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June 14, 2007 Thursday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1428 KARACHI: Sindh gets new IG from Punjab KARACHI, June 13: Former Punjab inspector-general of police Ziaul Hasan, a retired major, was posted as the new Sindh IGP on Wednesday. Former Sindh IG Jahangir Mirza relinquished charge on April 14 upon attaining the age of superannuation.... KARACHI: Power riots cause massive gridlock KARACHI, June 13: The city witnessed another day of power riots on Wednesday as frustrated residents in several localities took to the streets to vent their anger against the KESC for prolonged power breakdowns.... KARACHI: Unfinished drains fuel fears of flooding KARACHI, June 13: Work on two storm-water drains being laid for the disposal of rainwater from Clifton and Bath Island is not likely to be completed by June 15, the day... KARACHI: Date for CJ’s visit yet to be fixed KARACHI, June 13: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has been invited by the Sindh High Court Bar Association and Sindh Bar Council to visit Karachi at the end of summer vacations.... KARACHI: New records during budget session KARACHI, June 13: Several new records would be set when the Sindh Assembly will meet on Friday at 5pm and the Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed will present the provincial budget-2007.... KARACHI: Student leader shot dead KARACHI, June 13: A student activist was killed by unknown persons in Malir on late Tuesday night. Police said Syed Wasif Aziz, 26, president of the United Student Front and... PESHAWAR: Landowners force halt to motorway work: Non-payment of dues PESHAWAR, June 13: Differences between landowners and the National Highway Authority over the payment issue are likely to delay completion work on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: NWFP plans to retire Rs5bn loans prematurely: Large funds expected from centre PESHAWAR, June 13: The NWFP government has planned premature retirement of Rs5 billion federal loans in the financial year 2007-08. A finance department official told Dawn that the provincial government was... PESHAWAR: 20 hit by heatstroke PESHAWAR, June 13: At least 20 people were brought to the Lady Reading Hospital on Wednesday on complaints of heatstroke as temperatures in the city continued to hover around 43 degrees Celsius, with humidity touching 46 per cent.... PESHAWAR: CD shops set on fire in Peshawar PESHAWAR, June 13: Two CD shops were set on fire by unknown people in Akhunabad locality on late Tuesday night. Owners told police that they found their shops reduced to ashes on Wednesday morning.... KARACHI: Celebrating the potential to save lives KARACHI: On World Blood Day, this year’s theme being ‘Safe Blood for Safe Motherhood”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is to launch an initiative to improve the availability of safe blood for women who suffer child-birth complications.... KARACHI: Chills and thrills the local way KARACHI, June 13: Pakistan has a long tradition of over-the-top cinema, ranging from the cringe-worthy – think Haseena Atom Bomb – to those that have achieved cult status such as Maula Jutt which starred the unparalleled Sultan Rahi.... KARACHI: Two die from electrocution KARACHI, June 13: Two men were electrocuted to death by a snapped wire in the Site area on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Levy of fee on garbage disposal shortly KARACHI, June 13: The city government would launch a new solid waste management system in the next couple of months under which citizens would be charged certain fee for collection of garbage from their doorsteps and other municipal services.... KARACHI: Many areas go dry KARACHI, June 13: On sultry Wednesday when the mercury rose to 35 degrees Celsius, residents of water-starved localities were left at the mercy of private water tanker operators who enjoyed a roaring business by charging exorbitant rates.... KARACHI: Renovation, expansion of shrines ordered KARACHI, June 13: The Sindh Chief Secretary, Shakil Durrani, has directed the relevant officials to devise a realistic strategy regarding the construction and repair of buildings in a transparent manner.... KARACHI: Protesters seek recovery of missing JSQM leader KARACHI, June 13: The Jeay Sindh Students Federation on Wednesday held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club against alleged abduction of the general-secretary of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Dr Safdar Sarki, and other missing persons.... KARACHI: KUJ Dawn Unit polls KARACHI, June 13: Mr Zaheer Ahmed Khan has been re-elected as chief of the Karachi Union of Journalists (Dawn Unit) in the annual elections of the unit held for 2007-2008, according... KARACHI: ‘CM to end tribal feuds’ KARACHI, June 13: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim