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April 24, 2007 Tuesday Rabi-us-Sani 06, 1428 KARACHI: Ex-IG blames politicians KARACHI, April 23: Jehangir Mirza, who recently retired as Inspector-General of the Sindh police, has blamed excessive political interference into the departmental affairs for the deteriorating performance of the force.... KARACHI: End to load-shedding unlikely, says minister KARACHI, April 23: As power outages continued in the city on Monday, the Federal Minister for Water and Power, Liaquat Jatoi, conceded that despite additional 55 megawatts from the Water and... KARACHI: Protests by lawyers, parties today KARACHI, April 23: Following the decision of the Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme Court Bar Association, lawyers in the Sindh High Court, City Courts and Malir Courts have announced that... KARACHI: SC upholds SHC order in Mengal’s case KARACHI, April 23: The Supreme Court has upheld the Sindh High Court’s order transferring the case against Sardar Akhtar Mengal, a former chief minister of Balochistan, from one anti-terrorism court of Karachi to another.... KARACHI: Estranged MQM, PPP may team up after polls KARACHI, April 23: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement will not enter into an electoral alliance to contest the next general election but it is ready to be a part of a wider... KARACHI: Eight-year-old rape victim’s trauma KARACHI, April 23: Unable to grasp the enormity of her ordeal, an eight-year-old girl (name withheld on request) tried to play with her cousins on Monday evening after being raped by an unknown person some time on Sunday evening.... KARACHI: Experts to review CDGK explanations on KEE KARACHI, April 23: Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Dr Sagheer Ahmad has said that a committee of experts will shortly be constituted to review explanations given by the city... HYDERABAD: Democracy linked to independent judiciary: Haroon HYDERABAD, April 23: Former Speaker of Sindh Assembly and a noted intellectual, Hussain. A. Haroon, has said that restoration of undiluted democracy in the country is the only way to extricate... KARACHI: KWSB, KESC blame each other for poor water supply KARACHI, April 23: With the deteriorating water supply position in different parts of the city, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board officials blame the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation for water shortage... KARACHI: UBO slams racial discrimination KARACHI, April 23: The United Baloch Organisation, Malir, has called for granting due rights to the Baloch population of Malir and Lyari.... KARACHI: SHCBA plea KARACHI: The Sindh High Court Bar Association has requested political parties on the eve of Tuesday’s strike to ‘lodge protests at their own level and from their own platforms’.... KARACHI: Preservation of natural resources stressed KARACHI, April 23: Speakers at a seminar held in connection with the World Earth Day on Monday stressed the need to preserve natural resources and initiate further measures to rectify the damages done to the nature.... KARACHI: Probe into Urdu varsity affairs urged KARACHI, April 23: The Teaching Association of Abdul Haq Campus, Federal Urdu University, during its general meeting on Monday expressed concern about the deplorable condition of the campus.... KARACHI: Independent probe into PNSC building fire urged KARACHI, April 23: The Senate Committee on Port and Shipping on Monday called for an independent probe into the fire incident that destroyed the upper six floors of the 17-storeyed PNSC building in February 2007.... KARACHI: Users of pirated software given 35-day ultimatum KARACHI, April 23: The Business Software Alliance (BSA) on Monday announced 35 day truce with users of pirated software in Pakistan, to allow time to all firms, organizations and individuals across the country to install licensed software to avoid legal action.... KARACHI: Scabies spreading in Lyari KARACHI, April 23: More than 250 patients suffering from scabies were treated and provided medicines at a free medical camp held at Bilqees Edhi Hospital, Moosa Lane, Lyari Town.... KARACHI: ANP vows to continue struggle KARACHI, April 23: The Awami National Party leaders have pledged that they would never succumb to the pressures of the rulers and continue the struggle for the rights of Pakhtuns.... KARACHI: Govt officials asked to serve masses KARACHI, April 23: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Syed Shoaib Bokhari has asked public functionaries to provide justice to all those living in Sindh and solve their basic problems.... KARACHI: Minister for speedy justice KARACHI, April 23: Sindh Advisor for Home, Wasim Akhtar, has emphasised the need to raise the number of court police officers in order to provide speedy justice to prisoners.... KARACHI: World book & copyright day at KU KARACHI, April 23: The Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of Karachi, organized a walk from the KU’s Silver Jubilee Gate to the department building on Monday to celebrate the World Book and Copyright Day.... KARACHI: Kidnapping case KARACHI, April 23: The administrative judge, Anti-Terrorism Court, Karachi on Monday accepting charge-sheet against four suspects, facing kidnapping for ransom charges, sent their case to the ATC-I for trial.... KARACHI: Art exhibition at Chawkandi KARACHI, April 23: An Exhibition of Miniatures by Asif Ahmed and Sobia Ahmed opens at Chawkandi art gallery on Tuesday (April 24) at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: PFUJ-Apnec ‘demands day’ put off KARACHI, April 23: A “demands day” meeting of newspaper employees which was to be held on Monday at the Karachi Press Club was cancelled by the Karachi chapter of Apnec due to unavoidable circumstances.... KARACHI: MQM men warned against corruption KARACHI, April 23: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has warned the lawmakers, nazims and councillors belonging to the party against corruption otherwise strict disciplinary action would be taken against them.... KARACHI: Aali recovering KARACHI, April 23: Eminent poet Jameeluddin Aali suffered two fractures a day before the Aalmi Mushaira, and is expected to be discharged from hospital after three to four days, family members said on Monday.... KARACHI: Service tribunal abates govt servants’ appeals KARACHI, April 23: All appeals moved by employees of the provincial government corporations and institutions abated on Monday when the Sindh Service Tribunal held that in view of a Supreme Court... HYDERABAD: Protest over case against nazim HYDERABAD, April 23: A large number of people staged a protest demonstration on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road at Tandojam on Monday against registration of a water theft case against Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah, the nazim of Moosa Khatiyan Union Council.... HYDERABAD: Milk sellers warned of action HYDERABAD, April 23: Chairman of District Milk Price Control Committee, Q.Mohammad Hakim, has warned the milk retailers, wholesalers, chillers and big Bara owners not to sell milk above the fixed price, failing which legal action would be taken against them.... HYDERABAD: Dawn reporter grieved HYDERABAD, April 23: The father of M.H.Khan, correspondent of Dawn at Hyderabad, Mohammad Saeed Khan, breathed his last in the Civil Hospital Hyderabad, on Monday morning.... HYDERABAD: Rising poverty deplored HYDERABAD, April 23: Poverty ratio in Sindh has touched 45 per cent mark while water shortage and wrong government policies have made growers poorer as now they are unable to buy even fertilisers and seeds.... HYDERABAD: Portrait removal slammed HYDERABAD, April 23: The leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto and its youth and student wings have criticized the Hyderabad Central Jail authorities for removing the portrait of late Mir Murtaza Bhutto and Ghinwa Bhutto from outside the jail.... MIRPURKHAS: Tail-end farmers demand water MIRPURKHAS, April 23: Hundreds of farmers from Digri and Jhuddo talukas staged a demonstration here on Monday to protest against water shortage at the tail-end channels of Jamrao and Mithrao canals....

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