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May 29, 2007 Tuesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 12, 1428 KARACHI: SHC seeks officials’ comments on ‘siege’ KARACHI, May 28: A seven-member bench of the Sindh High Court asked top administration and police officers on Monday to submit their comments on the May 12 siege of the court... KARACHI: Order on lawyers’ plea today KARACHI, May 28: An additional district and sessions judge, South, reserved on Monday order on an application filed by the Karachi Bar Association against the SHO of the City Courts police... KARACHI: Shuffle in police dept over May 12 violence KARACHI, May 28: In the aftermath of the May 12 incidents and apparent police failure to contain the bloody incidents, which claimed more than 40 lives, the provincial government on Monday... KARACHI: Removal of graffiti KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Monday night issued directives for the removal of graffiti throughout the province. In a statement issued here, he instructed the authorities... KARACHI: Committee formed to probe SHC blockade KARACHI, May 28: The Sindh government on Monday constituted an inquiry committee tasked to find out who set up blockades on roads leading to the Sindh High Court on May 12... KARACHI: Fire outbreak at KESC station KARACHI, May 28: A major portion of the city went without electricity after midnight as Unit-3 of the Bin Qasim Power Plant went out of order.... HYDERABAD: Amar Jaleel deplores lack of resistance in Sindh: Press Club awards life-membership HYDERABAD, May 28: Renowned story writer, TV playwright and columnist Amar Jaleel has said that innumerable excesses have been committed against Sindh but ‘we have never tried to resist these excesses and always looked to others to come to our rescue.’... SWABI: Agencies using MQM, alleges JI leader SWABI, May 28: Jamaat-i-Islami NWFP chief Sirajul Haq has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is being used and strengthened by agencies to achieve their objectives.... KARACHI: MQM terms rally start of election campaign KARACHI, May 28: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a big rally on Monday in front of the Quaid’s mausoleum to criticise cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan for his remarks against MQM chief Altaf Hussain.... KARACHI: PA session to discuss law & order KARACHI, May 28: The Sindh Assembly will meet on Tuesday in a requisitioned session which is fourth in the series convened on the requisition by joint opposition to consider law and order and other pressing issues.... KARACHI: Special security sought for Inter exam centres KARACHI, May 28: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has sought special security measures for 27 examination centres, declaring 13 of them ‘most sensitive’ and the other 14 ‘sensitive’ vicinities.... KARACHI: Trader killed KARACHI, May 28: A trader was shot dead by unknown persons in F. B Area early Monday morning. Police said four armed men barged into the house of Haji Muhammad Siddiqi, 55, in Block 6, and shot him before fleeing.... KARACHI: Unbiased record of history must for enlightenment: Dr Mubarak Ali’s books launched KARACHI, May 28: Speakers at the launching ceremony of three books authored by renowned historiographer Dr Mubarak Ali said such books exclusively written for younger minds would play a constructive role to enlighten the youth.... KARACHI: Preventive steps urged to check child mortality KARACHI, May 28: Speakers at a workshop said that many of the children under the age of five years could be saved from deaths due to preventable diseases every year through... KARACHI: PPP leaders visit injured workers KARACHI, May 28: The provincial chief of the Pakistan People’s Party, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, visited the houses of injured workers and inquired after their well-being.... KARACHI: Drive against traffic violations continues KARACHI, May 28: Sindh Home Adviser Waseem Akhtar on Monday announced that the special campaign against the public transport carrying passengers on rooftops and allowing male passengers in ladies compartment as... KARACHI: Public role in peace efforts stressed KARACHI, May 28: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister Malik Imamuddin Shaukeen has urged people belonging to all spheres of life including political parties to play their constructive role to maintain law and order, unity and brotherly environment in Karachi.... KARACHI: JWP slams Muttahida for ‘indecent’ graffiti KARACHI, May 28: The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) has condemned the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for its campaign against chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Imran Khan, saying that “by indulging in... KARACHI: UC nazims told to gear up mass contact drive KARACHI, May 28: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil on Monday directed all union council nazims to expedite mass contact drive to solve problems faced by public on priority basis.... KARACHI: NP asks lawyers not to forget Balochistan issue KARACHI, May 28: Chief of the National Party (NP) Dr Abdul Hayee Baloch has urged the opposition parties and bar bars not to ignore the Balochistan issue in their campaign as... KARACHI: Civil society urged to save Karachi KARACHI, May 28: Speakers at a seminar on Monday stressed the need for formation of a civil society alliance to save Karachi from terrorism. The seminar was organised by the Pakistan... KARACHI: PML-Q in awkward position after May 12, says Abida KARACHI, May 28: Begum Abida