Low Graphics Site

July 16, 2007 Monday Jamadi-us-Sani 30, 1428 KARACHI: Govt agencies flout environmental rules KARACHI, July 15: The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a mandatory measure aimed at ensuring sustainable development in a pollution-free atmosphere, has largely been overlooked while designing and executing mega projects.... KARACHI: Sindh sleeps on KCR as Lahore project approved KARACHI, July 15: The ground-breaking ceremony of the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit Train project has been planned for September while Karachi, despite being the seventh largest city of the world, has... KARACHI: Two die in accidents KARACHI, July 15: Two persons died in separate road accidents on Sunday, police said. Thirty-year-old Faizan, who was on a motorcycle, died in a hit-and-run accident in Quaidabad.... KARACHI: ‘78pc women workers face harassment’ KARACHI, July 15: At least 78 per cent of women working in different sectors, including domestic workers, face sexual harassment of one form or another, a report revealed.... KARACHI: Supreme court in each province demanded KARACHI, July 15: A lawyers’ seminar on Sunday called for the establishment of a supreme court in every province.... HYDERABAD: Flood victims in Sindh, Balochistan being neglected: SDF HYDERABAD, July 15: The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) - an organisation of intellectuals, irrigation and agriculture experts, academics and leaders of civil society - has accused federal and Sindh governments of... PESHAWAR: 100 CNG buses for Peshawar approved PESHAWAR, July 15: A Chinese automobile company will provide environment-friendly CNG buses to various cities of the NWFP on soft terms. The provincial government has already approved a proposal for 100 such buses for the Peshawar district government.... PESHAWAR: JI warns against military operation in NWFP PESHAWAR, July 15: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has opposed the deployment of troops in Swat and Lower Dir district and urged the government to refrain from launching a military operation in the province.... KARACHI: Manghopir urs a living tribute to Sheedi culture KARACHI, July 15: Driving past the marble factories that dot the road, one pulls up, covered in dust, to a shrine perched atop a slight hillock.... KARACHI: Man kills wife in Gadap KARACHI, July 15: Two women and a man were killed in separate incidents in the city on Sunday. A man killed his wife by slitting her throat while she was asleep in Gadap Town early Sunday morning.... KARACHI: Girls oppose open merit: Medical colleges KARACHI, July 15: A survey conducted at the two top government medical colleges of the city reveals that an exceptionally large number of female students oppose the open merit system currently in vogue.... KARACHI: Suicide attacks blamed on govt policies KARACHI, July 15: The president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Sindh chapter and MNA, Maulana Asadullah Bhutto, expressing his grief over the suicide attacks in Swat and Dera Ismail Khan, termed... KARACHI: KU alumni to initiate mega project KARACHI, July 15: A group of alumni of the University of Karachi intends to initiate a mega project for the promotion of social sciences and research activities at their alma mater.... KARACHI: Experts call for preventive steps against gastroenteritis KARACHI, July 15: After recent heavy rains and flash floods in Sindh and Balochistan, increasing cases of gastroenteritis being reported at health care units are taking the shape of an epidemic.... KARACHI: Check on water contamination ordered KARACHI, July 15: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has warned that the towns and union councils failing to check flow of untreated water and sewage into canals and rivers would face stern action.... KARACHI: New police set-up from today KARACHI, July 15: The new police system dividing the city into three administrative zones and reducing the operational towns from 19 to 16 will be in place here from Monday.... KARACHI: Fumigation KARACHI, July 15: Under a directive of City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, fumigation is being carried out across the city, according to a city government press release.—PPI... HYDERABAD: Cotton under mealy bug attack: SCA HYDERABAD, July 15: The president of the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah has said the mealy bug attack on cotton crop has been reported in different parts of Sindh... HYDERABAD: PML-Q dissidents call off strike HYDERABAD, July 15: The dissident group of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League headed by S. M. Ilyas, Samiuddin, Sajid, Begum Manzar Rawal, Mehboob Junejo and Khalid Butt called off hunger strike... HYDERABAD: SU complains of encroachment HYDERABAD, July 15: The University of Sindh has complained that a group of land mafia has been encroaching upon the university’s land from time to time on holidays and at odd hours.... LARKANA: Problem inmates shifted to other prisons LARKANA, July 15: The Deputy Inspector General Prison, Sukkur Col Muhammed Khaleeq Malal on Sunday began probe into the clashes among inmates inside the Central Prison Larkana.... MIRPURKHAS: Old man axes granddaughter to death MIRPURKHAS, July 15: A weary old man axed his four-year-old granddaughter to death in a fit of rage in Phuladiyoon town on Saturday and then attempted to commit suicide by drinking liquid pesticide.... SANGHAR: People protest after bandits kill youth SANGHAR, July 15: Hundreds of people, majority of them Christians, took to streets on Sunday in protest against police after some muggers killed a youth and injured his companion during a motorcycle-snatching bid near Bajwa Manzil.... KHAIRPUR: Feuds claim two lives KHAIRPUR, July 15: Two people were killed and two others were injured when their rival groups attacked them with firearms in identical incidents on Sunday.... JACOBABAD: Teacher kills teacher JACOBABAD, July 15: A teacher Suhail Ahmed Banghar was killed while another Tufail Ahmed Soomro injured in the Family Line Area in the jurisdiction of Airport police, on Saturday night.... JACOBABAD: Two brothers injured JACOBABAD, July 15: Two brothers were seriously injured while resisting a motorcycle snatching bid on Quetta Road in the jurisdiction of City Police Station, on Sunday.... UPPER DIR: Dir phone faults not removed UPPER DIR, July 15: People here are facing problems because of the failure of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to remove faults in the telecommunication system which have persisted for the past year.... BANNU: Top positions go to cadet college BANNU, July 15: Students of Cadet College Razmak in the North Waziristan Agency have clinched the three top positions in the secondary school certificate examination conducted by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bannu....

Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2007