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June 9, 2003 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 8, 1424 KARACHI: RTA can issue permits for cantt areas: SC KARACHI, June 8: The provincial and regional transport authorities are competent to issue route permits in respect of all areas within their territorial limits to the exclusion of any civic agency,... KARACHI: City govt projects help ease traffic flow KARACHI, June 8: The flow of traffic at three busy intersections — Old Exhibition, Gurumandir and Nagan Chowrangi — has improved significantly following the installation of traffic signals and the completion... KARACHI: Citizens brave power failures KARACHI, June 8: Despite being a holiday, Sunday saw a large number of power breakdowns with the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation failing to supply electricity to its consumers even on a... KARACHI: 111 vehicles taken away in 7 days KARACHI, June 8: As many as 111 vehicles including 44 cars and 67 motorcycles, were either hijacked or stolen by the bandits during the last one week.... KARACHI: Policeman killed in encounter KARACHI, June 8: A policeman died in an encounter with armed men in PECHS, early Sunday morning.... KARACHI: House robbed KARACHI, June 8: Unidentified persons robbed a house in the Defence Housing Authority on late Saturday night.... KARACHI: Demo held against persisting water crisis KARACHI, June 8: Residents of Lyari’s Gulistan Colony, Madina Road and Keamari Town’s Mohammad Colony on Sunday staged a protest demonstration to voice their anger over the persisting water shortage in... KARACHI: Colony residents fear devastation in monsoon KARACHI, June 8: Subhuman conditions prevail in Mohammadi Colony (formerly Machhar Colony) located on Mauripur Road, Keamari Town, mainly due to the negligence of authorities.... KARACHI: Over 2,000 bitten by blue bottle at beaches KARACHI, June 8: More than 2,000 cases of blue bottle bite were treated by various agencies engaged in rescue and relief operations at various beaches — Clifton, Hawkesbay, Sandspit, Paradise point,... KARACHI: Tankers wreak havoc on roads KARACHI, June 8: Two important roads of the city — Fareed Bukhari Road and Dadabhoy Nauroji Road — linking Sharea Faisal with the Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society and Shikarpur Colony... KARACHI: Gutter Baghicha land encroached KARACHI, June 8: Over 80 acres of the Gutter Baghicha land has been encroached upon, and the encroachers have even built a boundary wall around it, says an NGO.... KARACHI: Pakistan-India peace moves supported KARACHI: Peace between Pakistan and India was not only necessary but the circumstances in the fast-changing world had forced the both countries to shed their differences and bring the two peoples... KARACHI: KBCA, KWSB heads against merger with city govt: Nazim says... KARACHI, June 8: City Nazim, Naimatullah Khan, has said that present local government system is better than all previous systems, as the authority has been devolved to the grass-root level.... KARACHI: Budget hardly benefits the poor: PPP KARACHI, June 8: The central leader of PPP, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has termed the federal budget 2003-04 anti-people and the budget for the rich people, which would hardly benefit the... KARACHI: JI accuses Muttahida of terrorism KARACHI, June 8: The Jamaat-i-Islami has alleged that “armed terrorists” of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Saturday opened fire at the residence of Farhan Baig, 16-year old son of the late... KARACHI: Impostor arrested KARACHI, June 8: A man, who had been impersonating a reporter of Dawn, was arrested late Saturday night.... KARACHI: Haq Parasts to change face of Landhi: Sattar KARACHI, June 8: “The only crime Altaf Hussain has committed is that he is struggling to rid the 98 per cent oppressed from the two per cent oppressors in the country,”... KARACHI: Ambulances deployed at beaches KARACHI, June 8: The Edhi Welfare Centre has deployed three ambulances at the beaches along Sindh and Balochistan coasts to cope with any eventuality arising during high tides.... KARACHI: Commercialization policy for roads KARACHI, June 8: The commercialization policy for six main roads of the metropolis has been prepared by the commercialization committee of City Council.... HYDERABAD: Budget receives mixed response HYDERABAD, June 8: The federal budget presented by the finance minister on Saturday has generally been praised by different quarters although the Sindh Abadgar Board president and others voiced some skepticism... MIRPURKHAS: Cane growers slam delay in payment MIRPURKHAS, June 8: The Mirpurkhas Sugar Mill has become a defaulter of millions of rupees of sugarcane growers but the government has not taken any action against it under the Sugarcane... THATTA: PIA employee’s widow threatens self-immolation THATTA, June 8: The widow of an employee of the Pakistan International Airlines has threatened to commit self-immolation if the PIA did not stop “step-motherly” attitude with the bereaved family and... DADU: 20 farmers arrested DADU, June 8: The administration of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), Dadu region, has arrested 20 growers out of 183 nominated in a case with a former manager and mobile... SHIKARPUR: Outlaw, girl die in encounter SHIKARPUR, June 8: Two people, including a minor girl, were killed and eight others, including four policemen, injured in an encounter between police and outlaws in village Bado in the jurisdiction... HYDERABAD: Atrocities against Haris flayed HYDERABAD, June 8: The activists of the Sindhi Hari Tehrik and Sindhani Tehrik held a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday against the manager of a landlord of... JACOBABAD: JUI holds demo JACOBABAD, June 8: A procession was taken out by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam here on Sunday against the non-availability of water in Sindh, proposed leasing of land to multinational companies, the Thal... THATTA: Three killed in accident THATTA, June 8: Three passengers were killed and three others were injured when a Thatta-bound coaster turned turtle and plunged into a ditch near Pir Patho on the Ghora Bari Road... HYDERABAD: Police excesses on the rise: adviser HYDERABAD, June 8: The adviser to chief minister Sindh for the provincial home department, Aftab Ahmed Sheikh, has said that police excesses have increased manifold ever since the promulgation of the... PESHAWAR: Prisoners seek remission for trial period PESHAWAR, June 8: About 200 convicts in different prisons of NWFP have requested human rights bodies to help them in getting remission for the period when they were under trial prisoners.... PESHAWAR: NWFP to get Rs30bn from Centre PESHAWAR, June 8: The federal budget for the 2003-04 financial year envisages a total transfer of over Rs30bn to the NWFP, reflecting an increase of 9.7 per cent in comparison with... PESHAWAR: Eradication of illiteracy urged PESHAWAR, June 8: Speakers in a seminar on Saturday called on the NWFP government to allocate more funds for the education sector, saying it was vital for improving the province’s literacy... PESHWAR: Union council Nazim shot dead in Peshawar PESHAWAR, June 8: Nazim of Hassan Ghari-I union council Tehsinullah was shot dead on Sunday near Budnai Pul on the Charsadda Road.... PESHWAR: Hayatabad faces water shortage PESHAWAR, June 8: Growing vegetables on empty plots and watering them from the public water supply lines in Hayatabad township by the residents is one of the major reasons of increasing... PESHWAR: Membership drive launched PESHAWAR, June 8: The World Pashto Congress, a literary wing of nationalist parties, has provisionally approved its manifesto and constitution here on Sunday.... PESHWAR: Women councillors differ over awards PESHAWAR, June 8: A rift has developed among the women district councillors over selection for the performance awards to be given to the women for their performance in different fields as part... PESHWAR: Jirga to settle dispute over killing today PESHAWAR, June 8: A jirga between elders of Kokikhel tribe and political administration of Khyber Agency would be held in Jamrood on Monday to settle a dispute over the killing of...

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