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June 3, 2006 Saturday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 6, 1427 KARACHI: Rally demands end to demolition KARACHI, June 2: Protesters at a big rally taken out here on Friday urged the government to review its policies which, they said, were discriminatory against Pakhtoon and Sindhi people.... KARACHI: Thousands stranded as traffic grinds to a halt KARACHI, June 2: Several thousand people had to spend much of the day in or around their vehicles amid hot and humid weather conditions due to an unprecedented traffic mess created... KARACHI: Water crisis dominates city council session KARACHI, June 2: The prevailing water crisis dominated the debate of the City Council Karachi on Friday with both the treasury and opposition members trading charges against each other and trying to score political points.... KARACHI: Rs200m water project for Lyari KARACHI, June 2: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Friday said that every house in Lyari would be provided with potable water after four months, as 50-year-old demand of Lyariites had been fulfilled.... KARACHI: Police restrict movement of Faisal Malik KARACHI, June 2: The movement of Faisal Malik, father-in-law of Altaf Hussain, and his family members was restricted to their residence in Defence on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Judges asked to dispose of cases in three months PESHAWAR, June 2: District and Sessions Judge Shahjehan Khan Akhundzada has directed judicial officers to complete within three months the trial of prisoners who have been behind bars for more than six months.... HARIPUR: PML-N leader criticises role of military HARIPUR June 2: Army interventions jeopardised national integrity and dictators were responsible for the dismemberment of the country, according to secretary-general of PML-N Iqbal Zafar Jhagra.... KARACHI: Enrolments in Science on the decline, moot told KARACHI, June 2: Speakers at a workshop lamented the drop in enrolment at degree colleges in science disciplines. The workshop on “Chemistry education and challenges” held at the University of Karachi was participated by the academic staff of 32 affiliated colleges.... KARACHI: PIMA wants increased allocation for health KARACHI, June 2: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association on Friday deplored that only 0.71 per cent of the gross national product, amounting to Rs42 million, was being spent on healthcare in... KARACHI: PhD, MPhil degrees awarded KARACHI, June 2: The Board of Advanced Studies and Research, the University of Karachi, has approved award of 16 PhD, eight MPhil and four MS and MD degrees in various disciplines.... KARACHI: SPLA seeks raise in salaries KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association on Friday condemning the price-hike and rising inflation in the country has demanded immediate increase in the salary of government officials, including... KARACHI: HRCP condemns murder of cameraman KARACHI, June 2: Iqbal Haider, Secretary General of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), has expressed grief and concern over brutal murder in Larkana of Munir Sangi, photographer of a Sindhi TV channel, during a gun-battle between two tribes.... KARACHI: Scouts to form rescue team KARACHI, June 2: The Deputy Provincial Scout Commissioner of the Sindh Boy Scouts Association (SBSA), Hasan Feroz, on Thursday said that the association had decided to form a rescue team, which... KARACHI: Govt told to file remarks in detention case KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh High Court again directed the secretaries of interior and defence ministries on Friday to file their comments on the alleged arrest and detention of a TV channel managing director by a law-enforcement agency on April 4.... KARACHI: Ibad orders survey of water sources KARACHI, June 2: The Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Friday ordered a survey of the sources of drinking water and their quality throughout the province including the rural areas.... KARACHI: Problems of Lyari to be resolved soon: Farooq KARACHI, June 2: Deputy convenor of the Muttahida Qaumi Movemnet’s coordination committee and its parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Dr Farooq Sattar, on Friday claimed that his party had done... KARACHI: Imtiaz, brother exempted from personal appearance KARACHI, June 2: A division bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday exempted former provincial minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh and his brother, Maqbool Ahmed Shaikh, from personal appearance in cases... KARACHI: PPP slams continuing loadshedding KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh Council of the Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the continuing load-shedding and contaminated water supply in the city and rising graph of crime and terrorism in the province.... KARACHI: Three held in transfers scam KARACHI, June 2: The Police on Friday arrested three personal staff members of the DIG Establishment, Akhtar Memon, for using the chief minister’s computer-generated letterhead, bearing his signatures, for issuing transfer and posting orders of policemen.... KARACHI: Report on security steps sought: Nishtar Park KARACHI, June 2: Inquiry Tribunal of Nishtar Park Tragedy, headed by Justice Rahmat Hussain Jaffery of Sindh High Court, summoned a report from the Provincial Police Officer regarding the general directives... KARACHI: Sindh budget KARACHI, June 2: The Sindh government has announced that provincial budget for 2006-07 will be presented on June 15. No new tax would be levied in the budget and the salary of government employees would be raised.—Online... HYDERABAD: Funds for 30 school buildings allocated HYDERABAD, June 2: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said that the district will set aside funds in the next budget for providing buildings to 30 shelter-less schools and will ensure... HYDERABAD: Resource centres set up HYDERABAD, June 2: The South Asia Partnership Pakistan has set up resource centres in three districts of Sindh for political training of workers and haris.... HYDERABAD: Food vigilance committees formed HYDERABAD, June 2: EDO Health Dr Nazar Muhammad Junejo under directives of the district nazim formed taluka food vigilance committees to take action against retailers selling rotten and unhygienic eatables including... PESHAWAR: Rs4.5 billion bills unpaid: Pesco PESHAWAR, June 2: A major portion of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company’s (Pesco) financial losses, which currently stand at Rs7 billion, are because of non-payment of power bills in the Shabqadar area, where consumers owe the company Rs4.5... PESHAWAR: Poor patients suffer as rich get beds PESHAWAR, June 2: Critically-ill people seeking treatment at teaching hospitals suffer for want of beds as most of the beds are allotted to patients who visit private clinics of consultants, it is learnt.... PESHAWAR: Medical students meeting PESHAWAR, June 2: The annual general meeting of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) began at the Khyber Medical College on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Sarwar Khan’s death condoled PESHAWAR, June 2: The provincial coordinator of the women’s wing of Awami Notional Party (ANP), Zahira Khattak, and members of the organising committee have offered condolences on the death of Balochistan ANP president Sarwar Khan Achakzai....

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