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June 10, 2007 Sunday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 24, 1428 KARACHI: Proposal on medico-legal departments pending KARACHI, June 9: A government proposal about conferring medico-legal status — ie the legal cover to attend to trauma cases — on private sector hospitals has been pending for two years, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Lawyers reject anti-CJ affidavits KARACHI, June 9: The legal fraternity on Saturday criticised the government for forcing low-ranking government employees to submit affidavits in the chief justice case and termed it another attempt to malign Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary.... KARACHI: Judges say ‘mediation’ good for lawyers KARACHI, June 9: The process of mediation as a method of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) will enhance rather than curtail the legal practitioners’ role and earnings, former Supreme Court chief justice... KARACHI: Draft law on private hospitals awaitsapproval KARACHI, June 9: Despite the fact that those at the helm of affairs in the Sindh government have time and again shown a great interest in the enactment of laws to... KARACHI: Two activists gunned down KARACHI, June 9: The bullet-riddled bodies of two political activists belonging to different parties were found at separate places here on Saturday.... KARACHI: Enraged electricity protesters teargassed KARACHI, June 9: Enraged power consumers fought pitched battles with police in several localities of the city on Saturday following collapse of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s power generation and distribution system that rendered almost entire city without electricity.... KARACHI: English’s role in career mobility stressed KARACHI, June 9: The English language, especially its social and economic impact on an increasingly globalised world, was the core subject of discussion at the inaugural session of a two-day seminar held here on Saturday.... KARACHI: Police ignore ombudsman’s order to vacate college KARACHI, June 9: Ignoring the order of the Sindh ombudsman, police officials have not vacated the building of the Government Elementary College, Badin, which is being used by the district police officer (investigation) for residential purposes.... KARACHI: Firefighters ready to use new snorkel KARACHI, June 9: The fire brigade department will start using a newly-inducted snorkel, capable of fighting fires in 16-storey buildings, as the first batch of firefighters completed operational training on Saturday.... KARACHI: Transporters resent surge in robberies KARACHI, June 9: President of the Karachi Goods Carriers Association Mohammad Khalid Khan on Saturday expressed his deep concern over the increasing incidents of robberies on highways, Northern Bypass and link roads, and urged the government to take remedial measures.... KARACHI: Gusty winds KARACHI, June 9: The meteorological office has forecast hot and humid weather with gusty winds for Karachi on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Dept of anthropology planned for Sindh University HYDERABAD, June 9: Department of anthropology and archaeology will be established in the University of Sindh and a proposal will be placed before the academic council of the university for approval.... HYDERABAD: ‘Detail of contracts sent to NAB’ HYDERABAD, June 9: The district government has send details of all contracts to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and other concerned departments, says the outgoing DCO and the managing director of the Hyderabad Development Project (HDP).... NAWABSHAH: Police remove hunger strike camp NAWABSHAH, June 9: The Nawabshah police removed hunger strike camp of teachers protesting regularization outside the press club, on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: RBOD-II has no provision to carry waste: experts HYDERABAD, June 9: The contamination issue of Kalri Baghar (KB) feeder canal, which is the main source of fresh water to several cities including Karachi, will remain unresolved, even after construction of the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD-II).... THATTA: Palijo slams anti-Sindh intellectuals THATTA, June 9: The chief of Awami Tehrik, Rasool Bux Palijo, has said that it was a tragedy that Sindhi intellectuals, writers and leader of a nationalist party had transferred their... KHAIRPUR: Many faint due to heat, power failure KHAIRPUR, June 9: Many people, including women and children fainted due to scorching heat and power failure which continued for over five hours throughout the district and surrounding areas on Saturday.Daily... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Govt urged to remove encroachments NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 9: A number of political activists and local people have threatened to stage a sit-in outside the district government complex and block the National Highway on June 19,... SHIKARPUR: Jirga to seek settlement of tribal disputes SHIKARPUR, June 9: A meeting of tribal chieftains and prominent persons was held at DCO office here on Saturday under the chairmanship of District Nazim Mohammad Arif Mahar for the settlement of ongoing tribal disputes in the district.... HYDERABAD: Water shortage HYDERABAD, June 9: The Chief Engineer Irrigation, Kotri barrage Hyderabad has announced on Saturday that due to absence of rains, shortage of water was being experienced in all the barrages of Indus including Kotri barrage.... KHAIRPUR: One shot dead KHAIRPUR, June 9: One person died while ten others, including children, received injuries in an exchange of fire as a result of dispute over an agricultural land between two groups of Lashari community, in village Redhar, taluka Gambat, on Friday evening.... SHIKARPUR: Protest SHIKARPUR, June 9: The residents of Shikarpur here on Saturday took out a rally and staged demonstration outside the offices of deputy manager and SDO of Hesco to protest against the unannounced load-shedding.... PESHAWAR: Joint jirga last chance for peace, says ANP PESHAWAR, June 9: President of Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that the proposed Pakistan-Afghan joint jirga may be the last chance for lasting peace in the volatile region, but some elements are trying to derail the process.... MANSEHRA: Work begins on ‘new Balakot city’: 15,600 kanals being acquired MANSEHRA, June 9: Levelling of land for the demarcation of plots in the Bakrial area — the site for a new town to be set up for the quake survivors of Balakot and Garlat — has begun.... PESHAWAR: NWFP may increase salaries by 15pc PESHAWAR, June 9: The NWFP government is expected to announce a raise in the pay and pension of public-sector employees in the provincial budget as per the ratio announced by the federal government in the national budget.... PESHAWAR: Many held in swoop against criminals PESHAWAR, June 9: The city police have arrested nine proclaimed offenders besides dozens of other criminals in a midnight operation.... PESHAWAR: Barbers refuse to shave off beards PESHAWAR, June 9: Barbers have stopped shaving off beards in Bakhshu Pul, an area on the outskirts of the provincial capital, after receiving threatening letters from unknown people.... PESHAWAR: Frontier province in grip of heatwave PESHAWAR, June 9: The provincial metropolis and other cities in the province seemed deserted on Saturday, with most people staying indoors, as the mercury touched the 45 degree Celsius mark.... PESHAWAR: Varsity holds summer camp PESHAWAR, June 9: Students’ societies arranged a number of programmes at the Bara Gali Summer Campus of the University of Peshawar.... PESHAWAR: Free medical camp PESHAWAR, June 9: A two-day free medical camp was set up in Kalakhel in the Khyber Agency....

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