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June 01, 2007 Friday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 15, 1428 KARACHI: Two brothers get death sentence for PIDC blast KARACHI, May 31: An anti-terrorism court sentenced on Thursday two accused to death in the PIDC bomb blast case. Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 also handed down multiple terms,... KARACHI: Lawyers file contempt petition against CM KARACHI, May 31: The Karachi Bar Association moved a petition on Thursday for the prosecution of Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim for contempt of court by the seven-member Sindh High... KARACHI: Bar members booked in sedition case KARACHI, May 31: Police registered a sedition case against hundreds of Karachi Bar Association members for setting fire to an effigy of President Pervez Musharraf during a protest demonstration on Thursday.... KARACHI: Judges may have to take new oath, says Pagara KARACHI, May 31: Pakistan Muslim League-Functional President Pir Pagara on Thursday said he did not think general elections would be held this year. “I am not aware of any move towards... KARACHI: Salvage operation on as building still smoulders KARACHI, May 31: Residents and shop-owners of Iqbal Centre, the residential-cum-commercial centre on M.A. Jinnah Road where a fire broke out on Wednesday night, mounted a salvage operation as the city... KARACHI: Lawyers stage anti-govt protests KARACHI, May 31: The legal fraternity on Thursday observed a complete boycott of the Sindh High Court, the City Courts and the Malir District Courts proceedings in line with the Pakistan... KARACHI: 120 lawyers submit affidavits to bars KARACHI, May 31: At least 120 lawyers, nine of them women, handed over their eyewitness account and sufferings they endured during violence on May 12 in the city to the leaders of their respective bar associations.... KARACHI: Threats to journalists termed ‘conspiracy against Mohajirs’ KARACHI, May 31: The Mohajir Rabita Council has condemned death threats to some Karachi-based journalists, and described it as yet another conspiracy to malign Mohajirs. It demanded a high level inquiry into the matter and punishment to the culprits.... HYDERABAD: More leaders quit PML in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, May 31: About half a dozen more leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League tendered their resignations from basic membership in protest against the indifferent attitude of party leaders towards workers.... KARACHI: No leads yet in woman’s suicide case KARACHI, May 31: Police are still clueless as to what drove Uzma Shad, wife of a senior Pakistan Air Force technician, to kill her children and apparently commit suicide.... KARACHI: Demand for enforcement of law against smoking: World No-Tobacco Day KARACHI, May 31: Speakers at seminars and meetings on ‘World No-Tobacco Day’ observed on Thursday said that tobacco even in small doses was harmful and there was a need to motivate public against its consumption.... KARACHI: Illegal fishing practices discussed KARACHI, May 31: A discussion was held here on Thursday between stakeholders on the issue of illegal fishing practices in Sindh and Balochistan. Organised by the World Wide Fund for... KARACHI: Walking the line between art and commerce KARACHI, May 31: Treading a fine line between catering to their own artistic urges and meeting the demands of the market, 19 students of a local textile design institute displayed their... KARACHI: Gastroenteritis cases KARACHI, May 31: According to the Sindh Health Department, six persons died while over 11,000 were hospitalised and over 35,000 reported in OPDs of different hospitals of the province for gastroenteritis and diarrhoea during the last five weeks.... KARACHI: Water shortage in Lyari KARACHI, May 31: Lyari Town Nazim on Thursday warned that protest demonstrations would break out if people of the area were not provided with water, adding that the KWSB would be held responsible for the consequences.... KARACHI: Teachers seek restoration of STF KARACHI, May 31: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association (SPLA) on Thursday expressed serious concern over the inactivity of the Sindh Teachers’ Foundation (STF) and demanded of the government to reactivate... KARACHI: Number of diabetes patients rising KARACHI, May 31: With the surge in number of diabetics in the country, it is feared that Pakistan will jump to fourth position from the present eighth, in the world by the year 2025.... KARACHI: Intellectuals, artistes gather for peace KARACHI, May 31: A programme titled ‘Peace for all’ was organised by the Arts Council on its premises on Thursday. People belonging to various spheres of life attended it in an... KARACHI: PAC urges heirs to accept govt compensation KARACHI, May 31: Pakhtun Action Committee (Loya Jirga) Chairman, Shahi Syed, on Thursday asked the heirs of those killed on May 12 to accept the compensation cheques from the Sindh government.... KARACHI: Sindh varsity library given 250 books KARACHI, May 31: The Idara-i-Tehqiqat-i-Imam Ahmad Raza International has donated over 250 books to the Sindh University Library. The Idara chief, Sahibzada Syed Wajahat Rasool Qadri, handed over the books... KARACHI: Governor’s secy KARACHI, May 31: Major (retd) Aftab Lodhi, who was working as additional secretary, has been promoted to special secretary in the Sindh Governor’s secretariat with immediate effect, says a notification of the Sindh government.... HYDERABAD: Gutka blamed for rise in oral cancer cases HYDERABAD, May 31: Doctors urged people at different functions held to mark the ‘World No Tobacco Day’ to give up smoking or chewing of tobacco in the shape of mainpuri and... PESHAWAR: NWFP moves IPCC over professional tax PESHAWAR, May 31: The NWFP government has moved the Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC) for the settlement of an ongoing dispute over the collection of professional tax in the jurisdiction of cantonments.... PESHAWAR: Experts warn of chemical hazards in factory land PESHAWAR, May 31: Experts at a seminar on Thursday urged the government to declare the site of a defunct DDT pesticide factory in Nowshera district ‘dangerous’ and ban its sale and use for any human activity.... PESHAWAR: Buddha stories first written in Gandhara PESHAWAR, May 31: A scholar has said that the life stories of Buddha, carved in stones, were first written in Gandhara.... PESHAWAR: High court employee’s death mourned PESHAWAR, May 31: The staff of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) began a three-day mourning on Thursday over the death of an employee of the court in a car bomb blast outside the court building on Tuesday....

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