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July 15, 2007 Sunday Jamadi-us-Sani 29, 1428 KARACHI: City Council okays pact with Nadra: Computerisation of birth, death, marriage & divorce certificates KARACHI, July 14: The City Council, which met here on Saturday, adopted a unanimous resolution authorizing City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal to sign an agreement with the National Database Registration Authority... KARACHI: City divided into three police zones KARACHI, July 14: While the citizens are still trying to become familiar with the police system introduced a few years back in accordance with the Police Order 2002, the Sindh government... KARACHI: CJ backs body to liaise with citizens KARACHI, July 14: The judiciary cannot work in isolation and must be aware of the grievances of the people in order to alleviate them. Keeping this in mind, members of the bench must deal with elected representatives.... KARACHI: Indictment in conspiracy case KARACHI, July 14: The leaders and workers of the banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Aalmi, who are being tried for hatching a conspiracy to kill President Pervez Musharraf, denied the charges as an anti-terrorism court indicted them in the case on Saturday.... KARACHI: Website to woo foreign investment launched KARACHI, July 14: The city government has established an Investment Facilitation Centre (IFC) and launched its official website through which intending investors could get complete information about the city and business opportunities available here.... KARACHI: Lawyers vow to file case against army: Lal Masjid operation KARACHI, July 14: In what is believed to be an unprecedented move, lawyers vow to file a case against the government and the army in the Supreme Court of Pakistan for the killing of innocent people in the Lal Masjid complex.... NAWABSHAH: Villagers not keen on CNICs: Nadra NAWABSHAH, July 14: The general manager of Sukkur region of Nadra, Col. Mohammad Khalid Khan, on Saturday repeated the complaint that people in rural areas were not coming forward to obtain Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs).... KARACHI: Govt baulks at reopening Daniel Pearl case KARACHI, July 14: It has been exactly five years since an anti-terrorism court sentenced British-born Shaikh Omar to death and his accomplices to life imprisonment in the US journalist Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case.... KARACHI: Pollutants mar life on land & in water KARACHI, July 14: Sea pollution, for sheer invisibility, is often a phantom hazard until its detrimental effects trickle into daily life. Still a draft, the latest document available on this subject... KARACHI: Child dies of water-borne disease KARACHI, July 14: A number of people, including children and women, have been suffering from water-borne diseases in Chashma Goth, near Ibrahim Hyderi. According to area doctors and NGO workers... KARACHI: Work on Baldia water project starts KARACHI, July 14: Work on a 19-km-long line for supply of six million gallon additional water from Hub reservoir to Baldia Town started on Saturday. Under the project worth Rs387.2... KARACHI: BDS results announced KARACHI, July 14: The examination department, University of Karachi on Saturday announced the results of BDS final professional annual examinations 2007. Munazza Baseer (seat no 78240) of the Liaquat College of... HYDERABAD: Officials accused of accepting bogus forms: Voters’ lists HYDERABAD, July 14: A group of people who called themselves residents of Kotri alleged on Saturday that the in-charges and officials posted at display centres were accepting bogus forms without carrying... HYDERABAD: Govt spends more on education than private schools: DCO HYDERABAD, July 14: Experts believe that although the government spends more on the education of a single student than a private school there is no comparison between quality of education imparted... NAWABSHAH: Two killed, 15 hurt NAWABSHAH, July 14: Two people were killed and 15 others injured when a speedy coach hit a truck on the National Highway near Qazi Ahmed on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Fresh salvo of charges against CM’s political secy HYDERABAD, July 14: The dissident group of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, comprising office-bearers of the party’s labour, youth and ladies wings, on Saturday once again accused the political secretary to... KHAIRPUR: Inquiry against education official sought KHAIRPUR, July 14: Office-bearers of the Primary Teachers Association (PTA) Khairpur have asked the higher education authorities to order an inquiry against the Assistant District Officer, Elementary Education Male Khairpur.... HYDERABAD: Ombudsman office in Dadu HYDERABAD, July 14: The provincial ombudsman has established its regional office in Dadu with the posting of regional director and staff to extend speedy justice to common people by redressing their grievances against the provincial government departments and offices.... HARIPUR: Funds for ‘neglected’ districts promised HARIPUR, July 14: Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan has said that the federal government will directly disburse a supplementary grant of Rs150 million on the need basis to... PESHAWAR: Woman gets husband arrested PESHAWAR, July 14: Police have arrested a man on a charge of assaulting a girl at the Fatho Abdurahemia village on the outskirts of Peshawar. Accused Bahadur Khan was produced before... PESHAWAR: Man kills wife PESHAWAR, July 14: A man allegedly killed his wife here at Jhagra Malogai village on Saturday and fled. Police registered an FIR against accused Bashir Khan under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code.... HYDERABAD: Liaquat University hospital faces shortage of staff HYDERABAD, July 14: The Liaquat University Hospital faced shortage of doctors, paramedics, nursing staff and sanitation personnel because a number of departments set up in the hospital from time to time... MIRPURKHAS: Revenue officials asked to inspect rain losses survey MIRPURKHAS, July 14: Revenue Department officials have been directed to perform their duties diligently and honestly, and inspect the survey work of last year’s rain loss conducted by Mukhtiarkars.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Lawyers protest against police NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 14: Lawyers on Saturday held two separate demonstrations in Bhirya against the investigation police. Lawyers of Taluka Bar Moro led by Ghulamullah Memon, Imtiaz Jalbani and Subhan Ali Zardari staged demonstration and boycotted court proceedings for an hour.... LARKANA: Call to waive off loans, water tax LARKANA, July 14: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB), Qambar-Shahdadkot has asked the Sindh government to waive off agriculture loans and water taxes in the wake in the large scale catastrophe caused to growers due to flood and rains in the area.... HYDERABAD: MBBS exams HYDERABAD, July 14: The controller of examinations of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Saturday clarified that the theory of final professional MBBS annual examination of 2007 was... LARKANA: Taluka nazim booked LARKANA, July 14: Bakrani police on Saturday booked six persons including taluka nazim Dokri, Shafqat Hussain Unnar in firing case. Babu Serwar Siyal, chief of the Khushhal Pakistan Panel in... KHAIRPUR: Complaint against police KHAIRPUR, July 14: A large number of lawyers took out a procession on Saturday against delay in the arrest of accused involved in house robbery by the A-Section Police.... PESHAWAR: Financial irregularities in CD&MD found PESHAWAR, July 14: The Auditor-General of Pakistan has detected irregular and unauthorised payments of millions of rupees made against various uplift projects by the City Development and Municipal Department (CD&MD) during the financial year 2003-04.... LAKKI MARWAT: Lakki municipal workers seek salary, pension LAKKI MARWAT, July 14: Employees of the Lakki Tehsil Municipal Administration held a demonstration outside the TMA office on Saturday in protest against non-payment of salary and pension for four months.... SWABI: Tobacco growers call for govt assistance SWABI, July 14: Farmers have urged the government to compensate them for their tobacco crops which they said had been badly damaged in a thunderstorm on Friday.... MANSEHRA: Over 100 clerics, students booked MANSEHRA, July 14: Over 100 clerics and students of various seminaries have been booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act and 15 of them arrested on charges of ransacking and setting ablaze the... MARDAN: Protest held against Lal Masjid killings MARDAN, July 14: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) on Friday organised a demonstration at Baghdada to protest the killing of students in the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa operation in Islamabad.... SWABI: Parts of Swabi still without power SWABI, July 14: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company has failed to restore power supply to many localities which had been disrupted when a thunderstorm hit the area on Friday....

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