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June 16, 2008 Monday Jamadi-us-Sani 11, 1429 KARACHI: Rs270 billion Sindh budget due today KARACHI, June 15: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah will present the new budget for fiscal 2008-09 on Monday in the Sindh Assembly, whi-ch is scheduled to meet at 5pm in its historic building.... KARACHI: Cellphone companies fail to block unregistered SIMs KARACHI, June 15: As cellular companies have failed to block seven million unregistered cellphone connections within the deadline, the authorities have found 3.5 million more unregistered subscribers and have vowed to... KARACHI: PPP will send Musharraf home, says Zardari KARACHI, June 15: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said the PPP will be the party that will send President Pervez Musharraf home.... KARACHI: Constitutional package termed ‘person-specific’ KARACHI, June 15: The majority of speakers at a programme said most of the amendments related to the judiciary being proposed in the constitutional package were person-specific, though the Pakistan People’s... PESHAWAR: Schools being used as hujras in Fata PESHAWAR, June 15: Educational institutions are not meant for providing knowledge and training to the children, instead they are being used as a tool to bribe the influential tribal chieftains to seek their allegiance in running the tribal affairs.... TIMERGARA: Another school blown up in Lower Dir TIMERGARA, June 15: A school building was blown up on Saturday night as militants continued to intensify their activities in the relatively peaceful Lower Dir district.... KARACHI: Fruit vendor, son killed KARACHI, June 15: A 45-year-old fruit seller and his 10-year-old son were killed on Sunday when they were run over by a fast-moving dumper near the New Sabzi Mandi, witnesses and police said.... KARACHI: Ibad slams retired servicemen for maligning president KARACHI, June 15: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has lashed out at the ex-servicemen society for what he called maligning President Pervez Musharraf as well as the Pakistan army and warned... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, June 15: The Met Office has forecast hot and humid weather for the city on Monday.... KARACHI: ‘Long march proved nation is awake’ KARACHI, June 15: Praising the lawyers and the masses over their active participation in the long march, retired Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim said that the recently concluded march had proved that... KARACHI: Paintings show KARACHI, June 15: An exhibition of acrylic paintings (Buzkashi) by Ashkal, opens at Ashkal’s Realistic Gallery on Monday at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: Probe sought into murder of housewife KARACHI, June 15: Condemning the alleged murder of a housewife by a police raiding party, Pasban has demanded that a high-level independent probe be instituted and the culprits be arrested immediately.... KARACHI: Sindhi Adabi Board to be reconstituted KARACHI, June 15: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday gave approval for the reconstitution of the Sindhi Adabi Board.... KARACHI: Govt to bear conversion expenses of rickshaws KARACHI, June 15: The Sindh government would bear the expenditure of converting two-stroke rickshaws into CNG-operated four-stroke vehicles while diesel-operated buses would be converted into CNG buses in a phase-wise operation.... KARACHI: Major reshuffle in KWSB KARACHI, June 15: The KWSB authorities in a major reshuffle have transferred and posted several senior officials, besides terminating the services of nine officials who were working on a contract basis.... KARACHI: 250 project affectees to get allotment papers today KARACHI, June 15: Two hundred and fifty affectees of a housing project will finally get the allotment letters through the efforts of the National Accountability Bureau at a simple ceremony at the Arts Council on Monday.... KARACHI: Monsoon rain emergency centre set up KARACHI, June 15: Arrange-ments for the expected monsoon rains were reviewed at a meeting on Sunday.... KARACHI: Zoo loses a pony, another is ill KARACHI, June 15: Children visiting the Karachi Zoo on Sunday looking forward to pony rides – perhaps the only attraction left at the zoo – were left disappointed as the pair of Shetland ponies was nowhere to be found.... KARACHI: 320kg hashish seized KARACHI, June 15: The Pakistan Coast Guards officials arrested a drug trafficker and recovered 320kg hashish.... SUKKUR: Bridge at railway crossing sought SUKKUR, June 15: Scores of residents of New Pind staged a protest demonstration and observed token hunger strike outside the press club here on Sunday, demanding construction of an overhead bridge at a railway crossing in their area.... MIRPURKHAS: Death in custody sparks protest MIRPURKHAS, June 15: Violent protests broke out in the city over the death of a supporter of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional in police custody early on Sunday.... MITHI: Plea to remove sand from Thar roads MITHI, June 15: Some members of the Tharparkar district council have urged the highways authorities to take measures to remove heaps of sand accumulated on different roads in the district.... HYDERABAD: Increase in prices of farm inputs slated HYDERABAD, June 15: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) cautioned on Sunday that the agriculture sector would be destroyed if the government did not help reduce soaring prices of fertilisers, pesticides, agricultural machinery and tractors.... NAWABSHAH: Family accuses landlord of selling land NAWABSHAH, June 15: A poor family of the Zardari caste continued their token hunger strike for third consecutive day on Sunday in protest against a landlord of Shahdadpur, who they said had sold their agricultural land unlawfully.... SHIKARPUR: Youth killed SHIKARPUR, June 15: A young man, Roshan Ali Jeho, resident of Ali ji Wandh village, was killed by armed men when he was working in his fields in the Garhi Yasin area on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: Palijo calls for struggle against dictatorship HYDERABAD, June 15: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has stressed the need for a sustained and organised struggle for eliminating dictatorship and establishing a system based on justice and democracy.... HYDERABAD: 153 areas declared calamity-hit HYDERABAD, June 15: The Sindh government has declared as calamity-hit areas 153 dehs of three talukas of Dadu district and five talukas of Qambar-Shahdadkot district which were hit by heavy rains,... NAWABSHAH: Man, woman murdered NAWABSHAH, June 15: A man and woman were killed on pretext of karo-kari in a village near Sakrand on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Hesco chalks out plan for loadshedding for Wasa installations HYDERABAD, June 15: Following an understanding between Water and Sanitation Agency and the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company, Hesco has chalked out a proper loadshedding plan for Wasa’s pumping stations and water reservoirs.... KOHAT: Watchman kidnapped KOHAT, June 15: Suspected militants on Sunday hijacked two vehicles along with the watchman of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) on Thall road in the Hangu district, official sources said.... BATTAGRAM: Black bear cubs recovered, poachers held BATTAGRAM, June 15: The NWFP Wildlife Department has busted a gang of poachers and recovered two cubs of black bear that were being smuggled out of the country....

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