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July 24, 2008 Thursday Rajab 20, 1429 KARACHI: Inflation tops agenda in city council KARACHI, July 23: After a heated debate, the city council on Wednesday expressed its concern over the rising trend in prices of essential commodities and urged the federal government to take... KARACHI: SHC hears case of men sacked by culture dept KARACHI, July 23: The Sindh High Court asked the provincial culture and tourism department on Wednesday not to fill up the vacancies caused by impugned termination of 27 of its employees... KARACHI: Inquiry into leader’s murder under way KARACHI, July 23: Police are groping in the dark for the killers of Khalid Shahanshah, chief security officer of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, as no clue has so far been found by the investigators.... KARACHI: Shujaat says govt not serious about resolving issues KARACHI, July 23: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the present rulers appear to be non-serious about addressing the pressing issues confronting the people if their first 100 days in power are anything to go by.... KARACHI: Allottees get over 4,000 plots after a decade KARACHI, July 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal while handing over the possession of more than 4,000 plots in the cottage industrial zone to their owners, 14 years after the allotment,... KARACHI: ‘324 more health units adopted by federal govt’ KARACHI, July 23: Another 324 primary health care units located in seven districts of the province have been adopted by the federal government in the second phase of People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) recently.... KARACHI: Police told to book trader’s ‘kidnappers’ KARACHI, July 23: The additional district and sessions judge, South, Hafeeza Usman, on Wednesday directed the SHO of Defence police station to record the statement of Kamran Tessori’s family and lodge... KARACHI: Three young brothers killed over enmity KARACHI, July 23: Three young brothers were shot dead and their two siblings were injured on Wednesday at their Pathan Colony house over personal enmity, police and witnesses said.... KARACHI: Police non-cooperation causing serious delays in justice system KARACHI, July 23: Police authorities appear reluctant to comply with court orders regarding the submission of charge-sheets, the arrest of culprits and the testimonies required in a number of criminal cases under trial in subordinate courts, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Phone bills deadline extended KARACHI, July 23: The PTCL has extended the due date for payment of telephone bills for the month of June to July 28 without a late payment surcharge.... KARACHI: Five held for dealing in pirated software KARACHI July 23: Police raided five computer shops in the Boat Basin area and seized 14 computers and 1,509 pirated software CDs for violating the relevant intellectual property rights regulations, according... KARACHI: Teachers’ recruitment test to be conducted again KARACHI, July 23: Fourteen thousand teachers will be recruited on merit in different schools of Sindh to overcome the staff shortage and strengthen the education system.... KARACHI: Contractors rapped for poor work on sewerage project KARACHI, July 23: Managing Director of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) Sulaiman Chandio has asked consultants M/s Nespak and the contractors engaged for the laying of a sewage line... KARACHI: KU publishes lab safety manual KARACHI, July 23: The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University, has published a safety manual to promote good laboratory practices as per the standards laid down by the Occupational and Safety Hazards Prevention Authorities (OSHA).... KARACHI: Promotion of 11 DSPs notified KARACHI, July 23: The Sindh chief secretary on Wednesday issued the notification for the promotion of 11 DSPs to the rank of SP.... KARACHI: New schedule of fares KARACHI, July 23: The provincial transport department is likely to issue the notification regarding new fares of public transport on Thursday.... KARACHI: Scrutiny of SSC papers KARACHI, July 23: The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has announced that applications for scrutiny of scripts of SSC General group annual examinations-2008 will be accepted from July 28 to Aug 25.—APP... KARACHI: Power cuts persist KARACHI, July 23: Prolonged load-shedding and unattended cable faults continued throughout the day in almost all parts of the metropolis as the Karachi Electric Supply Company faced a power shortfall of 350 megawatts on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Suspect held KARACHI, July 23: The investigation police arrested another suspect in the murder case of the deputy secretary of the provincial transport department, Agha Dhani Bux Pathan. He was identified as Shakeel.... HYDERABAD: It’s the worst of times when a mother sells her kids HYDERABAD, July 23: It was her brother’s anger over her second marriage that she today finds herself in a forlorn state so much so that she is compelled to sell her two minor children in public.... HYDERABAD: People were better off under PML-Q: leader The president of Tando Mohammad Khan chapter of PML-Q, Mir Ali Nawaz Talpur, said at a news conference here that the rulers had forgotten the promises they had made during election... HYDERABAD: Call for strike in Jamshoro HYDERABAD, July 23: The Sindh United Party has given a call for shutter-down strike in Jamshoro district on Thursday (today) to protest against alleged police excesses against SUP workers and supporters in the district.... HYDERABAD: Demand for hospital HYDERABAD, July 23: The newly-appointed office-bearers of the Irrigation Workers Central Labour Union have said that there is only one dispensary in Jamshoro Barrage Colony which cannot cater to the needs... THATTA: Change in job criteria mala fide: protesters THATTA, July 23: Candidates who passed IBA-conducted test for teachers’ jobs but were later denied offer letters alleged on Wednesday that the change in percentage points for passing marks from 40... MANSEHRA: Bilour shrugs off Baitullah’s threat MANSEHRA, July 23: Ultimatum and threats by Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud would never affect the government’s resolve to establish its writ in the restive areas of the province, said NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour.... MINGORA: Violence claims four more lives in Swat MINGORA, July 23: At least four persons were killed in separate incidents of violence in volatile Swat valley on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Holding of fair census demanded PESHAWAR, July 23: Speakers at the concluding session of a two-day training workshop for gender census asked the concerned authorities to fulfil their prime responsibility by holding the next census in a free, fair and transparent manner.... KOHAT: Kidnapped banker released KOHAT, July 23: Local militants released manager National Bank of Pakistan, Parachinar Khurshid Khattak who was held hostage along with 29 government officials, with the efforts of former Karak district MNA Shah Abdul Aziz, officials said on Wednesday.... PESHAWAR: Day of protests in Peshawar PESHAWAR, July 23: In a day that could only be termed as a day of nothing but protests, a number of government employees’ associations and other groups including flour mill owners... PESHAWAR: Journalists flay police move to gag press PESHAWAR, July 23: The Crimes Journalists Forum (CJF) has condemned the circular issued by the NWFP Inspector General of Police to the deputy inspector generals and district police officers across the province asking them to lodge cases against journalists.... PESHAWAR: Court suspends DEO’s transfer order PESHAWAR, July 23: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended order of the provincial government regarding replacement of the Swat district education officer and sought comments from the government and the concerned district nazim.... LAHORE: Kite string kills child LAHORE, July 23: A four-and-a-half-year-old child fell victim to chemical-coated string of a stray kite on Wednesday near Old Chah Miran Road in the limits of Gujjarpura police.... LAHORE: Association to ensure LPG supply LAHORE, July 23: LPG supplies to all parts of the country will be ensured at reasonable prices, said LPG Association of Pakistan - a grouping of licenced liquefied petroleum gas marketing companies – following its meeting here on Wednesday.... LAHORE: Jewellery Designing programme LAHORE, July 23: The Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company has started a one-month free manual jewellery designing training programme for women at its centre here....

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