DAWN - Local; June 27, 2008

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June 27, 2008	Friday	Jamadi-us-Sani 22, 1429

KARACHI: City council calls for restoration of octroi KARACHI, June 26: The City Council on Thursday urged the federal and provincial governments to withdraw the reduction in the city’s share of the Octroi Zila Tax (OZT) as because of it, all tiers of the local bodies were suffering financially....		KARACHI: MPAs demand probe into Site affairs KARACHI, June 26: Minister for Industries and Trade Rauf Siddiqui on Thursday told the Sindh Assembly that the estate engineer of the Site Limited had made an advance payment of Rs20,668,065...

KARACHI: Supplementary grants worth Rs29bn passed for 2007-08 KARACHI, June 26: The Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the demand for grants for supplementary expenditure 2007-08 of Rs29.1 billion against 51 demands without any discussion as no cut motions were moved....		KARACHI: Apartment dwellers caught in KWSB’s dragnet KARACHI, June 26: The financially-starved Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) in its current drive against defaulters has disconnected water connections of around 70 retail and bulk consumers, including residential apartments...

KARACHI: ‘Right connections’ delay justice to victim KARACHI, June 26: Justice appears a long way off for the 15-year-old victim of a prostitution racket, whose father and lawyer told Dawn that most of the people they approached for...		KARACHI: Lawyers stay away from court proceedings KARACHI, June 26: Legal proceedings at the City Courts and the Malir District Courts remained suspended for the second consecutive day, Thursday, due to a boycott by lawyers....

KARACHI: Qaim wants medical entry tests after HSC results KARACHI, June 26: The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has asked the Sindh health department to convene a meeting of heads of all the government-run medical colleges and universities...		KARACHI: ‘Opposition has 500 cut motions ready’ KARACHI, June 26: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Jam Madad Ali has said that the opposition members had submitted over 500 cut motions in the assembly, which would...

SHIKARPUR: DPOs given free hand to curb crime: home minister SHIKARPUR, June 26: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza claimed on Thursday that the government was determined to ensure zero crime rate in the province and asked the DPOs not to...		HYDERABAD: Row erupts over possession of mosque HYDERABAD, June 26: The leaders of the Tandojam Ittehad Committee have appealed to the authorities to take notice of a potentially explosive situation which has developed over the possession of a mosque in Tandojam....

LARKANA: Queues for CNICs swell in absence of Nadra office LARKANA, June 26: The people of Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts have to stand in long queues for hours and some times days on end to get Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC)...		HYDERABAD: ‘Inflation, joblessness leading to suicides’ HYDERABAD, June 26: Unemployment, coupled with price hike has made the sustenance of a common man beyond reach, said President, Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA), Abdul Latif Nizamani....

KARACHI: Suspected gangsters killed A 24-year-old man was killed and another was injured in the gang-infested Lyari area....		KARACHI: Jailbirds find wings KARACHI, June 26: A very unusual art exhibition was inaugurated by the French Consul-General at the Alliance Francaise on Thursday, where works of budding artists, who are inmates of the Karachi Central Jail, were put up on display....

KARACHI: Doctor accuses police of partiality KARACHI, June 26: A doctor has been unable to register a FIR of robbery and assault against his father-in-law, a former IG police, and his family, as the police have termed...		KARACHI: Power shortfall KARACHI, June 26: Power shortage in Karachi increased from 180MW to 280MW as the Pakistan Electric Power Company asked the Karachi Electric Supply Company to reduce power import from 500MW to 400MW....

KARACHI: Joint efforts to curb drug abuse stressed KARACHI, June 26: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday stressed the need for joint efforts to effectively check the spread of narcotics in society....		HYDERABAD: Open sale of liquor in Thatta condemned HYDERABAD, June 26: Leaders of Brohi Welfare Association have alleged that liquor is being openly sold in Thatta town which severely affecting the young generation....

MIRPURKHAS: Body found MIRPURKHAS, June 26: The body of a teenager, who had been axed to death, was found outside his house in Baig Mari village in the Phuladiyoon area on Wednesday night....		SUKKUR: Man killed SUKKUR, June 26: A man injured in firing on Bunder Road here on Wednesday night died in a hospital on Thursday....

PESHAWAR: Promotion of non-PhD teachers: Peshawar varsity evades HEC criteria PESHAWAR, June 26: The University of Peshawar syndicate has come up with a formula for promotion of the non-PhD teachers who did not fulfil the promotion criteria set by the Higher Education Commission (HEC)....		PARACHINAR: 14 arrested for attack on food convoy in Kurram PARACHINAR, June 26: The political authorities of Kurram tribal region arrested 14 tribesmen suspected of involvement in the attack on a food convoy and demolished 12 houses in an operation launched against the attackers here on Thursday....

PESHAWAR: Official made scapegoat in bird flu controversy PESHAWAR, June 26: The provincial government has transferred an official of the livestock department from Swabi to Mardan as punishment for allegedly disclosing that H5N1 strain of bird flu influenza had...		HYDERABAD: Call centre to receive public complaints HYDERABAD, June 26: DCO Ali Ahmed Lund has said that district government has decided to establish a call centre at Civic Centre Hyderabad with a view to addressing maximum number of...

KHAIRPUR: Khairpur hit by power outage KHAIRPUR, June 26: Khairpur city remained plunged into darkness for five to seven hours during the last 24 hours ending on Thursday evening....

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