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June 16, 2007 Saturday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1428 KARACHI: Karachi gets Rs3.9bn for development projects KARACHI, June 15: The Sindh government has earmarked Rs3.942 billion for Karachi under the head of annual development programme (ADP) in its budget for the fiscal 2007-08 presented to the provincial assembly here on Friday.... KARACHI: Rs1.4bn for 80 health schemes KARACHI, June 15: The Sindh government has allocated Rs1,400 million for 19 new and 61 ongoing health schemes under the Public Sector Development Programme in the next financial year (2007-08).... KARACHI: Final budget session held amid opposition protests KARACHI, June 15: The fifth and final budget session of the current Sindh Assembly was presented on Friday afternoon, with the leader of the House Dr.... KARACHI: 17 picked up in Hub, Karachi: JWP KARACHI, June 15: The Jamhoori Watan Party has claimed that 17 persons were picked up in midnight raids carried out by the law-enforcement agencies in Gulshan-i-Hadeed and the Balochistan town of Hub in connection with Thursday’s killing of armymen in Quetta.... KARACHI: Police given over Rs4bn to maintain law & order KARACHI, June 15: Over Rs4 billion — out of the total of Rs17 billion set aside for maintenance of law and order — has been allocated for the city police in... KARACHI: Probe into lawyers’ FIR finally begins KARACHI, June 15: The investigation team began work on the lawyers’ FIR registered at the City Courts police station against leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and various officials of the Sindh government.... PESHAWAR: Kalash valley to be opened to tourists PESHAWAR, June 15: Bamburet, the most picturesque valley inhabited by the Kalash people is going to be opened up shortly for the first time to the local and foreign tourists in connection with the Visit Pakistan Year-2007.... KARACHI: Major chunk of education funds to be spent on administration KARACHI, June 15: More than half of the Rs14.55 billion revenue budget for education in Sindh will go towards the funding for the administration while the tertiary sector will receive a hefty amount and the vital primary education just a trifling.... KARACHI: Govt names Nishtar Park bomber KARACHI, June 15: The Sindh Home Department on Friday issued a statement claiming to have identified the terrorist network behind the 2006 Nishtar Park bombing, which took place on 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal (11 April, 2006).... KARACHI: Judgement on milk prices reserved KARACHI, June 15: A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) comprising Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Faisal Arab on Friday reserved the verdict on a plea challenging the... KARACHI: Transporters threaten to go on strike KARACHI, June 15: The Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) on Friday warned that if the assailants who opened fire on a bus and injured five persons in Lyari on Thursday were not... KARACHI: Lukewarm response to MMA’s strike call KARACHI, June 15: Life remained largely undisturbed in the city despite a strike call given by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to protest against the killings of a student activist of the... KARACHI: KWSB’s recovery system be improved KARACHI, June 15: Terming the KWSB’s revenue recovery position as ‘poor,’ the utility’s Managing Director, Ghulam Arif, said here on Thursday that though an eight per cent increase in revenue has... KARACHI: Rain emergency KARACHI, June 15: In order to maintain proper drainage facilities in the area in view of the expected monsoon rains, Lyari town nazim Malik Mohammad Fayyaz on Friday declared rain emergency and cancelled leaves of all operational staff.... KARACHI: Lawyers criticise ‘inactive’ parties KARACHI, June 15: Lawyers on Friday criticised the opposition parties for their failure to play any significant role in the movement for the independence of the judiciary and asked leaders of... KARACHI: Encroachers dislodged KARACHI, June 15: The land mafia was dislodged from over 500 plots in Baldia Town on the directive of the Town Nazim, Kamran Akhtar, on Thursday.... KARACHI: Painting on display KARACHI, June 15: A unique painting of the Guler School, a branch of Pahari paintings, is on display as the ‘Object of the Month’ for June 2007 at the National Museum of Pakistan.... KARACHI: Concern over concession to noisy rickshaws KARACHI, June 15: Environmentalists and concerned citizens make out a strong case for action against Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad in the context of his recent directive that the cut-off date for phasing out two-stroke engine auto-rickshaws be extended to 2010.... KARACHI: Power cuts continue KARACHI, June 15: There was no let-up in power outages in the city on Friday as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) resorted to at least three cycles of power cuts spread over 1 hour 30 minutes each.... KARACHI: ARD to observe ‘black day’ on 23rd KARACHI, June 15: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, Sindh chapter, will observe a ‘black day’ on June 23 to protest against the government’s failure to arrest the killers of the May 12 victims.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad to get filtered water HYDERABAD, June 15: Hyderabad will be the second city in whole of Pakistan after Islamabad where filtered water will be provided to entire city population.... HYDERABAD: Police accused of trying to hush up murder HYDERABAD, June 15: The investigations police of Hala have unofficially arrested two accused including an official of Hesco for allegedly murdering a young woman a couple of days ago.... PESHAWAR: ANP wants Wapda disbanded to end crisis : Provinces’ control sought PESHAWAR, June 15: The Awami National Party has asked the government to disband the Water and Power Development Authority and hand over its electricity generation and distribution operation to the provinces... PESHAWAR: Blood banks lack safe transfusion: report PESHAWAR, June 15: Blood banks in public and private sector are not following the guidelines on safe blood transfusion due to shortage of qualified staff, equipment, kits and proper space, said a report.... PESHAWAR: Arrangements reviewed for NWFP budget session PESHAWAR, June 15: The Speaker of the NWFP Assembly, Bakht Jehan Khan, on Friday chaired a meeting here to review arrangements for the upcoming budget session of the assembly.... PESHAWAR: Destruction of camps stirs anger among Afghans PESHAWAR, June 15: The authorities on Friday bulldozed homes at an Afghan refugee camp earmarked for closure, stirring anger among residents unwilling to return to their troubled homeland.... PESHAWAR: Technical education being promoted: CS PESHAWAR, June 15: NWFP Chief Secretary Sahibzada Riaz Noor has said that the government is taking steps for the promotion of technical education and vocational training in the province.... PESHAWAR: Transfers, postings of police officials PESHAWAR, June 15: The NWFP government on Friday notified posting and transfers of senior police officers.... PESHAWAR: Councillors’ names notified PESHAWAR, June 15: The NWFP home and tribal affairs department has notified the names of district councillors as elected members of the district public safety and police complaints commission for 22 districts.... ABBOTTABAD: Haj, Umrah tour operators berated ABBOTTABAD, June 15: District Nazim of Abbottabad has severely censured Pakistani tour operators for Haj and Umrah arrangements in Saudi Arabia.... MANSEHRA: Mansehra’s voter list shrinks MANSEHRA, June 15: The number of people in the newly compiled voters’ list of district Mansehra has reduced considerably, Dawn has learnt.... CHITRAL: Four ‘jihadis’ being interrogated: Explosives seized CHITRAL, June 15: Police have been interrogating four activists of a ‘jihadi’ outfit arrested on Sunday last. Officials said that explosives were also recovered from their possession.... PESHAWAR: Rain forecast for Peshawar as mercury drops PESHAWAR, June 15: Temperatures came down in the southern and upper parts of the NWFP as a rainy spell began here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Small arms pose big threat, seminar told PESHAWAR, June 15: “Pakistan should ratify the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to control sale and spread of small arms, which pose a huge threat in the prevailing poor law and order situation in the country.”...

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