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June 21, 2008 Saturday Jamadi-us-Sani 16, 1429 KARACHI: Massive retrenchment in KWSB put on hold KARACHI, June 20: A top-level contact between the leadership of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Pakistan People’s Party resulted in the suspension of a Sindh government notification on Friday through... KARACHI: ‘Presidency to echo with pro-Bhutto slogans soon’ KARACHI, June 20: Reiterating that change was imminent in the President’s House, Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that the time was near when pro-Bhutto slogans would ring out from the presidency.... KARACHI: Jam seeks presence of officials in assembly KARACHI, June 20: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Jam Madad Ali said on Friday it was strange that neither the home minister nor any other relevant home department... KARACHI: Demand for involving MPAs in budget preparation KARACHI, June 20: Describing the procedure adopted in the preparation of the budget as ‘bureaucratic’, a treasury member belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Bilqees Mukhtar, proposed that members of the... LARKANA: Govt may remove FCPS completion glitch: official LARKANA, June 20: The Sindh government is in the process of removing the anomaly in completion of the FCPS degree of doctors who had completed their Part-1, along with salaries and... HYDERABAD: 15 injured in mosque clash HYDERABAD, June 20: Some 15 people received injuries in a clash between two groups in a mosque in Tandojam on Friday. Tandojam police arrested four people against whom cases were registered.... HYDERABAD: No clue in Tessori escape case HYDERABAD, June 20: Badin police remained completely clueless about Kamran Tessori – a close associate of former Sindh chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim – as neither he nor the ASI Hashim Sehto could be recovered so far.... PESHAWAR: Militant threat reaches Peshawar PESHAWAR, June 20: Activists of the Bara-based militant organisation Lashkar-i-Islam have started visiting video centres and barber shops in the provincial metropolis asking the people to avoid selling music CDs and shaving off beards.... LAKKI MARWAT: Two outlaws among 5 killed in Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, June 20: Five people, including two outlaws, were killed in separate firing incidents here, police sources said on Friday.... NOWSHERA: ANP leader dies in accident NOWSHERA, June 20: Awami National Party (ANP) Secretary Culture Sayed Bilal Shah was killed and his four close relatives including DSP Mohammad Arif Khan were injured in a fatal road accident near Kund, Khairabad some 40 kilometres from here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Rs115m to be distributed among Swat victims PESHAWAR, June 20: NWFP government has constituted a committee for distribution of funds amounting to Rs115.1 million among the people affected by the military operation in Swat and Shangla districts.... SUKKUR: Girls outshine boys in SSC-II exams SUKKUR, June 20: Girls students outclassed boys in the of SSC-II annual examination science group result, announced here on Friday by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sukkur.... KARACHI: Rangers’ claim to housing society land questioned KARACHI, June 20: An inspection report commissioned by the Sindh High Court confirmed on Friday that the five acres of land claimed by the Pakistan Rangers for their housing colony at... KARACHI: Constable, bank robber killed in shootout KARACHI, June 20: A police constable and a bandit were killed in an encounter as police foiled the robbery attempt at a private bank in Delhi Colony on Friday morning.... KARACHI: Polio vaccine age limit likely to be raised KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh health department is expected to place the issue of vulnerability of children beyond five years to polio in a meeting of international experts on polio eradication... KARACHI: ‘Hawkesbay warehouses to be razed’ KARACHI, June 20: All the warehouses and godowns along the Hawkesbay Road and near the beach will be razed to facilitate movement of heavy vehicles in the area.... KARACHI: Commemorative stamps KARACHI, June 20: The Pakistan Post is issuing two commemorative postage stamps of Rs4 and Rs5 denomination, and a souvenir sheet of Rs20 denomination on the occasion of Benazir Bhutto’s 55th birth anniversary on June 21.... KARACHI: HSC papers postponed KARACHI, June 20: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has rescheduled all those papers which were to be held on Saturday.... KARACHI: Two ATC judges repatriated KARACHI, June 20: The Sindh law department has ordered following transfers and postings with immediate effect:... KARACHI: Witnesses fail to appear in court: Boiler blast case KARACHI, June 20: Additional district and sessions judge-II (Central) Nelofer Shahnawaz on Friday adjourned till July 14 the hearing of a factory blast case since the prosecution witnesses did not turn up to testify.... KARACHI: Call to end workplace harassment KARACHI, June 20: Speakers at a meeting have demanded of the government to formulate specific laws to check the growing incidence of sexual harassment at workplace.... KARACHI: Rs1.6 billion collected from liquor sale KARACHI, June 20: The excise department collected Rs1,629.729 million on account of levies and excise duty from the sale of liquor brought from various distilleries during the last year.... KARACHI: NAB accused KARACHI, June 20: A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) comprising Justice Dr Rana M. Shamim and Justice Ghulam Dastagir A. Shahani on Friday allowed a former revenue officer posted in Thatta to travel abroad for medical treatment.... JACOBABAD: Occupation of library condemned JACOBABAD, June 20: People took out a rally in Thul on Friday to protest against an NGO for occupying a public library.... HYDERABAD: Foul play alleged as man dies in asylum HYDERABAD, June 20: A mentally retarded young patient died in mysterious circumstances in government-run Sir Cowasjee Institute of Psychiatry here on Friday as his family refused to accept hospital administration’s claim... LARKANA: Anniversary LARKANA, June 20: The Pakistan People’s Party, Larkana district chapter, has made arrangements at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto to celebrate 55th birth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto on Saturday.... NAWABSHAH: Police urged to arrest murder accused NAWABSHAH, June 20: Dozens of members of Jamali tribe took out a rally here on Friday and staged a demonstration outside the press club against the Bandhi police for its failure to arrest the accused nominated in a murder case.... PESHAWAR: Local bodies likely to face financial crunch PESHAWAR, June 20: Local bodies in Peshawar are likely to face financial problems in coming months as major portions of funds meant for development schemes have been converted into utility bills.... HARIPUR: Haripur museum to be ready soon HARIPUR, June 20: The construction work on Haripur Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, which started here the other day, would be completed by the next fiscal year, said Assistant Director Haripur Museum Shakirullah while talking to Dawn here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: 214 murdered, 58 kidnapped in six months PESHAWAR, June 20: The police seem to have lost their grip over criminals as the ratio of crimes in the provincial capital is increasing fast.... KOHAT: Community policing in Kohat planned KOHAT, June 20: The government has finalised a plan for introducing community policing system at the grassroots level to effectively curb terrorism and maintain law and order situation in the district.... NAWABSHAH: No action against booked policemen NAWABSHAH, June 20: The Nawabshah police have failed to arrest police officials booked in a case of keeping a man in illegal detention while a suspended SHO is still on duty in a police station.... HYDERABAD: ‘Killers’ issuing threats, say three women HYDERABAD, June 20: Three women from Nawabshah, married to three brothers, have appealed to the Sindh government and PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari to protect their families against the alleged excesses of... HYDERABAD: Shaikh Ayaz conference in Nov HYDERABAD, June 20: The chairman of the second Shaikh Ayaz international conference on language and literature, Dr Mohammad Qasim Bughio, has announced that the conference will be held on November 7 to 10.... MIRPURKHAS: Education dept employees seek payment of dues MIRPURKHAS, June 20: Around 35 employees of education and literacy department, Mirpurkhas, have been deprived of payment of their difference bills despite the approval of Sindh finance department....

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