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July 04, 2007 Wednesday Jamadi-us-Sani 18, 1428 KARACHI: SHC seeks transcript of alleged interview: Arbab’s remarks on May 12 events KARACHI, July 3: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim denied on Tuesday having made any contemptuous remarks, and a seven-member bench of the Sindh High Court asked the petitioner lawyers to... KARACHI: Lawyers term Lal Masjid stand-off a diversionary tactic KARACHI, July 3: Lawyers said on Tuesday said that the government was using the Lal Masjid operation to divert attention from the legal fraternity’s movement for judicial independence.... KARACHI: KESC blamed for breakdown of law & order KARACHI, July 3: During a four-hour meeting held at the Governor’s House on Tuesday, the management of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation came under severe criticism for its poor performance and worsening services.... KARACHI: More children get gastroenteritis KARACHI, July 3: Gastroenteritis is becoming an increasingly serious concern in the wake of the recent rains, particularly in areas with little access to sources of safe drinking water and sanitation systems.... HYDERABAD: PPP to challenge voters’ lists HYDERABAD, July 3: The Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians, Hyderabad division chapter, has decided to move the court of law against the draft electoral rolls because it believes that names of millions of voters have not been included in the voters’ lists.... lists.... PESHAWAR: PA asks Islamabad to ban MQM PESHAWAR, July 3: The NWFP Assembly, through unanimously adopted resolutions on Tuesday, demanded of the federal government to ban the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for “unleashing a reign of terror in... PESHAWAR: PM rules out foreign loans for relief in flood-hit areas PESHAWAR, July 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed government functionaries to expedite rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures in the flood-affected areas, and asked them to engage the private sector for achieving this objective.... KARACHI: Rains defy Met Office forecast KARACHI, July 3: All through the day, Karachi citizens stared apprehensively at Tuesday’s cloudy skies, fearing the rains predicted by the Pakistan Meteorological Office. However, the metropolis did not experience any... KARACHI: Dengue virus resurfaces KARACHI, July 3: After a gap of about six months, cases of viral haemorrhagic fever have begun arriving in city hospitals.... KARACHI: DCET allowed to award degrees KARACHI, July 3: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman, Dr Attaur Rehman, has approved the status of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) as a degree-awarding institution.... KARACHI: Traffic cops to be monitored KARACHI, July 3: The performance of traffic police officials will be monitored and their dealing with commuters will be observed by the vigilance teams in plainclothes working under the DIG Traffic.... KARACHI: Call to declare Sindh calamity-hit area KARACHI, July 3: The Sindh chief of the Pakistan People’s Party, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, on Tuesday urged the government to declare the province a calamity-hit area and take early steps to provide relief to people stranded in remote areas.... KARACHI: SPLA threatens to launch protest drive KARACHI, July 3: The Sindh Professors’ and Lecturers’ Association (SPLA) has warned that it will launch a protest drive if the education department fails to resolve the issues being faced by college teachers till July 9....tutions.... KARACHI: Posting of SCUG cadre officers ordered KARACHI, July 3: Sindh Local Government Minister Mohammad Hussain has directed the Sindh Local Government Board (SLGB) to ensure postings of the Sindh Council Unified Grade (SCUG) cadre officers against the sanctioned posts in various local bodies’ institutions.... KARACHI: MDA approves Rs10.3bn budget KARACHI, July 3: The Malir Development Authority (MDA) passed a surplus budget with a total outlay of Rs10.373 billion for the financial year 2007-08.... KARACHI: ATC seeks report in Bugti protest case KARACHI, July 3: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday ordered the investigation officer to file an accurate report in a case registered against 300 unidentified people who had protested against the killing... KARACHI: Rain-related losses KARACHI, July 3: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum on Tuesday released a survey of loss of life and property during the recent torrential rains in the coastal belt of Sindh.... KARACHI: Fathers of rape victims approach SHC KARACHI, July 3: The fathers of the two girls who were gang-raped early this year appeared on Tuesday in the Sindh High Court seeking transfer of their cases from Dadu and Mirpur Mathelo to Karachi.... KARACHI: Encroachment removed from Landhi drains KARACHI, July 3: Encroachments over nullahs in Landhi Town were pulled down in an operation on Tuesday.... KARACHI: DDLS results KARACHI, July 3: The University of Karachi on Tuesday announced the results of Diploma in Diagnostic Laboratory Science (DDLS) part-I annual examinations 2006.... KARACHI: Water shortage at ASH KARACHI, July 3: Liaquatabad Town Nazim Osama Qadri visited the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital along with the officials of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Alarm sounded over Hub Dam overflow KARACHI, July 3: Apprehending flash floods in the Hub Dam’s downstream area in