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July 13, 2007 Friday Jamadi-us-Sani 27, 1428 KARACHI: Education board’s great gamble: Governor approves 2pc grace marks KARACHI, July 12: Officials of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) on Thursday morning displayed remarkable prescience when they announced the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results with two per... KARACHI: City Council defends Islamabad operation KARACHI, July 12: The ever-feuding treasury and opposition members of the City Council on Thursday tabled diametrically opposed resolutions on the Lal Masjid operation, with one side praising the commandoes who... KARACHI: Demand for judicial probe into Lal Masjid operation KARACHI, July 12: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) have demanded a judicial inquiry into the 36-hour Lal Masjid operation that left scores of people, including 10 soldiers, dead.... KARACHI: Moratorium on high-income residential projects likely KARACHI, July 10: The city government and its associated land agencies may impose a moratorium on large residential development projects for high-income groups, well-informed sources have told Dawn.... KARACHI: Lawyers step up anti-govt drive KARACHI, July 12: The legal fraternity on Thursday observed a complete boycott of court proceedings in response to the Pakistan Bar Council’s call for protest against the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: Experts suggest steps to revitalise KESC KARACHI, July 12: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has directed the special committee of Wapda experts, tasked with finding ways and means to drag the KESC out of its technical and... HYDERABAD: SNP threatens to besiege CM, governor houses HYDERABAD, July 12: The Sindh National Party (SNP) would hold demonstrations throughout the province on July 20 and lay siege to the houses of Sindh governor and chief minister on July... PESHAWAR: Post-examination vacations banned in NWFP PESHAWAR, July 12: The government has placed a ban on post-examination vacation of teachers and students in the province, it is learnt. A circular issued by the secretary, NWFP higher education... PESHAWAR: Students turn violent against loadshedding PESHAWAR, July 12: Enraged students of the University of Peshawar ransacked a post office and smashed windowpanes of campus buildings on Wednesday night in protest against hours’ long loadshedding.... KARACHI: Sindh govt to take over children’s hospital KARACHI, July 12: The provincial government is considering taking over the administrative control of the CDGK-run children hospital in North Karachi to upgrade it to a fully-fledged health care facility.... KARACHI: New CS faces first test of mettle KARACHI, July 12: Aijaz Ahmed Qureshi, who took over as the new Sindh chief secretary on Thursday, is likely to face the first test of his administrative capabilities on Friday when religious parties stage protest demonstrations against the Lal Masjid operation.... KARACHI: Asfandyar calls army action ‘a massacre’ KARACHI, July 12: Awami National Party President Asfandyar Wali condemned on Thursday the killing of students in the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa military operation, saying it was a massacre of innocent people.... KARACHI: Sepa told to check air pollution in Korangi KARACHI, July 12: Taking notice of public complaints about air pollution caused by factories in the Korangi Industrial Area, the Sindh ombudsman has directed the environmental protection agency to carry out tests of the air pollution level in the surrounding area.... KARACHI: Land dispute stalls work on park KARACHI, July 12: Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim Mohammad Wasay Jalil and DS Railways Karachi Mir Mohammad Khaskheli on Thursday discussed a joint operation against illegal encroachments along the railway line in the town.... KARACHI: Warrant for arrest of bank employee KARACHI, July 12: Accountability Court I Judge Aale Maqbool Rizvi on Thursday reissued non-bailable warrant for the arrest of an employee of the Zarai Tarqiati Bank in a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau, Sindh.... KARACHI: Girl bags top SSC position KARACHI, July 12: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi (BSEK) on Thursday announced the results of SSC part-II (General Group) annual examinations 2007. Anum Khan (seat no 733642) of Mama Parsi Girls School clinched the first position with 90.35... KARACHI: DCO reviews road work KARACHI, July 12: Karachi, DCO Javed Hanif has asked the city government’s works and services department to take effective steps to speed up road construction work and ensure that no hardships... KARACHI: Inquiry officer named KARACHI, July 12: The High Court of Sindh has