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May 04, 2007 Friday Rabi-us-Sani 16, 1428 KARACHI: Lawyers continue anti-govt drive KARACHI, May 3: The legal fraternity continued their boycott of court proceedings for the second consecutive day on Thursday in their prolonged campaign against the filing of the presidential reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: Korangi industrial park project opposed KARACHI, May 3: Stakeholders of the Korangi Industrial Area, speaking at a public hearing of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the proposed Korangi Creek Industrial Park (KCIP) on Thursday,... KARACHI: Green sea turtles with transmitters go missing KARACHI, May 3: The two green turtles on which satellite transmitters were installed in September 2006 for the mapping of their movement in the Arabian Sea have gone missing, it emerged on Thursday.... KARACHI: City Council opposition plans to move court KARACHI, May 3: Opposition groups in the City Council have decided to file a petition in the Sindh High Court for protection against a threat to the lives of opposition councillors from certain treasury members.... 1,125 gastro cases, one death reported KARACHI, May 3: The Director-General Health, Dr Hadi Bux Jatoi, on Thursday presented a report about the present situation of gastroenteritis in the province to Sindh Health Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed.... KARACHI: ‘Writ of law a must for freedom of press’ KARACHI, May 3: In the absence of the rule of law and without involving civil society in the struggle for a free press, press freedom will remain a far cry.... KARACHI: PR seeks to up Thar Express capacity KARACHI, May 3: The Pakistan Railways, Karachi Division, is seeking permission from the federal government for increasing the passenger capacity from 354 to 610 in the weekly Thar Express operating between Karachi and Jodhpur.... KARACHI: Political appointees to fishermen’s body blamed for crisis KARACHI, May 3: Elected representatives of the fishermen community have held, what they called, the politically nominated government directors responsible for the ruination of the fish industry, and urged the Sindh... PESHAWAR: Wapda accused of withholding payment: NWFP’s hydel-profit share PESHAWAR, May 3: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is making irregular payments to the cash-strapped NWFP government of its share of net hydel profit, officials say.... KARACHI: Hiccups as Sufi music festival takes off KARACHI, May 3: Sufism is said to be the esoteric path to God. However, on the opening night of the International Mystic Music Sufi Festival 2007, a few obstructions made walking on this path just a tad difficult.... KARACHI: Victim of parental neglect & child marriage KARACHI, May 3: Thirteen-year-old Nasreen, hailing from a small village of Punjab and now living in a shelter home here, has experienced far more harsh realities of life than girls her age generally do.... KARACHI: Ex-chief fire officer sent on forced leave KARACHI, May 3: Kazim Ali, who held the position of chief fire officer until mid-January this year, has reportedly been sent on forced leave for three years and asked to surrender his official residence and car.... KARACHI: Uses of blood, products explained KARACHI, May 3: The Sindh Government Hospital in Korangi, with the collaboration of the public health department, organised a seminar on ‘Optimal use of blood and blood products’ on its premises on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Workshop highlights electoral procedure KARACHI, May 3: Elections and their results have been a cause of concern for the establishment for long. Be it elections on the basis of political parties or not, the politics... KARACHI: Rs1.1m raised at charity bake sale KARACHI, May 3: Students of Dow Medical College successfully raised Rs1.1 million at the ‘Bake Sale 2007,’ fundraiser. The students collected this amount through a citywide campaign with the help of sponsors, individual contributions and trough the bake sale itself.... KARACHI: Checks on import of plastic bags KARACHI, May 3: The Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy, Dr Saghir Ahmed, said on Thursday that checking of banned polythene bags at all entry points of the city had... KARACHI: Condolence meeting KARACHI, May 3: A meeting was held at a local hotel on Thursday to condole the death of three prominent literary figures of Sindh, MH Panhwar, Anwer Pirzado and Hussain Shah Rashdi.... KARACHI: Hepatitis-B vaccination KARACHI, May 3: Al-Khidmat Welfare Society is all set to launch the first phase of its Hepatitis Prevention Vaccination Campaign on May 5-6 in which about 30,000 would be vaccinated against Hepatitis-B.... KARACHI: Smuggled Iranian petrol