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June 19, 2007 Tuesday Jamadi-us-Sani 03, 1428 KARACHI: Bagh Ibne Qasim structure being razed eight years after court order KARACHI, June 18: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has started the demolition of the sole commercial structure in Bagh Ibne Qasim eight years after the Supreme Court (SC) handed down a verdict in this regard, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Takeover of hydrants by KWSB deferred KARACHI, June 18: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, which was to take over the nine Rangers-manned hydrants in the city on Monday, has decided to operate them jointly with the Rangers until July 1.... KARACHI: High-rise offices gutted by fire KARACHI, June 18: Offices located on the top floor of a multi-storey building on Shahrah-i-Quaideen were gutted in a fire that broke out on Monday afternoon.... KARACHI: Two Nishtar Park blast suspects remanded in police custody KARCAHI, June 18: Justice Qaisar Iqbal of the Sindh High Court, who is also the administrative judge of the Anti-Terrorism Courts in Karachi, remanded on Monday two alleged activists of the... KARACHI: Education secretary gets pre-arrest bail KARACHI, June 18: Sindh Education Secretary Sabhago Khan Jatoi was granted pre-arrest bail by the Sindh High Court on Monday. A division bench comprising Justice Anwer Zaheer Jamali and Justice Qaiser Iqbal granted him bail on furnishing a surety of Rs500,000.... KARACHI: Haq Parast candidates win bypolls KARACHI, June 18: Two Muttahida Qaumi Movement-backed Haq Parast candidates were elected nazims of Jamshed and Gulberg Towns in the bypolls held here on Monday. The byelections were held after former... KOHAT: No doctor at rescue centre for miners KOHAT, June 18: The NWFP’s only rescue centre for miners — established in the Orakzai Agency for 8,000 coal workers — has been without a doctor for years, Dawn has learnt.... PESHAWAR: City train service for Peshawar planned PESHAWAR, June 18: The Pakistan Railways would run a train service in the provincial capital to reduce the traffic load and to provide the people with better transportation facilities, a senior official said on Monday.... KARACHI: Rs104 million SKAA budget approved KARACHI, June 18: The Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority governing body on Monday approved the budget of Rs104.174 million for the financial year 2007-08. Chairing the governing body meeting, Sindh Minister for... KARACHI: ‘Budget a poll stunt’: Assembly starts debate KARACHI, June 18: The Sindh Assembly on Monday started a debate on the provincial budget 2007-08, which came under strong criticism from the opposition benches. Six members, three each from the... KARACHI: No end to power cuts, riots KARACHI, June 18: Perturbed by unending power cuts in this hot weather, citizens went on the rampage in many parts of the city on Monday as the power utility’s overloaded and... KARACHI: Sindh PA, city council slam Rushdie’s knighthood KARACHI, June 18: The Sindh Assembly and the City Council, Karachi, on Monday adopted separate resolutions to condemn the knighting of Salman Rushdie by Britain, and said that honouring an alleged... KARACHI: KBA leaders to meet govt officials today KARACHI, June 18: The leaders of the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) will discuss a number of problems with the officials of the provincial government on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Sanitation policy being framed, says minister KARACHI, June 18: The Sindh Minster for Local Government, Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development, Mohammad Hussain, said that the ongoing development in the province had attracted the World Bank and Asian... KARACHI: International Safari KARACHI, June 18: Sindh Tourism and Culture Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Monday said more facilities were being made available at the Jinnah International Safari.... KARACHI: CHK to offer free tests KARACHI, June 18: The Civil Hospital Karachi will stop levying user fees for various diagnostic tests from June 19, said its medical superintendent Dr Kaleem Butt on Monday.... KARACHI: Muttahida forms body to review power crisis KARACHI, June 18: Keeping in view the ongoing power crisis in the metropolis, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has formed a committee comprising federal and provincial legislators to prepare proposals to get rid of load-shedding once and for all.... KARACHI: Plan to reorganise PML KARACHI, June 18: The additional secretary-general of the Pakistan Muslim League, Senator Nisar A. Memon, has underlined the need for re-organising and strengthening the party at the gross-roots level before the next general election.... KARACHI: NAB references against