Hussain, a frontline leader of the Pakistan People’s Party has said that the civil and military officials having committed violation of constitution to help Gen Pervez... KARACHI: Man shot dead KARACHI, May 28: A man who had withdrawn cash from a bank branch in the Jamshed Quarters police limits was shot at and he died after his car went of out control and hit a tree on Monday.... KARACHI: Clarification KARACHI, May 28: In our Monday’s issue, we carried a photograph of protesters opposed to the visit to Karachi of Tehrik-i-Insaaf leader Imran Khan. Some of the placards being carried by the protesters displayed slogans which were in bad taste.... KARACHI: Dr Rhoda Vania dies KARACHI, May 28: Dr (Ms) Rhoda Jal Vania , formerly a professor at the English Department of Karachi University, who later also worked at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and the Lyceum, died at her home.... KARACHI: Body found KARACHI, May 28: Police found body parts of a middle-aged man in Korangi Industrial Area. A severed head, hands and feet were found in the bushes in Sector 25 of KIA.... KARACHI: Potable water KARACHI, May 28: The Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy, Dr Saghir Ahmed, directed the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) to utilise its expertise to ensure provision of clean potable water.... KARACHI: KU enrolments KARACHI, May 28: The University of Karachi on Monday further extended the date for the submission of enrolment forms of BA, BSc and BCom with a late fee of Rs1,000 up to June 25.--PPI... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 28: The Met office has forecast hot and humid weather for the city on Tuesday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 35 and 37 degrees Centigrade.... KHAIRPUR: Leakage damages gas pipeline in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, May 28: The main transmission gas pipeline was damaged after a blast caused by a leakage on Monday in the early hours of the desert area of Sanjaho in Faiz Ganj taluka, 35 kilometres off here.... HYDERABAD: Debate on Karachi killings disallowed: Hyderbad District Council HYDERABAD, May 28: A debate on May 12 Karachi killings was not allowed by the convener of the district council, Zafar Ali Rajput, on Monday on the ground that the matter... HYDERABAD: Khan Mohammad Panhwar remembered HYDERABAD, May 28: Paying tribute to late Dr Khan Mohammad Panhwar, founder of Sindh University’s mass communication department and a social worker, speakers at his eighth death anniversary programme said on... THATTA: Help ‘traumatised couple’: expert THATTA, May 28: The provincial head of the People’s Doctors Forum (PDF) and Dr Karim Khuwaja, a psychiatrist, has urged civil society to help the traumatised transsexual male Shumail Raj and his wife Shehzina Tariq overcome the crisis they are facing.... DADU: Fire deprives 35 families of shelter DADU, May 28: Thirty-five houses were gutted and eight persons injured when fire broke out in Dillo Khokhar village, Mehar taluka, late Sunday night. A villager was trying to install... LARKANA: Benevolent fund withheld for a year LARKANA, May 28: More than 1,400 people, mostly widows, have not received monthly payments from Benevolent Fund since April 2006 after the Sindh government stopped release of funds to the district benevolent fund board.... HYDERABAD: Another PML leader calls it a day HYDERABAD, May 28: The PML is not in a position to win even a single seat of councillor in Hyderabad, let alone national or provincial assembly seats.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: PPP worker booked in water theft case NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 28: The PPP district general secretary, Syed Karam Ali Shah was booked for water theft, on Monday. Sub-engineer irrigation had lodged an FIR of water theft against the... KHAIRPUR: Man kills wife, guest over karo-kari KHAIRPUR, May 28: A man and woman were killed in Fatoo Siyal Chachar village, in the jurisdiction of Mehboob Kalhoro police station, on Sunday night on the pretext of karo-kari.... HYDERABAD: Shah jo Risalo HYDERABAD, May 28: “Shah Jo Risalo”, the anthology of great sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, is being complied in a book in Sindhi, Urdu and English.... PESHAWAR: Poll tribunal unseats nazim, naib in recount PESHAWAR, May 28: An election tribunal on Monday unseated the nazim and naib nazim of Union Council Lahori II and declared the runner-up panel elected. Presided over by District and Sessions... PESHAWAR: Legislators’ role in budget-making process sought PESHAWAR, May 28: People’s Party Parliamentarians’ parliamentary leader in the NWFP Assembly Abdul Akbar Khan said on Monday that legislators had little role in the budget-making process.... HARIPUR: Protest held against acting CJ’s appointment HARIPUR, May 28: Lawyers in Haripur and Nowshera staged demonstrations on Monday to protest against Justice Javed Iqbal’s appointment as acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.... KARAK: Cabins and kiosks removed in Karak KARAK, May 28: The Tehsil Municipal Administration, Karak, demolished cabins and kiosks during an anti-encroachment drive in the town on Monday. The TMA also closed down an illegal bus stand near the Niazi Well stop on the Indus Highway.... HARIPUR: Haripur Pesco completes renovation HARIPUR, May 28: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has completed about 70 small schemes worth Rs20 million in Haripur, Saeed Ghaffar, a deputy manager of the company, said here on Monday....

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