being sold openly KARACHI, May 3: The trade of smuggled Iranian petrol is flourishing in the city as it is being sold in most parts of the metropolis openly.... KARACHI: Climate and coastal issues discussed KARACHI, May 3: “Training programmes like these give an opportunity to the participants not only to become familiar with the similar issues of other parts of the world, but also help... KARACHI: Governor reviews power supply situation KARACHI, May 3: A high-level meeting with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan in chair reviewed the current electricity supply situation in Karachi and other parts of the province.... KARACHI: Food festival marks EU’s golden jubilee KARACHI, May 3: The 21 members of the European Union tried to outwit one another at a Food Mela organised at the residence of the Consul General of the Federal Republic... KARACHI: British grant KARACHI, May 3: The British Deputy High Commissioner at Karachi, Hamish St Clair Daniel, has said that the British government had doubled its grant aid framework for Pakistan to 480 million pounds (approximately Rs56 billion) for the period 2008-2011.... HYDERABAD: Panhwar Trust plans farm research centre HYDERABAD, May 3: Under the M. H. Panhwar Trust, an agriculture research institute will be set up at the farm of the renowned agriculturist, scientist and historian and a public library with a collection of 3,000 books at his house.... HYDERABAD: Protest against SNP workers’ arrest HYDERABAD, May 3: Activists of the SNP staged a protest march from the office of DPO to the Hyderabad press club against registration of cases against party workers.... HYDERABAD: Baloch to finalise working paper: SU Music Chair HYDERABAD, May 3: Noted scholars and experts decided in a meeting on Thursday to initiate work on the establishment of a Music Chair under the aegis of the Institute of Sindhology... HYDERABAD: Sindhi Unicode developed HYDERABAD, May 3: The Institute of Information Technology (IIT) of the University of Sindh had succeeded in developing a Sindhi Unicode system to help write Emails in Sindhi language, announced IIT Prof Dr.... HYDERABAD: Demo against change in ROBD design HYDERABAD, May 3: The activists of Shehri Action Committee and Goth Bachayo Action Committee Kotri on Thursday staged a protest demonstration outside the press club against the RBOD project.... KHAIRPUR: Gastroenteritis afflicts 44 more children KHAIRPUR, May 3: The scourge of gastroenteritis is fast spiralling into an epidemic in the city with the Civil Hospital admitting more than 44 children suffering from the disease on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Journalists’ struggle praised PESHAWAR, May 3: Speakers at a seminar here on Thursday lauded the struggle being waged by working journalists for gathering and disseminating information and opposed all kinds of curbs placed on the press by successive regimes in the country.... PESHAWAR: 375 treated at medical camp PESHAWAR, May 3: Tanzeem Lissail-i-Wal-Mahroom, an initiative of the NWFP chief minister for indigent and dispossessed people, arranged a daylong free medical camp here in the Mashokhel area in collaboration with... PESHAWAR: Transporters vow to continue strike PESHAWAR, May 3: Pakistan and Afghan transporters on Thursday threatened to continue their strike against illegal taxes and extortions inside Afghanistan.... PESHAWAR: Rs1.8 million Pesco dues recovered in Hazara PESHAWAR, May 3: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has recovered Rs1.8 million from the Hazara circle in its ongoing disconnection campaign against defaulting federal and provincial government departments.... MARDAN: Enforcement of rule urged: Reuse of syringes MARDAN, May 3: Experts have expressed concern over increase in hepatitis incidence and called upon the government to implement a law banning reuse of syringes and make screening of blood mandatory before transfusing it to patients.... ABBOTTABAD: ‘Techno moot’ in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, May 3: The Comsats Institute of Information Technology has planned ‘Techno Moot 2007’ in Abbottabad on May 8-9.... SWABI: Students protest against loadshedding SWABI, May 3: Students of the Swabi Postgraduate College blocked the Swabi-Mardan road on Thursday to protest against loadshedding during their study hours.... CHITRAL: Snow leopard kills goats CHITRAL, May 3: A snow leopard has killed several goats in the Kalash valley of Bumburate during the last couple of days.... QUETTA: Culture complex QUETTA, May 3: Provincial Minister for Gwadar Development Authority, Culture and Tourism Syed Sher Jan Baloch visited the under-construction Naseer Khan Noori Culture Complex here on Thursday....

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