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August 02, 2007 Thursday Rajab 17, 1428 KARACHI: Seven hurt in sewer gas blast KARACHI, Aug 1: Seven people were injured and four vehicles damaged when a sewer exploded near Cantonment Railway Station on Dawoodpota Road on Wednesday, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: Cancellation rumours hit police recruitment KARACHI, Aug 1: Hundreds of applicants for 3,370 vacant police constable posts undertook written tests at the city’s five police headquarters amid reports that the exercise may be suspended for the... KARACHI: Boiler blast report assails govt KARACHI, Aug 1: An interim inquiry report into the July 24 boiler explosion at a towel dyeing and bleaching factory in North Karachi — allegedly set up on an encroached plot... KARACHI: HR activist allowed to file bail applications KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday said petitioner Syed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi, seeking quashment of the FIRs lodged against him at different police stations for his alleged involvement... KARACHI: PPP ready for a tough poll fight KARACHI, Aug 1: The Pakistan People’s Party leadership has decided to give the governing ruling coalition a good run for their money by fielding candidates in all the national assembly and provincial assembly seats in the city, it emerged on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Two power plants being installed, KESC tells NA body ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) plans to install two power plants of 780 megawatts in Karachi to meet a shortfall of 1,300-1,400 megawatts against the overall demand.... KARACHI: Kazmi says wife, relative kidnapped, wounded KARACHI, Aug 1: Wife of civil rights campaigner Syed Iqbal Kazmi was kidnapped on Wednesday in the Defence area while she was on her way to the Sindh High Court to... PESHAWAR: NWFP may get higher royalty on oil and gas PESHAWAR, Aug 1: Payment to the NWFP government on account of oil and gas royalty will surpass the budget estimates because of the expected growing production of oil and gas during the current fiscal year, officials said.... LANDI KOTAL: Lashkar starts forcible recruitment in Fata LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 1: The Lashkar-i-Islam, an armed religious outfit in the Bara-Khyber Agency, has started forcible recruitment of tribal youths into their ranks.... GILGIT: Karakoram varsity to spend Rs65m on new facilities GILGIT, Aug 1: The Karakoram International University will spend about Rs65million on setting up new facilities on campus. Officials said that the amount had been sanctioned by the Higher Education Commission... KARACHI: Students urged to be wary of dubious UK institutes KARACHI, Aug 1: A British education officer on Wednesday raised alarm over unscrupulous institutions in the United Kingdom out to make a fast buck at the expense of foreign students.... KARACHI: Bronze Age site termed protected KARACHI, Aug 1: The archaeological site of Lakheenjodaro, estimated to date from the same period as Moenjodaro, has been declared a “protected antiquity” under the Antiquities Act, 1975.... KARACHI: City govt to establish ambulance network KARACHI, Aug 1: The city government has decided to establish a state-of-the-art ambulance network which will be linked with all major hospitals and the fire brigade department.... KARACHI: NAB wants forest land vacated by Sept 5 KARACHI, Aug 1: The National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday fixed Sept 5 as the deadline for vacating the illegal occupation of lands of the forest department in Sindh.... KARACHI: ATC records statement in child killing case KARACHI, Aug 1: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the statement of a prosecution witness in the case of kidnapping, rape and killing of a minor girl.... KARACHI: Govt moves to acquire building for SCPS KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh government has decided to immediately acquire a building on a rental basis for the Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (SCPS), which is being made functional.... KARACHI: ‘Youths’ interest in scouting on the decline’ KARACHI, Aug 1: A ceremony marking 100 years of the scouting movement was held here today, in memory of Lord Robert Baden-Powells’ scout camp that was organised at Brownsea Island on August 1, 1907.... KARACHI: Lyari and Clifton water project near completion KARACHI, Aug 1: Work on water supply line being laid for Clifton and Lyari areas under the K-III Project will be completed within a week after which Lyari will start getting an additional six million gallon water on a daily basis.... KARACHI: Signs of MQM’s return to ethnicity KARACHI, July 30: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leadership is confident that controversies such as the May 12 deaths in Karachi, and the party’s links with the current dispensation, will not affect its vote bank, particularly in Sindh and Karachi.... KARACHI: ‘Violation of merit’ in jobs challenged in SHC KARACHI, Aug 1: Former City Nazim Niamatullah Khan on Wednesday filed a petition in the Sindh High Court, accusing the Sindh government of violating merit in recruitment in government jobs and depriving eligible youths of their right.... KARACHI: Remand of factory owner extended KARACHI, Aug 1: A judicial magistrate, Central, on Wednesday extended the remand of Akhtar Hussain Baloch, son of Mohammad Akbar, owner of a towel-dyeing factory, in police custody till Aug 4.... KARACHI: Student moves SHC against rustication KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the vice-chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences, the registrar and the principal of the DUHS and others... KARACHI: Sindh govt raises pensions KARACHI, Aug 1: The Sindh government has sanctioned an increase in pensions with effect from July 1, 2007 to civil pensioners of the provincial government. Those retired prior to 01-07-1997 will... KARACHI: Fishermen return KARACHI, Aug 1: Two fishermen of Ibrahim Haideri, who went missing on Saturday night, reached home on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Power failures