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June 09, 2007 Saturday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 23, 1428 KARACHI: Breakthrough as Nishtar Park bomber identified KARACHI, June 8: More than a year after the April 11, 2006 Nishtar Park killings, intelligence agencies have finally come close to solving the case, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Army-run FFC flouts Sepa directives KARACHI, June 8: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has allowed Fauji Foundation to restart its Mirpur Mathelo fertiliser plant for 15 days under “strict safety measures”, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Pagara warns president of conspiratorial colleagues KARACHI, June 8: The chief of the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional), Pir Pagara, on Friday made a host of predictions and said President Gen Pervez Musharraf would survive the current crisis only if his colleagues stopped their “conspiracies”.... KARACHI: Lawyers’ case against govt, MQM leaders transferred KARACHI, June 8: The Karachi Bar Association on Friday succeeded in getting the investigation of its case against the Sindh government and Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders transferred to the DIG Zone-II from the DIG Zone-I.... KARACHI: Relief on way for power crisis KARACHI, June 8: Summer is a season of dread for the 16 million people living in Karachi.... KARACHI: Petition on milk price adjourned till 11th KARACHI, June 8: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday adjourned the proceedings of a petition seeking directives for the fixing of fair and justified retail and wholesale rates of fresh milk till June 11.... HYDERABAD: Funds from centre not received, minister told : Hyderabad development package HYDERABAD, June 8: Due to delay in release of funds, work on the federal government-funded schemes under the Hyderabad Development Package (HDP) has not begun but tenders for three schemes had been issued.... NAWABSHAH: Mercury rises to 49 in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, June 8: A large number of people, including women and children, fainted due to scorching heat in Nawabshah and surrounding areas where temperature rose to 49 degrees Celsius on Friday.... KARACHI: Threatened family seeks woman’s recovery KARACHI, June 8: Having endured severe brutality and threats, relatives of a woman kidnapped by a landlord have fled their home in Jati, Thatta, and have taken refuge in the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum’s (PFF) Ibrahim Hyderi office.... KARACHI: Give track-II diplomacy a chance, seminar told KARACHI, June 8: Track-II diplomacy was not given much of a chance in helping better Pakistan-India relations as the two countries were at daggers drawn most of the time, whereas Europe... KARACHI: KBCA told to up pay of legal advisers KARACHI, June 8: The Sindh High Court asked the Karachi Building Control Authority to pay enhanced salaries in grade 18 to its legal advisers or law officers within two weeks.... KARACHI: KBA to file plea against load-shedding KARACHI, June 8: The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) is planning to file a petition in the Sindh High Court against the Federal Minister for Water and Power, Liaquat Jatoi, and KESC officials for their failure to control excessive load-shedding.... KARACHI: Workshop on endoscopic sinus surgery opens KARACHI, June 8: A two-day workshop on Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, the first hands-on workshop on this subject at any public sector hospital in the country, opened at the Sindh Medical College on Friday.... KARACHI: Bail plea rejected KARACHI, June 8: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro and Justice Rehmat Hussein Jaffrey on Friday rejected the bail application of an OT technician, Akram Nadeem, employed by the Sindh Government Hospital, Orangi Town.... KARACHI: Bank fraud case KARACHI, June 8: The Accountability Court-II recorded the statement of Mohammad Younus, a bank manager, in a reference against a former manger of the same bank for embezzling amounts supposed to be deposited in some 141 accounts.... KARACHI: Illegal structures razed KARACHI, June 8: The demolition teams of KBCA razed illegal constructions in Saddar and Lyari.... KARACHI: No DAG at SHC to look after Centre’s briefs KARACHI, June 8: There is no deputy attorney-general to look after the federal government’s briefs in the Sindh High Court.... KARACHI: Dawn’s first property show launched KARACHI, June 8: The three-day Dawn Property Investment Show kicked off here on Friday at a local hotel. Approximately 30 real estate developers, agencies and others associated with the property business... KARACHI: PML-N plans for CJ’s visit KARACHI, June 8: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will accord warm welcome to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on his arrival here on July 3.... KARACHI: General body KARACHI, June 8: The general body meeting of the city district government will be held at Council Hall of the Council Secretariat at MA Jinnah Road on Tuesday.... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt gives tax remission to 22 rain-hit talukas HYDERABAD, June 8: The Sindh government has announced 100 per cent remission in farm taxes for Kharif 2006 and postponement of arrears for 22 talukas of eight districts on account of last year’s rains and flood.... HYDERABAD: Tribute paid to Ustad Bukhari HYDERABAD, June 8: Tribute was paid to prominent poet late Ustad Bukhari for his services in the cause of Sindh and Sindhi literature at a memorial meeting held at Mumtaz Mirza auditorium of Sindh Museum here on Thursday night.... SANGHAR: Jirga decides double murder case SANGHAR, June 8: A jirga was held in Syed Saleh Shah village near Shahpur Chakar on Thursday to decide the case of killing of two girls on the pretext of karo-kari.... KHAIRPUR: Employment on deceased quota sought KHAIRPUR, June 8: A large number of people including women, widows and children of the deceased and retired junior employees of the Agriculture Extension Department (AED) Khairpur observed token hunger strike at the Civic Centre Chowk on Friday.... JACOBABAD: Three drown in fish farm JACOBABAD, June 8: Three persons, including a child, drowned in a fish farm in Khair Mohammad Khoso village, Thul taluka, on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Rs100bn budget for NWFP likely PESHAWAR, June 8: The outlay of the NWFP government’s new budget is expected to exceed Rs100 billion and the Annual Development Programme (ADP) is likely to be worth more than Rs30 billion which will be a record.... PESHAWAR: Frontier confirms third polio case PESHAWAR, June 8: The NWFP has confirmed a new case of polio, bringing the total number of such cases in the province to three this year.... PESHAWAR: Cardiac diseases on the rise, says expert PESHAWAR, June 8: Cardiac diseases are on the rise in the subcontinent, according to a well-known cardiologist.... PESHAWAR: All villages to get electricity this year, says Pesco PESHAWAR, June 8: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) will achieve its target of providing electricity to all the villages in the NWFP by the end of the year.... PESHAWAR: Gang busted PESHAWAR, June 8: Four women swindlers have been arrested, along with their leader, and some weapons and drugs have been recovered from them.... PESHAWAR: Fata House PESHAWAR, June 8: The governor of the NWFP attended a presentation on Friday in which he was briefed about the proposed construction of the Fata House in Islamabad.... PESHAWAR: Permission for handing over Bangladeshis to NGO sought PESHAWAR, June 8: A local court is seeking the provincial home department’s clearance for handing over 15 Bangladeshi detainees to a non-governmental organisation.... KOHAT: Journalists criticise move to gag media KOHAT, June 8: The local journalists organised a protest meeting here on Friday to condemn the “anti-press steps” taken by the government that, according to them, were aimed at gagging the print and electronic media.... KARAK: OGDCL asked to provide gas to Karak KARAK, June 8: Chairman of the NWFP Assembly’s Works and Services Committee Mian Nisar Gul has ordered the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) to ensure provision of natural gas to Karak and other southern districts of the province....

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