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August 01, 2007 Wednesday Rajab 16, 1428 KARACHI: Over 80,000 criminal cases await adjudication: SCPS yet to take off KARACHI, July 31: The fate of over 80,000 criminal cases pending in various courts hangs in the balance while the provincial government drags its feet over making functional the Sindh Criminal... KARACHI: SHC to take up cases of missing people being heard by SC KARACHI, July 31: The Sindh High Court decided on Tuesday to proceed with the cases of missing people whose disappearance was also being probed by the Supreme Court in exercise of its suo motu jurisdiction.... KARACHI: PML-N says ARD now dysfunctional KARACHI, July 31: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), a major component of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), conceded on Tuesday that the alliance was “dysfunctional” but blamed this... KARACHI: People brave major power breakdown KARACHI, July 31: Citizens endured power outages for more than four hours on a hot and humid Tuesday as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation resorted to 300-megawatt load-shedding after the Bin... KARACHI: Protest over ‘missing’ fishermen KARACHI, July 31: A complete shutter-down strike was observed on the call of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum in Ibrahim Haideri on Tuesday against the disappearance of two fishermen, Idrees and Imran, allegedly picked up by some intelligence agency personnel.... KARACHI: Redesigning of rural uplift project ordered KARACHI, July 31: The Sindh Rural Development Project (SRDP) will be redesigned to make it more beneficial for the people of the rural areas. Sindh Minister for Local Government, Katchi Abadis... KARACHI: Policeman shot dead in Korangi KARACHI, July 31: A police constable was shot dead and his brother was wounded in their house in Korangi on early Tuesday morning. Police said an attacker barged into the house... PESHAWAR: PHC orders retrial in assault case PESHAWAR, July 31: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday set aside acquittal of a person charged with sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl and ordered his re-trial by the anti-terrorism court in Mardan.... PESHAWAR: ‘Taliban’ asked to vacate Turangzai’s shrine PESHAWAR, July 31: Followers of Haji Sahib Turangzai have asked “mysterious, armed and hooded occupants” of the Turangzai mosque-mausoleum complex in Ghaziabad, Mohmand Agency, to immediately vacate the premises.... PESHAWAR: ‘Misguided militants trying to ape visionary’s actions’ PESHAWAR, July 31: Critics of the government say history is repeating itself in the Mohmand Agency’s Ghaziabad tehsil where some militants have taken over the mausoleum of Haji Sahib Turangzai who led a famous movement against the British.... KARACHI: JPMC to lay off 40 junior doctors KARACHI, July 31: The Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre has decided to lay off at least 40 junior doctors who were appointed on a contract basis after an equal number of doctors were appointed through the Federal Public Safety Commission.... KARACHI: Girls outshine boys in SSC (Science) exams KARACHI, July 31: Girls outshone boys in the SSC-II (Science) annual examination 2007 results, which were announced by the Board of Secondary Education, Karachi (BSEK) on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Students want probe into DMC affairs KARACHI, July 31: The Student’s Action Committee (SAC) of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) want an FIR lodged against the vice-principal for allegedly giving death threats to those students... KARACHI: Islanders facing acute shortage of water KARACHI, July 31: Islands and fishermen’s villages in Keamari Town have been facing acute water shortage for the past three years. Community leaders said that the situation had been aggravating since... KARACHI: Poor system of transport multiplies public woes KARACHI, July 31: Unless concrete steps are taken to enforce traffic discipline, implement driving rules and remove illegal carparks, loading and unloading of vehicles, encroachments and jaywalkers, ill-planned flyovers, underpasses... KARACHI: Need stressed to set up KBCA police force KARACHI, July 31: The need to form a separate police force for the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) to ensure timely action against violators of building laws in the city was... KARACHI: Need for proper civic education underlined KARACHI, July 31: The need to teach civic education as a separate subject independent of other courses was stressed at a workshop organised here on Tuesday.... KARACHI: SHC asks for Quranic order against music KARACHI, July 31: Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed asked a petitioner on Tuesday to cite an injunction from the Quran or Sunnah that prohibited music, painting or photography, and adjourned the hearing... KARACHI: Milk prices body likely to take one more week KARACHI, July 31: A 15-member committee tasked to recommend