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July 25, 2007 Wednesday Rajab 09, 1428 KARACHI: Nine killed in factory boiler explosion KARACHI, July 24: A boiler in a North Karachi factory exploded early Tuesday morning, killing nine people, including three brothers, and injuring 25 others. The blast destroyed the factory completely and shattered the windowpanes of adjoining houses.... KARACHI: Selection board told to review promotion cases KARACHI, July 24: The Sindh High Court asked the central selection board on Tuesday to review promotion cases of three grade 19 police officers at its next meeting without taking into consideration unsubstantiated intelligence reports.... KARACHI: 250 officials withdrawn from ACLC KARACHI, July 24: In a bid to reorganise the Anti-Car Lifting Cell, 250 policemen were withdrawn from the specialised cell and sent to police headquarters on Tuesday.... KARACHI: SCBA pledges to start pro-democracy drive KARACHI, July 24: Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir A. Malik on Tuesday re-iterated the pledge that the legal fraternity would not rest until democracy was established in the country.... KARACHI: Man indicted for killing minor girl KARACHI, July 24: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday indicted an accused, Tanveer Ahmed, in a case of killing of a seven-year-old girl on Feb 2 in the limits of the Pakistan... KARACHI: Over 200 streets to be constructed in Malir KARACHI, July 24: Over 200 new streets will be constructed in all the seven union councils of Malir Town this year. Town Nazim Ansar Ahmed Shaikh said this on Tuesday during... HYDERABAD: CJ’s reinstatement ray of hope: SDF HYDERABAD, July 24: The Sindh Democratic Forum lauding reinstatement of the Chief Justice said the decision has instilled lots of hope in the people of Pakistan.Its... PESHAWAR: Lack of political will affects women development cell PESHAWAR, July 24: A lack of political will and absence of `responsible’ officials for carrying out gender-related activities at the Women Development Cell has rendered the WDC non-functional.... KARACHI: CHK to seek experts’ advice on renovation of old buildings KARACHI, July 24: In view of some reservations on the ongoing renovation of a 110-year-old building, the board of governors of the Civil Hospital Karachi on Tuesday decided to seek expert... KARACHI: Many factories running without trained boiler operators KARACHI, July 24: A majority of factories in the largest industrial zone of the province, the Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate, (Site) have no professional boiler operators, sources told PPI on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Low-ranking archaeology staff in a fix over transfer KARACHI, July 24: Mohammad Hanif, a lower-division clerk and victim of paralysis, is among 44 employees of the department of archaeology who have been asked to shift to Islamabad and join... KARACHI: Pirates taking potshots at Potter KARACHI, July 24: Given that Liberty Books reports having already sold some 13,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it’s reasonable to assume that thousands of people are, at this very moment, reading the book.... KARACHI: Courts resume normal functioning: Timings extended by an hour KARACHI, July 24: For the first time in the four and a half months since Pakistan’s lawyers began their movement for judicial independence, the city courts functioned for a full day on Tuesday.... KARACHI: ‘Efforts being made to improve Darul Aman’ KARACHI, July 24: City Naib Nazim Nasrin Jalil on Tuesday said that all possible efforts are being made to run the city government-controlled Darul Aman in Federal B Area in an organised manner and to improve its working.... KARACHI: Bars’ comments sought on judiciary’s security KARACHI, July 24: The Sindh High Court sought comments from the Sindh Bar Council, the Sindh High Court Bar Association and the Karachi Bar Association on the creation of a judicial security agency as proposed by a petitioner.... KARACHI: New PHWU office-bearers take oath KARACHI, July 24: Justice Syed Deedar Hussain Shah, retired judge of the Supreme Court, on Monday administered the oath of office to newly elected office-bearers of the Pakistan Herald Workers’ Union (PHWU) in a ceremony held here at a local hotel.... KARACHI: Two killed in group clash over plot KARACHI, July 24: Three people were gunned down in various localities here on Tuesday. Two men were shot dead when two groups traded fire over a land dispute in Bin Qasim along the National Highway.... KARACHI: PAC meeting postponed KARACHI, July 24: The Sindh Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, could not make be held for want of quorum. PAC