DAWN - Local; April 23, 2007

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April 23, 2007	Monday	Rabi-us-Sani 05, 1428

KARACHI: No end to outages as KESC mortgages power plant KARACHI, April 22: While the citizens have braved the suffocating heat without an uninterrupted power supply for many summers now and local industries are up in arms against the utility’s foreign...		KARACHI: Aalmi Mushaira spoiled by mismanagement KARACHI, April 22: The Aalmi Mushaira held on Saturday night not only attracted a much smaller audience than previous years but also suffered on account of mismanagement on the part of the organizers....

KARACHI: Al Qaeda man arrested KARACHI, April 22: A man believed to be an Al Qaeda operative was picked up in a raid at an apartment in Sharea Faisal police limits here on Sunday....		KARACHI: Village improvement to usher in era of prosperity: CM KARACHI, April 22: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that a new era of progress and development in the rural areas of Sindh has ushered in with the launching...

KARACHI: PBA to name those who detained CJ on March 9 KARACHI, April 22: The Pakistan Bar Association on Sunday decided to disclose on April 24 the names of those “who illegally detained Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry for five hours in...		KARACHI: Three gangs busted KARACHI, April 22: The Anti-Car Lifting Cell busted three separate gangs and recovered seven vehicles....

KARACHI: ‘Actual beneficiaries not authors and owners’: Intellectual property rights KARACHI, April 22: The public must be the ultimate beneficiary of intellectual property rights; said speakers at a seminar titled ''Development of intellectual property laws in Pakistan'' organised by Advocate General Sindh at S M Law College here on Sunday....		KARACHI: KCR revival must for development, say experts KARACHI, April 22: Experts of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Higher Education Commission and Standing Committee on Scientific and Technical Cooperation in a study report have termed revival of the...

DADU: Kachho area in grip of gastroenteritis: 40 admitted to hospital DADU, April 22: At least 40 people, including children and women, were admitted to the Taluka Hospital Khairpur Nathan Shah, after contracting gastroenteritis in different villages of the taluka on Sunday....		LARKANA: Two policemen, bandit killed LARKANA, April 22: Two policemen were killed by bandits in two different ambushes in the jurisdiction of Ratodero and Naudero police late Saturday night and a bandit was gunned down by police in an encounter on Sunday....

KARACHI: Paucity of funds blamed for unfinished road works KARACHI, April 22: People of the metropolis were facing hardships due to the non-completion of several development projects being undertaken by the city government, which was facing a financial crisis thanks...		KARACHI: Sit-in by fishermen for water KARACHI, April 22: Fisherman community staged a demonstration and sit-in at Hawkesbay, Keamari Town, on Sunday to demand supply of adequate drinking water to their localities....

KARACHI: 70pc of ombudsman’s decisions enforced KARACHI, April 22: The ombudsman’s office is providing easy justice to the suffering humanity without hiring the services of lawyers and the decisions are taken in the shortest possible duration....		KARACHI: Children hold candle-lit vigil KARACHI, April 22: A candle-lit peace vigil was organised by a group striving for the settlement of street children to mark the International Earth Day on Sunday evening....

KARACHI: Mazar-i-Quaid walk marks Earth Day KARACHI, April 22: A walk was held at the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah here on Sunday to mark the Earth Day....		KARACHI: Tractor trolleys for L’abad KARACHI, April 22: Tractor trolleys were distributed among five union councils of Liaquatabad Town on Sunday at a ceremony addressed by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal....

KARACHI: Campaigns to protect child rights urged KARACHI, April 22: Speakers at a seminar on ‘Child rights and advocacy’ held at the YMCA Hall on Sunday laid emphasis on the importance of ‘advocacy’ and its effective implementation in...		KARACHI: BNP seeks end to army operations KARACHI, April 22: Speakers at a demonstration on Sunday demanded that the army operation being carried out in Balochistan be called off and the mass scale killings and kidnapping of Baloch youth be stopped immediately....

KARACHI: Group show at Gulmohar KARACHI, April 22: A group exhibition of paintings opens at Gulmohar art gallery on Monday (April 23) at 5.30pm. Works of Shakeel Siddiqui, Nahid Raza, Mansur Aye, Mashkoor Raza, Shaheen Siddiqui, Tabinda Chinoy, Shahid Rassam, A....		KARACHI: Abdul Sattar Afghani remembered KARACHI, April 22: Speakers representing various political parties and organisations paid rich tribute to late Abdul Sattar Afghani, the former mayor of the city, saying that he was the real architect of modern Karachi....

KARACHI: Parties pick Lyari to start election campaign KARACHI, April 22: Election campaigns have been set in motion in old city areas, including Lyari Town, as workers of different political parties have started painting walls with popular slogans of their respective parties besides hoisting of party flags and banners....		KARACHI: JUI slams rocket attack KARACHI, April 22: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Karachi chapter, on Sunday staged a rally in front of the Karachi Press Club against a rocket attack on the residence of their party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman....

KARACHI: Fluctuationof voltage KARACHI, April 22: Widespread voltage fluctuation across the city has been causing damage to electrical appliances, adding to the woes of KESC consumers....		HYDERABAD: Blasphemy case criticised HYDERABAD, April 22: The Sindh chapter of the All Pakistan Minority Alliance (APMA) has deplored the registration of a false blasphemy case against Sattar Masih, a former minority councillor, by Kotri...

HYDERABAD: Demonstration against Thatta PPP leaders HYDERABAD, April 22: Workers of a group in the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Thatta chapter, held a protest demonstration against the district leadership whom they called `burger group.’...		HYDERABAD: Hockey body chief dies in accident HYDERABAD, April 22: President, District Hockey Association, Nadeem Ahmed Kaimkhani, died in a road accident and 16 passengers of a van were injured when the van collided with a car near New Baran bridge on Sunday....

HYDERABAD: SCA to boycott award ceremony HYDERABAD, April 22: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) announced on Sunday that it would boycott the `best wheat growers’ awards ceremony, saying award nominations were based on nepotism....		SHIKARPUR: Three fall prey to tribal feud SHIKARPUR, April 22: Three men, Khan Khoso, Mir Mohammad Khoso and Munawar Khoso, were killed allegedly by a group of Shar clansmen in Mad Khoso village on Sunday when they were harvesting wheat crop in their fields....