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May 10, 2006 Wednesday Rabi-us-Sani 11, 1427 KARACHI: People react angrily to prolonged power cuts KARACHI, May 9: People suffered prolonged power failures in various localities on Tuesday as Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation failed to maintain normal supply in a number of city areas.... KARACHI: Complete strike in goths observed KARACHI, May 9: On the call of nationalist parties alliance, a complete strike was observed in major goths (villages) of the city on Tuesday.... KARACHI: APC vows to launch joint drive against Musharraf KARACHI, May 9: Leaders of various political parties attending an all-parties conference here on Tuesday expressed their determination to launch a joint campaign against General Pervez Musharraf in September.... KARACHI: Muttahida defends demolition drive KARACHI, May 9: The Sindhi-speaking legislators and advisers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Tuesday defended the provincial government’s drive against ‘illegal’ goths, insisting that Sindhis’ goths were not being demolished.... KARACHI: SHC seeks govt explanation in detention case KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday gave the defence ministry until May 16 to answer the allegation that a leader of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) was being held in custody by the Inter-Services Intelligence agency.... KARACHI: Bandit shot dead, policeman arrested KARACHI, May 9: Police on Tuesday shot dead a suspected bandit and arrested his accomplice, who turned out to be a policeman. Police said a suspicious car (AJL-884) was spotted near the Sindh Government Hospital in Khokhrapar.... KARACHI: Counsel appointed in Daniel Pearl case KARACHI, May 9: A division bench, comprising Justices Zia Pervez and Rahmat Hussain Jaferi, appointed Advocate Wazir Husain Khoso as counsel for Ahmed Omar Shaikh, the main accused in the US... KARACHI: Woman burnt to death by husband KARACHI, May 9: A woman allegedly set on fire by her husband in the Defence Housing Authority late Monday night died on Tuesday. Following the incident, police arrested the suspect, Abdul... KARACHI: Ban on light plastic bags soon, says Kamal KARACHI, May 9: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the government will impose a ban on the manufacture and use of light plastic bags in the province and introduce heavier... KARACHI: Govt to raise minimum wages, pension: minister KARACHI, May 9: Federal Labour and Manpower Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that the government will increase existing minimum wages of workers as well as pensions and contract workers would enjoy benefits being received by regular workers.... KARACHI: First round of Pakistani, UK youth dialogue held KARACHI, May 9: The first round of dialogue on ‘Current state of relations between the Muslims and the West’ between the youth representatives from Britain and Pakistan was held at a local hotel on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Academicians from Germany visit KU KARACHI, May 9: An eight-member delegation of German educational experts led-by Prof Dr Marthias Winiger on Tuesday called on the Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi, Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim,... KARACHI: Rs44.3m for girls school KARACHI, May 9: The Government Girls Primary and Secondary School Anjuman Islamia Liaquatabad will be reconstructed at a cost of Rs44.3 million in three years, said the Sindh Minister for Planning and Development, Shoaib Ahmed Bukhari, on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Country’s biggest trauma centre ready KARACHI, May 8: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced that most modern and biggest trauma centre of the country established in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital would soon be inaugurated formally.... KARACHI: Drive aimed at extortion, say transporters KARACHI, May 9: The Karachi Transport Owners Federation on Tuesday alleged that on the pretext of a drive against smoke-emitting vehicles, more Bhatta of thousands of rupees was being demanded from transporters.... KARACHI: 219kg hashish seized KARACHI, May 9: The Anti-Narcotics Force, Sindh, recovered 219kg hashish on Tuesday. On receiving information, special teams of ANF were constituted under the supervision of Sindh ANF Director Lt-Col Muhammad Khizar Illyas.... KARACHI: Prevention only way to avoid Aids KARACHI, May 9: Prevention is the only way to avoid HIV/Aids, a deadly disease growing rapidly in various parts of the world including Pakistan, said experts on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Opposition