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September 06, 2007 Thursday Sha'aban 23, 1428 KARACHI: City govt asserts claim to parkland KARACHI, Sept 5: The city government appears to be quite within its rights to reconstruct and renovate the Boat Basin park considering that the now defunct Karachi Development Authority paid over Rs1.1... KARACHI: SHC issues notices to two ministers on PPP plea KARACHI, Sept 5: The Sindh High Court issued on Wednesday fresh notices to federal ministers Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and Rao Sikandar Iqbal Khan in a petition moved by Pakistan People’s... KARACHI: May 12 issue generates heat in City Council KARACHI, Sept 5: The May 12 bloodshed and violence in Karachi echoed again when the City Council resumed its session on Wednesday and the convener, Ms Nasreen Jalil, did not allow... KARACHI: FWO begins removal of bridge wreckage KARACHI, Sept 5: The Frontier Works Organization began to remove the debris of the Shershah Bridge, which formed portion of the 57-km-long Northern Bypass, on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Lawyers to boycott courts today KARACHI, Sept 5: On a call given by the Supreme Court Bar Association, the Karachi and Malir Bar Associations have announced that the lawyers will boycott the proceedings of city courts... KARACHI: No strike in SHC KARACHI, Sept 5: There would be no strike in the Sindh High Court on Thursday, the SHC Bar Association’s managing committee unanimously decided on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Consumers take to streets as power cuts continue KARACHI, Sept 5: Angry electricity consumers blocked a road in Pak Colony-Manghopir area for several hours to protest against unannounced load-shedding of long duration by the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Builders restrained in ‘occupied’ land cases KARACHI, Sept 5: The Sindh High Court restrained builders and developers on Wednesday from raising any construction on or creating third party interest in over 130 acres of allegedly unlawfully occupied government land.... PESHAWAR: Peshawar varsity VC sacked PESHAWAR, Sept 5: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai, who is also the chancellor of University of Peshawar, on Wednesday removed vice-chancellor Prof (Dr) Haroon-ur-Rasheed from his office.... KARACHI: SC takes up pensionary benefits issue KARACHI, Sept 5: The Supreme Court asked the finance ministry and a federal attorney to file a comprehensive and definite statement in respect of the entitlement of the Urdu Dictionary Board employees to pensionary benefits within a fortnight.... KARACHI: Labourer killed in building collapse KARACHI, Sept 5: One labourer was killed and three others injured when the fifth floor of an under-construction building in Delhi Colony, Clifton, caved in on Wednesday and caused considerable damage to the third and fourth floors.... KARACHI: Policeman summoned in Kazmi’s case KARACHI, Sept 5: The additional district and sessions judge-II, South, Mohammad Azim, on Wednesday summoned the station house officer (SHO) of the Defence police station on the complaint of Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi on Sept 10.... KARACHI: ‘Children’s Art’ KARACHI, Sept 5: More than 200 young artists from the slums of Mohammadi Machchar Colony are participating in a three-day exhibition of paintings that begins on Saturday.... KARACHI: UTPs escape from court KARACHI, Sept 5: After threatening two constables at gunpoint, three under-trial prisoners (UTPs) escaped from the court on Wednesday but two were later apprehended.... KARACHI: Conjunctivitis turns into epidemic KARACHI, Sept 5: Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pinkeye or bloodshot eyes, has taken the shape of an epidemic in Karachi as increasing numbers of patients have been reporting with this problem at various private and public health care facilities.... KARACHI: Four kidnap accused depose KARACHI, Sept 5: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the statements of all the four men accused of kidnapping Ali Akbar for ransom on February 17, 2007.... KARACHI: Organ transplant law lauded KARACHI, Sept 5: Senior doctors at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) said that the newly-promulgated Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance, 2007, would help reduce the exploitation of the poor.... KARACHI: Seminar KARACHI, Sept 5: A seminar on the “National Quit Smoking Day 2007” is being held at the Ojha Institute of Dow University in collaboration with the Pakistan Chest Society on Thursday at 11am.... KARACHI: Eyewitness deposes in kidnap case KARACHI, Sept 5: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday recorded the deposition of a prosecution witness in the kidnapping of Haji Abdul Ghaffar, a chicken dealer.... KARACHI: Robbers kill victim on resistance KARACHI, Sept 5: Two persons were killed in different incidents in the Sohrab Goth area on Wednesday, police said.... DADU: Five more bodies found in Sehwan DADU, Sept 5: Five more bodies were found in Ghari Wari area of Sehwan town on Wednesday, two days after the conclusion of three-day Urs celebrations of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz, taking the death toll to 41 over past five days.... JACOBABAD: Govt-PPP deal could be challenged: Mumtaz JACOBABAD, Sept 5: Chairman Sindh National Front Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto has termed the government and Pakistan People’s Party negotiations to strike a deal as pre-poll rigging and said that it could be challenged in a court of law.