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May 29, 2006 Monday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 1, 1427 KARACHI: Privatisation of Pakistan Steel termed biggest scam KARACHI, May 28: Representatives of more than 50 labour, political, social and human rights organisations have expressed their strong reservations over the process of the privatisation of the Pakistan Steel, and... KARACHI: Probe ordered into missing baby case KARACHI, May 28: The mystery of the disappearance of a newly born boy from the National Institute of Child Health further deepened on Sunday after police investigators failed to find any... KARACHI: Retrenchment of bank workers condemned KARACHI, May 28: The Pakistan People’s Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and MCB Staff Union of Pakistan (Shaheed Usman Ghani Group) have strongly condemned the retrenchment of more than 1,000 employees of the Muslim Commercial Bank, and demanded their immediate reinstatement.... KARACHI: Uniform education for all promised KARACHI, May 28: The City Naib Nazim, Nasreen Jalil, has said that the city government was taking every possible step for providing uniform quality educational facilities to the children of the rich and poor alike.... KARACHI: Joint struggle against military rulers urged KARACHI, May 28: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leaders have stated that the charter of democracy signed in London would pave the way for a real democracy and it would prove to be a political death of military rulers.... KARACHI: Town officials told to take preventive measures: Outbreak of gastroenteritis KARACHI, May 28: Following the death of three people in Munno Goth, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, the health department of the city government has issued directives to all 18 towns for taking prompt preventive measures to control gastroenteritis.... KARACHI: Baloch activists hold demo KARACHI, May 28: Baloch activists representing different parties and NGOs staged a rally here on Sunday against the outgoing military operation and the alleged human rights violation in Balochistan.... KARACHI: 1,592 HU students awarded degrees KARACHI, May 28: The Hamdard University (HU), at its 10th Convocation, conferred degrees and gold medals to its passing out students of various graduate and post-graduate programmes.... KARACHI: Sunni body defers protest KARACHI, May 28: The Sunni Rehbar Council has decided to defer its future protests until June 16 on the assurance given by the government that investigation report of the Nishtar Park... KARACHI: Mehran City allottees KARACHI, May 28: The allottees of the Mehran City Project would soon be given possession of their plots soon through NAB. The allottees, who have not yet filled their claims, have... KARACHI: PPP condemns Niazi’s allegations KARACHI, May 28: The Central Information Secretary of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Sherry Rehman, has strongly condemned the allegations made by a government minister Sher Afghan Niazi that the PPP chairperson was in direct contact with General Musharraf these days.... KARACHI: TTP holds its annual convention KARACHI, May 28: The 20th annual convention of Tehreek Takmeel-i-Pakistan (TTP) was held under the chairmanship of its President Mehmood Ali here at the Theosophical Hall on Sunday.... KARACHI: Medical camp at Ibrahim Hyderi KARACHI, May 28: More than 200 patients were provided free consultation and medications at a mental health camp at Ibrahim Hydri, organised by the Pakistan Association for Mental Health, Pakistan Fisher... KARACHI: First cigarette can make a child regular smoker KARACHI, May 28: The children who light up just once cigarette are twice as likely to become steady smokers later. British researchers report that among 11-year-olds, the desire to smoke can... KARACHI: Hasrat Mohani anniversary KARACHI, May 28: The 55th death anniversary of Maulana Hasrat Mohani will be held on May 29 at the Arts Council of Pakistan at 6pm. MQM chief Altaf Hussain will address the event by telephone from London.—APP... KARACHI: ATC indicts man in abduction case KARACHI, May 28: An anti-terrorism court indicted Mohammed Rafiq Jatt son of Dawood Jat in a kidnapping for ransom case. Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 fixed May 29 for... KARACHI: CDGK to set up foreign investment secretariat KARACHI, May 28: The City District Government Karachi on Sunday decided to set up a foreign investment secretariat to facilitate investors.... KARACHI: Man killed KARACHI, May 28: A young man, Farooq, 25, was shot dead and two of his relatives were injured in a dispute over property in Mianwali Colony in Pirabad.... HYDERABAD: Supply of contaminated water condemned HYDERABAD, May 28: A large number of people, including women and children, held a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday in protest against supply of contaminated water to residents of the city.... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to make public MQM’s demands HYDERABAD, May 28: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has demanded that the Sindh government should make public 90 demands of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement which it sent to the Sindh chief minister.... HYDERABAD: Gas employees threaten protest suicide HYDERABAD, May 28: Members of the Sui Southern Gas Company Employees Action Committee on Sunday said that they would commit self-immolation outside the Hyderabad Press Club on May 30 and the... DADU: Trailer with 1,400 bags of sugar hijacked DADU, May 28: A trailer loaded with 1,400 bags of sugar was hijacked by seven armed men at Nai Baran near Kotri town on Sunday. The trailer was heading to Sialkot... HYDERABAD: Demand for bridge on Indus near Kotri HYDERABAD, May 28: Member National Assembly from Kotri, Nawab Abdul Ghani Talpur has demanded that a new bridge should be constructed on the Indus River at Kotri.... KHAIRPUR: Breach in Abul wah affects crops KHAIRPUR, May 28: A large number of farmers belonging to Paryal Narejo, Saheb Dino Maitlo and other villages staged a demonstration in Ahmedpur on Sunday.... SUKKUR: Man kills wife and sister SUKKUR, May 28: Two women were put to death over a property dispute in Pir Bux Shar village near Daharki on Saturday. Accused Mumtaz, alias Dadu Shar, shot dead his wife Azmat, sister Sharifan and ran away from the village.... THATTA: Protest against contract system for fishing THATTA, May 28: Activists of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum took out a procession here on Sunday in protest against the contract system on wetlands of Sindh.... PESHAWAR: Bureaucratic hurdles hit new disaster management plan PESHAWAR, May 28: A disaster management plan proposed for the NWFP late last year is facing bureaucratic hurdles as the officials concerned have not been able to prepare a final draft, officials said here.... PESHAWAR: Flaws in plan for new PA building PESHAWAR, May 28: The plan for a new NWFP Assembly building, being carried out at an estimated cost of Rs350 million, has some major flaws, according to experts, who say that some basic requirements like car-parking facility have been ignored.... PESHAWAR: Brother of ‘militant’ moves PHC PESHAWAR, May 28: A brother of an alleged militant reportedly detained by an intelligence agency has moved the Peshawar High Court to seek his release.... PESHAWAR: 10 foreigners released from central prison PESHAWAR, May 28: At least 10 foreigners, eight members of an Egyptian family and two Tajik boys, have been released from the Peshawar central prison and handed over to a former MNA and a welfare organisation....

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