requisitions assembly session KARACHI, May 9: The joint opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday submitted requisition for a Sindh Assembly session to discuss the issue of demolition of katchi abadis and old villages in Karachi by the city government.... KARACHI: Snorkel for fire brigade next month KARACHI, May 9: The city government has planned to purchase a new snorkel for the fire brigade department by the next month and five more by the end of this year.... KARACHI: Extension of vacation in schools resented KARACHI, May 9: The federal government’s announcement to extend summer vacations till August 15 will be harmful for the country, as students will miss the most important national event of independence... KARACHI: Factories told to implement laws on environment KARACHI, May 9: The Adviser to Chief Minister on Environment, Muhammad Noman Saigol, has urged all factories in the province to immediately implement environmental laws. In a statement on Tuesday, he also asked for the environmental audit of factories.... KARACHI: Four remanded in kidnapping for ransom case KARACHI, May 9: Administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts in Karachi on Tuesday remanded four suspects to police custody till May 15 for their alleged involvement in a kidnapping for ransom case.... KARACHI: MQM says JI hatching conspiracies KARACHI, May 9: In a statement, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement''s coordination committee on Tuesday said the Jamaat-i-Islami under its combatant and anti-Sindh policies was hatching conspiracies to destroy peace in Sindh particularly in Karachi.... KARACHI: Govt to present thalassaemia bill in PA KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh Health Department, in close coordination with provincial law department, is currently in the process of preparing a ‘Thalassaemia Eradication Bill’, which will soon be presented before the Sindh Assembly.... KARACHI: French CG KARACHI, May 9: The newly-appointed Consul General of France Pierre Seillan called on Sindh Assembly Speaker Muzaffar Shah in his office on Tuesday. He exchanged with him views on matters of common interests.... KARACHI: Fake drug dealers given ultimatum KARACHI, May 9: The Sindh Health Minister, Shabbir Ahmed Qaimkhani, on Tuesday gave a 10-day deadline to traders of fake medicines to close down their businesses or face stern action.... HYDERABAD: CM says Sindh will have surplus budget HYDERABAD, May 9: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the Sindh government will present a surplus budget for the next fiscal year.... HYDERABAD: Hearing in contempt adjourned to May 16 HYDERABAD, May 9: The additional advocate-general of Sindh, Mr Masood A. Noorani, on Tuesday told the Hyderabad circuit bench of Sindh High Court that the Sindh advocate-general would appear on the... LARKANA: Musharraf criticised for ‘handing over’ Sindh to Muttahida LARKANA, May 9: Sindh National Front Chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has accused President Gen Pervez Musharraf of handing over Sindh to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, turncoats and landlords, who have made the lives of the people miserable.... PESHAWAR: Police chief’s letter provokes walkout PESHAWAR, May 9: Councillors staged a walkout from the Peshawar City District Council on Tuesday to protest against deteriorating law and order situation in the provincial capital.... PESHAWAR: Doctors of three teaching hospitals go on strike PESHAWAR, May 9: Doctors of three teaching hospitals began an indefinite strike here on Tuesday in protest against Sunday’s attack on one of their colleagues at the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH).... PESHAWAR: PHC bars EC from taking action against sacked MPAs PESHAWAR, May 9: The Peshawar High Court has directed the Election Commission not to take any action against two sacked members of the NWFP Assembly. The membership of Malik Hayat Khan... ISLAMABAD: Tribal unrest won’t affect drive against polio: minister ISLAMABAD, May 9: Health Minister Nasir Khan said on Tuesday that the government would have no difficulty distributing polio vaccines in its troubled tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, as it launched a campaign to immunise 16.5... Court declares winner of Dir nazim election TIMERGARA, May 9: District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Azeem Afridi announced on Tuesday that Inayatullah, a joint candidate of Awami National Pakistan, People’s Party Parliamentarians, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) and PML, had been elected as the district nazim of Lower Dir....

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