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July 02, 2007 Monday Jamadi-us-Sani 16, 1428 KARACHI: Hub Canal closure adds to water woes KARACHI, July 1: Saturday’s brief spell of rain not only wreaked havoc on the city’s infrastructure, it also created cracks in the Hub Canal on Sunday, forcing its closure for at least three days.... KARACHI: Sindh govt failed to utilise Rs12bn KARACHI, July 1: The Sindh government failed to utilise Rs12 billion till the end of financial year 2006-07.... KARACHI: 60 sailors awaiting repatriation KARACHI, July 1: Sixty crew members of a barge rescued by the Pakistan Navy during cyclone Yemyin are awaiting documentation before their repatriation. Most of the sailors are Indian nationals and a few others are Filipinos.... KARACHI: KESC man killed KARACHI, July 1: An employee of KESC was shot dead near Northern Bypass on Saturday night. Inayat Ali and his friends had gone to Gulshan-i-Maymar to see an under-construction project.... KARACHI: Civilian leaders weary of army’s role in politics KARACHI, July 1: Prominent politicians, scholars, lawyers and activists of various social organisations taking part in a consultative meeting here on Sunday emphatically stressed on denying the country’s armed forces any... HYDERABAD: Growers want Sindh declared calamity-hit province HYDERABAD, July 1: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) on Sunday urged the government to declare the entire province as calamity-hit and exempt growers, who had suffered huge losses in heavy rains, from the payment of agricultural loans and water tax.... KARACHI: Families of fishermen forced to leave homes KARACHI, July 1: Mohammad Ali, a fisherman, has recently shifted along with his family from the scenic Sunehri Point, the place where Hub River terminates, to a relative’s house in Soomar Goth, a few miles away.... KARACHI: 50 Indian fishermen released KARACHI, July 1: Fifty Indian fishermen, who were caught poaching in Pakistan’s territorial waters, were released here on Sunday.... UPPER DIR: Number of women voters down by 42pc UPPER DIR, July 1: The number of women voters has registered a sharp decline of 42.34 per cent in the new electoral rolls despite increase in population at the rate of 2.8... HYDERABAD: PML dissidents vow to continue struggle against ‘group of five’ HYDERABAD, July 1: Withdrawing resignations submitted by members of a dissident group in the Hyderabad district chapter of the PML, a member of its central committee, Samiuddin Sajid, said on Sunday... KARACHI: Educational boards agree to award grace marks KARACHI, July 1: All the educational boards of the province have unanimously proposed to award two per cent grace marks to all the candidates who have taken this year’s examinations.... KARACHI: Winners to participate in Olympiad: Chemistry contest concludes KARACHI, July 1: The week-long fourth national chemistry talent contest for the higher secondary school and A-level students concluded on Sunday at the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, the University of Karachi.... KARACHI: Nazim blames flooding of underpass on encroachment KARACHI, July 1: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that encroachments on storm-water drains caused flooding of Liaquatabad Underpass during rains.... KARACHI: Equal rights for Dalits urged KARACHI, July 1: Laws should be framed to eliminate discrimination against Dalits living in Pakistan and to restore their social, economic and political rights.... KARACHI: Poetry recital focuses on women’s sufferings KARACHI, July 1: Poetry that reflected the anguish and sufferings of women was the centrepiece of a recital by Attiya Dawood at a café here on Sunday.... KARACHI: Medical camp for the rain-hit KARACHI, July 1: Sindh chief minister’s adviser Syed Hamid Hussain Abdi has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement is taking effective steps for the rehabilitation of rain-affected people, adding that free... KARACHI: Paintings at Gulmohar KARACHI, July 1: An exhibition of paintings by Mansoor Saleem opens at the Gulmohar art gallery on Monday at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: Symposium KARACHI, July 1: A national health sciences research symposium ‘Injury in the developing world - from prevention to care’ is being organized by the Aga Khan University here on October 24 and 25.... KPT statement on flooding Apropos of a news item captioned ‘KPT underpass flooded’, the Karachi Port Trust has denied that the underpass at Clifton was flooded by the Saturday spell of rain.... HYDERABAD: Hunger strike over Qasimabad issue HYDERABAD, July 1: A large number of elected councillers from Qasimabad, led by the taluka naib nazim Dr Hyder Shahani, staged a token hunger strike at Naseem Nagar chowk, Qasimabad, here... LARKANA: Incessant rain harming Moenjodaro LARKANA, July 1: The monsoon rain that has been lashing the district for more than a week has harmed some parts of the five-thousand-year-old Moenjodaro due to adequate arrangements for draining out water accumulating in the lanes and small rooms.... KHAIRPUR: Relief package sought KHAIRPUR, July 1: Sindh PPP president Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that victims of rains are facing immense hardships but the government has not announced any relief package for them.... DADU: Dadu District Council approves budget DADU, July 1: The District Council of Dadu unanimously approved the Rs2,440 million budget for the year 2007-08 at a session presided over by Naib Nazim Syed Mohammad Shah here on Saturday.... PESHAWAR: Exports to Afghanistan declining, says official PESHAWAR, July 1: Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation Director Ghulam Sarwar Mohamand has asked the federal government to assign the Trade Development Authority (TDA) a special task of developing the trade and industrial sectors of the NWFP.... PARACHINAR: Octroi collection causes Afghan trade suspension PARACHINAR, July 1: Traders here have suspended trade with Afghanistan in protest against collection of octroi by the political administration despite its abolition across the country.... SWABI: ‘West is more extremist than Muslim world’ SWABI, July 1: PML general secretary Mushahid Hussain Syed has said that the western world is more extremist than the Muslim world.... DIR: Action against Swara custom lauded DIR, July 1: A civil society organisation has lauded the district and sessions’ judge for taking timely action against persons involved in giving out two girls as Swara.... PESHAWAR: Law to end Aids discrimination PESHAWAR, July 1: The federal government has prepared a draft law aiming to end the prevalent discrimination against the people suffering from HIV/Aids, an official said.... PESHAWAR: WHO warns of diseases in rain-hit areas PESHAWAR, July 1: The World Health Organisation has urged the government to put in place measures in hospitals to cope with the impending threat of outbreak of water-borne diseases in rain-hit areas.... PESHAWAR: Family of detained Afghan facing severe hardship PESHAWAR, July 1: An extended Afghan family of 55 members has been facing severe hardship since their main bread-winner was picked up allegedly by security personnel more than three months ago and his whereabouts are still unknown.... KHAR: 16 tribal elders arrested in blast cases KHAR (Bajaur Agency), July 1: The political administration has arrested 16 tribal elders from Salarzai tehsil under the territorial responsibility clause of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR).... QUETTA: Proper use of funds urged QUETTA, July 1: Former Balochistan Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch has demanded that funds provided for flood victims in Balochistan should be utilised properly....

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