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July 05, 2007 Thursday Jamadi-us-Sani 19, 1428 KARACHI: City Council asks KESC to waive bills for June KARACHI, July 4: In a session summoned exclusively to discuss the persisting electricity crisis and pass a unanimous resolution on the issue, the City Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for a waiver of the KESC bill for June.... KARACHI: Sepa yet to refer cases of polluters to tribunal KARACHI, July 4: The Sindh Environment Protection Agency has not yet referred a single case regarding environmental hazards to the Environment Protection Tribunal.... KARACHI: Builder stopped from further construction KARACHI, July 4: The Sindh High Court restrained a builder on Wednesday from raising further construction or creating third party interest in the allegedly unauthorised structure raised by him and issued... KARACHI: Rangers still run nine hydrants KARACHI, July 4: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, who are manning nine hydrants of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, have again deferred the decision to hand over their control to the... KARACHI: Delays hit second post-mortem: Kafila case KARACHI, July 4: A second post-mortem on Kafila Siddiqui, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, has failed to take place despite lapse of nine days after the setting up of a... QUETTA: Govt urged to ensure food to stranded mine workers: Rain havoc in Balochistan QUETTA, July 4: The Yousufzai Qaumi Tehrik and leaders of mine workers have criticised the government for not ensuring supply of food items through helicopters to 35,000 mine workers, women and children stranded in the Marwar coal mining area.... KARACHI: Lawyers censure authorities over mosque stand-off KARACHI, July 4: In reaction to the operation against the administration of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, the legal fraternity on Wednesday condemned the government and said that instead of killing their own... KARACHI: Proposed police set-up likely to do more harm than good KARACHI, July 4: The proposed division of Karachi into three police zones, each headed by a separate deputy inspector general (DIG), is likely to be implemented soon.... KARACHI: Bugti’s son complains of travel restrictions KARACHI, July 4: Jamhoori Watan Party leader Nawabzada Jamil Bugti said here on Wednesday that he was invited to participate in the all-parties conference in London but could not attend because... PESHAWAR: High court calls for larger bench: Revenue officer’s transfer by NWFP govt PESHAWAR, July 4: A bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday requested the chief justice to constitute a larger bench for hearing a petition filed by Mardan district nazim, challenging... KARACHI: Progress on road projects reviewed KARACHI, July 4: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan presided over a meeting held on Wednesday to review the pace of work on road projects.... KARACHI: Woman lawyer killed in Korangi KARACHI, July 4: Armed men shot dead a woman lawyer who along with her children was standing outside her house in Korangi on Tuesday night.... KARACHI: Govt’s handling of Lal Masjid issue criticised KARACHI, July 4: Various political, religious and labour organisations in the city have criticised the government’s handling of the Lal Masjid/Jamia Hafsa affair which has resulted in the death of many people and injuries to scores others in Islamabad.... KARACHI: Headmaster arrested in provident funds case KARACHI, July 4: The National Accountability Bureau, Sindh, has arrested another accused for his alleged involvement in the embezzlement of Rs220 million General Provident Funds of government employees in Shikarpur.... KARACHI: KBCA declares Friends Square dangerous KARACHI, July 4: The Karachi Building Control Authority has declared the Friends Square building in Malir Town dangerous and issued a notice to its residents to vacate it.... KARACHI: ASH gets lithotripsy machine KARACHI, July 4: The city government has installed a lithotripsy machine worth Rs28.6 million at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital with the help of two German engineers.... KARACHI: Rs20m grant for oral institute pledged KARACHI, July 4: The federal and provincial governments have pledged to provide Rs20 million annually to the newly launched Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences for its recurring expenditures.... KARACHI: Aid for heirs of constable KARACHI, July 4: Inspector-General of the Sindh police Ziaul Hassan Khan on Wednesday issued orders for giving Rs0.2 million to the heirs of a constable of the Risala police station, Inayat Ali, who was gunned down by bandits on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Doctors call for preventive steps against malaria KARACHI, July 4: Family physicians have stressed the need for taking preventing measures against mosquitoes, particularly in the rainy season, as the