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April 20, 2007 Friday Rabi-us-Sani 02, 1428 KARACHI: Question mark over sudden reshuffle in police dept KARACHI, April 19: A police department reshuffle has come so immediately after the departure of former Sindh inspector-general Jahangir Mirza that it has fuelled speculation that political reasons are behind the sudden transfer of high-ranking officials, it emerged on Thursday.... KARACHI: Lawyers resent filing of case: Strike call for Tuesday KARACHI, April 19: Lawyers have reacted strongly to the registration of an FIR against them and said that Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim’s attempt to scare them has only further strengthened their unity.... KARACHI: Two MQM nazims tender resignations KARACHI, April 19: The Nazims of the Jamshed and Gulberg Towns have tendered their resignations to the coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, it emerged on Thursday.... KARACHI: No let-up in power breakdowns KARACHI, April 19: Power consumers on Thursday continued to suffer due to intermittent power suspensions in different areas of the metropolis.... KARACHI: Pakistan to be free of polio by 2008: WHO KARACHI, April 19: The WHO’s eastern Mediterranean regional director, Dr Hussein Al Gezairy said on Thursday that Pakistan could pull off polio cases in 2008 provided it worked hard in its... KARACHI: Lyari still awaits govt attention KARACHI, April 19: Lyari, one of the oldest localities of the city, is being faced with numerous problems including lack of amenities, poverty, pollution, unemployment, illiteracy, drugs, law and order situation... KARACHI: SHC asks housing society to pay costs KARACHI, April 19: The Sindh High Court on Thursday imposed Rs25,000 as costs on a petitioner society which falsified information to seek action against a builder and the Karachi Building Control Authority.... KARACHI: Treatment to CJP termed ‘intolerable’ KARACHI, April 19: “Lawyers are protesting because the treatment meted out to Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is simply intolerable,” Sindh High Court Bar Association President Abrar Hasan said at a... KARACHI: Lyari Task Force disbanded KARACHI, April 19: The Lyari Task Force was officially disbanded on Thursday and its personnel put at the disposal of the city police chief.... KARACHI: Dacoit killedin shootout KARACHI, April 19: A suspected dacoit was killed and his brother and their woman accomplice were injured in a shootout with a community-supervised police squad in North Nazimabad on Thursday.... KARACHI: Documentary on Che Guevara ‘piece de resistance’ KARACHI, April 19: Today the struggle is between barbarism and socialism, and no one personifies this struggle better than Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. This was stated during the opening remarks at a... KARACHI: 1,700 primary teachers likely to be promoted KARACHI, April 19: About 1,700 primary school teachers in the province are likely to be promoted soon to BPS-14 from their present grade, BPS-9, PPI learnt here on Thursday.... KARACHI: WHO official visits DUHS KARACHI, April 19: The regional director of the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Organisation (EMRO) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) should place greater emphasis on training of health personnel.... KARACHI: More CNG buses for city soon: Ibad KARACHI, April 19: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad on Thursday said that the government was taking concrete steps to resolve the problem of public transport in Karachi, adding that more CNG buses would soon arrive in the city.... KARACHI: Environment agency in trouble KARACHI, April 19: Execution of projects and administrative affairs of the Sindh Environment Protection Agency are being affected because seven key posts in the agency have been lying vacant for about... KARACHI: MMA protest KARACHI, April 19: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Karachi chapter, has announced that it will observe a protest on Friday in the city against unannounced load-shedding and rising street crimes.... KARACHI: B.Com-I result KARACHI, April 19: The University of Karachi on Thursday announced the results of B.Com Part-I (Regular) annual examinations 2006.... KARACHI: Exhibition at Zenaini KARACHI, April 19: An exhibition of paintings by Mansur Aye opens at Zenaini Art Gallery on April 20 at 5pm.... KARACHI: APC plans ‘stop power bills’ drive KARACHI, April 19: Leaders belonging to various political outfits expressing concern over the prolonged power cuts and increasing incidents of street crime have warned the rulers that if they failed to... KARACHI: Railway chief inspects stations KARACHI, April 19: Chairman of the Pakistan Railway’s Aijaz Ahmed Qureshi on Thursday visited the Karachi Cantonment Railway Stations and inspected the facilities being provided to passengers.... KARACHI: Spike barriers to be installed to check car theft Karachi, April 19: Capital City Police Officer Azhar Ali Farooqui directed on Thursday the Anti-car Lifting Cell (ACLC) to install modern mechanical spike barriers at all the exit and entry points... KARACHI: Man shot dead in Clifton KARACHI, April 19: A 40-year-old man was shot dead in Clifton by a youth who swiftly fled the scene.... KARACHI: Posting of doctors KARACHI, April 19: Sindh Chief Secretary Shakil Durrani has directed the secretary services and health to expedite postings of doctors against vacancies in Thatta and Badin districts.... HYDERABAD: Sindh govt jobs should go to permanent residents only: body HYDERABAD, April 19: The Servants of Sindh Society (SSS) has demanded that the jobs at provincial level should be given only to the permanent residents of the province and the issuance of bogus domiciles should be stopped forthwith.... HYDERABAD: Population officer found dead HYDERABAD, April 19: The body of district population officer, Ms Farhat Bano Rizvi, was recovered from her house in Fayaz colony, Tando Allahyar, on Thursday morning by neighbours and police.... HYDERABAD: SHC dismisses factory’s petition HYDERABAD, April 19: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday dismissed a constitutional petition filed by the Zeal Pak Cement Factory, which sought the court to declare... HYDERABAD: Qasimabad being ignored: SNP HYDERABAD, April 19: The Sindh National Party (SNP) has demanded setting up the trauma centre at Qasimabad instead of at the City taluka as has been approved, and handing over of... THATTA: Recovery of kidnapped woman sought THATTA, April 19: Protesters blocked the National Highway here on Thursday to protest against kidnapping of a woman and police raids at a village....

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