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September 05, 2007 Wednesday Sha'aban 22, 1428 KARACHI: City govt, KPT fight over land KARACHI, Sept 4: The Karachi Port Trust forcibly stopped development work being carried out by the city government at the Boat Basin park on Tuesday morning, claiming that the land belonged... KARACHI: FWO to start wreckage removal from today KARACHI, Sept 4: The task of removing debris from the site of the collapsed portion of the Shershah Bridge is set to start on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Non-production without valid reason unlawful: SHC ruling on undertrials KARACHI, Sept 4: The non-production of an under-trial prisoner (UTP) without any plausible reason would render his detention unlawful, a division bench of the Sindh High Court declared on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Council members bicker over judicial probe: Collapse of Shershah bridge KARACHI, Sept 4: A resolution demanding a judicial probe into the collapse of the bridge forming part of the Northern Bypass, moved by the opposition in the City Council on Tuesday, was rejected by a majority vote.... KARACHI: Shujaat’s role is over, says Pagara KARACHI, Sept 4: The chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional, Pir Pagara, stated on Tuesday that it is time for President Gen Pervez Musharraf to take important decisions to ensure stability and order in the country.... HYDERABAD: Musharraf asked to quit both offices HYDERABAD, Sept 4: The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) on Tuesday demanded that General Pervez Musharraf should stop political manipulation and immediately quit the offices of army chief and the president in the best interests of 160 million people of Pakistan.... HYDERABAD: Sharifs ‘prepared for arrest’ HYDERABAD, Sept 4: The president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, said on Tuesday that he and his brother Mian Nawaz Sharif were mentally prepared for arrest and any possible... PESHAWAR: NWFP mill owners exporting flour to Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Sept 4: Flour mills in the NWFP have been preferring to export flour to Afghanistan rather than selling it in the local markets where low-priced flour from Punjab is available in abundance.... KARACHI: Shadowy menace: child sexual abuse KARACHI, Sept 4: Any chance four-year-old Sara had of a normal life was stolen two years ago when her brother-in-law Kamran abducted, raped and mutilated her in a manner that defies belief.... KARACHI: Fortnight granted for settling milk prices KARACHI, Sept. 4: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday gave the city district government another two weeks to fix an agreed price of milk.... KARACHI: Artists seek to revive public artworks KARACHI, Sept 4: Karachi, one of the mega-cities of the world, is perhaps the only one devoid of any significant public artworks.... KARACHI: Careful use of sedatives urged KARACHI, Sept 4: A number of pharmaceutical companies have been unwisely promoting tranquilisers as essential medicine for the peace of mind without taking into consideration the hazards of careless use of sedatives in primary care.... KARACHI: Witness in conspiracy case deposes KARACHI, Sept 4: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday recorded the deposition of a police inspector, Mohammad Tariq, as a prosecution witness in a conspiracy case in which the plotters sought to... KARACHI: Janam Ashtami KARACHI, Sept 4: The minority Hindu community in the city, like in other parts of the world, celebrated the religious festival of Janam Ashtami (birth anniversary of Lord Krishna) on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Exhibition at Chawkandi from today KARACHI, Sept 4: A solo exhibition of miniatures by Mohammad Zeeshan, from National College of Art, opens at the Chawkandi art gallery on Wednesday at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: Factory owner denied bail in boiler blast case KARACHI, Sept 4: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday refused bail to the owner of the factory where a boiler blast caused the deaths of nine people.... KARACHI: Security guard shot dead in Defence KARACHI, Sept 4: A security guard shot his colleague dead on Tuesday following an altercation.... KARACHI: Mengal’s indictment deferred KARACHI, Sept 4: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday deferred the indictment of the former chief minister of Balochistan, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, till Sept 11 in a case of kidnapping and holding army personnel hostage on April 5, 2006.... HYDERABAD: Development plan for Sehwan HYDERABAD, Sept 4: Chief Minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim announced on Monday a development package for Sehwan town and beautification of the shrine of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz.... HYDERABAD: JSQM groups stage hunger strike HYDERABAD, Sept 4: Two rival groups of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) staged separate hunger strikes against the enforced disappearance of Dr Safdar Sarki, Asif Baladi, Basheer Shah, Chetan Bajir and other nationalist leaders, outside the press club here on Tuesday.... NAWABSHAH: 3 more jails in Sindh planned NAWABSHAH, Sept 4: The government will construct three more jails each in Naushahro Feroze, Ghotki, and Mirpurkhas to overcome space problem as 30,000 inmates are jammed in prisons across Sindh against... SWABI: Plots draw delayed for bank interest: District council’s charge SWABI, Sept 4: The Swabi district council has opposed transfer of Rs461.122 million deposited for plots in the Shahmansoor Township by 11,528 applicants to Khyber Bank and Habib Bank on 10 per cent interest.... KOHAT: Family robbed of cash, jewellery KOHAT, Sept 4: Unidentified men took away 61 tolas of gold, prize bonds worth Rs30,000 and Rs100,000 cash from a house in the Defence Colony, the affected family said.... LAKKI MARWAT: Rs220 million power projects soon LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 4: The chief executive of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company, Brig (retd) Sakhi Marjan, has said that a 45-kilometer-long transmission line will be laid from Tajazai to Darra...

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