4: A detailed research study on the medico-legal sector in Karachi says even the examination rooms of the three major medico-legal centres in the city do not have basic... KARACHI: US scholar sees key role for Pakistan’s military KARACHI, April 4: An American policy analyst of Pakistani origin believes the military is likely to play an instrumental role in Pakistan’s political future and the relationship between Pakistan and the United States.... KARACHI: 150 teachers of Fuuast demoted KARACHI, April 4: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Fuuast) on Wednesday demoted almost 150 teachers earlier granted promotion in violation of Higher Education Commission (HEC) guidelines.... KARACHI: JMs to sit on public holidays KARACHI, April 4: Following verbal orders from the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Sabihuddin Ahmed, the district and session judge South and Central districts assigned duties to judicial magistrates for their presence in the courts on public holidays.... KARACHI: Billboard sites: city govt suffers setback KARACHI, April 4: The city government has faced a financial loss of millions of rupees after a private firm declined to deposit Rs100 million as the highest bidding company for 63... KARACHI: Muggers kill woman for cellphones KARACHI, April 4: A 24-year-old woman was shot dead early on Wednesday morning by two muggers who wanted to rob her and her husband of their cellular phones in Nazimabad No1.... KARACHI: Lyari goes dry as summer begins KARACHI, April 4: With the beginning of summer, water crisis has hit many parts of Lyari Town and residents of some affected localities have complained that they are getting contaminated water.... KARACHI: IFJ-PFUJ report released KARACHI, April 4: The International Federation of Journalists and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists on Wednesday released a report titled `A State of Denial: The Crisis of Press Freedom and Journalist Safety in Pakistan.'' ... KARACHI: Sahibzada Munir passes away KARACHI, April 4: Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Senior Vice President Sahibzada Munir Khan died here on Wednesday morning in a local hospital. He was 71. Munir Khan was shifted to hospital from his residence.... KARACHI: Speedy justice to poor family demanded KARACHI, April 4: A child rights group condemning the murder of a 17-year-old girl in Dadu urged the authorities concerned to immediately intervene into the matter and ensure speedy justice to the aggrieved family.... KARACHI: Kathak’s finer points mesmerize audience KARACHI, April 4: Naheed Siddiqui, who was banned from dancing during General Ziaul Haq’s regime in 1978, explained some of the finer points of kathak and her oneness with the art she is acclaimed as the country’s foremost symbol.... KARACHI: Administration of ‘Hib’ vaccines urged KARACHI, April 4: An estimated 3,600 children die, while another 32,000 to 34,000 develop life-long disability, including blindness, deafness, mental retardation or respiratory problems every year due to Haemophilus influenza type-b (Hib) illnesses in Sindh.... KARACHI: Youth dies in accident KARACHI, April 4: An 18-year-old youth was killed by a hit-and-run truck in Korangi Industrial Area.... KARACHI: Requisition session prorogued after four-hour deliberation KARACHI, April 4: The Sindh Assembly met here on Wednesday in a requisitioned session only to be prorogued, once again, after less than four hours of deliberations during which the chair... KARACHI: Afreen Baig murder accused plans jailbreak KARACHI, April 4: Inspector General of Prisons, Sindh, has asked the Capital City Police Officer, Karachi, to lodge a case against three under trial prisoners (UTPs), including an accused in Afreen... KARACHI: Al-Rasheed Trust appeal KARACHI, April 4: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed and Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Wednesday admitted an appeal for regular hearing filed by the... KARACHI: Intermittent power cuts continue unabated KARACHI, April 4: Karachiites suffered hours-long power suspensions in different localities on Wednesday while the KESC claimed that the duration of loadshedding had been reduced to one hour, as Wapda had increased the power supply to 450 megawatts.... KARACHI: Ex-CM gets pre-arrest bail in 10 NAB references KARACHI, April 4: Former chief minister of Sindh Syed Abdullah Shah was on