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October 07, 2007 Sunday Ramazan 24, 1428 KARACHI: Red faces as Musharraf loses two Sindh votes KARACHI, Oct 6: While the re-election of President Gen Pervez Musharraf from the Sindh Assembly was a foregone conclusion, given the numerical supremacy of the treasury members and the resignations and... KARACHI: PPP lawmakers boycott election KARACHI, Oct 6: Pakistan People’s Party legislators boycotted the presidential election and stayed outside the Sindh Assembly building saying that they believed Gen Pervez Musharraf was not eligible to contest elections... KARACHI: Over six ANP activists held in poll violence KARACHI, Oct 6: Violence broke out in parts of the city early Saturday morning when protestors pelted stones, blocked some major roads and exchanged fire with law-enforcement agencies as polling for the presidential elections took place in the Sindh Assembly.... KARACHI: Lawyers pour scorn on re-election, politicians KARACHI, Oct 6: Criticising the presidential election and the politicians in the same breath, the legal fraternity on Saturday reiterated that the lawyers would not accept Pervez Musharraf as president and... HYDERABAD: Pro-Musharraf groups happy at polls’ result HYDERABAD, Oct 6: Activists of ruling Pakistan Muslim League, nazims of several districts and towns and pro-Musharraf groups across Sindh celebrated the unofficial victory of Gen Pervez Musharraf in the presidential... MANSEHRA: Quake-hit people still living in makeshift houses MANSEHRA, Oct 6: On the second anniversary of Oct 8, 2005 earthquake, over 50,000 survivors of Balakot and Garlat are still living in makeshift houses while landowners of the proposed site... HARIPUR: NRO termed gratification ordinance HARIPUR, Oct 6: High Court Bar Association general secretary Javed Qureshi has termed the National Reconciliation Ordinance a ‘gratification ordinance’, saying that it will give indemnity to ‘plunderers’.... KARACHI: Rabid dog bites 10 people in Korangi KARACHI, Oct 6: As many as 10 persons bitten by the same rabid dog in Korangi were brought to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for anti-rabies treatment on Saturday.... KARACHI: Hundreds of Site workers sacked KARACHI, Oct 6: Fear and uncertainty prevail among the workers of the Sindh Industrial Trading Estates Limited, which is in the process of retrenching its employees and has already sacked hundreds... KARACHI: Arbab chides PPP for abstaining from poll KARACHI, Oct 6: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim criticised the Pakistan People’s Party for abstaining from the presidential vote in the Sindh Assembly, chiding the PPP for applying the “tactics of the opposition.”... KARACHI: Eid may fall on 13th: Suparco KARACHI, Oct 6: The Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) has predicted that the first of Shawal may fall on Oct 13.... HYDERABAD: ANP warns of province-wide protests over workers’ arrest HYDERABAD, Oct 6: The acting president of the Sindh chapter of Awami National Party (ANP), Haji Asmatullah Khan Mehsood, on Saturday condemned alleged arrest and torture of party workers in Karachi and warned of province-wide protests if workers were not released.... HYDERABAD: General amnesty for ‘corrupt’ resented HYDERABAD, Oct 6: The leaders of Sunni Tehrik have strongly criticised announcement of general amnesty for the corrupt politicians and bureaucrats terming it as a punishment to the entire nation.... KARACHI: Pay-toilet project awaits govt support KARACHI, Oct 6: At a pay-and-use toilet at the Civil Hospital Karachi, Rustom Ali asserts: “I’m an employee here so why should I pay?” Hari Ram, the 60-year-old caretaker, is too meek to argue and lets Ali in.... SANGHAR: Breach in canal displaces 2,000 in Sanghar SANGHAR, Oct 6: The victims of Rohri canal breach have been left at the mercy of nature. More than 2,000 persons were braving the scorching heat at road sides, embankments of... SUKKUR: Sukkur board’s SSC-I result out SUKKUR, Oct 6: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sukkur on Saturday announced the result of Secondary School Certificate Part-I (Class-IX) annual examination 2007 (science and general groups), said an official announcement.... MIRPURKHAS: Concern over violation of tender rules MIRPURKHAS, Oct 6: The Government Contractors Action Committee Taluka has expressed concern over violation of tender rules in awarding of contracts by Taluka Municipal Administration to their favourite contractors.... NAWABSHAH: Consumersirked by erratic gas supply NAWABSHAH, Oct 6: Disruption of gas supply to Nawabshah city created lots of problems for the citizens on Saturday.... SUKKUR: Efforts to boost fish farming urged SUKKUR, Oct 6: The executive district officer agriculture, Sukkur, has said that fish farming can play an important role in poverty alleviation and economic uplift of the farming community and the... JACOBABAD: Protest against bank management JACOBABAD, Oct 6: Activists of the Pakistan Paramedical Staff, APCA, Sindh Paramedical staff and Vaccinators Association staged a rally against the Jacobabad branch of the National Bank of Pakistan on Saturday for delaying disbursement of salary.... KHAIRPUR: Students demonstrate against police KHAIRPUR, Oct 6: The students of Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur led by Muhammad Qayoom Abro and Muhammad Sajan held a demonstration against the registration of what they called FIR of... HARIPUR: Villager shot dead by robbers HARIPUR, Oct 6: A man was killed and two people suffered injuries when robbers opened fire on them in village Rafiqabad near Aldo, some five kilometres from Tehsil Ghazi on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Action against power theft sought PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Pesco chief executive Brig Sakhi Marjan has directed officials concerned to expedite the drive against power pilferage so that increasing trend of power theft could be stopped and the company’s line losses be reduced.... HANGU: Minister’s cousin killed HANGU, Oct 6: A Wapda official and a cousin of a federal minister were killed and two others were injured when armed men opened fire on them on the Wrasta road on Saturday, officials and witnesses said.... LAKKI MARWAT: Salam Teachers Day observed LAKKI MARWAT, Oct 6: Various programmes were held here in Government Centennial Model High School under the auspices of the National Commission for Human Development to mark the ‘Salam Teachers Day’ on Saturday.... KHAIRPUR: 15 taxi drivers booked KHAIRPUR, Oct 6: Police on Saturday booked about 15 taxi drivers on charges of blocking the road and suspending traffic a day ago....

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