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April 21, 2007 Saturday Rabi-us-Sani 03, 1428 KARACHI: SHC gives police six months to vacate plot KARACHI, April 20: The Sindh High Court gave the police six months to vacate unlawful possession of a 1000-square-yard plot in Baloch Colony and hand it over to its rightful owner.... KARACHI: Further MQM purge on the cards KARACHI, April 20: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which asked two of its town nazims and a member of the provincial assembly to resign on Thursday, is all set to carry out more organisational changes, it emerged on Friday.... KARACHI: 6,000 police guards serve city’s elite KARACHI, April 20: At least 6,000 members of the 29,000-strong police force in Karachi employ over a 100 well-maintained mobile vans to escort high-flying VIPs.... KARACHI: Power crisis may stir citywide protests KARACHI, April 20: The failure of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation to prevent unannounced and frequent daily power outages may create the possibility for many of this city’s 16 million people... KARACHI: Hospital staff still ignore SC ruling: Autopsy of women KARACHI, April 20: Male staff in mortuaries of government-run hospitals continues to conduct post-mortems or remain present during the autopsy of women in hospitals of the metropolis, in clear violation of the Supreme Court’s directives.... KARACHI: Two killed in encounter KARACHI, April 20: Two alleged robbers were shot dead and a policeman was wounded in an encounter in North Karachi here on Friday.... KARACHI: 4,000 child labourers getting daily stipend KARACHI, April 20: Four thousand children are enrolled in national centres for rehabilitation of child labour in Sindh where every child is being paid Rs10 daily as stipend and Rs300 per... KARACHI: Lawyers shrug off ‘govt threats’ KARACHI, April 20: Lawyers have decided to show their strength on April 24 in order to send a message to the government regarding their unity against President Pervez Musharraf’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: Aalmi Mushaira event of the day KARACHI, April 20: The annual Aalmi Mushaira is scheduled to be held at the Federal Urdu University’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal Campus at 10pm on Saturday in which a large number of well-known poets,... KARACHI: Three killed in separate incidents KARACHI, April 20: Three people were killed in various localities of the city on Friday.... KARACHI: Encroachment of prayer ground slammed KARACHI, April 20: Markazi Jamaat Ahle Sunnat (MJA), Karachi chapter, has urged the government to get the 40-year-old Makkia Ghausia Eidgah, located in Sector 5-E New Karachi, vacated from the builders’ mafia by implementing the order of the provincial ombudsman immediately.... KARACHI: HSBC to help build quake-proof houses KARACHI, April 20: The HSBC Group has joined hands with The Citizens Foundation to take on the construction of 14 earthquake-resistant houses in the Bandi Karim Haider Shah village at Muzaffarabad district in Azad Kashmir, says a press release.... KARACHI: KU seminar KARACHI, April 20: The Department of Political Science, KU in collaboration with the secretariat of the Sindh Ombudsman, HEC and Quality Enhancement Cell of the varsity has planned to hold a... KARACHI: Road project goes ahead without PIA funding KARACHI, April 20: The city government has started the construction of main University Road from Jail Chowrangi to Hassan Square with an estimated cost of Rs220 million from its own resources,... KARACHI: Malir areas dry for two weeks KARACHI, April 20: An acute shortage of water in various localities of Malir for the last two weeks caused residents to depend solely on water tankers for their daily use.... KARACHI Environmental Tribunal sits idle as no case turns up KARACHI, April 20: After spending millions of rupees on salaries and buildings for years the government finally got its environmental tribunal commissioned at Karachi about a month back, but in an uninspiring manner.... KARACHI: Unlicensed software puts firm in trouble KARACHI April 20: A leading firm in the financial service market having foreign associations and providing international trading services had to pay big price for using unlicensed software when its offices... KARACHI: MMA holds rallies against power cuts, price hike KARACHI, April 20: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s Karachi chapter on Friday staged rallies and held corner meetings in different parts of the city against the government’s indifference towards miseries being caused to... KARACHI: Transporters want grievances redressed KARACHI, April 20: National Transport Ittehad (NTI), Karachi chapter, has asked the officials concerned to pay attention to the problems of transporters and redress their grievances.... KARACHI: UTP dies KARACHI, April 20: An under-trial prisoner died in the Central Prison Karachi on Friday. The jail authorities claimed the man, Muneer Baloch, was seriously ill. — Staff Reporter... HYDERABAD: SU to offer degree course in music HYDERABAD, April 20: The University of Sindh has decided to establish music chair under the Institute of Sindhology and offer degree classes in music.... HYDERABAD: Withdrawal of cases againstlawyers urged HYDERABAD, April 20: A meeting was held among the representatives of the Karachi Bar Association, the High Court Bar Association, Hyderabad, and the Hyderabad District Bar Association here on Friday to...

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