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May 30, 2007 Wednesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1428 KARACHI: Recriminations mar PA session KARACHI, May 29: The Sindh Assembly session, which was convened on the requisition of the joint opposition on Tuesday, was prorogued barely 25 minutes after it began as acrimony between the... KARACHI: Committee sees no point in May 12 probe KARACHI, May 29: The recently constituted three-member police committee tasked to conduct an inquiry into the failure of law-enforcement agencies to prevent the breakdown of law and order on May 12... KARACHI: Lawyers reject inquiry KARACHI, May 29: Lawyers in the Sindh High Court and the City Courts on Tuesday rejected the inquiry committee constituted by the Sindh government to probe the May 12 bloodshed and termed it a load of eyewash.... KARACHI: PQA DG indicted for contempt of court KARACHI, May 29: The Sindh High Court indicted Director-General Afsar Din Talpur of the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) for contempt and restrained the authority from dealing with a plot re-allotted despite a stay order.... KARACHI: Death for PIDC blast accused sought KARACHI, May 29: The prosecution in the PIDC bomb blast case against two alleged members of the Balochistan Liberation Army sought on Tuesday capital punishment for the accused as an anti-terrorism court reserved its judgment.... KARACHI: KWSB blames power cuts for water shortage Karachi, May 29: The water supply situation aggravated on Tuesday when almost all the localities of the city hooked to the Hub Dam source either went dry or received scant supply... KARACHI: $35m Norwegian grant for health KARACHI, May 29: Sindh has been selected for a grant of $35 million from the Norwegian government for initiating a five-year programme towards the improvement of health status of women, neonates... KARACHI: Relatives demand recovery of missing persons KARACHI, May 29: Families of three ''missing persons'' belonging to Karachi have demanded that the government immediately produce their relatives before the court and also take up their cases with other such cases in the Supreme Court.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers plan 3-day strike against blast PESHAWAR, May 29: The lawyers’ community on Tuesday held intelligence agencies responsible for the blast outside the Peshawar High Court and decided to observe a three-day strike in protest against the incident.... KARACHI: MQM blames opposition KARACHI, May 29: Defending the decision of Sindh Assembly Deputy Speaker Rahila Tiwana, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has laid the blame for the proroguing of Tuesday’s session of the House at the doorstep of the opposition.... KARACHI: Tiwana defends decision KARACHI, May 29: The Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly, Rahila Tiwana, who presided over Tuesday’s session requisitioned by the joint opposition, has defended her decision of proroguing the session.... KARACHI: Khuhro assails speaker KARACHI, May 29: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro on Tuesday condemned the ruling of Acting Speaker Rahila Tiwana who prorogued their requisitioned session even before offering prayers for the victims of the May 12 violence.... KARACHI: Researchers urged to obtain patents on inventions KARACHI, May 29: Speakers at a national seminar deplored the lack of awareness on the significance of intellectual property rights (IPR) in the country and highlighted its role in strengthening the national economy.... KARACHI: Students brave power cuts at centres: HSC exams KARACHI, May 29: Despite a request to the higher authorities by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) for giving preferential treatment to some 90 examination centres across the city frequent... KARACHI: CS for early completion of windmill project KARACHI, May 29: Sindh Chief Secretary Shakeel Durrani has asked relevant departments to ensure coordinated efforts to complete a windmill project and other assignments of power generation being carried out by the Alternative Energy Development Board.... KARACHI: Lyari Town looks forward to greater supply of water KARACHI, May 29: Lyari Town Nazim Malik Mohammad Fayyaz has welcomed the assurance made by the city nazim that Lyari would be given additional six million gallon water within 45 days.... KARACHI: KU expands evening programme KARACHI, May 29: The University of Karachi has introduced four new disciplines to its evening programmes at the masters’ level this year.... KARACHI: Balochs urged to unite KARACHI, May 29: A delegation of Karachi-based Baloch Rights Council called on Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, son of the slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and discussed with him the situation of the troubled province.... KARACHI: Raise demanded KARACHI, May 29: The United Staff Organisation (CBA), Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday demanded a 35 per cent increase in salary and other allowances in the next budget.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 29: The Met office has forecast partly cloudy weather for the city on Wednesday. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees Centigrade.... KARACHI: SHC orders production of detainee KARACHI, May 29: The Sindh High Court ordered on Wednesday the production of a detainee held under the Security of Pakistan Act on June 1.... KARACHI: Mother of two shot dead in Orangi KARACHI, May 29: A mother of two kids was shot dead by her husband over some domestic dispute in Orangi Town on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Order on KBA plea today KARACHI, May 29: An additional district and sessions judge, South, on Tuesday put off till Wednesday the pronouncement of his order which was reserved on Monday on an application filed by lawyers against the SHO of the City Courts police station.... KARACHI: New perspectives on the 1857 anti-colonial revolt KARACHI, May 29: The anti-colonial revolt of 1857 — whose 150th anniversary is being celebrated this year — in the subcontinent and its socio-political fallout was the subject of a talk... KARACHI: Qasba Colony to have 50-bed hospital soon KARACHI, May 29: Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said that a 50-bed hospital would soon be set up in Qasba Colony in Union Council No 8 of SITE Town.... HYDERABAD: 4 more office-bearers quit Muslim League HYDERABAD, May 29: The number of senior office-bearers of the Hyderabad chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League, who have so far announced resignations from the party’s basic membership in protest over... HYDERABAD: Demand for DSP’s dismissal HYDERABAD, May 29: The Pakistan Human Rights Development Organisation has demanded the dismissal of DSP investigation Naushahro Feroze. They threatened to file a case against him in the Sindh High Court... HYDERABAD: Delay in building of school resented HYDERABAD, May 29: The Young Citizens Welfare Association of Goth Laloo Lashari village and other residents have demanded immediate construction of a primary school building.... HYDERABAD: Housing schemes HYDERABAD, May 29: Director Town Planning Hyderabad, Tahir Ahmed has declared 11 more private housing schemes of Sanghar district as illegal. These schemes were launched without approval from the department raising... KHAIRPUR: Facilities at railway station sought KHAIRPUR, May 29: Anjuman-i-Tajiran Khairpur chairman Qutbuddin Shaikh and Khairpur Abadgar Ittehad president Shakir Shah have deplored lack of basic facilities at Khairpur railway station, including drinking water and fans and tube-lights on platforms.... PESHAWAR: New traffic system being finalised PESHAWAR, May 29: The Peshawar police have planned to raise a modern police force, much on the pattern of the one working in Islamabad, to manage the growing traffic problems in the city, official said.... PESHAWAR: Leaders concerned over bomb explosions PESHAWAR, May 29: The leaders of some political parties have expressed concern over the spate of bomb blasts in Peshawar and other parts of the province.... PESHAWAR: Sacked workers seek end to hospital corruption PESHAWAR, May 29: Laid-off employees of a hospital run by the Jamaat-i-Islami have demanded reinstatement in their jobs, removal of hospital’s chief executive and payment of gratuity to all employees.... KOHAT: Action against shopkeepers criticized KOHAT, May 29: Office-bearers of a local traders’ body have criticised the action against shopkeepers for not displaying the rate list and asked the district coordination officer to take notice of...

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