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June 12, 2006 Monday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 15, 1427 KARACHI: Faults keep many areas without electricity KARACHI, June 11: Power breakdowns in various localities continued on Sunday despite the fact that the KESC had enough electricity to meet the demand.... KARACHI: Small traders vow to defy early closure order KARACHI, June 11: The All-Pakistan Organisation of Small Traders and Cottage Industries has threatened to defy the order for the closure of shops in Karachi at 8pm, and warned of staging a sit-in on the M.... KARACHI: PML insists on polls under Musharraf KARACHI, June 11: The Sindh PML has advised opposition parties not to ignore national interests for the sake of their political interests.... KARACHI: MQM chief renames student wing: Call for autonomy KARACHI, June 11: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday night formally launched the All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organization and was happy to note the tremendous support announced for opening... KARACHI: Ulema urge Musharraf to fulfil commitments KARACHI, June 11: Secretary General of the Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabia Qari Hanif Jalandhari and head of the Binnoria University International Mufti Mohammad Naeem have called for the implementation of President Musharraf’s... KARACHI: ‘Fun and Food’ for special children KARACHI, June 11: Over 160 handicapped children of Darul Sukoon had fun for over a couple of hours at a function organised by Jimmy Engineer on Sunday afternoon.... KARACHI: Rs50bn projects being completed KARACHI, June 11: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, on Sunday told citizens that Karachi would be a developed city in two years.... SUKKUR: Call for stern action against people holding jirgas SUKKUR, June 11: Activists of Awami Tehrik and Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party on Sunday demanded that the government should take stern action against people responsible for holding jirgas in Sindh.... BADIN: SNF convention urges govt to shelve anti-Sindh water projects BADIN, June 11: The Sindh National Front at its convention held at the press club on Sunday rejected the controversial Kalabagh dam. The convention made it clear that the people of... MIRPURKHAS: Thar Express: plea for 200 Mirpurkhas seats MIRPURKHAS, June 11: Following a clash between passengers of Thar Express over seats, windows of the train were broken and a demonstration was held against the railways authorities for not allocating... KARACHI: Five killed in road accidents KARACHI, June 11: Five people, including two children, were killed in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: Security for Saarc show KARACHI, June 11: Sindh IGP Jahangir Mirza has issued directives to Capital City Police Officer and Additional IG Sindh Special Brach to ensure stringent security steps regarding safety of foreign delegates... KARACHI: Women library KARACHI, June 11: An MNA of the MMA, Aisha Munawwar, and MPA Kulsoom Nizamani in a joint statement on Sunday strongly condemned conspiracies against the Women Library Complex project and termed it robbing of women rights.... KARACHI: Liaquat library lacks modern facilities KARACHI, June 11: The Liaquat Memorial Library, Karachi, the largest public library of Sindh, even in this modern era of communication, lacks modern facilities like internet, microfilming and audio-visual accessories.... KARACHI: Raise in education budget stressed KARACHI, June 11: The Society for the Protection of Rights of the Child, a non-governmental organization, has demanded increase in the budget allocation for education so that every child could go... KARACHI: FCS election today KARACHI, June 11: The long overdue meeting of the 15-member Board of Directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society is being held on Monday to elect chairman and vice-chairman of the FCS.... KARACHI: A landmark fading into history KARACHI: A landmark in its own right, Metropole Hotel is poised to fade into history. But those who had spent a good part of their evenings in a company of top journalists may not forget the memories associated with it.... KARACHI: Programmes on wildlife planned at Karachi zoo KARACHI, June 11: The administration of the Karachi Zoological Department has planned to organize an awareness programme for school children at the Mughal Garden, Karachi Zoo, on wildlife conservation.... KARACHI: Protests held against police excesses KARACHI, June 11: Speakers at a demonstration on Sunday accusing the officials of Shahrah-i-Noorjahan police station of killing Hafiz Naveed demanded that they must be brought to book and punished according to law.... KARACHI: Medical camp KARACHI, June 11: Over 150 people were examined at a free medical (eye diseases) camp organised by the Al-Mustafa Welfare Society, at Mian Adamjee Medical Centre in Khokhrapar on Sunday.... KARACHI: Hot weather KARACHI, June 11: Hot and humid weather has been forecast for the city on Monday.... KARACHI: Training workshop for LB councilors KARACHI, June 11: The Nazim of Shah Faisal Town, Muhammad Imran, on Sunday said that effective and meaningful political awareness among representatives of local bodies will enable them to work better for the welfare of the masses.... KARACHI: Promotion of reading habit stressed KARACHI, June 11: Speakers at the Hamdard Naunehal Assembly meeting have urged students to spend most of their leisure time of their summer vacations in reading promote the habit in them.The... KARACHI: Failure of utility bodies blamed on privatization KARACHI, June 11: The Anti-Privatisation and Peoples’ Rights Forum on Sunday held the privatisation process responsible for increasing joblessness and price-hike in the country, and demanded that all privatised vital national... KARACHI: DBA results declared KARACHI, June 11: The Sindh Technical Board has announced the results of 1st and 2nd year Diploma of Business Administration supplementary examinations 2005.... KARACHI: Sarki hails budget KARACHI, June 11: Sindh Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Dr Sohrab Khan Sarki on Sunday termed the new federal budget ‘pro-poor’ and ‘historic’.Talking to newsmen here on Sunday, he said the positive... HYDERABAD: Standard of SAB publications criticised HYDERABAD, June 11: The publication committee of the Sindhi Adabi Board has expressed dissatisfaction over the standard of the Mehran magazine and other publications of the board.... DADU: Demand for amenity projects in Dadu DADU, June 11: An all-party conference held here on Saturday called for allocation of funds for providing basic amenities in Dadu town.... KHAIRPUR: Girls killed as father rejects marriage proposal KHAIRPUR, June 11: Two sisters were killed after their father rejected a marriage proposal for one of them in Ali Nawaz Hisbani village of the Faiz Ganj taluka on Sunday.... LARKANA: Concern over law, order situation in Shahdadkot LARKANA, June 11: The People’s Party Parliamentari-ans MNAS’, protesting over the growing incidents of crime in Shahdadkot, took out a protest rally on Sunday in Shahdadkot.... HYDERABAD: PML-N workers asked to be ready for struggle HYDERABAD, June 11: Sindh PML-N president Ghous Ali Shah has called upon workers to prepare for rendering sacrifices for democracy and stability of the country.... LARKANA: Main accused in Munir Sangi case arrested LARKANA, June 11: The Larkana police have arrested Mullan Madad alias Madoo Unnar, the main accused nominated in the murder case of KTN cameraman Munir Sangi.... DADU: 600 measles cases in Dadu district DADU, June 11: EDO (health) Dr Dhani Bux Thebo has said that during a joint survey by surveillance teams of the WHO and the district health department, about 600 measles patients... HYDERABAD: STPP rejects Kalabagh HYDERABAD, June 11: Sindh Taraqi Passand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has taken strong exception to the statement of federal minister Kamil Ali Agha in the Senate on the Kalabagh dam....

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