Wednesday granted interim pre-arrest bail by the Sindh High Court in 10 more references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against a surety of Rs500,000 each.... KARACHI: Classes resume at Fuuast KARACHI, April 4: Academic and non-academic activities resumed after ten consecutive days on Wednesday at the Gulshan-i-Iqbal campus of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology.... KARACHI: PPA moot KARACHI, April 4: Pakistan Pharmacists Association is holding a three-day international conference from April 5 at Bahria Auditorium. Federal Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan will inaugurate the moot comprising scientific sessions, training programmes and exhibition.—Staff... KARACHI: Sufi festival in May KARACHI, April 4: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the unexpected participation of youth in a large number in the recently held music conference made the event a success.... HYDERABAD: Farmers council accuses SIDA of irregularities HYDERABAD, April 4: The Farmers Organisations Council (FOC) on Wednesday demanded that the government should conduct an inquiry into the utilisation of Rs500 million funds the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority... LARKANA: Court official gets 8 detainees released LARKANA, April 4: A court official found eight people illegally detained at the Shahdadkot police station police station after a surprise raid on Wednesday. The district and sessions judge of... KHAIRPUR: Headmasters charged with selling textbooks KHAIRPUR, April 4: Five people including two headmasters of government primary schools were booked on Wednesday on charges of selling textbooks.ASI Ghulam Akbar Khaskheli lodged an FIR under section 379, 411... THATTA: Withdrawal of health budget from dist govts suggested THATTA, April 4: Provincial Health Secretary Dr Naushad Ahmed Shaikh has suggested withdrawal of health budget from the district government and its direct disbursement to the 69 health facilities of Thatta district to minimise problems of patients.... HYDERABAD: Lawyers boycott courts for an hour HYDERABAD, April 4: In continuation of their protest campaign against presidential reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan lawyers boycotted courts for an hour in many districts of the province on Wednesday.... DADU: Woman pardons chief suspect in daughter’s murder case DADU, April 4: Family members of Safia Qureshi, who was killed after kidnap late on Saturday night, pardoned the main accused Zubair Jamali on the request of chief of Jamali tribe and elders, said late Safia’s mother Rashida Begum on Wednesday.... LARKANA: Ghinwa for reinstating chief justice LARKANA, April 4: The Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) Chairperson Ms Ghinwa Bhutto on Wednesday condemned rendering Chief Justice of Pakistan non-functional and called for his reinstatement.... HYDERABAD: JSQM caravan in T.M.Khan HYDERABAD, April 4: Paigham-e-Sindh caravan led by Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, JSQM, Basheer Khan Qureshi, which started its long march from Sukkur on March 21, reached Tando Mohammad Khan late on Wednesday evening.... HYDERABAD: Magsi slams young boy’s kidnap HYDERABAD, April 4: The Sindh Taraqqi-Pasand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has condemned the kidnapping of a young Hindu boy Om Prakash in Jacobabad more than two weeks ago and accused the government of patronising the kidnapped.... JACOBABAD: Protest continues JACOBABAD, April 4: The Hindu community observed token hunger strike for two hours against the kidnapping of Omparkash 8, on Wednesday. A rally was also taken out from Hindu Panchayat... NAWABSHAH: Growers at tail-end seek tax waiver NAWABSHAH, April 4: The growers whose lands lie at the tail-end of Malwah branch demanded on Wednesday that the Sindh chief minister and minister for irrigation should waive agricultural tax and... MIRPURKHAS: Consumers get inflated bills MIRPURKHAS, April 4: Scores of domestic gas consumers waving inflated bills, staged a demonstration outside the office of the Sui Southern Gas Company, SSGC, here on Tuesday evening.... MITHI: Young poet’s book launched MITHI, April 4: The Mithi chapter of Sindhi Adabi Sangat late on Tuesday night launched a poetry book by Piyaro Shivani titled “Dil Chave Thi Goth Wanjhan” (my heart longs...

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