number of malarial fever cases increases across the province.... KARACHI: MPAs irked by KESC inefficiency KARACHI, July 4: Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly Rahila Tiwana and two MPAs, Bano Saghir and Naila Inam, have called for an appropriate action against the KESC for failing to execute the electrification project meant for Azim Goth.... KARACHI: Kanupp back into operation KARACHI, July 4: The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant was brought back in operation on Wednesday morning when it started providing 70MW electricity to the KESC.... KARACHI: Cloudy weather KARACHI, July 4: The Met office has forecast no significant change in weather for the next 24 hours as the low pressure area is still hovering over Rajasthan.... KARACHI: BA result KARACHI, July 4: Karachi University on Wednesday announced the BA external examination 2006 results. Hina Aslam, Najia Faisal and M. Ramzan secured first, second and third positons respectively.—APP... HYDERABAD: Sana seeks inclusion of missing names in voters’ lists HYDERABAD, July 4: The Sindhi Association of North America (Sana) has joined the chorus of complaint about exclusion of a large number of people from the new voters’ lists and urged... HYDERABAD: Protests against Lal Masjid siege HYDERABAD, July 4: Activists of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and a number of other religious parties staged rallies in Hyderabad, Shikarpur and Nawabshah on Wednesday in protest against government’s action against Lal Masjid in Islamabad.... NAWABSHAH: Rasool Bux Brohi case: court adjourns hearing NAWABSHAH, July 4: The district and sessions judge of Nawabshah, Ghulam Qadir Leghari, on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of Rasool Bux Brohi murder case to July 14 after the police failed to produce the accused in court.... KHAIRPUR: Sughars preserve literature, says Dr Baloch KHAIRPUR, July 4: Renowned scholar Dr Nabi Bux Khan Baloch has said that the profiles of folk singers and sughars are being preserved through a computerised system by the Culture and Tourism Department and universities.... KHAIRPUR: Khairpur taluka budget approved KHAIRPUR, July 4: Khairpur taluka council approved a surplus budget for 2007-08 presented by Taluka Nazim Tahir Imtiaz Phulpoto.... MIRPURKHAS: Police arrestthree for selling arms to bandits MIRPURKHAS, July 4: Police arrested three brothers on charges of being involved in illegal arms sale after a raid on their hideout in Chakipara locality on Wednesday.... DADU: Primary school teachers seek reinstatement DADU, July 4: About 300 primary school teachers who had been sacked in 1998 staged a rally here on Wednesday demanding their reinstatement.... SHIKARPUR: Man killed in ambush SHIKARPUR, July 4: A man was shot dead and another suffered serious injuries reportedly in an ambush by rival group in the Jumo Mahar village in the jurisdiction of Rustam police station on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Children face labour abuse, lack of health facilities, says report PESHAWAR, July 4: The State of Pakistan’s Children 2006, a report of the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) gives a dismal picture of the situation... LAKKI MARWAT: Kidnapped man freed after 79 days LAKKI MARWAT, July 4: A kidnapped credit officer of the Community Uplift Programme (CUP), Saeedur Rehman, was freed here on Wednesday morning after spending 79 days in captivity.... PARACHINAR: Six Mingal tribesmen arrested PARACHINAR, July 4: Miscreants attacked a convoy coming from Afghanistan in the Tari Mingal area in the Kurram Agency on Wednesday and political authorities arrested six Mingal tribesmen under the territorial responsibility clause of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR).... ABBOTTABAD: 20 held for ransacking banks, Nadra office ABBOTTABAD, July 4: Police have arrested 20 activists of the banned Sipah-i- Sahaba group, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam allegedly involved in attacks on five banks, Nadra office and damaging four ATM machines here on Tuesday night.... MIRAMSHAH: CD shops set on fire in Miramshah MIRAMSHAH, July 4: Five music shops were burnt in Miramshah Bazaar on Tuesday night while unidentified men kidnapped a manager of a bank from Bannu Frontier Region adjacent to the North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday.... DIR: Parents unable to reach seminary students DIR, July 4: Worried parents and guardians of students of the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa from the district are facing problems in reaching their children and taking them out of the seminary in Islamabad.... MANSEHRA: 37 clerics, students arrested MANSEHRA, July 4: Thirty-seven clerics and students of different seminaries were arrested on Tuesday night in a crackdown on people who attacked offices of NGOs and the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction...

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