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August 04, 2007 Saturday Rajab 19, 1428 KARACHI: MQM leaders in exile may return for polls KARACHI, Aug 3: As the general election draws near, all major political parties in the country gear up to enter the political battlefield with the best possible candidates and slogans.... KARACHI: Power cuts belie KESC assertions KARACHI, Aug 3: A large number of Karachi residents endured another day of unbearable heat and humidity without electricity as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) resorted to about 400-megawatt load-shedding on Friday.... KARACHI: SHC to hear plea against KESC on 15th KARACHI, Aug 3: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices in a petition assailing frequent power breakdowns in Karachi and fixed it for hearing on Aug 15 when identical matters are set to be taken up.... PESHAWAR: Research made compulsory for bachelors of chemistry PESHAWAR, Aug 3: Research has been made compulsory in the curriculum for the four-year bachelors’ programme of chemistry which would be implemented from next year.... PESHAWAR: Anti-polio drive in NWFP from 7th PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The NWFP Health Department has urged all the people to immunise their children below the age of five years against polio during a three-day vaccination campaign.... PESHAWAR: Water tax collection ordered PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The Public Accounts Committee of the NWFP Assembly has asked the revenue and estate department to collect Rs2.34 million water tax from farmers of the Nowshera district in two months and report to the committee.... KARACHI: Little progress made in review of tenancy law: Revenue dept’s absence KARACHI, Aug 3: The Sindh Assembly’s Select Committee currently reviewing the Sindh Tenancy Act for amendments aimed at ensuring better landlord-tenant relations on Friday undertook clause by clause consideration of the various proposed changes to the law.... KARACHI: Delayed justice a neglected issue KARACHI, Aug 3: While it is the responsibility of the state to provide prompt recourse to justice, delays are common in the processing of cases, particularly in the lower courts.... KARACHI: Awareness termed key to polio eradication KARACHI, Aug 3: Sindh has a strong case for polio eradication by the end of this year if the officials concerned continued with the present pace of work.... KARACHI: HRCP slams mass evictions KARACHI, Aug 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday condemned the mass evictions taking place in Karachi under the development plans executed without consulting any citizens'' groups or those affected.... KARACHI: Animals at museum await stuffing: Taxidermist denied payment for three years KARACHI, Aug 3: The induction of around 15 stuffed animals to the Karachi Zoo’s museum has been delayed for five months owing to non-payment by the administration.... KARACHI: Several towns lack recreation spots KARACHI, Aug 3: Baldia, Lyari and Liaquatabad suffer more than other towns of the metropolis in providing adequate land to their residents for recreational activities, reveals an official document of the City District Government Karachi.... KARACHI: Shipyard employees assail VSS KARACHI, Aug 3: Various labour organizations on Friday raised their voice against the Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) of the Shipyard administration and threatened to hold protest demonstrations if the ‘forced eviction’ of employees was not stopped forthwith.... KARACHI: Lyari gang war a conspiracy against PPP, say leaders KARACHI, Aug 3: Scores of Pakistan People’s Party workers on Friday afternoon assembled outside the Karachi Press Club to protest against the ongoing gang war in Lyari Town.... KARACHI: Allotment of industrial land near Chawkandi criticised KARACHI, Aug 3: The federal archaeology department has objected to the allotment of at least eight out of 68.15 acres adjacent to the historic Chawkandi graveyard in Bin Qasim Town to... KARACHI: PTA initiates checking of undocumented SIMs: Raids on outlets planned KARACHI, Aug 3: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started checking of unauthorized sale of mobile phone SIMs from Aug 1 so as to ensure that new mobile connections are issued after proper documentation across the country.... KARACHI: Body found in gunny bag KARACHI, Aug 3: Trussed up body of a man was found in a gunny bag in North Karachi. The body was lying at a desolate place near the Education Grammar School at Sector M-5.... KARACHI: Govt urged to stop harassing political opponents KARACHI, Aug 3: Pakistan People’s Party MPA Shazia Marri has condemned, what she called, the victimization of MNA Dr Firdus Awan who has recently joined the party and urged the government to stop harassment of political opponents.... KARACHI: Kidnapping accused remanded KARACHI, Aug 3: The Administrative Judge of an anti-terrorism court Qaiser Iqbal on Friday remanded four accused in a kidnapping for ransom case in police custody till Aug 10.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Aug 3: The Met Office has forecast partly cloudy weather with chances of light rain/drizzle in Karachi with maximum temperature ranging between 33 and 35 degree Celsius on Saturday.... THATTA: Poet hospitalised THATTA, Aug 3: Sindhi poet Sarwech Sujawali has been admitted to a Karachi hospital reportedly due to reoccurrence of spinal cord tumor problem, family sources told Dawn here on Friday.... HYDERABAD: JSQM seeks compensation for flood-hit people HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Chairman Bashir Qureshi on Friday demanded of the government to declare all flood-affected parts of Sindh and Balochistan as calamity hit areas besides paying compensation to flood victims.... HYDERABAD: Call to send Nadra teams to liberated haris’ camps HYDERABAD, Aug 3: Nadra and Election Commission of Pakistan have been asked to send mobile teams to camps of liberated haris for issuance of the NICs and registration of their names in voter lists.... LARKANA: 4 freed from illegal police confinement LARKANA, Aug 3: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-II, Qambar Gurmukhdas, on the directives of district and sessions judge raided the Qambar police station on Friday and recovered four persons kept in lock-up in illegal confinement.... MANSEHRA: Frustrated quake survivors damage NGO vehicle MANSEHRA, Aug 3: Angry protesters attacked and damaged the vehicle of an international NGO and blocked the road for some time in Jabbori on Friday. Over 1,000 shopkeepers and earthquake survivors... PESHAWAR: Three killed over children’s dispute PESHAWAR, Aug 3: Three members of a family were killed when their rivals opened fire over a dispute over children at the Chapra village in the Haripur district, police said on Wednesday....

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