three officials KARACHI, June 18: Three more references against senior government officials were filed by the Sindh NAB in the Accountability Court on Tuesday. According to the NAB, the officials include an executive... KARACHI: ‘Robber’ killed in shootout, two held KARACHI, June 18: An alleged robber was gunned down and his two accomplices were arrested after an encounter with police in Site on Monday. Three suspects were standing outside a bank branch.... KARACHI: Lawyers slam anti-media steps KARACHI, June 18: A meeting of the Karachi Bar Association regretted on Monday that the owners of certain electronic channels had compromised press freedom in the wake of the promulgation of... KARACHI: Lawyers’ FIR KARACHI, June 18: The investigation into the lawyers’ FIR against leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and officials of the Sindh government could not proceed on Monday.... KARACHI: Fishermen leave villages KARACHI, June 18: A large number of fishermen left their houses and migrated to safer places as seawater inundated coastal areas of Karachi. The pressure of tides increases in months of... KARACHI: NED entry test KARACHI, June 18: The NED University of Engineering and Technology will hold its entrance test for the academic session 2007-08 on October 21.... KARACHI: Workshop KARACHI, June 18: A three-day training workshop on ‘Gender justice through Masalehat Anjumans’ started at the Municipal Training and Research Institute (MTRI) here on Monday.... HYDERABAD: HDA workers asked to improve performance HYDERABAD, June 18: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has assured the HDA and WASA employees of promotions but urged them to improve their performance. He was talking to a delegation... HYDERABAD: Voters of opposition parties not enlisted: alliance HYDERABAD, June 18: The Hyderabad Grand Alliance has accused the MQM and the government of deleting the names of voters of opposition parties from the voters lists.... HYDERABAD: Police impound 30 motorcycles HYDERABAD, June 18: City police on Sunday night impounded around 30 motorcycles in the motorcycle exchange market in Khokhar Mohallah as per court directives. Police moved following court directives passed on... HYDERABAD: Protest against police HYDERABAD, June 18: A young man attempted self-immolation outside the local press club on Monday in protest against the Market police for supporting a group of criminals including a woman allegedly involved in immoral activities.... HYDERABAD: PML workers’ demo HYDERABAD, June 18: More than 30 activists of Pakistan Muslim League from Qasimabad taluka staged a demonstration outside the press club on Monday in protest against Senator Ghaffar Qureshi, political adviser... HYDERABAD: JSM working for Sindhis’ emancipation, says leader HYDERABAD, June 18: The central organiser of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Bhutto), Haider Bhutto, said on Monday that the Mahaz, founded by G. M. Syed in 1972, was struggling for the emancipation of Sindhi people.... PESHAWAR: NWFP budget deficit may rise to Rs10bn PESHAWAR, June 18: NWFP budget for financial year 2007-08 may carry a revenue shortfall of over Rs10 billion, instead of Rs5.489 billion as claimed by the provincial government in the budget documents.... PESHAWAR: ANP assails deficit in budget PESHAWAR, June 18: The Awami National Party has expressed concern over the presentation of a deficit budget by the MMA government for a province “replete with natural resources”.... PESHAWAR: Health workers vulnerable to hepatitis, says expert PESHAWAR, June 18: Health workers are quite vulnerable to hepatitis, say experts. According to them, about 10 per cent of health workers in the federal hospitals recently tested positive for C-type of the blood-borne disease.... KOHAT: Cement company workers’ protest KOHAT, June 18: At least 34 regular employees of the Kohat Cement, who refused to accept the company’s golden handshake offer, on Monday staged a protest, demanding their immediate reinstatement.... PESHAWAR: Habeas corpus petition dismissed PESHAWAR, June 18: District and sessions judge Miftauddin Khan on Monday dismissed a habeas corpus petition, challenging the illegal detention of a man by police. The court pronounced the order after... PESHAWAR: Woman granted bail PESHAWAR, June 18: A woman charged with drug-pushing was granted bail by the Peshawar High Court under the law that makes grant of bail mandatory for women not involved in heinous crimes.... PESHAWAR: Transformer PESHAWAR, June 18: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has imported a transformer worth Rs30 million on the directives of its chief executive to overcome the low voltage problem and repeated breakdowns at the University Grid Station....

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