Chairman Jam Madad Ali told Dawn that the... KARACHI: Inquiry ordered KARACHI, July 24: The Sindh minister for Labour, Transport, Industries, Commerce and Cooperation, Mohammed Adil Siddiqui, on Tuesday ordered a thorough inquiry of the factory boiler explosion.... KARACHI: Honorarium for teachers KARACHI, July 24: Sindh Health Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed recommended an honorarium, equivalent to the basic pay, for teachers who had assessed 28,000 written scripts of job applicants, pertaining to Grade 1 to 15, in the health department.... KARACHI: First meeting of psychiatry board held KARACHI, July 24: The first meeting of the provincial health, Board of Visitors (BoV), was held here on Tuesday at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) and discussed the aims of the board.... KARACHI: No clue to 13 fishermen KARACHI, July 24: There is no clue found yet about 13 fishermen, whose launch had gone missing one month back during cyclone in deep sea near Karachi, said a press release of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum on Tuesday.... KARACHI: ‘Nawaz to make a comeback before polls’ KARACHI, July 24: The provincial acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Salim Zia Advocate, saying that the party leadership would return before the general elections asked workers to get prepared for the elections.... KARACHI: Ruling PML stages rally KARACHI, July 24: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) workers staged a rally in support of the government at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday. Holding the portraits of President Musharraf,... KARACHI: Beach cleaning KARACHI, July 24: Sandspit beach, famous for nesting marine turtles, was cleaned recently in an activity organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan Wetland Centre.... HYDERABAD: Job distribution formula slated HYDERABAD, July 24: The “remove PML Hyderabad District Office-bearers Movement’’ or the Hyderabad PML dissident group has condemned the decision to give employment to the people on party basis and said... HYDERABAD: Action against SHO sought HYDERABAD, July 24: Vice president of Pakistan Muslim League youth wing’s Sindh chapter, Khalid Butt has accused the suspended SHO of Hussainabad police station, Khawar Gul, of highhandedness and said that the SHO had registered a false case against him.... LARKANA: Dist council passes budget amid boycott LARKANA, July 24: The Qambar-Shahdadkot district council passed the surplus budget for the fiscal year 2007-2008 amidst the boycott of the members of Awam Dost Panel (ADP) on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Officials remanded in bomb hoax case HYDERABAD, July 24: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-XII on Tuesday remanded an inspector and a constable of excise police in police custody for three days in a hoax bomb call... PESHAWAR: BoK being ignored by NWFP govt PESHAWAR, July 24: The NWFP government is giving preference to private commercial banks over its own Bank of Khyber (BoK) for getting comparatively ‘good’ profit against official deposits.... HARIPUR: Tehsil budget passed HARIPUR, July 24: The annual budget of the Haripur Tehsil council for the 2007-8 year amounting to Rs739.097 million was passed by the council members on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Officers on deputation mar BISE performance PESHAWAR, July 24: The NWFP Assembly Act, empowering the provincial government to look after the affairs of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), has failed to improve the performance of the board, sources say.... MANSEHRA: Councillors refuse to pass Kohistan budget MANSEHRA, July 24: Councillors of the Kohistan district have refused to pass the proposed surplus budget for the current financial year with a total outlay of Rs651.30 million.... DIR: Govt urged to put off tenders DIR, July 24: The tribes of Biyar-Kohistan, Dir Upper, have demanded that the government should not open tenders invited for cutting hundreds of thousands of feet of timber in local forests until their disagreements with the contractors are resolved.... PESHAWAR: Media role in eradication of child labour sought PESHAWAR, July 24: Speakers at a day-long workshop on child labour have appealed to media personnel to help eradicate the menace through contribution of articles and documentaries and awareness campaigns.... PESHAWAR: Syringe exchange programme launched PESHAWAR, July 24: The federal government in collaboration with donor organisations has launched a syringe exchange programme to check the spread of HIV/Aids and hepatitis among drug users....

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