appointed Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui as inquiry officer to conduct an inquiry against Gurmukhdas G. Gehani, civil judge and judicial magistrate, Kamber, facing charges of misconduct.... KARACHI: New morgues, funding for health care units soon KARACHI, July 12: Just 13 of the 36 maternity homes run by the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) are functional, while 61 healthcare facilities remain inoperative because of financial and administrative difficulties.... KARACHI: PAC detects irregularities KARACHI, July 12: The Public Accounts Committee of the Sindh Assembly while reviewing accounts for the year 2000-01 of the culture and labour departments has censured the officials for irregularities, misuse... KARACHI: Lyari water project unrealised KARACHI, July 12: The much-trumpeted Lyari water project, through which residents of the city’s oldest locality were to be supplied an additional six million gallons of water from the K-III project,... KARACHI: City to get 1,000 vaccination centres KARACHI, July 12: About 1,000 centres dedicated to polio and other routine vaccinations of children under the age of five years will be established in private clinics in the city in... KARACHI: Student commits suicide KARACHI, July 12: A student committed suicide in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Thursday.... KARACHI: Road closure KARACHI, July 12: A section of I.I. Chundrigar Road will be closed for traffic from Uni Plaza up to Mohammad Bin Qasim Road near Daily Jang Press building from July 13 due to uplift work.... HYDERABAD: Seven students win gold medals HYDERABAD, July 12: Seven students were awarded gold medals and an equal number silver while 661 received degrees at the Annual Convocation 2007 of the Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad dist govt rebuffs ADP members’ allegations HYDERABAD, July 12: A spokesman for the district government has dismissed the allegations levelled by Awam Dost Panel nazims and councillors of Hyderabad rural taluka as ‘totally baseless’ and aimed at gaining cheap popularity.... HYDERABAD: Dist council wants SHO grilled: Harassment of councillors HYDERABAD, July 12: District council convener, Zafar Ali Rajput, on Thursday asked the council’s justice committee to call the SHO of Husri police station and grill him about complaints of a... HYDERABAD: Court orders FIR registered against SHO HYDERABAD, July 12: District and Sessions Judge Zafar Ahmed Khan Sherwani on Wednesday ordered the SHO of Matiari police station to lodge an FIR against the SHO of Shahpur Darpur police station on a complaint filed by one Jumoon Khan.... HYDERABAD: Man shaves wife’s head HYDERABAD, July 12: A man shaved his wife’s head suspecting her of having illicit relations with someone else in Tando Mohammad Khan on Thursday. He fled the house after the shaving act but was soon nabbed by police.... HYDERABAD: Widow appeals for justice HYDERABAD, July 12: A widow, Sukhan, mother of three sons and five daughters has alleged that she and her children were kidnapped by more than one dozen persons on June 17... HYDERABAD: MBBS exams from Sept 9 HYDERABAD, July 12: The controller of examinations of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Thursday announced that annual examination 2007 of final professional MBBS would be held from... PESHAWAR: Woman’s conviction in drug pushing case set aside PESHAWAR, July 12: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday set aside the conviction of a woman awarded by a subordinate court for drug pushing. A two-member PHC bench comprising Chief Justice... PESHAWAR: Irregularities detected in city govt’s audit report PESHAWAR, July 12: An audit report has detected serious violations of financial rules and irregular and unauthorised payments of worth millions of rupees in accounts of the City District Government Peshawar (CDGP) during the financial year 2003-04.... PESHAWAR: ANP welcomes new democratic alliance PESHAWAR, July 12: The Awami National Party’s NWFP chapter has welcomed the formation of the All Parties’ Democratic Movement (APDM), while the Jamaat-i-Islami has criticised Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto... PESHAWAR: Hospital work hit by power outage PESHAWAR, July 12: Frequent power breakdowns that sometimes stretch to hours are fast becoming the main reason for postponed surgeries and complications caused by repeated delay in tests and treatment at the Khyber Teaching Hospital, officials say.... PESHAWAR: Pakistani students praised PESHAWAR July 12: A group of six Pakistani students, who returned from the United States after their year-long stay there, were praised for helping bringing closer cultures of the two countries at a reception here on Thursday....

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