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June 02, 2007 Saturday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1428 KARACHI: Lawyers condemn govt over ‘fake FIRs’ KARACHI, June 1: Lawyers on Friday condemned the government for what they described as registration of fake cases against some practitioners of the legal profession and said they were fully prepared... KARACHI: Bar members want FIR probe shifted KARACHI, June 1: Lawyers of the Karachi Bar Association have refused to cooperate with the investigators of the Investigation Police, Zone-I, in a case registered at the City Courts Police Station.... KARACHI: Govt drive to keep transporters happy KARACHI, June 1: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Friday continued to offer incentives to transporters in what is seen by observers as a government attempt to dissuade them from staging... KARACHI: Children killed by kidnappers buried KARACHI, June 1: The remains of two children, seven-year-old Sajid and nine-year-old Ubaid, were finally buried by their parents in Qayyumabad graveyard on Friday evening. The two friends went missing on... KARACHI: Appeal in ex-secretary’s case rejected KARACHI, June 1: An accountability court on Friday rejected the appeal of the relatives of a former secretary of the Board of Revenue, Khan Mohammad Mehar, upholding the decision of another... KARACHI: Power cuts persist as KESC unit fails KARACHI, June 1: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation resorted to load-shedding to the tune of 400MW as one of the units of the Bin Qasim Power Station became out of order on Friday morning.... KARACHI: Grand anti-govt alliance needed, says MPC KARACHI, June 1: A grand alliance is needed to steer the country out of the current crisis. This will not be an electoral alliance, but one to get rid of army rule and restore democracy in the country.... KARACHI: Govt held responsible for May 12 carnage KARACHI, June 1: A meeting of Save Sindh Committee (SSC) has held President Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Sindh government and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) responsible for the May 12 carnage.... KARACHI: Victims of fire-hit building to get relief: Inquiry committee formed KARACHI, June 1: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Friday announced that the government would provide relief to the affectees of the fire that devastated a residential-cum-commercial complex, Iqbal Centre, on M.... KARACHI: Restrictions on electronic media slammed KARACHI, June 1: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the restrictions on electronic media. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Sindh PPP Information Secretary Nafees Ahmed Siddiqui said... KARACHI: Blame game in KWSB as water crisis continues KARACHI, June 1: Various parts of the city have been facing a water crisis for over a fortnight due to the lack of coordination between the KWSB’s water distribution system and Water Trunk Main (WTM) division (Bulk Supply).... KARACHI: Globalisation termed a stimulus for growth KARACHI, June 1: Fighting unemployment and poverty through industrialisation and agricultural modernisation is a must for attaining socioeconomic growth. This was stated by A R. Abid, Joint Secretary (HRD) Labour and... PESHAWAR: Bilour, nephew granted bail in Qamar case PESHAWAR, June 1: A local court on Friday granted pre-arrest bail till June 9 to Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour and his nephew Usman Bilour, who have been accused of killing People’s... PESHAWAR: Threats to journalists condemned PESHAWAR, June 1: The Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ) and Tribal Union of Journalists (TUJ) on Friday held a protest demonstration against the attacks on the houses of two journalists in... KARACHI: May 12 bloodshed: SHC issues notices to Altaf, seven ‘alleged contemners’ KARACHI, June 1: A seven-member bench of the Sindh High Court issued notices to Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain, Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Home Adviser Waseem Akhtar and seven... KARACHI: Need to concentrate on human capital stressed KARACHI, June 1: Speakers at a seminar held at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology (Fuuast) on Friday said that human capital was being carelessly ignored in the... KARACHI: 27 trunk lines by December, says nazim KARACHI, June 1: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said that development work on K-IV water supply project would begin by the end of the current year. Chairing a meeting of the city... KARACHI: DCO seeks funds for municipal dept KARACHI, June 1: District Coordination Officer Javed Hanif has stressed the need for a proper budgetary allocation for the Municipal Services Department in the next fiscal year so that the department could effectively manage solid waste collection, its transportation and disposal.... KARACHI: Concern over killings of children KARACHI, June 1: A child rights group on Friday expressed its concern over the increasing incidents of child killings in Sindh. A statement issued here, the Society for the Protection of... KARACHI: BCom (external) results KARACHI, June 1: The University of Karachi on Friday announced the results of BCom part II/ both parts (external) annual examination 2006. Mohammad Umair Baig bagged the first position by securing 1,046 marks out of 1,500.... KARACHI: Impersonators caught during exams KARACHI, June 1: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (BIEK) on Friday received reports of two cases of impersonation during the HSC annual examinations. The board officials told Dawn that vigilance... KARACHI: HSC paper rescheduled KARACHI, June 1: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi on Friday notified that the papers scheduled for June 4 had been postponed as the Election Commission has announced holding of by-election in some union councils of the city.... KARACHI: Family park inaugurated in Gulshan KARACHI, June 1: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan inaugurated a family park in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town on Friday. Spread over three-acres, Chandni Park, located opposite Liaquat National Library in Gulshan Town,... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, June 1: The Met office has forecast hot and humid weather for the city on Saturday with the temperature expected to range between 36 and 38 degrees Centigrade.-APP... HYDERABAD: Work on Kashi centre to begin next month HYDERABAD, June 1: A mega project to promote Kashi-kari (traditional ceramic painting) is being executed at an estimated cost of Rs48 million. For this purpose, land has been allotted in Bhit... HYDERABAD: Book on fiscal relations launched HYDERABAD, June 1: The University of Sindh plans to hold a seminar on revenue resources in Sindh and its distribution says Vice Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui.... HYDERABAD: MUET fully computerised HYDERABAD, June 1: Vice Chancellor, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Prof Dr A.Q. Khan inaugurated wireless LAN/hotspot, e-communication software and Web Content Management System (CMS) at MUET Jamshoro on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Policy formulation & implementation PESHAWAR, June 1: Former finance minister Sartaj Aziz on Friday stressed the need for shifting the focus of policies and programmes from inputs to outcomes and said that physical and quality results could be achieved through effective monitoring and evaluation system.... PESHAWAR: Sanitation, hygiene education centre set up PESHAWAR June 1: With Unicef support, the NWFP government has established a centre for School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE). This was announced at an orientation workshop organised by the SSHE centre on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Three-month summer vacations begin PESHAWAR, June 1: The government and private schools in the plain areas in the NWFP will observe summer vacations from June 1 to Aug 31. The NWFP department of schools... PESHAWAR: Transfer PESHAWAR, June 1: Accountant General of NWFP Ahmed Rasool Bangash has been transferred and posted as member finance of the Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) board.According to an official announcement here on... PESHAWAR: PhD, MPhil enrolment PESHAWAR, June 1: The University of Peshawar has enrolled 422 scholars in PhD and 801 in MPhil programmes during 2006-07. In an interview to a radio programme on Friday, the VC... PESHAWAR: Proper hepatitis treatment urged PESHAWAR, June 1: Experts have warned that administrating hepatitis C injections to patients without proper assessment and pre-treatment tests could lead to complications and even death.... PESHAWAR: Four killed in Peshawar PESHAWAR, June 1: Four people, one of them a child, were killed and four injured in different incidents on Friday. Two people, Ziaur Rehman and Jamilur Rehman, were killed when the...

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