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July 30, 2007 Monday Rajab 14, 1428 KARACHI: Two killed in police encounter KARACHI, July 29: Two suspected gangsters were killed and a police constable was wounded in what police claimed to be an encounter with bandits in the Malir area early Sunday morning.... KARACHI: Baghdadi killing KARACHI, July 29: A young man was killed by gunmen in the Baghdadi area of Lyari on Sunday.... KARACHI: PPP smells a rat in recruitment KARACHI, July 29: The Pakistan People’s Party criticised the government “for giving employment on political grounds, sharing government jobs equally between the ruling Pakistan Muslim League and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.”... KARACHI: 9,200 women candidates appear in test: Vacancies for primary schoolteachers KARACHI, July 29: Around 9,200 women candidates appeared in the written tests for primary schoolteachers’ vacancies held at the NED University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday.... KARACHI: Dug-up roads affecting businesses, hospitals KARACHI, July 29: At a time when the monsoon season is only halfway through and around one-and-a-half dozen major thoroughfares of the city are being constructed at a snail’s pace, more... KARACHI: Trawler might have dumped dead fish into the sea KARACHI, July 29: The Sindh environment and alternative energy department on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the dead fish found floating along the Keamari Harbour on Saturday.... KARACHI: 62 per cent of domestic workers are girls KARACHI, July 29: At least 62 per cent of the children engaged in domestic jobs are girls, shows a study conducted recently by a local NGO under its rapid assessment project covering Islamabad and the four provincial capitals.... KARACHI: Students impress in display of budding thespian prowess KARACHI, July 29: Students of the National Academy of Performing Arts put on an impressive display of their budding thespian skills on Saturday night at the Arts Council’s auditorium, performing a local adaptation of Mohan Rakesh’s play Adhe Adhure.... KARACHI: Maternity home fails to use OT in 20 years KARACHI, July 29: Dust covers the tiled floor, surgical operation table and the lights around it, trolleys, cupboards and medical equipment in the operation theatre (OT) of the Lyari Maternity Home.... KARACHI: Inquiry into housing scam KARACHI, July 29: The National Accountability Bureau has initiated probe into corruption in a decade-old local housing project, says a press release of NAB Sindh issued here on Sunday.... KARACHI: KU canteens cater to small numbers KARACHI, July 29: With 24,000 students enrolled, apart from the faculty and other staff, the University of Karachi seriously needs to increase the number of canteens on the campus from 20 odd to a reasonable number.... KARACHI: Many telephones out of order KARACHI, July 29: A large number of telephone connections in the city are out of order and affected subscribers are reportedly getting mere lip service at the complaint centres of their respective telephone exchanges.... KARACHI: Backdoor efforts for power criticised KARACHI, July 29: The provincial chief of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, MNA Asadullah Bhutto, has said that the rulers should step down as they have lost reason to rule the country after the reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... KARACHI: Remand extended KARACHI, July 29: The judicial magistrate, Central, on Saturday extended the remand of accused Akhtar Hussain Baloch, son of Mohammad Akbar, owner of a towel-dying and bleaching factory, in police custody till Aug 1.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, July 29: The Met office has forecast partly cloudy weather for the city on Monday with chances of a light rain.... KARACHI: Housing a serious problem in urban areas: expert KARACHI, July 29: Today, a family earning even Rs20,000-Rs25,000 a month cannot think of owning a house. This was observed by Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, known social scientist, in his lecture on... KARACHI: Experts identify factors responsible for hepatitis spread KARACHI, July 29: Experts at a seminar on Saturday blamed the spread of Hepatitis A and E in the country mainly on poor sanitation conditions and inadequacy of safe drinking water.... KARACHI: Ex-MQM MNA dies KARACHI, July 29: A former MNA of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Hasan Musana Alvi, was buried at the Yasinabad graveyard here on Sunday, a party official said.... HYDERABAD: Sehwan villages still inundated HYDERABAD, July 29: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur has said that due to the flood water from Balochistan and release of water from Manchhar Lake, many villages of... HYDERABAD: Rs3bn allocated for drainage, water projects, says minister HYDERABAD, July 29: Sindh Minister for Local Government, Katchi Abadis and Rural Development Mohammad Hussain has said that Rs3 billion has been earmarked by the Sindh government during current financial year to for water