per litre prices of milk at the production, wholesale and retail stages is likely to take one more week to finalise their report.Acting... KARACHI: ‘Five more flyovers to be built’ KARACHI, July 31: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the construction of five flyovers at the signal free corridor II would be initiated soon.... KARACHI: Dead fish mystery solved KARACHI, July 31: The mystery of thousands of dead fish at the beach was solved on Tuesday when Sindh Fisheries Department announced that they were caught and thrown back in the sea by fishing trawlers.... KARACHI: Awareness urged to eradicate polio KARACHI, July 31: Pakistan needs not only to strengthen its routine vaccination programme but also to improve public awareness about special oral polio vaccination (OPV) campaigns.... KARACHI: Encroachments removed KARACHI, July 31: The Liaquatabad Town Administration on Tuesday removed illegal structures from Baloch Hotel (Gharibabad) to Liaquatabad No 10 and Nazimabad Petrol Pump to Nadria Hotel.... KARACHI: DUHS entry test KARACHI, July 31: The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) will conduct an entry test for admissions to its MBBS and BDS programmes on Sept 9.... KARACHI: Drizzle likely KARACHI, July 31: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy weather with chances of a light rain for the city on Wednesday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 35 and 37 degrees centigrade.... HYDERABAD: Govt failure to help flood victims slammed HYDERABAD, July 31: Writers, intellectual and leaders of public opinion have expressed their sympathy at the plight of people of Sindh and Balochistan after rains and flash floods which destroyed their... HYDERABAD: Rain drain planned in Latifabad HYDERABAD, July 31: Latifabad Taluka Nazim Sabir Hussain Qaimkhani with DCO Aftab Ahmed Khatri and superintending engineer, Pinyari circle, irrigation department, Mohammad Mithal Abbasi on Monday inspected the rain nullah in... HYDERABAD: Slain girl’s relatives protest against police HYDERABAD, July 31: Scores of people from the Khaskheli community of Khesana Mori, near Tando Jam held protest demonstration against the Tando Jam police, on Tuesday. Participants included women and children.... HYDERABAD: Paramedics give ultimatum HYDERABAD, July 31: The activists of Pakistan Paramedical Staff Association, Hyderabad chapter, staged a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Tuesday for the formulation of their service structure.... HYDERABAD: PML leader mends fences with senator HYDERABAD, July 31: The president PML women wing Hyderabad district, Seema Solangi, who has been an outspoken critic of Senator Ghaffar Qureshi, has now expressed full confidence in the leadership of... PESHAWAR: Govt urged to extend support to those living with Aids PESHAWAR, July 31: Donor organisations have called upon the government to set aside a portion of the Zakat fund for financially assisting people living with HIV/Aids so that they may arrange for their food, transportation and other needs during their treatment.... JACOBABAD: SNF leader resigns JACOBABAD, July 31: Mohammad Akram Abro, a member of central executive committee of the Sindh National Front, has resigned from the post and basic membership of the party.... PESHAWAR: Call to build capacity of health workers PESHAWAR, July 31: The World Health Organisation has urged the government to concentrate on the capacity building of the public-sector health workers so that they may respond timely to natural calamities, minimising the number of casualties.... TIMERGARA: Police given deadline to arrest dacoits TIMERGARA, July 31: The peace committee of the Lower Dir district has fixed August 3 as the deadline for the Mardan police to arrest the dacoits who deprived two local traders of Rs20 million on July 7.... PESHAWAR: ‘MMA govt trying to eliminate corruption’ PESHAWAR, July 31: NWFP Minister for Information Asif Iqbal Daudzai has claimed that the MMA government has been trying to establish an Islamic welfare society free from all sorts of corruption and malpractices in the province.... GILGIT: Probe into jungle fire sought GILGIT, July 31: Various non-governmental organisations working for protection of forests and wildlife in the Diamer district have urged the regional forest department to look into a jungle fire in which about 7,000 forest tress were reduced to ashes.... GILGIT: PIA urged to scrap ‘flight cancellation charges’ GILGIT, July 31: The people of Skardu and Gilgit have criticised the decision of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to deduct Rs600 for every confirmed ticket and Rs300 for every unconfirmed... PESHAWAR: Law and order situation reviewed PESHAWAR, July 31: NWFP Chief Minister Muhammad Akram Khan Durrani met NWFP Governor Lt-Gen Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai at the Governor''s House here on Tuesday and discussed matters relating to law and order situation in the province....

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