is making concerted efforts to bring an end to bloody tribal feuds in the province. In a statement released on Wednesday,... KARACHI: Leaders invited to PML-N’s MPC KARACHI, June 13: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Sindh, has extended invitation to various opposition parties and groups to the multi-party conference (MPC) to be held in London from July 7.... KARACHI: PPP slams kidnapping of ex-MNA’s son KARACHI, June 13: President of the Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah has condemned the kidnapping of Tahir Mohammad Memon, son of an ex-PPP MNA and a member of its Sindh Council Babu Ghulam Husain.... KARACHI: Civil rights campaigner sent to jail KARACHI, June 13: Civil rights campaigner Syed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi, arrested by police in cases of cheating, was remanded in judicial custody till June 16 by a judicial magistrate at the Malir Cantonment Courts on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Probe into lawyers’ FIR yet to begin KARACHI, June 13: The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) on Wednesday accused police of not keeping their words on initiating the investigation into some of the May 12 incidents.... KARACHI: Judgment in fraud case reserved KARACHI, June 13: The Accountability Court No 1 on Wednesday reserved its judgment till June 20 in a case against Aftab Ahmed, a former project director for foreign aid of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board.... KARACHI: Hot spell to continue KARACHI, June 13: The Met Office has forecast hot and humid weather for the metropolis with gusty winds for the next 24 hours.... KARACHI: LLB exams KARACHI, June 13: Two candidates were caught while resorting to unfair means in the LLB examination.... KARACHI: City Council KARACHI, June 13: The adjourned common session of the City Council will now held on June 14 at 3:30pm in the Council Hall, Council Secretariat Building, M.A Jinnah Road.—PPI... HYDERABAD: OGDCL not providing jobs to locals, says nazim HYDERABAD, June 13: The nazim of Haji Sawan Khan Gopang union council, Badar Ahmed Memon, on Wednesday accused the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), which operated oil and gas... HYDERABAD: Rs8bn being spent on Hyderabad uplift HYDERABAD, June 13: Hyderabad is being developed at a fast pace as projects worth Rs8.611 billion are near completion, says the Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil. He told this to journalists during... HYDERABAD: Dr Rizvi opens trauma centre HYDERABAD, June 13: Eminent urologist Dr. Syed Adeebul Hassan Rizivi on Wednesday inaugurated the building of newly established Mohni Bai Tarachand Surgical and Trauma Centre near Filter Plant on Jamshoro Road.... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices on woman’s petition HYDERABAD, June 13: Justice Ameer Hani Muslim of Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench issued notices to Regional Police officer (RPO) Hyderabad, District Police Officer Mirpurkhas, SHOs Taluka police station, SIP... HYDERABAD: BEd, MEd exams from July 19 HYDERABAD, June 13: The controller of examinations of the University of Sindh on Wednesday announced schedule for BEd and MEd (non-formal) annual examinations of 2005.... SANGHAR: Traders observe strike SANGHAR, June 13: Traders observed shutter-down strike and took out a rally in Shahdadpur on Wednesday to protest against deteriorating law and order situation in the town.... PESHAWAR: Crackdown on illegal Afghans likely PESHAWAR, June 13: The law-enforcement agencies have planned a crackdown on unregistered Afghan refugees who have been residing illegally in the provincial capital and its surrounding areas, police said.... PESHAWAR: Alternative medicine centres to be set up PESHAWAR, June 13: The government is planning to introduce homeopathic and Tibb-i-Islami methods of treatment along side allopathy at hospitals of the Federally Administered Tribal Area, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Villagers ransack police checkpoint PESHAWAR, June 13: Hundreds of people of Zangali village stormed a police checkpoint, damaging it and ransacking the furniture and electric appliances, after the alleged refusal of police to register a murder case here on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Suspected robber killed PESHAWAR, June 13: A suspected robber was killed and two policemen sustained injuries in an exchange of fire in the industrial estate near Hayatabad Township on late Tuesday night.... PESHAWAR: Germany to continue healthcare support PESHAWAR, June 13: Germany has reiterated its support for the NWFP government in the health sector. Ambassador Dr Gunter Mulack at a meeting with Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah Khan on Wednesday...

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