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April 06, 2007 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 17, 1428 KARACHI: Leadership crisis blamed for EU ban on fisheries KARACHI, April 5: The leadership crisis faced by the fisheries sector since 2004 seems to have further deepened following the imposition of a ban on imports of Pakistani seafood by the... KARACHI: Lawyers protest drive enters 27th day KARACHI, April 5: The lawyers on Thursday continued their campaign in Sindh High Court, the city courts and Malir district court against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: 337 deportees arrested KARACHI, April 5: As many as 337 worn-out jobseekers, deported from Muscat, were arrested by the immigration staff of the FIA at the Karachi port on Thursday.... KARACHI: Sikh body demands return of temple KARACHI, April 5: A representative body of the Sikh community in Karachi, Sikh Naujawan Sabah Pakistan (SNSP), has demanded that Gurdwara Ratan Tala, which they say exists on the property in... BADIN: 600 juvenile prisoners in Sindh BADIN, April 5: Inspector General of Sindh Jails Mohammad Yameen Khan said that jails in the province had at present some 600 juvenile prisoners and the government had made arrangements to... KHAIRPUR: 15 hurt in accident KHAIRPUR, April 5: Fifteen passengers were injured when a wagon overturned on Kumb-Nawabshah road near Mohammad Shah stop, on Thursday. Wagon#R-1121 was on way from Sukkur to Nawabshah when it overturned while trying to overtake another vehicle.... KARACHI: Master plan is ready: Ibad KARACHI, April 5: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has said that Karachi''s Master Plan is ready to give a coordinated and elaborate shape to the city''s development and planning.... KARACHI: Financial district in city planned KARACHI, April 5: A financial district would be established in the city for which planning has been started and President General Pervez Musharraf has assured every possible help and patronage.... KARACHI: Citizens decry hours-long power cuts amid heat KARACHI, April 5: Residents of various localities in the metropolis on Thursday complained of prolonged power failures and low voltage while the KESC, citing improvement in the situation, said its shortfall had decreased to 150-200 megawatts.A... KARACHI: Interim-bail in NAB case KARACHI, April 5: A division bench of the High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery on Thursday granted interim-bail to co-accused in a NAB reference against former chief minister of Sindh Syed Abdullah Shah.... KARACHI: Cellphone towers in residential areas KARACHI, April 5: The Environment Protection Department will issue notices to mobile phone companies on installing cellphone towers in residential areas, besides taking measures to check this trend, said Sindh Environment and Alternative Energy Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed.... KARACHI: Unsafe syringes to blame: Hepatitis risk KARACHI, April 5: The biggest risk factor behind the increased hepatitis C infection in Pakistan was unsafe injection practice, said Dr Adeel Butt of the University of Pittsburgh, USA.... KARACHI: Role for pharma experts in uplift of health sector KARACHI, April 5: Speakers at a moot on Thursday insisted that the healthcare system in the country could be made more patient-oriented only when pharmacy professionals were allowed to play their due role in the uplift of the system.... KARACHI: Future of 50,000 fishermen at stake KARACHI, April 5: Mai Raheema, 80, has been living on Bhundal Island in the Indus delta region since she was a little girl. She and her husband are among the few... KARACHI: MMA worried over law, order situation KARACHI, April 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday has claimed that the government had totally failed to provide security to citizens which was evident from the deteriorating law and order situation in Sindh.... KARACHI: Bhutto’s hanging termed a tragedy KARACHI, April 5: Deputy Speaker Sindh Assembly Rahila Tiwana has termed the elimination of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto a tragedy in the world of politics as he was a great leader, not only for Pakistan but also for the third world.... KARACHI: ‘Foreign hand behind Iraqi anarchy’ KARACHI, April 5: Visiting Iraqi scholar Sayed Ammar al-Hakim on Wednesday alleged that some foreign countries were involved in instigating violence in Iraq. Addressing a news conference here, the elder son... KARACHI: Illegal constructions in Gulberg Town KARACHI, April 5: Despite clear-cut directives of the Sindh governor and the city nazim, illegal constructions are under way in violation of the by-laws of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) in various areas of Gulberg Town.... KARACHI: Secretaries told to listen to elected representatives KARACHI, April 5: All administrative secretaries have been directed by the provincial government to extend full cooperation to public representatives and deal with them in a responsive and responsible manner.... KARACHI: ST’s public meeting on 7th KARACHI, April 5: The Sunni Tehreek on Thursday said that a public meeting to pay homage to those killed in Nishtar Park bomb blast last year is being organised at Kakri Ground on April 7.... KARACHI: Conspiracies alleged KARACHI, April 5: Sindh chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Zubair Khan has cautioned all opposition parties against, what he described as, conspiracies being hatched by dictators to harm their unity.... KARACHI: Coordination between KWSB, TMAs stressed KARACHI, April 5: The officials of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) have been asked to step up their efforts for increasing the revenue of the board and ensure distribution and recovery of monthly water bills.... KARACHI: HSC suppl results announced KARACHI, April 5: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi on Thursday declared the results of HSC-II supplementary examinations 2006 Science General and pre-engineering groups.... KARACHI: Special children given harbour cruise KARACHI, April 5: Twenty eight special children accompanied by two teachers of Anjuman-e-Behbood-e-Samat-e-Atfal (ABSA) School and College visited the Karachi Port Trust on Wednesday. They were briefed at KPT Staff College... HYDERABAD: SHC orders demolition of illegal structure HYDERABAD, April 5: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court has ordered demolition of an unauthorised structure raised above the basement of a residential-cum-commercial centre on the Station Road.... NAWABSHAH: Man blames doctors for son’s death NAWABSHAH, April 5: Family members of a seven-year-old boy who died in the course of an operation at the Nawabshah Medical College Hospital a day ago staged a demonstration outside the... HYDERABAD: BISE sets up exam centres HYDERABAD, April 5: The chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Hyderabad said on Thursday that six examination centres had been established for a year on experimental basis... KHAIRPUR: Hesco removes 9,000 kunda connections KHAIRPUR, April 5: The Khairpur division of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) disconnected 9,000 vandalised connections on Thursday during its ongoing campaign against kunda connections.... HYDERABAD: Lawyers on token hunger strike HYDERABAD, April 5: Lawyers continued protest against presidential reference that rendered Chief Justice of Pakistan ‘non-functional’ in several parts of the province on Thursday by observing token hunger strikes after boycotting courts proceedings.... LARKANA: Police slammed LARKANA, April 5: A large number of people hailing from Mahota town on Thursday demonstrated outside the DIG office and staged a sit-in against police failure to recover two kidnapped victims Abdul Rahim and Attaullah Brohi....

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