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June 21, 2007 Thursday Jamadi-us-Sani 05, 1428 KARACHI: 157 buildings declared ‘most dangerous’ KARACHI, June 20: The Karachi Building Control Authority has declared as many as 157 residential buildings in different parts of the city as ‘most dangerous’ and warned their thousands of occupants to move out before the start of monsoon rains.... KARACHI: Board formed to inspect psychiatric facilities KARACHI, June 20: The government of Sindh has constituted a board of visitors (BoV) that will periodically inspect psychiatric care facilities in public and private sectors, said a department source on Wednesday.... KARACHI: SHC allows Magsi to go abroad KARACHI, June 20: A division bench of the High Court of Sindh on Wednesday permitted chief of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party Dr Qadir Magsi to proceed abroad for two months.... KARACHI: 116 deprived of vehicles, cellphones KARACHI, June 20: Bandits had a field day on Wednesday as they deprived 116 people of their cars, motorbikes or cellular phones in various localities. Police sources said 36 vehicles —... KARACHI: Afghan DPs face uncertain future: World Refugee Day KARACHI, June 20: An uncertain future rooted in a painful past that branches out into a present filled with a deep sense of despair, is perhaps how the life of a refugee can best be described.... PESHAWAR: Opposition terms PA proceedings illegal PESHAWAR, June 20: The combined opposition in the NWFP Assembly on Wednesday termed house proceedings since the resignation of Deputy Speaker Ikramullah Shahid 15 months ago illegal and unconstitutional.... PESHAWAR: ANP concerned over extremism PESHAWAR, June 20: The provincial president of the Awami National Party, Afrasiab Khattak, has expressed concern over what he called the spillover effect of Talibanisation in Fata and settled areas of... KARACHI: Supply of water from Haleji Lake likely KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh government will support the revitalisation of Haleji Lake as a source of freshwater for Karachi if the Sindh Wildlife Department forwards such a proposal to the government.... KARACHI: Govt submits material to justify detention KARACHI, June 20: The Federal Interior Ministry on Wednesday submitted details in the Sindh High Court regarding grounds of detention, date of arrest and other relevant secret material about two persons detained under the Security of Pakistan Act.... KARACHI: Student on way to exam centre lands in lockup KARACHI, June 20: A jittery class XI student travelling in a minibus to his examination centre on Wednesday landed in a police lockup following a quarrel with a traffic police official who had stopped the vehicle for violating traffic rules.... KARACHI: Power cuts cause water shortage in many areas KARACHI, June 20: Unannounced load-shedding at local pumping stations has caused a water shortage in many localities. The hard-hit localities are those which get water either on alternative days or after... KARACHI: Telemedicine link with Kabul KARACHI, June 20: Through a telemedicine link, medical professionals of a private sector teaching hospital will now be able to suggest treatment to a patient in Kabul, Afghanistan, while operating out of Karachi.... KARACHI: Role of mediation bodies highlighted KARACHI, June 20: Speakers at a workshop titled ‘Gender Justice through Masalehat Anjumans’ laid stress on strengthening mediatory committees at the UC level so that they could play an effective role... KARACHI: Site industries to get 25mgd desalinated water: Kamal KARACHI, June 20: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the Site industrial area will get 25 million gallons desalinated water per day to cater to the rising demand of factories.... KARACHI: Legislator’s ‘misconduct’ results in end to session KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh Assembly failed to continue general discussion on the budget for the financial year 2007-08 on Wednesday, as the house was abruptly adjourned following “misconduct” by a female opposition legislator.... KARACHI: Lawyers want new police force to implement court orders KARACHI, June 20: The legal fraternity on Wednesday suggested setting up of a special police force under the judiciary exclusively for the implementation of court orders.... KARACHI: SHC suspends 10-year sentence in accident case KARACHI, June 20: A single bench of the High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Munib Ahmed Khan on Wednesday suspended the 10-year imprisonment handed down to an appellant by a trial court and granted him bail.... KARACHI: PIA apprentice falls off aircraft, dies KARACHI, June 20: A PIA technician died when he fell off the wing of an aircraft while working at the airline’s engineering department’s hanger on Wednesday.According... KARACHI: MQM slammed for framing PPP leaders KARACHI, June 20: Pakistan People’s Party leader and MNA Nabil Gabol on Wednesday condemned the efforts being made by the ruling coalition to implicate PPP local leaders in false cases, saying... KARACHI: Results KARACHI, June 20: The University of Karachi on Wednesday announced the results of BA Part-I (Regular) annual examinations 2006. Of 7,984 candidates, who appeared in the examinations, 3,132 passed and the overall percentage remained 39.22.—PPI... KARACHI: Cleaning of Clifton drains ordered KARACHI, June 20: Clifton Cantonment Board President Brig Kamran Aziz Qazi on Wednesday asked the officials of the CBC to complete the repair and desiltation work of the storm-water drains in the limits of the board on a priority basis.... KARACHI: Training courses for prisoners KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh Labour Department has chalked out a comprehensive plan for vocational and technical training and provision of jobs to prisoners after their release.The... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, June 20: The meteorological office has forecast a hot and humid day with chances of dust, thunderstorm and a light rain in the metropolis for Thursday.... HYDERABAD: PTCL workers observe token hunger strike HYDERABAD, June 20: Workers and leaders of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Lions Staff Union staged token hunger strike outside press club on Wednesday, to condemn the alleged destruction of PTCL in the name of restructuring.... HYDERABAD: Pro-Arbab rally in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, June 20: About three dozen activists of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the press club in support of Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim,... HYDERABAD: 26 Hesco officers’ jobs regularised HYDERABAD, June 20: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) Chief Executive Officer Maqbool Ahmed Khwaja on Wednesday regularised the services of 26 officers for their good performance.... HYDERABAD: Admission HYDERABAD, June 20: The director of admissions of the University of Sindh on Tuesday issued a list of 50 candidates selected for admission to condensed course of the 5th Professional Pharm-D under evening programme for the academic session of 2007.... PESHAWAR: Tax recovery targets narrowly missed PESHAWAR, June 20: Tax collecting agencies of the NWFP government have narrowly missed the recovery targets of various provincial taxes in the outgoing fiscal year 2006-07.... PESHAWAR: Illegally detained person recovered PESHAWAR, June 20: A man illegally detained for the past four days by the police was recovered by a bailiff from the Faqirabad police station on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Customs dept unable to curb smuggling, says official PESHAWAR, June 20: The customs department is unable to run an effective anti-smuggling drive because of shortage of staff and lack of coordination with the police department.... PESHAWAR: ‘Pace of work expedited on development projects’ PESHAWAR, June 20: Federal Minister for Political Affairs and NWFP president of PML Ameer Muqam, while castigating the power-sharing formula of the leadership sitting out of the country, said they were making castles in the air just to hoodwink the masses.... PESHAWAR: Protest against IJT leader’s murder PESHAWAR, June. 20: The Islami Jamiat Talba on Wednesday observed a protest day against the alleged target killing of a member of its Majlis-i-Shura and other terrorist incidents across the country....

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