affect Civil Hospital working HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Routine work as well as major surgeries are getting seriously affected in Civil Hospital Hyderabad as hospital administration is not being provided duplicate source of power supply by... HYDERABAD: SHC issues notices to DPO, two SHOs HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Mr Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery of Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit here on Wednesday issued notices to DPO of Umerkot, SHOs of Pithoro and Tando Adam police stations... HYDERABAD: University of Sindh plans music school HYDERABAD, Aug 1: The University of Sindh will establish a centre at the Institute of Sindhology to teach music and conduct research on it. This was decided in a meeting... HYDERABAD: Ties between university, industry stressed HYDERABAD, Aug 1: A university-industry interaction umbrella project has been initiated to share latest information on science and technology with the entrepreneurs, informed the Adviser Research and Development Department, Higher Education Commission, Dr Altaf Ali Shaikh.... HYDERABAD: Youth urged to play active role in development HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Today’s youth is capable of playing a key role in the development and prosperity of Pakistan and can bring it at par with the developed nations, said Vice Chancellor, Sindh University, Mazharul Haq Siddiqu.... HYDERABAD: Only 7,600 watercourses lined: official HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Director General, Agriculture Engineering, Agha Zafarullah Durrani has said there are 45,000 watercourses in the province while only 7,600 have been lined under the President programme of lining of watercourses.... HYDERABAD: Nazim promises better health facilities HYDERABAD, Aug 1: An amount of Rs250 million has been allocated in the current budget to provide better health facilities to people, said District Nazim Hyderabad Kanwar Naveed Jamil.... PESHAWAR: ‘Pak-Afghan jirga to help restore peace’ PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Pak-Afghan jirga will help devise a strategy for restoration of regional peace, according to the provincial general secretary Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) MPA Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao.... PESHAWAR: Peace body set up to check crimes PESHAWAR, Aug 1: A peace committee was set up in Akbarpura area in the Nowshera district on Wednesday to work for addressing local disputes, curbing crimes and maintaining peace in the area.... PESHAWAR: Police forensic lab likely to become ineffective PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The forensic science laboratory of the police department is likely to become ineffective if the government fails to make fresh appointments prior to the retirement of the existing staff during the next three years.... LANDI KOTAL: Domestic dispute claims three lives LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 1: Three people were killed when a domestic dispute turned violent and family members used firearms against each other in a house in Bara on Tuesday.... PESHAWAR: Lawyers vow to continue struggle PESHAWAR, Aug 1: Women lawyers of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday celebrated the restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and vowed to continue their struggle for independence of the judiciary and rule of the law.... PESHAWAR: PHC summons Lahore DPO, DSP in detention case PESHAWAR, Aug 1: A bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday summoned for Aug 16 the district police officer of Lahore and a DSP in a petition challenging alleged illegal... PESHAWAR: Court grants bail to juvenile prisoner PESHAWAR, Aug 1: A juvenile prisoner involved in a charas smuggling case was released on bail by a local court here on Wednesday. The Society for the Protection of Rights... SWABI: ANP slams MMA move on renaming province SWABI, Aug 1: Leaders of the Awami National Party have accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government of trying to divert people’s attention from its failures on all fronts by recommending to the federal government to rename the North-West Frontier Province as ‘Afghania’.... PESHAWAR: District bar, literary body given funds PESHAWAR, Aug 1: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai on Wednesday gave Rs300,000 to the Hangu District Bar Association and Rs200,000 to Kohat’s Anjuman-i-Taraqqi-i-Urdu.... PESHAWAR: STC promoting green tourism in Hazara: MD PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Sarhad Tourism Corporation is utilizing all available resources to promote and develop domestic tourism in the NWFP. Talking to the APP here on Wednesday, the Managing Director,... PESHAWAR: Islamic banking in two more BoK branches PESHAWAR, Aug 1: Two more branches of the Bank of Khyber have started Islamic mode of banking here on Wednesday. Following the conversion of two more branches, located in Hangu and... KOHAT: PML leaders resign KOHAT, Aug 1: The district president and office-bearers of ruling Pakistan Muslim League resigned in protest against the killing of Pushtoons in Karachi on May 12 and the indifferent attitude of provincial president Amir Muqam.... PESHAWAR: Khairo Khail UC PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The Lakki Marwat district government has released Rs3 million for development projects in Khairo Khail Paka union council. These funds are to be used for water tanks, building roads, setting up pipelines and cementing streets.... QUETTA: Demand for recovery of missing people QUETTA, Aug 1: Members of the Baloch Women Panel held a demonstration here on Wednesday to demand recovery of missing people. They also appealed to human rights organisations to raise their voice against the disappearance of political activists.... QUETTA: Engineers’ plea to govt over quota QUETTA, Aug 1: The Pakistan Diploma Engineers Federation has urged the government to implement the rules which promote sub engineers on 45 quota-based posts. Speaking at a press conference here...

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