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May 31, 2006 Wednesday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 3, 1427 KARACHI: Prolonged power cut triggers violence KARACHI, May 30: Violence broke out in Nazimabad and Liaquatabad areas on Tuesday in protest against the prolonged power breakdowns. The protesters lit bonfire, blocked thoroughfares and raised slogans against the power utility.... KARACHI: Wapda, KESC put blame on each other KARACHI, May 30: The Water and Power Development Authority and the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation on Tuesday held each other responsible for power crisis in major parts of the metropolis in the small hours.... KARACHI: High court orders post office to refund savings KARACHI, May 30: The Sindh High Court directed the Pakistan Post Office on Tuesday to refund its savings accounts holders the entire amount entered in their passbooks provided the entries were duly stamped and signed.... KARACHI: Doctors deny woman’s claims of delivery KARACHI, May 30: Senior doctors of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and the National Institute of Child Health have categorically denied if any newborn baby had gone missing or was kidnapped... KARACHI: PML leadership crisis resurfaces KARACHI, May 30: Differences between the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League Sindh chapter resurfaced when PML Election Committee Chairman Senator Kamil Ali Agha paid a visit to the PML House to... BADIN: MQM’s demands harmful for Sindh, says Palijo BADIN, May 30: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palijo has demanded that the Sindh government should make public the 90 demands made by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.... KARACHI: Protest against breakdowns causes traffic jam KARACHI, May 30: A Massive traffic jam was witnessed in the central part of the city on Tuesday as two major thoroughfares were blocked by people protesting against the prolonged power breakdowns in their localities.... KARACHI: Centre’s intervention to end crisis sought KARACHI, May 30: Expressing their serious concern over the constantly deepening power crisis, which is also aggravating numerous other problems like water shortage and declining industrial activities, leaders of various political... KARACHI: Man kills sister, injures mother KARACHI, May 30: A young man killed his sister and wounded his mother in Saeedabad on Tuesday. Police said Azam, 37, stabbed his sister Rubina, 34, and wounded his mother Praveen, 55, before fleeing from the house in Sector A-3.... KARACHI: Water supply affected KARACHI, May 30: All pumping stations of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board at K-II, K-III and Old Pump House in the northeast of the city, LSR pumping station in Gulshan-i-Iqbal... KARACHI: Gastroenteritis spread may hit Karachi KARACHI, May 30: Karachi has not been spared of the gastroenteritis cases that are being reported from all over the country. While Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Hyderabad and Jamshoro seem to be... Steps urged to check cultural invasion KARACHI, May 30: Speakers at a seminar identified the programmes being telecast on a number of foreign and local private television channels a manifestation of capitalism curbing public capacity in making distinction between needs and desires.... KARACHI: 3.5 acre land of firefighting institute grabbed KARACHI, May 30: A fire-fighting training institute, planned some 20 years back, is yet to be established in the city, as successive governments failed to initiate the project.... KARACHI: Promotion of call centres promised KARACHI, May 30: The Sindh government is taking every possible measure for the promotion of call centres as this would help develop the information technology sector providing employment opportunities to thousands of people.... KARACHI: Five KBCA officials suspended KARACHI, May 30: The Chief Controller of Buildings, Karachi Building Control Authority Tuesday ordered suspension of five KBCA officials. Those suspended were Town Building Officer (Officiating) DCB Saddar Town-I, Munir Ahmed,... KARACHI: AKU’s report today KARACHI, May 30: The woman claming the kidnapping of her child from the NICH last week was medically examined for the third time at the Liaquat National Hospital on Tuesday where... KARACHI: PPP vows to resist removal of workers KARACHI, May 30: The Sindh Council of the Pakistan People’s Party on Tuesday slammed sacking of workers from various organizations, and also vowed to resist demolition of villages and declared that... KARACHI: 59 freed fishermen arrive KARACHI, May 30: Fifty-nine Pakistani fishermen released from Indian jails were received by a team of Fishermen’s Co-operative Society on Monday at Wahga, the Pakistan-India border near Lahore.... KARACHI: Two brothers acquitted in rape case KARACHI, May 30: Additional District and Sessions Judge, South, Farzana Anwar Shah, acquitted on Tuesday two brothers of raping two sisters. Salim Raza Jutt, 32, and Sohail Raza Jutt, 22, sons... KARACHI: Fake drugs