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June 03, 2008 Tuesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1429 KARACHI: City govt authorised to collect new tax KARACHI, June 2: A heated debate between members of the treasury and opposition benches on the issue of unreleased funds for union councils did not allow the city council to take... KARACHI: Fruit ripened by calcium carbide can be ‘lethal’ KARACHI, June 2: As the hustle and bustle at the Super Highway’s Sabzi Mandi, Karachi’s prime source of fruit and vegetable supplies, gradually subsides with wholesalers taking their stocks for the... KARACHI: SHC adjourns plea in case of ‘mistaken identity’ KARACHI, June 2: A Sindh High Court division bench on Monday adjourned the hearing of the plea of an accused being tried by an anti-terrorism court in a case of allegedly mistaken identity.... KARACHI: Senators clueless about findings of bridge collapse report KARACHI, June 2: The findings of an inquiry into the Shershah bridge collapse, which killed some half a dozen people and cost Rs2 billion in damages, appears to be a mystery... KARACHI: Master plan seeks coastal land control for city govt KARACHI, June 2: The Karachi Strategic Development Plan (KSDP 2020), better known as the master plan, recommends grant of planning control of the coastal areas to the city government so that... KARACHI: Unnar’s sons, nephew remanded KARACHI, June 2: Civil judge and judicial magistrate-VIII, South, Mohammad Umar Awan on Monday remanded two sons of former Sindh minister Altaf Unnar, along with his nephew and driver, into police custody till June 7.... KARACHI: Sindhi story conference KARACHI, June 2: The Sindhi Department of the Karachi University has organized a day-long “Kahani Conference” to be held on June 7 at the varsity’s Arts Auditorium.... KARACHI: Traders flout energy conservation drive KARACHI, June 2: The energy saving drive of the government found little favour with traders in the city on Monday, as markets remained open beyond the stipulated time on the first working day of the week.... KARACHI: Water shortage KARACHI, June 2: The city on Monday suffered a shortfall of over 40mgd (million gallons per day) water as almost all the bulk pumping stations of the KWSB remained without electricity for 45 minutes to two hours.... KARACHI: Paramedical institutes to be upgraded KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh health department has decided some steps towards upgrading of its paramedical training institutions across the province.... KARACHI: Reinstated KARACHI, June 2: Former chairman of the National Investment Trust (NIT) Mohammad Asadullah Shaikh has been reinstated with immediate effect. He had also served as home secretary.... KARACHI: KU plans more certificate courses KARACHI, June 2: The University of Karachi is chalking out an elaborate plan for introducing summer and winter certificate courses programme to meet increasing innovations in the subjects of Commerce, Business Administration and Human Resource Management.... KARACHI: HRCP slams trading of girls at jirgas KARACHI, June 2: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned holding jirgas and trading of girls to settle disputes between tribes or clans, and demanded that all those involved in... KARACHI: Mengal for CBMs on Balochistan issue KARACHI, June 2: Describing the Balochistan situation as grim, Balochistan National Party chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal has ruled out the possibility of any negotiations on the issue with the government in... KARACHI: Bid on Asif’s life: new probe begins KARACHI, June 2: A fresh statement of Asif Ali Zardari was recorded on Monday following the recommendation of a specially constituted board in a case pertaining to an attempt on Mr Zardari’s life during his detention.... KARACHI: ‘Political appointees damaged PIA’ KARACHI, June 2: Pointing out that political appointments had damaged the national airline, veteran pilot Captain Jan Sayed Mohammed Sadiq – better known as Johnny Sadiq – hoped that the selection... SANGHAR: Time change makes officials lazy SANGHAR, June 2: The advancing of clocks by one hour to conserve energy is going to make government officers more lethargic, according to a survey conducted by this scribe.... HYDERABAD: Call to allocate 5pc of GDP to education HYDERABAD, June 2: The government should give priority to education by allocating at least five per cent of the GDP for the promotion of this sector said speakers in pre-budget seminar... HYDERABAD: SU buses detained, students stopped from taking exams HYDERABAD, June 2: A group of students protesting against the murder of a fellow student on the Sindh University’s Jamshoro campus over a fortnight ago disrupted the semester examinations by stopping busses from taking students to the campus on Monday.... NAWABSHAH: Protest over police refusal to register robbery FIR NAWABSHAH, June 2: Pakistan Post employees observed strike across the district and held a demonstration outside the GPO here on Monday to protest against police for refusing to register an FIR of a robbery incident.... HYDERABAD: Hesco to cut power supply to TMAs HYDERABAD, June 2: Hesco chief Guftar Ahmed Anjum on Monday directed the company’s circle managers to disconnect power supply to the taluka municipal administrations, which had defaulted on payment of dues.... HYDERABAD: Growers seek subsidy on fertilisers HYDERABAD, June 2: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, at a meeting here on Sunday, expressed concern over an inordinate increase in the prices of fertilisers and noted that fertilizers have disappeared... SUKKUR: Prisoners demand facilities SUKKUR, June 2: The prisoners protest in the central jail-I of Sukkur was continued on Sunday.... SUKKUR: Tripping of feeders adds to consumers problems SUKKUR, June 2: In addition to hours-long loadshedding, people of Sukkur are fuming at the double-agony the power has put them to – tripping of feeders no less than 10 to 20 times a day in hot season.... HYDERABAD: Strike over crime wave HYDERABAD, June 2: On the call of local traders’ association, complete strike was observed in Tando Mohammad Khan on Monday in protest against an increase in crime rate.... PESHAWAR: Varsity teachers to join lawyers’ long march PESHAWAR, June 2: The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA) has called upon its members to join the lawyers and civil society in their just struggle for the... PESHAWAR: Rs480 million remains unspent since 2002: Forest Management PESHAWAR, June 2: Revenue collected under the Forest Development Fund (FDF) for forest management is lying unutilised since 2002 due to ‘procedural hurdles’.... NOWSHERA: Security staff removed from Jalozai camp NOWSHERA, June 2: Security staff deployed around the Jalozai refugee camp here was removed on Monday following the vacation of the camp by Afghan refugees.... PESHAWAR: Tajik boys released ahead of deportation PESHAWAR, June 2: Two Tajik boys were released from the Peshawar Central Prison on Monday on the orders of the Peshawar High Court.... HARIPUR: Fire destroys vast forest area in Haripur HARIPUR, June 2: Wildfire has destroyed a vast area of forest and is feared to have killed scores of birds and animals in the hilly range of Koh-i-Gandgar in the Ghazi tehsil near the Tarbela Dam.... MIRAMSHAH: Missiles land in N. Waziristan MIRAMSHAH, June 2: Two missiles apparently fired from Afghanistan hit a house and a mosque in Spilga village in North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday night, sources said.... GHALANAI: Man, son shot dead GHALANAI, June 2: A man and his son were allegedly killed by their rivals due to an old enmity in Walidad Kore area of Pindiali tehsil here on Monday....

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