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June 22, 2008 Sunday Jamadi-us-Sani 17, 1429 KARACHI: Karachi under growing video surveillance KARACHI, June 21: As the city government allows law-enforcement and intelligence agencies access to its recently-established command and control system, which monitors signal-free corridors I and II, the police authorities have... KARACHI: Parent-child communication stressed to prevent abuse KARACHI, June 21: The emotional scars resulting from any form of abuse, physical or sexual, jeopardize the development of a child and it is crucial to know what constitutes ‘child abuse’.... KARACHI: Woman killed in bungled robbery KARACHI, June 21: A 45-year-old woman was killed on Saturday during a bungled robbery in the small hours of Saturday in a shantytown in Gulishtan-i-Jauhar, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: Junk dealer shot dead KARACHI, June 21: A 38-year-old man was shot dead and his nephew injured in Marvi Goth near Quaidabad.... KARACHI: Lukewarm response to blood donation call: First day of week-long drive KARACHI, June 21: The week-long Benazir Bhutto blood donation drive launched on Saturday at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre received a lukewarm response from people on the first day.... KARACHI: Thousands suffer as builders fail to have projects regularised KARACHI, June 21: Thousands of allottees of over 80 huge housing complexes, including a number of ground-plus-seven-storey apartment buildings in the city, whose builders took no initiative to get their projects... KARACHI: IT training KARACHI, June 21: The Sindh government will sponsor a programme under which 7,000 youths will be trained in various trades of the information technology (IT).... KARACHI: Collective efforts urged to monitor govt performance KARACHI, June 21: The best way to ensure accountability of the government was through collective efforts, as people could not expect to change things or properly monitor the state’s performance individually.... KARACHI: New Comkar KARACHI, June 21: Vice-Admiral Noman Bashir has been appointed as Commander Karachi with immediate effect.... KARACHI: Hearing in graft case put off KARACHI, June 21: The special judge of the federal anti-corruption and emigration, Central, Shaukat Ali Memon, on Saturday adjourned till July 16 the hearing of a corruption case against the former federal minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.... PESHAWAR: NWFP seeks royalty on water from Punjab PESHAWAR, June 21: Members of the provincial assembly, through a set of unanimously-adopted resolutions on Saturday, called upon the federal government to abolish the concurrent list and facilitate payment of royalty on Frontier’s share of Indus water being used by Punjab.... PESHAWAR: Airport expansion plan in doldrums PESHAWAR, June 21: The government has allocated Rs5 billion for the expansion of the Peshawar International Airport but the project cannot be executed due to non-availability of land.... PESHAWAR: Security guards call for raise in salaries PESHAWAR, June 21: Employ-ees of various private security agencies have expressed their concern over the soaring prices of various daily use items and demanded of the high ups to increase their salaries against this background.... PESHAWAR: Community policing launched in Peshawar PESHAWAR, June 21: NWFP Inspector-General of Police Malik Naveed Khan on Friday launched the community policing system in Peshawar at a ceremony held at a school in Chamkani.... HYDERABAD: PPP workers donate blood in BB tribute HYDERABAD, June 21: Work ers of Pakistan People’s Party celebrated the 55th birth anniversary of their slain leader Benazir Bhutto in an utmost sombre manner, reciting the holy Qurana and donating... SANGHAR: Villagers block road in protest SANGHAR, June 21: Hund-reds of villagers belonging to Shar community staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday and blocked Sanghar-Mirpurkhas road for three hours by placing the body on the road in protest against murder of their relative.... SHIKARPUR: Two kidnapped SHIKARPUR, June 21: Two milk sellers, Rab Dino Solangi and Abid Hussain Solangi were kidnapped by armed men when they were going to Pyaro Kharos village to sell milk in the... MITHI: Board formed to explore Thar coal reserves MITHI, June 21: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on mines and mineral development, Dr Khatumal Jeevan, has said that the previous government had its own agenda and it was... HYDERABAD: South Asian Union termed a conspiracy against Sindh HYDERABAD, June 21: Pro-posal to form the South Asian Union is a conspiracy against Sindh as it would open floodgate for outsiders to enter into the province and turn locals into... HYDERABAD: Four die in truck-trailer collision HYDERABAD, June 21: Four people were killed and 30 others were injured in a head-on collision between a trailer and a truck near Loonikot on Karachi-Hyderabad Super Highway on Saturday.... KHAIRPUR: Man killed in clash KHAIRPUR, June 21: A man was killed while another injured in a clash between two groups of Phulpoto community in the jurisdiction of B-section police station here on Saturday.... NAWABSHAH: Nawabshah district govt violates Sindh cabinet decision: Juniors prevail over seniors NAWABSHAH, June 21: A strange scenario is prevailing in the Nawabshah district government where junior officers are working on senior positions in violation of Sindh cabinet decision to revert officers working on higher posts to their original grade.... MIRPURKHAS: Official accused of occupying farmland MIRPURKHAS, June 21: A resident of Sindhri taluka, Mohammad Ali Junejo, has accused Jan Ali Junejo, deputy district officer law and coordination Mirpurkhas, of trying to occupy his lands with the help of revenue officials of taluka Sindhri through forgery.... MITHI: Woman seeks jailed husband’s release MITHI, June 21: A Kolhi woman, resident of village Pahanario of taluka Nagarparkar, has appealed to the authorities and human rights organisations to get her husband released from jail on humanitarian... HYDERABAD: Brutalised cop gives up search for justice HYDERABAD, June 21: His miseries are not over yet. After having been betrayed by his own police department, he found himself in deep financial crisis to meet his medical expenses.Ali... SHIKARPUR: Truck driver, cleaner kidnapped SHIKARPUR, June 21: A container driver and his helper were kidnapped from Shikarpur-Jacobabad road near Makholpur police post in the limits of Humayun police station on Saturday.... LARKANA: Buddhist conference to be held in Moenjodaro LARKANA, June 21: The federal department of tourism has planned an international Buddh-ist conference in November this year to highlight the history of the region with special focus on Moenjodaro.... HYDERABAD: Police accused of victimisation HYDERABAD, June 21: The Jamshoro chapter of the Sindh United Party on Saturday accused the district nazim and the chieftain of Kohistan of committing excesses against the party workers and warned... KHAIRPUR: Police claim killing criminal in encounter KHAIRPUR, June 21: An alleged criminal was killed by police in an encounter near Danwaro minor on the National Highway late on Friday night.... SUKKUR: Goldsmiths looted SUKKUR, June 21: Bandits robbed four goldsmiths of mobile phones and gold ornaments worth Rs2.5 million near Beri Chowk in Rohri on Saturday....

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