supply and drainage projects at taluka level.... HYDERABAD: Brawl with police leads to transporter’s arrest HYDERABAD, July 29: The Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) personnel picked-up a transporter, Mulla Rafiq, on Saturday night from the area of Bhittai Nagar police station following a scuffle with police.... HYDERABAD: Wasa cuts illegal water connections HYDERABAD, July 29: A special recovery team of Hyderabad Development Authority raided some plazas, garment factories, private hospitals and other commercial units and disconnected illegal water supply connections and confiscated motors.... KHAIRPUR: Man killed over land dispute KHAIRPUR, July 29: A man was killed over a land dispute near village Noor Narejo taluka Gambat on Sunday morning.... HYDERABAD: Drainage system component inaugurated HYDERABAD, July 29: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil here on Saturday night inaugurated the rising main from Apwa pumping station unit No.8 up to southern treatment plant.... PESHAWAR: Thousands look to SC for justice in forest royalty case PESHAWAR, July 29: Thousands of people in Kalam and Dir-Kohistan have been looking to the Supreme Court for deciding the longstanding issue of forest royalty.... PESHAWAR: Eight BISEs yet to solve students’ problems PESHAWAR, July 29: The establishment of eight boards of intermediate and secondary education in the province is yet to mitigate the problems of students to the desired level, sources say.... UPPER DIR: The tale of a village destroyed by lightning, flood UPPER DIR, July 29: The lack of a disaster management system has exposed the government’s inability to deal with natural calamities, such as lightning and floods which killed at least 52... SWABI: ‘War on terror shifts to Pukhtun region’ SWABI, July 29: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali said on Sunday that continued war on the Pukhtuns’ soil posed a grave threat to them and instead of struggling for their rights, they were now more worried about their future generations.... UNITED NATIONS: Environmental hazards kill millions of children: WHO UNITED NATIONS, July 29: A new report by the World Health Organisation says that environmental hazards are responsible for the deaths of several million children every year.... ABBOTTABAD: Project committees to monitor work on uplift schemes ABBOTTABAD, July 29: District Nazim Abbottabad Sardar Haider Zaman has said that all developmental works in the union council worth up to Rs0.5 million will be carried out through project committees.... MANSEHRA: Gastroenteritis hits Mansehra MANSEHRA, July 29: Cases of gastroenteritis are on the rise in Mansehra district as a young man died and hundreds other patients were admitted to hospitals, it is learnt.... MANSEHRA: Rs620m tenders approved for Balakot MANSEHRA, July 29: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) has approved tenders of Rs620 million for the reconstruction of bridges and roads in earthquake-devastated Balakot, Dawn learnt on Sunday.... MARDAN: Pukhtuns’ alliance termed achievement MARDAN, July 29: Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party central information secretary Senator Raza Mohammad Raza has said that his party’s alliance with the Awami National Party is a great achievement.... HARIPUR: Two women killed in family dispute HARIPUR, July 29: A woman and her daughter were shot dead in the jurisdiction of the Nara Amazai police on Sunday evening.... QUETTA: Investigation against nazim demanded QUETTA, July 29: The opposition leader in the Panjgur district council, Obaidullah Shambazi, has called upon the president, Balochistan governor and the National Reconstruction Bureau to hold probe into embezzlement of funds committed allegedly by the district nazim.... KOHAT: Rockets fired; cop killed in firing KOHAT, July 29: Suspected militants on Sunday fired five rockets in Kohat from mountains near the Ghamkol refugee camp where a policeman was killed earlier by the firing of masked men.... NAWABSHAH: Councillor dies in mysterious conditions NAWABSHAH, July 29: A councillor died in mysterious conditions here on Sunday.... MIRPURKHAS: Woman, girl attempt suicide MIRPURKHAS, July 29: A girl and a woman attempted to commit suicide by taking pesticide over domestic problems in two villages of the district on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: ANP, PMAP to work for peace, says Bilour PESHAWAR, July 29: Awami National Party senior vice-president Ghulam Ahmed Bilour has said that the Pukhtunkhwa National Democratic Alliance (PNDA) formed by the ANP and the Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party would have a far-reaching impact on national and regional politics.... KOHAT: Benazir, Musharraf criticised for ‘deal’ KOHAT, July 29: Former law minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani has said that after holding secret negotiations PPP chairperson Banazir Bhutto and President General Pervez Musharraf have become controversial and unreliable for their supporters....

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