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May 22, 2007 Tuesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 05, 1428 KARACHI: Lawyers battling with terrorists: Asfandyar KARACHI, May 21: Chief of the Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that the ongoing campaign in the country is a battle between terrorists and peace-loving people, and not between ethnic groups.... KARACHI: Heirs of May 12 victims see no point in lodging FIRs KARACHI, May 21: A large number of people whose family members were gunned down in the May 12 killings have refrained from lodging FIRs either in the belief that justice will... KARACHI: Denial of debate sparks protests: ‘May 12’ haunts City Council KARACHI, May 21: The City Council, which met here on Monday, witnessed noisy protests when the treasury and opposition benches traded allegations of involvement in the May 12 killings in the city.... KARACHI: MQM seeks commission to probe killings KARACHI, May 21: Demanding an independent commission of inquiry into the May 12 killings, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement said on Monday it would produce relevant evidence, including footage of armed opposition workers engaged in acts of violence, before the commission.... KARACHI: Lawyers to move SHC on FIR issue KARACHI, May 21: The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) is set to file a petition in the Sindh High Court against the SHO of the City Courts police station for not taking... KARACHI: SHC admits state appeal against LJ chief’s acquittal KARACHI, May 21: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery on Monday admitted the state appeal for regular hearing against... KARACHI: Nazim wants work on Rs35bn uplift projects KARACHI, May 21: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed hope that the completion of over Rs35 billion development projects would bring much improvement in the life of citizens.... PESHAWAR: Bomb hoax at high court PESHAWAR, May 21: A bomb hoax created panic at the Peshawar High Court and the subordinate courts on Monday. As a result, hearings in hundreds of cases had to be put off.... PESHAWAR: 50 patients of gastroenteritis hospitalised PESHAWAR, May 21: At least 50 patients were admitted to the city’s three major hospitals after they suffered from gastroenteritis, health officials said on Monday. Some 25 patients were admitted to the Khyber Teaching Hospital, they said.... KARACHI: Prosecutors’ appointment thru SPSC KARACHI, May 21: Prosecutors in the newly established Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service will be appointed initially on an ad-hoc basis and later all appointments will be made through the Sindh Public Service Commission.... KARACHI: SSC-I exam begins today KARACHI, May 21: After a delay of one week owing to the serious law and order situation in the city, the SSC-I (Class IX) annual examinations will begin on Tuesday (today),... KARACHI: Jail term for killer driver KARACHI, May 21: Additional district and sessions judge (South) Munawar Sultana on Monday awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment to a driver for crushing a woman to death.... KARACHI: Transporters back 3-day strike call KARACHI, May 21: The Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) on Monday announced its support to the three-day wheel-jam strike called by the Pakhtun Action Committee (PAC), and said the decision was in... KARACHI: No hope for peace under present govt: Raza KARACHI, May 21: Holding the present government and its allies responsible for the mayhem in Karachi on May 12, Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said peace could not be restored in the metropolis under the present regime.... KARACHI: Commuters suffer as road repair hit by delays KARACHI, May 21: The suspension of public transport between Orangi and Baldia has caused great hardship to the residents and labourers. The transport link was suspended about a month ago with... KARACHI: Man held for attempted bank robbery KARACHI, May 21: A man was arrested on Monday for attempting to rob a bank by threatening to blow himself up. The Yousuf Plaza police said suspect Mohammed Jamal entered a Habib Bank branch in Federal B.... KARACHI: Drug peddlers clash in Chanesar Goth KARACHI, May 21: Residents of Chanesar Goth are spending sleepless nights and some of them have to spend their nights away from their houses owing to a fierce battle under way between two gangs of drug peddlers.... KARACHI: Villagers in Gadap to get water filter plant soon KARACHI, May 21: Villagers in Gadap, who are at the risk of waterborne diseases, may get a filter plant in a fortnight to overcome the water contamination problem.... KARACHI: City govt officials told to compensate encroachers KARACHI, May 21: The Sindh High Court ordered four officials of the city district government on Monday to compensate encroachers who raised constructions on a plot in Korangi Town under their watch.... KARACHI: PML warns Pakhtuns of riots plot KARACHI, May 21: Demanding due punishment to the perpetrators of May 12 incidents, Pakistan Muslim League-Q Sindh Information Secretary Haleem Adil Shaikh warned Pakhtuns that some elements had targeted them to push the city into ethnic riots.... KARACHI: Expressway project site inspection shortly KARACHI, May 21: The committee of experts appointed by Sindh Environmental Protection Agency for the Environment Impact Assessment in regard to the proposed Karachi Elevated Expressway on Sharea Faisal will inspect the project site shortly, said a source in the committee.... KARACHI: Heirs turn down govt’s offer of compensation KARACHI, May 21: Pakistan People’s Party Vice-Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim will soon meet the heirs of those killed on May 12 and pay compensation to them and the PPP workers injured in the mayhem.... KARACHI: Token boycott of court proceedings continues KARACHI, May 21: The one-hour token boycott of court proceedings as part of the lawyer fraternity’s campaign for the independence of judiciary continued on Monday when lawyers at the Sindh High... KARACHI: Anti-polio campaign KARACHI, May 21: The Expanded Programme on Immunization plans to launch sub-national immunization days against the polio virus in two phases in the province from May 22 to May 24 and June 2 to June 3.... KARACHI: Miniatures at Gulmohar KARACHI, May 21: A combined miniature paintings show by Nida Bangash and Anwer Kashif opened at Gulmohar art gallery on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Awami Tehrik supports strike call HYDERABAD, May 21: The Awami Tehrik has decided to support the three-day strike called by Pustoon Loye Jirga in Karachi for May 25, 26 and 27 against the May 12 killings.... THATTA: Council passes budget THATTA, May 21: District Council Thatta passed its revised budget of Rs1,851.053 million for 2006-07, on Monday under the chairmanship of Naib Nazim, Iqbal Khan Chandio.... NAUSHAHROFEROZE: Man shoots at sister over matrimonial dispute NAUSHAHROFEROZE, May 21: A man critically injured his sister over a matrimonial dispute in Haji Moledino Rajpar village near Mehrabpur on Monday. Sohrab Rajpur opened fire on his sister Shabbiran, wife of Roshan Rajpur, in her house.... NAUSHAHROFEROZE: Protest against SHO NAUSHAHROFEROZE, May 21: Over 200 people, including the relatives of a rickshaw owner who is reportedly a victim of police excesses, staged a demonstration against SHO Abdul Fateh Dharejo of the Kamal Dero police station in Kandiaro on Monday.... HYDERABAD: HSC exams HYDERABAD, May 21: The centre of HSC examination for the candidates of pre-engineering and pre-medical group of Sindh University Model School has been changed from Government Sachal Sarmast Arts College to Government Jamia Arabia High School.... PESHAWAR: Information centre in Swabi PESHAWAR, May 21: The NWFP Essential Institutional Reforms Operationalisation Programme (EIROP) is establishing the District Citizen Information Centres (DCICs) in each district of the province to improve governance and service delivery at the local level.... PESHAWAR: Poor utilisation of uplift funds PESHAWAR, May 21: In the first nine months of the current fiscal year local governments in the North West Frontier Province have hardly utilised 16 per cent of the Rs963.3...

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