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September 02, 2007 Sunday Sha'aban 19, 1428 ISLAMABAD: President orders immediate inquiry into bridge collapse ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday expressed his deep shock over the collapse of a section of the Northern Bypass bridge in Karachi’s Shershah area and directed an immediate inquiry into the matter.... KARACHI: Govt steps up efforts to trace missing sailors KARACHI, Sept 1: The federal government has directed its diplomats in the UAE to trace the owners of two missing ships, with seven Pakistani crew members aboard, in Dubai it has been learnt.... PESHAWAR: Fata students angry over delay in college establishment PESHAWAR, Sept 1: Students belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) are concerned over the delaying tactics reportedly employed by the authorities to stop the establishment of a medical college in their region.... SWABI: Premier orders release of funds for Swabi SWABI, Sept 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the finance division to release in the first week of September Rs100 million, approved for small development schemes in the Swabi district.... PESHAWAR: Reasons for judicial activism explained PESHAWAR, Sept 1: Chief Justice Tariq Pervez Khan of the Peshawar High Court said on Saturday the legislature, the executive and the judiciary were supposed to perform their functions in their... KARACHI: Six killed in bridge collapse KARACHI, Sept 1: At least six people were killed and many others injured when the Shershah bridge, which formed part of the recently-inaugurated Northern Bypass, collapsed on Saturday afternoon.... KARACHI: Absence of Asif condoned in Nizam murder case KARACHI, Sept 1: The district and sessions judge, Central, Nisar Mohammad Shaikh, on Saturday condoned the absence of Asif Ali Zardari during the hearing of the justice Nizam murder case on the defence counsel’s application.... KARACHI: City govt markets in bad shape KARACHI, Sept 1: Almost all the 90 markets of the city district government — over a dozen of them situated on storm-water drains — have been lying in a deplorable condition... KARACHI: Order on SMC students’ bail plea reserved KARACHI, Sept 1: The additional district and sessions judge-III, South, Sultan Mohammad Awan, on Saturday reserved his order on the bail application of 17 students, allegedly involved in a recent clash at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.... KARACHI: CDGK urged to resolve Boulton market issue KARACHI, Sept 1: As many as 129 shopkeepers of Boulton Market, displaced 29 years ago, have urged the city government to help resolve the lingering issue.... KARACHI: Korangi gets garbage lifting machinery KARACHI, Sept 1: Sindh Minister for Local Government Mohammad Hussain on Friday said that all the towns of Karachi are being provided modern machinery for lifting garbage, cleaning drains and for the day-to-day cleanliness requirements.... KARACHI: JWP condemns abduction of Bugti youth KARACHI, Sept 1: The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) on Friday accused the intelligence agencies of abducting a Bugti youth from Karachi.... KARACHI: Class IX (General) results KARACHI, Sept 1: The Board of Secondary Education, Karachi on Saturday announced the results of SSC-I (Class IX), General Group (regular and private) annual examinations 2007.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Sept 1: The Met Office has forecast hot and humid weather for the city on Sunday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 35 and 37 degrees centigrade.—APP... KARACHI: Ex-customs collector’s bail plea rejected KARACHI, Sept 1: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery and Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro, rejected on Saturday the bail application of a former customs... KARACHI: Signal-free corridor II KARACHI, Sept 1: Construction work on the ‘signal-free corridor II’ has started at a cost of Rs1.38 billion and four flyovers would be completed in as many months under the project.... HYDERABAD: Leftists call for new political party HYDERABAD, Sept 1: Ve-teran leftist leaders on Saturday stressed the need for a new political party representing poor, middle and lower-middle classes, workers, peasants and women in view of the changed... NAWABSHAH: Family seeks spouses’ arrest: Tortured sisters NAWABSHAH, Sept 1: Family members of the two sisters, who were allegedly tortured by their husbands (both brothers), staged a demonstration and observed token hunger strike outside the press club here on Saturday.... NAWABSHAH: Accused policemen produced in court NAWABSHAH, Sept 1: Police produced in the district sessions court police officials of Lyari Task Force, who faced charges of killing Rasool Bux Brohi in a fake encounter, on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Rs26m projects launched in SU HYDERABAD, Sept 1: Pr-ojects at a cost of Rs26 million funded by Higher Education Commission (HEC) in the University of Sindh were inaugurated, here on Friday.... HYDERABAD: JSQM’s hunger strike enters third day HYDERABAD, Sept 1: Ac-tivists of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) organising committee continued hunger strike outside the press club for the third consecutive day on Saturday in protest against enforced disappearance... KHAIRPUR: Body found KHAIRPUR, Sept 1: Body of a 45-year-old man, whose hands and feet were tied and had marks of severe torture, was found in a cotton field in the Jalaluddin village of Faiz Ganj taluka on Saturday.... JACOBABAD: Two killed in accident JACOBABAD, Sept 1: Two people were killed in an accident on Indus Highway in the jurisdiction of Bakhshapur Kashmore, on Saturday.... KOHAT: Arms dealers of Kohat continue strike KOHAT, Sept 1: Arms dealers kept their shops shut on Saturday, the second day of their strike, to protest against police raids on their shops and registration of cases against them.... TIMERGARA: Hundreds of phones out of order despite complaints TIMERGARA, Sept 1: At least 1,800 telephones have been out of order for the past several months in different parts of Lower Dir district, according to residents.... PESHAWAR: ‘Consumers switching over to Islamic banking’ PESHAWAR, Sept 1: President of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Liaqat Ahmad Khan, has said the banks should create awareness about Islamic banking.... KOHAT: Bid to smuggle hashish foiled KOHAT, Sept 1: The Anti-Narcotics Force has foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of hashish from the tribal areas and arrested a suspect on the Indus Highway bypass here.... SWABI: District council warns Pesco officials SWABI, Sept 1: The Swabi District Council warned on Saturday that if the engineers of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) failed to attend the council session on Monday, its members would hold a meeting in the utility’s offices.... SWABI: Power supply to Topi areas cut for 6 hours SWABI, Sept 1: Power supply to many parts of the Topi tehsil remained suspended for six hours on Saturday, badly affecting business and trade activities there.... GHALANAI: Militancy forces closure of girls school GHALANAI (Mohmand Agency), Sept 1: The only school for girls in the Lakaro tehsil’s Saagi area — being run on a self-help basis — has been closed down due to growing militancy in the tribal region.... UPPER DIR: Doctor accused of refusing to treat child UPPER DIR, Sept 1: An eight-year-old girl is under treatment in the District Headquarters Hospital, Timergara, after a surgeon of the Upper Dir DHQ allegedly refused to treat her during duty hours.... BUNER: Protests against power outage BUNER, Sept 1: Students of the Daggar Degree College and the people of Tor Warsak and Anghapur villages on Saturday blocked the roads to Swat and Mardan in protest against power outages....

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