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July 19, 2007 Thursday Rajab 03, 1428 KARACHI: SHOs scrambling to ‘generate’ funds KARACHI, July 18: Demonstrating what can only be termed pure genius, the inspector general (IG) police of Sindh has tasked station house officers (SHOs) to set up “reporting centres” at their police stations without allocating any funds for the purpose.... KARACHI: City Council relaxes rules for plot owner KARACHI, July 18: Members of the opposition cried foul as the City Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution approving an increase in the plot ratio and re-classification of four plots in Block-D, Scheme-5, Clifton owned by an unnamed individual.... KARACHI: First violation of new set-up in posting of eight SPOs KARACHI, July 18: The first posting order for the newly-created post of supervisory police officers in the new police system contradicts the claims of the police high-ups that an SPO would... KARACHI: Warrant for Minwala’s arrest reissued KARACHI, July 18: The accountability court No III on Wednesday reissued a non-bailable warrant for the arrest of Daryus Cyrus Minwala, general sales manager of the Cathay Pacific Airways, blamed by... KARACHI: PPP sees emergency move behind blast KARACHI, July 18: The blast at the reception camp of Pakistan People’s Party in Islamabad that claimed over a dozens lives was a conspiracy hatched to postpone the general elections by imposing emergency in the country.... PESHAWAR: Bombing meant to target CJ: lawyers PESHAWAR, July 18: Lawyers on Wednesday completely boycotted courts and condemned the Islamabad suicide bombing, saying that the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice was its intended target.... KARACHI: Govt officials told to avoid public events KARACHI, July 18: The Sindh government has restricted the movement of all VVIPs and ministers and instructed them not to attend public gatherings for security reasons in the wake of the... KARACHI: Biogas project to be initiated soon KARACHI, July 18: After a decade-long wait, work on a biogas project to generate electricity and fertiliser from dung is to commence as soon as it is registered with the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for carbon credits.... KARACHI: $800 million ADB loan to launch mega-city project KARACHI, July 18: A high-level meeting at the Governor’s House, with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan in the chair, discussed issues pertaining to the proposed Karachi Mega-City Development Project, as well as development plans for other cities in Sindh.... KARACHI: Report criticises land, revenue recovery departments KARACHI, July 18: The land, revenue and estate committee of the Karachi city government, in its quarterly report for July-September 2006, which itself has been issued late, has said that the... KARACHI: Lawyers condemn Islamabad bombing KARACHI, July 18: Condemning the recent suicide attack in Islamabad, lawyers observed a day of mourning and boycotted proceedings in the Sindh High Court (SHC), the City Courts and the Malir District Courts on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Waste management issues discussed KARACHI, July 18: Inadequate logistics, shortage of sanitary staff and absence of dumping grounds are main constraints in overcoming environmental problems across the province.... KARACHI: 50-bed hospital planned for Site Town KARACHI, July 18: Construction work on a 50-bed hospital is due to begin shortly in Site Town’s union council 5.... KARACHI: American pianist’s workshop at Napa KARACHI, July 18: American pianist Mike del Ferro conducted an intensive two-hour music workshop here at the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa) arranged by the US consulate.... KARACHI: Judicial probe demanded KARACHI, July 18: The Labour Party Pakistan on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club against the bomb blast in Islamabad. Holding placards and banners inscribed with... KARACHI: ‘Pakistan, BD must increase cooperation’ KARACHI, July 18: Poverty, violence against journalists, threat to freedom of expression and democratic institutions are some of the issues being faced both by Pakistan and Bangladesh, therefore could form the... KARACHI: ‘Bandits’ held after shootout KARACHI, July 18: Three suspected robbers were arrested following a brief shootout in North Nazimabad on Wednesday. Police said three suspects, Shaukat, Ghulam Mustafa and Abdul Rauf, intercepted Qaiser Sultana and her relative Adnan in Block-1.... KARACHI: Conference at KU KARACHI, July 18: An international conference on the occasion of the All India Muslim League''s foundation centenary will be held at the University of Karachi on July 20.... KARACHI: KU exam forms KARACHI, July 18: The University of Karachi on Wednesday announced that examination forms and fee of BEd and MEd (morning and evening) annual examination 2007 would be accepted from July 20 to August 3.... KARACHI: Paintings exhibition KARACHI, July 18: ‘The Image of Flame’, an exhibition of paintings by activist painter Khuda Bux Abro has opened at the 2nd floor, 6-C, Prime Point Building, Phase 7, Khayaban-i-Ittehad, DHA.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, July 18: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather for the city on Thursday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 34 and 36 degrees centigrade.—APP... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to open schools on Aug 1 HYDERABAD, July 18: The Sindh Educational Task Force demanded on Wednesday that the government should open all the educational institutions on Aug 1 instead of Aug 15 to give students an... THATTA: MPA’s name missing from voters’ list THATTA, July 18: Member of Provincial Assembly Humera Alwani warned on Wednesday that she would move the court over deletion of her name from the fresh electoral lists if the authorities... HYDERABAD: Deadline for admission to BEd, MEd extended HYDERABAD, July 18: The director of admissions of the University of Sindh on Wednesday extended last date for admission to different degree programs in the Faculty of Education to Aug 11.... MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas council seeks redesigning of LBOD MIRPURKHAS, July 18: The district council on Wednesday called upon the government to redesign the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) project and restart all the tube-wells of the drain, which had been out of order for a long time.... LARKANA: Lecturers’ strike enters 2nd day LARKANA, July 18: Token hunger strike by a group of lecturers outside the local press club in protest against the government’s failure to regularise ad hoc lecturers entered second day on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Bomb scare in family planning clinic PESHAWAR, July 18: A bomb hoax on Wednesday created panic in the vicinity of a family planning clinic located in a posh locality. Bomb disposal squad and police teams were... PESHAWAR: Administrations of tribal agencies, police reshuffled PESHAWAR, July 18: Administrations of various tribal agencies and police officers in settled parts of NWFP have been reshuffled. A notification issued on Wednesday by the Establishment and Administration Department (E&AD)...

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