KARACHI: No respite from power failures KARACHI, June 27: The transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation broke down in many localities on Friday, resulting in prolonged power breakdowns....		KARACHI: Youth shot dead in Pak Colony KARACHI, June 27: Two persons, including a young boy, were killed in separate accidents, while a girl died after she fell into an open manhole on Friday.... .
KARACHI: US aid will bring no relief: PPP KARACHI, June 27: The Pakistan People’s Party has termed the $3 billion economic package announced by the United States “peanuts” and maintained that it would not bring any relief to the...		KARACHI: Six die after consuming contaminated food, water: Edhi sets up camp KARACHI, June 27: At least six people belonging to he Landhi Town have died of gastro-enteritis complications after consuming foodstuff or water unfit for humanconsumption, according to the Edhi Foundation,...
KARACHI: City to get 60mgd less from Dhabeji KARACHI, June 27: The city will receive 60 million gallons less water from the Dhabeji pumping station on Saturday owing to repair work being carried out by the KESC at two...		KARACHI: Girl dies after falling into manhole KARACHI, June 27: A girl Safia, 13, died when she fell into an open manhole in Korangi No 2. Police said the girl was disembarking from the bus when she fell into the open manhole. The body of the girl, who was a student of class VI, was recovered after three hours by the fire-brigade officials.......
KARACHI: First-aid training for traffic police planned KARACHI, June 27: Traffic police department is considering imparting training of first-aid to accident victims on its officials....		KARACHI: MBBS final exam results KARACHI, June 27: The University of Karachi on Friday declared the results of MBBS (Final Professional) Annual Examination-2003, with a pass percentage of 63.87....
KARACHI: CM’s adviser concerned at drug menace KARACHI, June 27: Adviser to Sindh chief minister on home affairs Aftab Ahmed Shaikh said on Friday that the government would eliminate drug menace....		KARACHI: Debate on budget continues KARACHI, June 27: The committee of the City Council, constituted to consider the city government’s budget for fiscal 2003-04, continued its session till late Friday evening....
KARACHI: MA exams begin today KARACHI, June 27: The University of Karachi has notified that the MA (Previous) Annual Examinations 2002 of external students will start from June 28....		KARACHI: Inquiry ordered KARACHI, June 27: Sindh governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad has taken a strong notice of deaths due to eating of poisoned gutka and mainpuri in the metropolis....
KARACHI: Drizzle forecast KARACHI, June 27: The meteorological department has forecast cloudy weather with chances of drizzle for Saturday....		KARACHI: NED senate polls KARACHI, June 27: A former chairman of ABAD, Jamshed Rizvi, has been elected as member of the senate of NED University of Engineering and 0.Technology for three-year term....
KARACHI: City govt asked to pay KESC dues KARACHI, June 27: Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Mutawakkil Kazi has directed the EDO Finance to ensure payment of Rs165.548 million to KESC, which is due on the city government and clearance...		KARACHI: Saddar Town budget unveiled KARACHI, June 27: The Saddar Town Nazim Farooq Faria on Friday presented a surplus budget of Rs 365.795 million for new fiscal year 2003-04 in the Saddar Town Council which met...
KARACHI: Lifestyles exhibition attracts thousands KARACHI, June 27: Several thousand people visited the 70-odd stalls at the “All About Lifestyles Exhibition” held at the Karachi Expo Centre under the auspices of the Dawn Group of Newspapers...		KARACHI: PML-Q candidate’s petition rejected KARACHI, June 27: A Sindh High Court election tribunal dismissed on Friday a PML-Q candidate’s petition for unseating of a PPP Parliamentarian MPA....
KARACHI: Bail plea in explosives case dismissed KARACHI, June 27: A division bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Muhammad Mujeebullah Siddiqui, on Friday dismissed bail plea of two in Explosive Act case...		KARACHI: MMA slams MQM stand on Thal canal KARACHI, June 27: The continuing protest over the Thal canal project has created a row between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal....
KARACHI: Fishing ban ends on Tuesday KARACHI, June 27: The new fishing season commences from July 1 as the customary 60-day ban has been curtailed to 30 days (June 1 to 30) this year....		KARACHI: FIR against UC Nazim KARACHI, June 27: Police have registered a case against a Union Council Nazim for allegedly encroaching upon a piece of land in Gutter Baghicha, Pak Colony....
