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KARACHI: Power cuts prolong as heatwave intensifies KARACHI, June 21: The ill-maintained transmission and distribution network of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation broke down in many locations of the city as the ongoing heatwave intensified on Tuesday. Sources...		KARACHI: Karachi receives isolated showers KARACHI, June 21: The city received showers at different places on Tuesday afternoon; however these showers failed to bring down the temperature when mercury rose to 40.8 degrees Centigrade. A spokesman...
KARACHI: Ombudsman’s suo motu powers challenged KARACHI, June 21: The Karachi Building Control Authority has challenged the exercise of suo motu powers by the provincial ombudsman on anonymous complaints and the Sindh High Court decided on Monday...		KARACHI: PPL official shot at, wounded KARACHI, June 21: A general-manager of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) was shot at and wounded twice by unknown suspects in Defence Housing Authority on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at...
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly grants 57 demands of Rs118 billion KARACHI, June 21: The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday granted 57 demands of over Rs118 billion for 2005-06 smoothly without any disturbance. The opposition had moved in all 415 cut motions in...		KARACHI: Work on flyover, complex starts KARACHI, June 21: The City Nazim, Niamatullah Khan, on Tuesday laid foundation stones for two ambitious development projects, the Hassan Square flyover and a multi-storeyed complex, to be built at estimated...
KARACHI: Riyadh seeks Pakistan’s support in health sector KARACHI, June 21: Saudi Arabia wants to promote collaboration with Pakistan in the fields of research and healthcare delivery, said Saudi deputy minister for health, who is at present on a...		KARACHI: MQM to hold women’s convention KARACHI, June 21: A women’s convention will be held here on June 25 at Nishtar Park under the auspices of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to highlight political, social and economic awareness...
KARACHI: Polythene bags threat to health, environment: PA told... KARACHI, June 21: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Rahim on Tuesday acknowledged the grave environmental hazard posed by polythene bags, use of which had been banned in the province long ago,...		KARACHI: Zardari seeks quashment of loan case KARACHI, June 21: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the Federal Investigation Agency and a federal government counsel on Tuesday in a writ petition moved by former MNA Hakim Ali...
KARACHI: MMA foresees violence in LB polls KARACHI, June 21: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leaders on Tuesday said that certain elements of Karachi were allegedly bent upon using violence to keep the masses away from the polling stations...		KARACHI: US to help Sindh in improving governance KARACHI, June 21: The Speaker of Sindh Assembly, Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, and the US Ambassador to Pakistan, Ryan C Crocker, on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The agreement...
KARACHI: Classes suspended as two groups clash: Urdu varsity KARACHI, June 21: The evening classes at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-i-Iqbal campus, were suspended on Tuesday as a result of a clash between two groups...		KARACHI: Arbab orders solution of Azam Basti’s civic problems KARACHI, June 21: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the Pakistan Muslim League does not believe in false promises, rather it is practically serving the masses. Addressing...
KARACHI: Safari Park to get chair-lifts KARACHI, June 21: The city government and a private company, operating chair-lifts in Murree, have signed an agreement for installing and operating such lifts in the Safari Park. According to a...		KARACHI: Music Day celebrated KARACHI, June 21: On the occasion of the International Music Day, a performance of the Eastern classical music was arranged at the Alliance Francaise. The consul-general of France in Karachi, Jean...
KARACHI: EOBI enhances minimum pension KARACHI, June 21: The Empolyees Old-Age Benefits Institution on Tuesday declared that the minimum pension of EOBI had been enhanced from Rs700 to Rs1,000 per month from January last as promised...		KARACHI: Bodies to probe death KARACHI, June 21: The Federal Minister for Port and Shipping, Babar Khan Ghauri, has constituted two inquiry committees to ascertain the causes leading to the death of Ms Shehnaz Perveen, a...
KARACHI: Local bodies polls under national govt demanded KARACHI, June 21: The Tehrik-i-Istiqlal (TI) on Tuesday demanded President Pervez Musharraf to form a national government and hold the forthcoming local bodies’ polls under its supervision in a free and...		KARACHI: Asif against bifurcation of tehsils KARACHI, June 21: The PPP Senator, Asif Ali Zardari, on Tuesday termed the decision to bifurcate tehsils of Nawabshah, Sukkur and Mirpurkhas on the urban-rural line as a conspiracy to fuel...
KARACHI: Judges promoted KARACHI, June 21: The Provincial Law Department has notified the promotion of additional district and session judges from BPS-19 to BPS-20. The judges promoted are Gul Munir Shah, Syed Inamur Rehman,...		KARACHI: Passengers stranded at airport KARACHI, June 21: A several-hour long delay of a flight of a private carrier on Tuesday caused hardship to around 100 passengers, compelling them to protest at the airline’s counter at...
KARACHI: Ibad wants peaceful conduct of LB polls KARACHI, June 21: The Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, on Monday directed concerned officials to take all possible measures for holding the local bodies’ election in a peaceful environment. Ibad hoped that...		KARACHI: US diplomat KARACHI, June 21: The city naib-nazim hosted a farewell dinner reception in honour of the US consul-general in Karachi, Douglas C Rohan, at his residence here on Monday....
HYDERABAD: Adviser blames influx of outsiders for polio rise HYDERABAD, June 21: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on health, Faisal Malik Gabol, has termed migration from other countries and provinces to Sindh and propaganda by religious and political...		HYDERABAD: Benazir’s birthday celebrated HYDERABAD, June 21: The People’s Party Parliamentarian celebrated the 52nd birthday of party leader Benazir Bhutto across Sindh on Tuesday. Two cakes were cut at two functions in the city. Asad...