the wake of a possible overflow of water from the dam’s reservoir, Wapda officials manning the dam have... KARACHI: Another day of power cuts KARACHI, July 3: Many areas in the metropolis remained without electricity for several hours on Tuesday due to what the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation described as cable faults.... KARACHI: NAB seeks details of illegal land allotments KARACHI, July 3: The National Accountability Bureau has asked the land utilization and revenue department to furnish a detailed report within 15 days about false and fake allotments, disposal of valuable... KARACHI: NICH lab opened KARACHI, July 3: A high-tech laboratory for cytogenetic testing, established at an approximate cost of Rs12.5 million, has become operational at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH).... KARACHI: MQM activist killed KARACHI, July 3: One of the two young men, shot dead late Monday night in Al Falah, was an activist of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement who was recently released from jail after serving a nine-year imprisonment.... KARACHI: PAPP polls KARACHI, July 3: Mujeebur Rehman and Naqeebur Rehman have respectively been elected president and general-secretary of the Pakistan Association of Press Photographers.—... HYDERABAD: ANP deplores Lal Masjid operation HYDERABAD, July 3: Acting president Awami National Party, Sindh Haji Asmatullah Mehsud has condemned operation against Lal Masjid brigade and termed it as a sinister conspiracy against the country.... HYDERABAD: Compensation announced HYDERABAD, July 3: Jamshoro District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar on Tuesday announced compensation of Rs50,000 each to heirs of Azmat Khoso and Wali Gul Khoso who recently died in the Kubi area of Manjhand taluka due to floods.... MIRPURKHAS: 10 injured as two vehicles collide MIRPURKHAS, July 3: At least 10 persons, including two women and a child, were injured when a pickup collided head-on with a mini truck on Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road near here on Monday night.... LARKANA: Arbab seeks joint efforts to help rain-hit people LARKANA, July 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has directed different departments to work jointly and provide relief to flood affected people.... KHAIRPUR: Khairpur PBC’s transmission computerised KHAIRPUR, July 3: Radio Pakistan Khairpur has played an important role in the province, particularly upper Sindh, said MNA Syed Javed Ali Shah Jilani.... UPPER DIR: Posts for women constables remain vacant UPPER DIR, July 3: No woman applied for the eleven positions reserved for women constables, as recruitment of 240 police was completed here.... PESHAWAR: Call for action against thieves PESHAWAR, July 3: Residents of the Nowshera district’s Cherat locality have expressed concerns over the theft of sheep from their area and have urged the government to take action against a group of Afghans.... MIRAMSHAH: Sub-engineer kidnapped MIRAMSHAH, July 3: Masked men kidnapped on Tuesday a sub-engineer who worked for the directorate of works and services. The man was kidnapped from the Api area in Mirali tehsil of North Waziristan.... PESHAWAR: Law will give more powers to Frontier: Agriculture, livestock produce PESHAWAR, July 3: The NWFP will have a firm grip over purchase and sale of agricultural and livestock produce, once a legislation recently adopted by the provincial assembly comes into force.... PESHAWAR: DPs move to other areas to escape repatriation: Kacha Garhi camp PESHAWAR, July 3: Despite the presence of a number of police pickets in and around the Kacha Garhi camp and deployment of paramilitary troops there, Afghan refugees have illegally started moving... PESHAWAR: AJK govt may hire services of foreigner PESHAWAR, July 3: The GTZ — a Germany-based international organisation for sustainable development — is likely to transfer the services of one of its appointees to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir... PESHAWAR: Loadshedding schedule PESHAWAR, July 3: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on Tuesday issued its revised schedule for loadshedding.... PESHAWAR: Nadra to launch drive PESHAWAR, July 3: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will launch a drive to provide computerised national identity cards in the NWFP and tribal areas before the next general elections, according to a press release.... PESHAWAR: Members of Saadat family join PPP-S PESHAWAR, July 3: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday that he had always taken politics as a means of serving the people.... DIR: Shortage of doctors in Dir hospital DIR, July 3: Patients of the District Headquarters Hospital, Upper Dir, have criticised the shortage of doctors and paramedical staff in the hospital.... SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Relief goods sent to affected areas SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, July 3: In pursuance of the directives of NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai, three trucks loaded with relief goods, including tents, blankets and edibles, were sent to the rain-affected areas of South Waziristan Agency on Tuesday.... KOHAT: Kohat residents’ protest against water shortage, loadshedding KOHAT, July 3: The residents of the Kohat Development Authority (KDA) Township blocked the Kohat-Peshawar road and locked the authority’s offices on Tuesday in protest against water shortage and loadshedding....

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