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KARACHI: DHA told to put Waterfront project on hold KARACHI, May 31: Finding the Defence Housing Authority’s standpoint on continuing development activities in some portions of its proposed waterfront project unconvincing, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has asked it...		KARACHI: Durrani takes over KWSB chief’s office KARACHI, May 31: Asserting his control over the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board on Saturday, Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani occupied the office of chairman, which had previously been...

KARACHI: Two drown off Hawkesbay KARACHI, May 31: At least two picnickers drowned in the sea near the Hawkesbay beach on Saturday, police and Edhi sources said....		KARACHI: Woman dies after police raid KARACHI, May 31: A woman died on Saturday when a police team raided a house in the Pirabad police limits to arrest her son suspected to be involved in crime....

KARACHI: Proper pre-primary education urged KARACHI, May 31: A research report titled, Innovation in the Kachi (pre-primary), prepared by the Teachers’ Resource Centre (TRC), a non-governmental organisation working for the cause of education, was launched here at its premises on Saturday....		KARACHI: IO issued notice in loan recovery case KARACHI, May 31: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-III, central, Khushi Mohammad, on Saturday reissued a show-cause notice to the investigation officer, directing him to submit the charge-sheet till June 10...

KARACHI: Conserve energy plan comes into effect amid intensified load-shedding KARACHI, May 31: As citizens brave for the austerity measures and “conserve energy plan”, under which clocks are being advanced by an hour at Saturday-Sunday midnight to encourage maximum use of...		KARACHI: Portfolio allocated KARACHI, May 31: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has allocated the portfolio of “Inquiries and Anti-Corruption Establishment” to his adviser, Gul Mohammad Laat. According to a handout, the order has come into effect immediately.—APP...

KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 31: The Met Office has forecast hot, humid and windy weather for Karachi on Sunday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees centigrade....		SWABI: Councillors seek accountability of ‘corrupt’ contractors SWABI, May 31: The tehsil council Swabi through a unanimously adopted resolution on Saturday, demanded accountability of the contractors who allegedly used substandard material in the construction of projects financed by National Urban Development Project (NUDP) of the Asian Development Bank....

SWABI: Lawmakers blame US for Fata militancy SWABI, May 31: The lawmakers from the tribal region have urged the Pakhtuns to forge unity among their ranks in order to avoid further spill over of militancy in the region....		PESHAWAR: Man shot dead PESHAWAR, May 31: Unidentified gunmen allegedly shot dead a man, Shah Mehmood, a resident of Parachinar, here on Saturday....

MARDAN: Musharraf asked to resign with honour MARDAN, May 31: A noted psychiatrist and Islamic scholar has termed President Musharraf a security risk for the country and asked him to resign with honour....		LAKKI MARWAT: Teachers warned against absenteeism LAKKI MARWAT, May 31: Deputy district officer of schools (primary) and literacy department (SLD) Lakki Marwat, Haji Sanaullah Khan Begukhel, on Saturday paid surprise visits to a number of primary schools and found several teachers absent from their duty....

PESHAWAR: Realtors accused of trying to grab workers’ plots PESHAWAR, May 31: Property dealers and officials of different government departments in the civil secretariat allegedly remained busy on Saturday in bargaining over plots announced for low-rank employees in the Regi Model Township Scheme....		DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Prayer leader killed in D.I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 31: Two men riding a motor cycle on Friday shot dead a prayer leader when he was going home after Isha prayers, in the Cantonment police area....

PESHAWAR: Physiotherapist kidnapped PESHAWAR, May 31: A physiotherapist was kidnapped for ransom, his colleagues said here on Saturday....		HYDERABAD: Construction of high-rise buildings in Sukkur goes unchecked HYDERABAD, May 31: The Sindh government’s directorate of Town Planning is practically unable to enforce its writ over taluka municipal administrations (TMAs), particularly old and new Sukkur TMAs as far as buildings regulations are concerned....

HYDERABAD: Minister issues warning over closed schools HYDERABAD, May 31: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq has said that strict action will be taken against the officers who fail to fulfil the task by the end of 15-day deadline for making closed schools fully functional....		HYDERABAD: Plea to induct scholars in literary board HYDERABAD, May 31: The Sindh Qaumi Sath has welcomed the appointment of Dr Fehmida Hussain as chairperson of the Sindhi Language Authority and appealed to the Sindh education minister to appointment an eminent scholar as chairman of the Sindhi Adabi Board....

HYDERABAD: Research methods discussed HYDERABAD, May 31: A British scholar, Professor Gordon Campbell of Renaissance Studies and International Adviser of Leicester University, UK, has said that the digital revolution has made positive changes in the...		HYDERABAD: Hoodlums enter exam centre, misbehave with staff HYDERABAD, May 31: Principal and staff of the Government Comprehensive Higher Secondary Boys School, Latifabad-10 staged a demonstration here on Saturday in protest against hoodlums trespassing into school premises on Friday and misbehaved with the schoo staff....

HYDERABAD: Waterway work under strain, WB team told HYDERABAD, May 31: Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority Managing Director Mohammad Hashim Leghari has said that the development and rehabilitation work on more than 100 water channels under the Sindh on Farm Water Management Project is proceeding at a hectic pace....

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