recovered, one arrested KARACHI, May 30: Fake drugs and gold ornaments worth over Rs2 million were recovered and one person was arrested in a surprise raid on the Medicine Wholesale Market on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Kamal invites NAB to probe city govt affairs KARACHI, May 30: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, presenting himself for accountability, has asked the National Accountability Bureau to probe all affairs of the city government from the day he assumed charge to date and make its report public.... KARACHI: Country needs 5m houses annually KARACHI, May 30: Sindh Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Dr. Sohrab Khan Sarki has said that there is a demand of five million houses in the country every year and in Karachi at least one million.Speaking... KARACHI: Hunger strike KARACHI, May 30: PPP’s provincial youth wing, led by Aajiz Dhamra, staged a token hunger strike outside Karachi Press Club where leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro,... KARACHI: Khuhro slams CM-MQM accord KARACHI, May 30: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has criticised the agreement between Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and MQM “to steal government jobs and dole out the same to their cronies.”... KARACHI: Liquor seized KARACHI, May 30: Pakistan Coast Guards recovered a huge quantity of foreign made liquor from Kantani (Old Marine) near Jiwani. According to the Coast Guard sources, PCG officials during routine patrolling on Tuesday witnessed some suspected movement near the coastal area.... KARACHI: Probe ordered KARACHI, May 30: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, while taking strict notice of the death of a cameraman, Munir Sangi of Sindhi TV Channel KTN, suspended DPO Larkana Ghulam Rasool Domki, ASP Nisar Brohi and SHO Ali Raza Shah.... KARACHI: Examination rescheduled KARACHI, May 30: The University of Karachi has rescheduled the terminal exam of BSc (hons and subs) of first and second year of biochemistry, geology second year from May 27 to June 5.—PPI... KARACHI: Art show at VM Art KARACHI, May 30: Opening reception of “6/6: The Labyrinth”, the work produced by Roohi Shafiq Ahmed, Syed Danish Ahmed, Farah Mahbub, Munawer Ali Syed, Abdullah Syed, and Sumaira Tazeen, at the VM Art Gallery at 5.30pm.... KARACHI: Miniature paintings KARACHI, May 30: An exhibition of miniature paintings by Shehrbano Qizlbash, a Jordan-based Pakistani artist, opens at Clifton Art Gallery at 6pm. The show will remain open till June 15.... HYDERABAD: Details of progress on criminal cases sought: Water contamination deaths in 2004 HYDERABAD, May 30: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Tuesday sought exact details of payment of compensation for people, who lost their lives because of consuming contaminated water in the city in 2004.... HYDERABAD: Manufacturers of plastic bags warned HYDERABAD, May 30: Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister on Environment and Alternate Energy Noman Saigol on Tuesday gave one month to retailers and manufacturers of plastic bags to produce bags which met the required safety specifications.... PESHAWAR: Political rivalries impede fund utilisation: minister PESHAWAR, May 30: Only seven of the 24 districts in the NWFP have utilised their budgets during the financial year 2005-06, according to provincial Finance Minister Sirajul Haq.... PESHAWAR: Healthcare body set up PESHAWAR, May 30: A committee has been constituted under the director-general health services to solve problems of specialists in district hospitals regarding implementation of the three-tier service formula.... PESHAWAR: Gender sensitive allocations urged: Women MPAs’ participation sought PESHAWAR, May 30: Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday emphasised that budget allocations for all sectors should be ‘gender sensitive’, saying that fiscal measures helped a lot in reducing gender inequality.... PESHAWAR: 11 outlaws arrested PESHAWAR, May 30: Police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested 11 outlaws, six of them proclaimed offenders, wanted in cases of murder, attempt to murder and other crimes, and seized weapons and drugs from them.... PESHAWAR: Political agents to get more powers: Orakzai PESHAWAR, May 30: NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai has said that political agents will be given more power to effectively run the administration in Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).... LANDI KOTAL: Call for elected councils in Fata LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), May 30: The Awami National Party’s provincial vice-president Imran Afridi has termed the agency councils powerless and demanded their replacement with elected bodies.... SWABI: Soldier’s body brought from Siachen SWABI, May 30: The body of a soldier who had gone missing in Siachen in the second week of February was brought to his native town Maneri Bala and buried with military honours on Tuesday....

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