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June 15, 2007 Friday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 29, 1428 KARACHI: High Court needs more judges as cases pile up KARACHI, June 14: Delays in approving a proposal for increasing the sanctioned strength of Sindh High Court judges from 28 to 35 is one of the factors responsible for a remarkably high number of cases awaiting final adjudication, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Bar says minister unaware of law KARACHI, June 14: Courts across the city, like elsewhere in the country, wore a deserted look on Thursday as the lawyers observed a complete boycott of the court proceedings in line... KARACHI: Wazir Mansion’s balcony collapses KARACHI, June 14: Pakistan’s politicians may refer to Mohammad Ali Jinnah as the Father of the Nation and the Quaid-i-Azam, but their dedication is not enough to prevent heritage sites related to their leader from falling into ruin.... KARACHI: Kidnapping victim slams misuse of cellphones KARACHI, June 14: Following a 25-day-long ordeal at the hands of kidnappers, Dr Shabbir Nawaz, 53, was highly critical of cellphone companies which, according to him, are abetting criminals around the country, especially in Karachi, by issuing undocumented SIMs.... KARACHI: Public outcry against KESC management KARACHI, June 14: Amid continuing load-shedding and after nightmarish power riots and traffic jams in the city, people are calling for penalising the new Siemens-led operations and management team of the KESC for the perpetual power outages.... KARACHI: Bar on debate over activist’s killing leads to boycott: City Council session KARACHI, June 14: Opposition groups in the City Council on Thursday staged a walkout and then boycotted the session when the presiding officer, Masood Mehmud, turned down their request for a... KARACHI: Delay in probe into lawyers’ FIR KARACHI, June 14: The investigation team is likely to begin work on Friday on the lawyers’ FIR registered at City Court police station against leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and officials of the Sindh government.... HYDERABAD: SHC takes action on prisoners’ complaints HYDERABAD, June 14: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday took serious notice of under-trial prisoners’ complaints and ordered IG Sindh prisons, home secretary, sessions’ judges and... PESHAWAR: Outages add to people’s misery amid rising heat PESHAWAR, June 14: Frequent, hours-long disruptions in power supply owing to technical faults in the system have added to the misery of people already braving the scheduled loadshedding and an unbearable... KARACHI: Dormant health units may get Rs500m KARACHI, June 14: An amount of Rs500 million is likely to be allocated for various health care facilities lying non-functional for want of the SNE (sanctioned new expenditure) across the province, a source in the Sindh health department said.... KARACHI: Sepa move on private vehicle pollution KARACHI, June 14: Besides public transport, private vehicles, including cars, jeeps and pickups, deserve equal blame for environmental pollution.... KARACHI: Admissions to KU KARACHI, June 14: The University of Karachi has announced one week’s extension in the admission date for evening programmes.... KARACHI: 60 cleft lip patients to get free treatment: Experts leave for Tando Adam KARACHI, June 14: An eight-member medical team, including plastic surgeons, on Thursday left for Tando Adam to voluntarily correct problems associated with cleft lip or palate in about 60 patients in the interior of Sindh.According... KARACHI: Midwifery training KARACHI, June 14: Sindh Health Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed said that 2,000 midwives would be trained in the province under Mother, Newborn and Child Health Programme funded by Norway.... KARACHI: Dust emission of industrial concern high: Sepa KARACHI, June 14: The concentration of dust being released by the Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited (DCIL) is at least eight times more than the permissible limits – known as National Environmental... KARACHI: IT experts to sort out power crisis KARACHI, June 14: In order to overcome the ongoing power crisis in the province, especially in Karachi, research in coordination with IT experts will be carried out.... KARACHI: Water shortage KARACHI, June 14: The Nazim of Malir Town, Ansar Ahmed Sheikh, on Thursday took serious notice of the water shortage in the town and directed the KWSB officials to arrange for... KARACHI: Bombing slated KARACHI, June 14: The Iranian consulate general in Karachi has condemned the bombing of the Imam Al-Askari (AS) mosque in the Iraqi holy city of Samarra.... KARACHI: Mengal allowed treatment KARACHI, June 14: The Anti-Terrorism Court III on Thursday accepted the application of former chief minister of Balochistan Sardar Akhtar Mengal and allowed him to get medical treatment by a private dentist on the jail premises.... KARACHI: MPC gives strike call for today KARACHI, June 14: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leaders and participants of an multi-party conference held under the auspices of the Pakistan Muslim League-N on Thursday gave a call for a peaceful strike on... HYDERABAD: Completion of uplift schemes in time urged HYDERABAD, June 14: The Nasim Nagar Residents Welfare Association Qasimabad on Thursday demanded that the chief minister and chief secretary direct the Hyderabad district government to complete all the development schemes in Qasimabad taluka within schedule.... HYDERABAD: Govt employees call for 50pc raise in salary HYDERABAD, June 14: The Sindh Employees Alliance (SEA) on Thursday rejected 15 per cent raise in the salaries of government employees and demanded that the government should give them 50 per... SHIKARPUR: Man killed SHIKARPUR, June 14: A man was killed and three others were seriously injured in an armed attack in the jurisdiction of the Dakhan police on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: People urged to opt for oral medication PESHAWAR, June 14: Experts have called upon people to avoid multiple injections and prefer oral medication to be safe from contracting hepatitis.... PESHAWAR: Govt employees demand salary raise in budget PESHAWAR, June 14: The All-Pakistan Class-IV Employees Association has demanded that the NWFP government should provide maximum relief to low-grade employees in the budget to be presented in the assembly on June 16.... PESHAWAR: Killers of Hayatullah remain unidentified PESHAWAR, June 14: With the first death anniversary of journalist Hayatullah Khan Dawar falling on Friday, the federal government is yet to make public the findings of a judicial inquiry into his brutal killing.... PESHAWAR: ‘Loadshedding has hit NWFP hardest’ PESHAWAR, June 14: Provincial vice-president of the Awami National Party and coordinator women wing Sitara Imran has said that prolonged power breakdowns, price hike and the deteriorating law and order situation are the gifts to the poor masses by the government.... PESHAWAR: Envoy visits hospital PESHAWAR, June 14: Germany’s ambassador to Pakistan Dr Gunter Mulck visited the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) here on Thursday and expressed concern over the provincial government’s decision to postpone the appointment of a foreigner as chief executive of the hospital.... KOHAT: Women protesters block road KOHAT, June 14: Women protesters blocked a road in Chakarkot area of Kohat city for two hours against water shortage and power outage in their area on Wednesday.... MANSEHRA: Earthquake-hit families to resist eviction MANSEHRA, June 14: Displaced families living in Jabba and Mara tent villages on Thursday threatened to resist their eviction if the government failed to pay the promised compensation of Rs75,000 or provide a piece of land to each family....

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