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August 30, 2007 Thursday Sha'aban 16, 1428 KARACHI: JMs told not to issue remand orders ‘mechanically’ KARACHI, Aug 29: The Sindh High Court asked judicial magistrates on Wednesday not to pass remand orders mechanically without satisfying them that the police officer has a prima facie case for investigating commission of an offence.... KARACHI: 100 fire brigade staffers working in other depts KARACHI, Aug 29: Of the 945 working strength of the fire department, around hundred staff members are actually working in different departments of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) but continue... KARACHI: Students still waiting for textbooks KARACHI, Aug 29: Hundreds of thousands of class I and class VI students across the province have not yet started their academic sessions due to the non-availability of textbooks.... KARACHI: Dictionary board employees move SC KARACHI, Aug 29: The Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a case of the Urdu Dictionary Board employees in its human rights jurisdiction here on Sept 5.... KARACHI: Boy playing with gun kills friend KARACHI, Aug 29: A seven-year-old boy was killed and his younger brother wounded on Wednesday when a pistol in the hands of their nine-year-old friend went off in Orangi Town.... KARACHI: SHC wants construction plan of parking plaza KARACHI, Aug 29: The Sindh High Court directed the city district government on Wednesday to draw a construction plan for the parking plaza on the site of Shahabuddin Market, Saddar, in... KARACHI: HRCP report on May 12 violence irks MQM KARACHI, Aug 29: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Human Rights of Commission of Pakistan continue to trade allegations following the release of an HRCP report in Lahore on Aug 27 on the May 12 violence.... KARACHI: PML-N chief accused of betraying ARD KARACHI, Aug 29: The secretary-general of the Pakistan Peoples Party’s Sindh chapter, Nafees Siddiqi, on Wednesday accused former prime minister Nawaz Sharif of betraying the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy... DADU: 125 died of hepatitis in 4 years DADU, Aug 28: Shama Chandio does not shed tears any more, her eyes having dried up helplessly watching her loved ones dying one after the other over the past four years.... KARACHI: Kazmi’s wife complains of police excesses KARACHI, Aug 29: Sadia Kazmi, the spouse of rights campaigner Mohammed Iqbal Kazmi, said on Wednesday that the SHO of the Defence police station obtained at gunpoint her signature on three... KARACHI: IO told to file charge-sheet in boiler blast case KARACHI, Aug 29: The judicial magistrate-12, Central, Abdul Zahoor Chandio, on Tuesday directed the investigation officer concerned to submit a final charge-sheet by Aug 30, against accused Akhtar Hussain Baloch, owner... KARACHI: Project for Indus eco-region’s conservation launched KARACHI, Aug 29: The Sindh government is well aware of the development needs of Karachi and no project will be undertaken that may threaten the city’s environment or the biodiversity of the province.... KARACHI: Admission forms: CAP deadline ends today KARACHI, Aug 29: The Centralised Admission Policy (CAP) Committee received some 71,000 admission forms through 41 designated bank branches by Wednesday and expects over 10,000 more on Thursday, the deadline for the submission of the forms.... KARACHI: IT know-how stressed for uplift KARACHI, Aug 29: Sindh Minister for Labour, Transport, Commerce and Industries Mohammad Adil Siddiqui has said information technology is inevitable for economic development.... KARACHI: Lyari road lying in a state of disrepair KARACHI, Aug 29: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Road, one of Lyari Town’s major roads, has been completely devastated by the recent monsoon rains and so far the civic authorities have not... KARACHI: Nazim calls for speeding pace of work KARACHI, Aug 29: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of engineers of the works and services department, particularly the project directors deputed to uplift projects.... KARACHI: Khalid Alig’s dedication to principles hailed KARACHI, Aug 29: Journalists and writers paid tribute to Khalid Alig, noted poet of resistance and senior journalist, at a condolence meeting organised at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Artificial limbs’ project termed boon for the disabled KARACHI, Aug 29: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Wednesday lauded an ongoing venture through which about 450 disabled persons would be provided with artificial limbs free of cost, and... KARACHI: IO deposes in kidnap case KARACHI, Aug 29: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the statement of the investigation officer (IO) in the kidnapping case of Ali Akbar, who was spirited away from the Super Highway on February 17, 2007.... KARACHI: Hammered to death KARACHI, Aug 29: A 40-year-old man was found hammered to death in PIB Colony on Wednesday. The New Town police said victim Mohammed Saeed was an employee at a restaurant and... KARACHI: Dry weather KARACHI, Aug 29: Mainly dry weather is likely to prevail over most parts of Sindh. However, isolated dust/thunderstorms and rain are expected in southeast Sindh and the adjoining areas during the next 24 hours, a Met Office advisory said on Wednesday.—PPI... KARACHI: Group show at Clifton KARACHI, Aug 29: A group show of artists will open at the Clifton art gallery on Thursday at 6pm. The artists whose works will be on display are: Gulgee, Bashir Ahmed,... HYDERABAD: Court quashes FIR lodged by uncle against girl HYDERABAD, Aug 29: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday quashed an FIR lodged against a girl by her maternal uncle after she told the court... HYDERABAD: Country has become police state: Ghinwa HYDERABAD, Aug 29: The chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto, Ms Ghinwa Bhutto, said on Wednesday that the country had been turned into a police state due to non-existence of a... KHAIRPUR: 21 FIRs against 5 police officials KHAIRPUR, Aug 29: Twenty-one FIRs have been lodged against five police officials including a former SHO and two ASIs. The FIRs were registered on the directives of Sindh High Court Sukkur bench.... HYDERABAD: NGO, surgeon trade charges HYDERABAD, Aug 29: Wahdat Colony Qasimabad Ladies Welfare Association has accused the civil surgeon of the Services Hospital Hyderabad of being involved in corruption and demanded his suspension and an inquiry against him.... HYDERABAD: Students protest hostel closure HYDERABAD, Aug 29: Activists of Sindhi Shagird Tahreek, the student wing of Awami Tahreek, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against the closure of hostels of... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Man killed, 8 hurt NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 29: A man was killed and eight others, including five children, were seriously injured when their car overturned near Bhirya town on National Highway on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Move to sell power to Wapda opposed PESHAWAR, Aug 29: Local industrialists have opposed the NWFP government’s move to sell 71 megawatts of electricity, to be generated from Malakand-III hydropower project, to Wapda and demanded power supply to... PESHAWAR: Four polio cases in NWFP, not five: insist officials PESHAWAR, Aug 29: NWFP health department has expressed concern over federal government’s move of placing Punjab’s polio cases in the Frontier province’s account. They said that the NWFP and Fata had... PESHAWAR: Afghan govt asked to end bottlenecks to boost trade PESHAWAR, Aug 29: Traders doing business with Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics have asked the Afghan government to simplify its procedures and provide more facilities to enhance the volume of international trade through the war-ravaged country.... KARAK: Threatening letter report denied KARAK, Aug 29: The Terri Gas Action Committee (TGAC) has denied sending threatening letters to foreign gas exploration companies to stop work in Tehsil Banda Daud Shah, saying that it believed in peaceful protest for achievement of rights....

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