| July 02, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 5, 1427 |
KARACHI: Fault renders major part of city without electricity: Loadshedding as usual
KARACHI, July 1: An extra high-tension line of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation snapped early in the morning suspending power supply to a major portion of the city on Saturday....
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KARACHI: 20 vehicles, 64 mobile phones taken away
KARACHI, July 1: As many as 84 people were robbed of their cellphones, cars or motorbikes by the bandits in various localities on Saturday....
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KARACHI: Tribunal examines video footage of Nishter Park tragedy
KARACHI, July 1: Nishter Park Tribunal, headed by Justice Rahmat Hussain Jaffery of Sindh High Court, adjourned the proceedings on Saturday after examining the three video footages captured on April 11...
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KARACHI: Work on Corridor-I to start in August
KARACHI, July 1: The city government has decided to start construction of the much-awaited mass transit project Corridor-I, from Merewether Tower to Sohrab Goth, from next month....
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KARACHI: PPP to observe ‘black day’ on Wednesday
KARACHI, July 1: The Pakistan Peoples Party (Sindh) on Saturday announced that it would observe a `black day’ on Wednesday to protest against the Sindh government for the persisting power and...
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KARACHI: MQM fields 26 candidates for AJK assembly
KARACHI, July 1: The Kashmir Committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has said that the MQM has fielded candidates in the elections of Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, scheduled on July 11,...
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PESHAWAR: ‘Political agents to be selected on merit’
PESHAWAR, July 1: A special committee would select competent and efficient officers on merit as political agents (PAs) in tribal areas with emphasis on their knowledge about local customs and traditions, says Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao....
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KARACHI: Lyariittes cry for water, power
KARACHI, July 1: Some parts of Lyari Town remained disturbed as residents took to streets on Saturday to protest against frequent power failures and persisting water crisis....
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KARACHI: Man held for cop’s murder in SITE
KARACHI, July 1: Police arrested a man for his involvement in the murder of a policeman here on Saturday. Police said that they had arrested Jansher Khan and recovered a TT pistol from his possession during a raid in Frontier Colony....
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KARACHI: Pumping motors
KARACHI, July 1: The Nazim of Lyari Town, Malik Muhammad Fayaz, has directed the concerned officials to fix all motors at sewerage pumping stations in the town within two days to escape strict legal action....
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KARACHI: Diabetes, hypertension cases rising, says moot
KARACHI, July 1: Speakers at seminar here on Saturday said that cases of diabetes and hypertension were on the rise in the country, which could be checked by bringing changes in an individuals'' lifestyle....
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KARACHI: Fish harbour renovation by Aug 15
KARACHI, July 1: A meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary, Fazalur Rehman, extensively reviewed reforms at the Karachi Fish Harbour....
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KARACHI: Federal govt to provide Rs4bn for CNG buses
KARACHI, July 1: The city government has chalked out an elaborate programme for the gradual phasing out of insecure and worn-out buses ultimately getting these replaced with 8,000 new CNG buses in the next four years....
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KARACHI: Two overhead bridges, civic centre planned for Malir
KARACHI, July 1: Two overhead bridges, a civic centre, a desalination plant and a mortuary would be among the major projects to be undertaken shortly in the Malir Town under various uplift schemes....
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KARACHI: New FCS chief
KARACHI, July 1: In a surprise move, Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Fisheries and Livestock Faqir Mohammad Jadam Mangrio has been named chairman of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS), replacing Shahbaz Husain who was elected a couple days back....
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KARACHI: PPP activist acquitted in camps firing case
KARACHI, July 1: An additional district and sessions court acquitted on Saturday a worker of the Pakistan People’s Party in the MQM camps firing case....
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KARACHI: BSEK theory exams end
KARACHI, July 1: The theory papers for class 9th annual exams 2006 of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) concluded on Monday with the paper of Computer Science....
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HYDERABAD: Police officials summoned in Hudood case
HYDERABAD, July 1: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Saturday issued notices to the DPO and SP (investigation) of the Nawabshah district, TPO Daur, SHO and in-charge...
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HYDERABAD: Legharis deny involvement in girl’s murder
HYDERABAD, July 1: The Nawab Association of Tajpur has categorically denied that any member of the Laghari Nawab family was involved in the murder of a minor girl of the Sadiq...
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PESHAWAR: Importance of literacy stressed
PESHAWAR, July 1: Low literacy rate is one of the main reasons behind the slow pace of development in Pakistan, Dilhaori Weerasooriya, the wife of Sri Lanka’s high commissioner to Pakistan, has said....
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PESHAWAR: Pesco installs more transformers
PESHAWAR, July 1: Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has installed a large number of transformers in its distribution system to keep up with the increase in power demand which has swelled from 1,800-MW to 2,100-MW....
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KOHAT: Factory raided
KOHAT, July 1: Police have raided a beverage factory manufacturing fake brands of cold drinks and arrested its owner. ASP (headquarters) Waqas Hassan said that they raided a factory in the...
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