KARACHI: Kenya HC meets governor KARACHI, June 27: The High Commissioner of Kenya, Mohammed Omar Soba, called on the governor at Governor House on Friday....		KARACHI: Upgradation of phone exchange KARACHI, June 27: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), on Friday, announced for the...
KARACHI: Doctors warned KARACHI, June 27: Adviser to Sindh chief minister on health Nauman Sahgal said on Friday that strict action would be taken against the doctors who would be found negligent in their...		KARACHI: DCET students seek a chance to obtaindegree KARACHI, June 27: A large number of students, belonging to the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology, have appealed for relaxation in rules pertaining to the holding of supplementary examinations....
HYDERABAD: Soomro stresses need to combat pollution HYDERABAD, June 27: Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro has stressed the need for community participation in challenging the menace of environmental pollution....		HYDERABAD: Discretionary funds’ withdrawal demanded HYDERABAD, June 27: It was proposed in Friday’s Hyderabad District Council session that discretionary funds of the DCO and emergency funds kept at his disposal in the budget 2003-4 should be...
LARKANA: Closing of Bar offices flayed LARKANA, June 27: The Democratic Lawyers Forum (DLF) in its meeting held here on Friday expressed concern over closing offices of the Supreme Court Bar Associations in Karachi and Lahore....		LARKANA: Dist govt budget criticized LARKANA, June 27: The district council’s Friday’s session began with boycott staged by women councillors over being neglected in budgetary allocations and ended on the complaints by the members that several...
SUKKUR: Rs1.72bn Sukkur budget presented SUKKUR, June 27: The district Nazim, Sukkur, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, on Friday presented a Rs1.72 billion budget for the fiscal 2003-4, which did not include any new taxes....		DADU: Protest against arrest of Nazim, PPP workers DADU, June 27: A large number of union council members and PPP activists held a demonstration in Radhan on fourth consecutive day on Friday against arrest of a union council Nazim...
HYDERABAD: Social education of judges urged HYDERABAD, June 27: Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid has called for “social contact education” of superior court judges and they should attend seminars so that they could interact with the people....		SUKKUR: Canal breached, villages flooded SUKKUR, June 27: At least eight villages were flooded when a breach developed in the Pat Feeder Canal, near RD-238, on Friday morning....
HYDERABAD: Water supply not restored HYDERABAD, June 27: Water supply to different areas of union council-13 of the City Taluka could not be restored on Friday, forcing the residents to take to streets....		HYDERABAD: Dawn staffer grieved HYDERABAD, June 27: Habib Ahmed, father of  Mohammad Ahsan, assistant, Dawn, died of cardiac arrest here on Thursday. He was 70....
KHAIRPUR: Growers stage sit-in KHAIRPUR, June 27: A large number of growers of Sobhodero observed a sit-in on Thursday near Saghiyoon to protest against the water shortage in Girkino and Teekino canals....		HYDERABAD: Ginners advised to use cotton-made sacks for packing HYDERABAD, June 27: The director-general of Agriculture Research and Extension, Sindh, Mohammad Akram Malik, has advised the cotton ginners to use cotton-made sacks for transportation and packing of cotton to ensure...
PESHAWAR: Durrani calls for CMs’ meeting: Local govt system’s ‘flaws’ PESHAWAR, June 27: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has proposed a meeting of all the four chief ministers to find a solution to the issues confronting the district governments in...		PESHAWAR: ps needed to check spread of skin disease PESHAWAR, June 27: Incidence of leishmaniasis (a skin disease) in Kurram Agency are under control but there is a need to create public awareness and launch treatment programmes to check its...
PESHAWAR: Rs540m budget for Peshawar varsity proposed PESHAWAR, June 27: The finance and planning committee of the University of Peshawar has proposed an over Rs540.3 million budget for the university for the year 2003-04....		PESHAWAR: Three drug traffickers granted bail PESHAWAR, June 27: Justice Tariq Pervez Khan of the Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to an accused charged with drug trafficking on two surety bonds of Rs50,000 each....
PESHAWAR: Nazim accused of maligning govt PESHAWAR, June 27: The United Municipal Workers Union of the city district government and towns has accused the Town-1 administration of maligning the provincial government and instigating the employees against it....		PESHAWAR: NWFP to repay hydel loan PESHAWAR, June 27: The NWFP government has underlined a plan to clear major part of the Rs2 billion loan taken from the provincial public sector Sarhad Hydel Development  Organization (SHYDO) during the 2003-04 financial year, official sources said....