| July 03, 2006 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 6, 1427 |
KARACHI: Residents of more areas resort to violence: Power breakdowns
KARACHI, July 2: Enraged citizens, already fed up with the poor performance of the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation, indulged in agitation against prolonged power breakdowns in various areas in the city on Sunday....
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KARACHI: Govt slammed over power crisis
KARACHI, July 2: The enlightened rulers had turned the city of light into darkness and people have been left to face water and power crisis which has made their lives miserable....
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KARACHI: KESC did not plan for summer
KARACHI, July 2: Improper planning and short-sightedness of the new management of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation may deepen the power crisis, causing the citizens of Karachi more distress as senior...
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KARACHI: Bug in Nadra software annoys citizens
KARACHI, July 2: The applicants for the machine readable passports (MRPs), with single names, are faced with a unique situation as there single names appear in the column of surname, while the column of given name remains blank....
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KARACHI: A few buses for thousands of students
KARACHI, July 2: The Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town has the distinction of housing three premier state-run universities — the University of Karachi, the NED University of Engineering and Technology and the Dow University...
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KARACHI: Action against illegal burials at protected site sought
KARACHI, July 2: A large number of influential people, particularly senior bureaucrats and police department high-ups, have illegally buried their relatives in the Kalhoro dynasty tombs, which are protected monuments, in...
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KARACHI: End to feudal system termed vital for democracy
KARACHI, Jule 2: Real democracy and industrial progress cannot be expected in Pakistan until the feudal system is abolished....
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KARACHI: Attempt on Altaf’s life suspected
KARACHI, July 2: A black man was spotted on Friday evening after office hours in the MQM International Secretariat when its doors were closed. During inquiry as he could not give...
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KARACHI: Lyari areas getting contaminated water
KARACHI, July 2: Most households along either side of Fida Hussain Shaikha Road and Saifi Lane in Baghdadi area of Lyari have been getting contaminated water for the past two weeks...
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KARACHI: Ibad orders immediate construction of link road: Hawkesbay Scheme
KARACHI, July 2: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has issued directive for immediate construction of a four-kilometre link road at a cost of Rs160 million to connect Hawkesbay Scheme-42 with the Site Industrial Area, Baldia Town and Northern Bypass....
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KARACHI: Woman shot dead, boy wounded by bandits
KARACHI, July 2: A woman was shot dead and her son sustained minor injuries during an armed holdup near Gulshan-i-Jamal early Sunday morning....
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KARACHI: People urged to donate blood
KARACHI, July 2: Sindh Minister for Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik on Sunday urged the people to come forward and contribute towards a humanitarian cause by donating blood to meet its shortage in the country....
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KARACHI: Road project in Gulshan inaugurated
KARACHI, July 2: The Nazim of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town, Wasay Jalil, on Saturday inaugurated road construction work at the Limun Goth in UC-11 of the town....
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KARACHI: Encroachments affecting work to clean drains
KARACHI, July 2: A total of 1.25 million cubic feet garbage and sewage has so far been removed during the cleaning of storm water drains, on the directive of City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal....
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KARACHI: Rs323.94m released for agricultural projects
KARACHI, July 2: Adviser to the Chief Minister Mir Murtaza Khan Jatoi has said that a sum of Rs323.943 million has been released for the first phase of six federal government-funded...
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KARACHI: Expressway: foreign consultants to be hired
KARACHI, July 2: The city government has decided to acquire services of a consortium of foreign and local consultants for the supervision of the construction work of a 24km long elevated expressway from Quaidabad to Jinnah Bridge....
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LARKANA: ‘37 tribal disputes pending settlement’
LARKANA, July 2: Provincial Police Officer Jehangir Mirza has said that about 19 tribal disputes have been settled and 37 others will be resolved soon....
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HYDERABAD: SAB demands probe into water shortage
HYDERABAD, July 2: The Sindh Abadgar Board has demanded a probe into what they termed frequent violations of the water accord, supply of more water to Punjab, exemption to the NWFP...
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LARKANA: Protest against water shortage
LARKANA, July 2: Hundreds of farmers in Larkana, Warah and Garilo took out processions on Sunday in protest against shortage of irrigation water....
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HYDERABAD: Boys drown in pond
HYDERABAD, July 2: Two minor boys drowned in a pond on Sunday while another was rescued. Four friends Saddam Hussain, 10, Mohammad Umer, Sakhawat Chandio, 13, and Waheed Chandio, 8, had gone for swimming in the pond in Sehrish Nagar....
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