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Lawyers boycott court proceedings NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 5: Lawyers in Naushahro Feroze, Kandiaro, Bhirya and Moro towns boycotted court proceedings on Wednesday and staged a rally in protest against attack on their colleague, which left him injured.... HYDERABAD: Over 80 per cent of underground water toxic: VC HYDERABAD, Sept 5: The vice-chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Dr Bashir Ahmed Shaikh, has revealed that 80 to 90 per cent of underground water in Sindh has become poisonous due to a variety of reasons.... HYDERABAD: Woman commits suicide HYDERABAD, Sept 5: A 40-year old woman, mother of four, Ms Zareena, resident of Liaquat colony, committed suicide by jumping into Phulelli canal here on Wednesday.... HYDERABAD: Kidnapper traced, claim police : Newborn’s disappearance HYDERABAD, Sept 5: Police on Wednesday claimed to have established identity of the woman who had kidnapped the newly-born baby girl, Dua, from Bhittai Hospital on Aug 19.... HYDERABAD: Union accuses rivals of unfair practices HYDERABAD, Sept 5: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union on Wednesday accused the activists of rival union of defacing their stickers, pamphlets and banners at the Hesco headquarters in Hussainabad.... HYDERABAD: Teachers observe black day HYDERABAD, Sept 5: The Mehran University Teachers Association (MUTA) on Wednesday observed ‘black day’ in protest against what it termed as illegal interference by the Higher Education Commission in the universities’ affairs.... HYDERABAD: Scholar’s book launched HYDERABAD, Sept 5: Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh, on Wednesday organised a function to pay tribute to renowned scholar Dr N.A.Baloch at the launching of a book published by the... HYDERABAD: LL.B. results HYDERABAD, Sept 5: The University of Sindh has announced result of LLB Part-III annual examination of 2006 in which 334 candidates were declared pass while the university withheld result of 90 candidates.... PESHAWAR: Teachers reject HEC ‘interference’ in university affairs PESHAWAR, Sept 5: Members of the Federation of All-Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Associations (FAPUASA) on Wednesday called upon the Higher Education Commission to let the statutory bodies of the public sector universities to function autonomously in accordance with law.... PESHAWAR: Rs8 billion Pesco budget approved PESHAWAR, Sept 5: The operational and maintenance budget of the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) for the fiscal year 2007-08 carrying an outlay of Rs8 billion was approved here on Wednesday.... HARIPUR: Suicide HARIPUR, Sept 5: A teenager reportedly committed suicide in village Pandori on Wednesday.... NAWABSHAH: Man kills wife over petty issue NAWABSHAH, Sept 5: A man shot dead his wife, Razia, 24, over a petty domestic dispute in the Nawab Wali Mohammed village near Qazi Ahmed on Wednesday.... SHIKARPUR: Caretaker PM: Mirani denies reports SHIKARPUR, Sept 5: The former defence minister and Pakistan People’s Party leader Aftab Shaban Mirani has denied reports that he had been nominated as caretaker prime minister in case the PPP and government deal materialised.... MIRPURKHAS: Police raid factory MIRPURKHAS, Sept 5: Police raided a factory preparing fake Mobil oil, grease and chemicals situated in Ali Talpur town in jurisdiction of Satellite town police station and arrested two employees here on Wednesday.... BADIN: Journalists protest BADIN, Sept 5: A large number of journalists of the town and its adjoining areas observed a token hunger strike on Wednesday in protest against kidnapping of their colleagues, Haji Khan Lashari and Amar Singh Rathore, a few days ago.... MIRPURKHAS: Two injured in firing MIRPURKHAS, Sept 5: Two persons, including a former unit in-charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were injured in a clash between two groups over a petty dispute here on Tuesday night.... NAWABSHAH: University rejects claim of teachers NAWABSHAH, Sept 5: The Quaid-i-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology on Wednesday rejected the claim made by the university’s teachers association in its general body meeting on Aug 23 that the university had allotted a bungalow to the Rangers.... SUKKUR: Lawyers to observe ‘black day’ SUKKUR, Sept 5: Imdad Awan Advocate, Coordinator of Sindh Lawyers’ Action Committee, has reiterated that the lawyers in Sindh will observe a black day, boycott court proceedings and start anti-Musharraf movement on Thursday.Addressing... HYDERABAD: Body formed to fix prices in Ramazan HYDERABAD, Sept 5: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Hyderabad Aftab Ahmed Khatri has formed a committee headed by Executive District Officer Revenue Hyderabad Sajjad Haider and assigned it the task to fix... WB officials meet Hesco chief HYDERABAD, Sept 5: A 16-member delegation of World Bank called on the chief executive officer of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco), K.B. Qureshi, on Wednesday to discuss a financial assistance for bringing improvements in the power company’s distribution system....

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