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May 18, 2007 Friday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 01, 1428 KARACHI: ‘Black Saturday’ riots haunt govt: TV channel under attack didn’t call me —Waseem Akhtar KARACHI, May 17: The Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister for Home Affairs, Waseem Akhtar, has defended his security plan for the chief justice’s May 12 visit to the city, despite... KARACHI: Political parties responsible for May 12 violence —Home Secretary KARACHI, May 17: The provincial home secretary echoed the views expressed by the adviser to the chief minister on home affairs and said on Thursday that the uncompromising attitude of all... KARACHI: No end to load-shedding soon, says KESC chief KARACHI, May 17: Residents of the city will have to suffer load-shedding for the next four to five years as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation is unable to meet the demand and supply gap in the years to come.... KARACHI: SCPS to supervise police investigations KARACHI, May 17: The Sindh Criminal Prosecution Services (SCPS), a newly established independent department headed by the Sindh Prosecutor-General, will control and supervise investigations into criminal cases by police and other investigating arms.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad APC calls for ban on MQM HYDERABAD, May 17: An all-party conference attended by representatives of different political parties held the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Sindh government and President Musharraf responsible for the May 12 Karachi killings and demanded a ban on the MQM.... LANDI KOTAL: Rival groups brace for showdown in Bara: Armed men take positions LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), May 17: Militant groups Lashkar-i-Islam and Ansaarul Islam are bracing for a showdown and they have fortified their positions in Sedak area of the Bara tehsil.... KARACHI: Lawyers seek interim govt under CJ KARACHI, May 17: The Pakistan Bar Council and the Sindh Bar Council on Thursdays demanded removal of General Pervez Musharraf and formation of a national government headed by Chief Justice of... PESHAWAR: Development plan to change Fata, says official PESHAWAR, May 17: The Fata Sustainable Development Plan (SDP) reflects the realistic approach of the government towards rapid development of the area and bringing people to the mainstream of development and prosperity.... PESHAWAR: Pakistan unlikely to achieve polio vaccination target PESHAWAR, May 17: People in some districts and federally-administrated agencies are still refusing to get their children vaccinated against polio because of propaganda that it causes impotence and infertility.... SWABI: ‘Obscene’ CDs destroyed SWABI, May 17: Hundreds of CDs were set on fire by police here on Thursday which officials said contained pornographic material. The ‘anti-obscenity’ drive in the district was launched after a... KARACHI: Villagers in Gadap drank water unfit for consumption KARACHI, May 17: Laboratory tests have proved that the water being consumed by the residents of a village in Gadap Town is heavily loaded with E.coli... KARACHI: Tripping triggers more load-shedding KARACHI, May 17: As KESC chief Lt-Gen (retd) Syed Muhammad Amjad warned Karachiites to be ready to suffer the curse of load-shedding for another five years, unit 2 of the Bin... KARACHI: boycott court proceedings KARACHI, May 17: The City Courts on Thursday wore a deserted look as the lawyers boycotted court proceedings in response to a call from the Pakistan Bar Council in the ongoing... KARACHI: Demand for halt to work on razed temple KARACHI, May 17: President of the Native Jetty Mandir Bachao Action Committee ex-MNA Dr Khatumal Jeewan has informed KPT chairman that the illegal occupation and unauthorized work on the centuries-old Laxmi... KARACHI: Dr Haq’s services for poor recalled KARACHI, May 17: A pioneer in the field of angiography, Dr Abdul Haq Khan, who died on May 11 at the age of 75, was remembered by his friends and admirers at a condolence meeting on Thursday.... KARACHI: Class IX failures KARACHI, May 17: Those candidates of the SSC-II who have failed to appear in the failed papers of Class IX in the SSC annual examination 2007 are now allowed to appear... KARACHI: BCom-I marks sheets KARACHI, May 17: The controller of examination, University of Karachi announced that marks of Islamic Studies and Pakistan Studies, included in BCom-I marks sheets (regular 2006) would be excluded at the time of marking the divisions for BCom final next year.... KARACHI: Compensation for accident victim ordered KARACHI, May 17: Justice Qaiser Iqbal of the Sindh High Court ordered the owner and the driver of a rashly-driven bus to pay Rs800,000 to a boy hit and permanently disabled by the vehicle.... KARACHI: Water scarcity in various areas KARACHI, May 17: Various parts of the city on Thursday either went without water or received scant supply in the persisting hot and humid weather conditions.... KARACHI: Waja Naskandi remembered KARACHI, May 17: Rich tributes were paid to the person and services of Baloch intellectual and a nationalist leader Waja Yusuf Naskandi by his admirers and supporters at a ceremony held here on Thursday on his first death anniversary.... HYDERABAD: Nazim wants hospital instead of BHU HYDERABAD, May 17: Six new hospitals were under construction and two hospitals were being expanded at a cost of Rs110 million, said District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Varsity to publish translations of 14 manuscripts HYDERABAD, May 17: Under the guidance of Sindh University’s bureau of translation and publication, translation of 14 manuscripts has been completed and the books are ready for publication.... DADU: Body formed to probe into woman’s death DADU, May 17: Following the death of a new mother in the Civil Hospital on Wednesday night, the EDO (health) has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the causes of the death.... MIRPURKHAS: Two killed in accident MIRPURKHAS, May 17: Two passengers were killed when a Kekra (the local name for archaic trucks still used in Thar desert area for human transport) hit a motorcycle rickshaw near Naokot on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Health camps HYDERABAD, May 17: The EDO health of Tando Muhammad Khan said on Thursday that emergency centres were being set up in the district to combat waterborne diseases.... PESHAWAR: Action against supporters of banned outfit likely PESHAWAR, May 17: The NWFP government is likely to take action against some local government representatives for supporting the banned Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) group and a local hardline cleric in the Swat valley, it is learnt.... CHITRAL: Kalash festival ignored by govt CHITRAL, May 17: A six-day Kalash festival, Chilim Jushi, concluded on Thursday in the three valleys inhabited by the tribe. The festival was included in the calendar of events of the... PESHAWAR: Lawyers condemn Peshawar blast PESHAWAR, May 17: The lawyers’ community on Thursday condemned the May 15 suicide blast at a hotel in Peshawar that claimed 26 lives. The Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) held... MINGORA: Jirga plans talks with cleric for peace in Swat MINGORA, May 17: A local jirga on Thursday constituted a 15-member team for talks with Maulana Fazlullah for securing peace in the Swat valley. Tension has mounted over the last couple... MANSEHRA: 2 women among five killed over land dispute MANSEHRA, May 17: Five people, two of them women, were gunned down and 12 others sustained injuries when a fight broke out between two tribes in Kala Dhaka on Wednesday night.... GHALLANAI: Power supply suspended GHALLANAI, May 17: Electricity supply to the Mohmand Agency was suspended when two high-power transmission towers collapsed in a storm on Wednesday night. An official at the Tribal Electric Supply Company... LAKKI MARWAT: Employees of PAEC project attacked LAKKI MARWAT, May 17: Three employees of the salinity project of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission were seriously injured when unidentified men entered their office in the Serai Naurang area on... PESHAWAR: Transferred PESHAWAR, May 17: The federal government has transferred the assistant director (audit), NWFP, Mian Aftab Ali Shah, and posted him as the budget and accounts officer of the Public Works Department in Islamabad.... PESHAWAR: Medical camp PESHAWAR, May 17: Doctors examined 392 patients at a free medical camp held at Nel Kalay Sardheri village in Charsadda district on Thursday.—APP...

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