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July 04, 2006 Tuesday Jumadi-ul-Sani 7, 1427 KARACHI: Saboteurs responsible for crisis, says KESC KARACHI, July 3: In a belated explanation for almost a month-long power crisis, the electricity managers on Monday claimed that it was all due to the sabotage activity being carried out... KARACHI: SHC seeks explanation for power cuts KARACHI, July 3: The Sindh High Court asked the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation, the Water and Power Development Authority and the federal water and power ministry on Monday to explain the... KARACHI: No let-up in power failures KARACHI, July 3: Residents in various localities braved another day of intermittent electricity disruptions and unannounced loadshedding on Monday. An additional 100 megawatts was injected into the KESC system by... KARACHI: PPP women hold rally gainst Arbab KARACHI, July 3: The women wing of the Pakistan People’s Party, Karachi chapter, on Monday staged a protest rally outside the Karachi Press Club against Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam... KARACHI: Tribunal close to suicide bomber? KARACHI, July 3: A lawyer and an eye-witness evidently brought the Nishtar Park blast inquiry tribunal close to the identification of the suicide bomber and the spot where the explosion occurred.... KARACHI: 45 mobile phones, 26 vehicles taken away KARACHI, July 3: Bandits took away at least 45 cell phones and 26 vehicles in various city areas on Monday. According to the police, at least 15 mobile phones were snatched... KARACHI: 41,000 bank employees sacked since ’98: expert: Nationalisation backed KARACHI, July 3: More than 41,000 bank employees have been rendered jobless due to the closure of 1,800 branches of different banks in the country since 1998.... KARACHI: Sindh govt takes control of 238 colleges KARACHI, July 3: The Sindh education department on Monday notified that it had assumed the administrative control of colleges in the province with immediate effect. A source in the department said... KARACHI: Rs1.35 billion Clifton Cantt Board budget presented KARACHI, July 3: A budget of over Rs1.357 billion for the year 2006-07 for the Clifton Cantonment Board was presented on Monday which shows a surplus of around Rs136 million and proposes no new tax.... KARACHI: Malir schools victim of govt’s neglect KARACHI, July 3: The future of over 25,000 students enrolled in about 200 government primary and lower secondary schools of the Malir Town is at stake owing to official neglect over the years.... KARACHI: 2,500 bluebottle bite cases in 3 months KARACHI, July 3: As many as 2,500 bluebottle-bite cases have been reported during the last three months at Karachi beaches. Of them, 1,400 patients were treated at the emergency response centres set up by the city government.... KARACHI: Khuhro criticises excessive billing KARACHI, July 3: The leader of opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Khuhro, condemned excessive billing by the KESC to its consumers despite long and unannounced power breakdowns in the city and demanded high-level probe into affairs of the power utility.... KARACHI: Gas tariff hike decried KARACHI, July 3: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Monday expressed concern over the increase in gas prices and termed it another ''''brutal act of the government'''' against the already suppressed people of the country.... KARACHI: Bandit shot dead in Lyari KARACHI, July 3: A suspect was shot dead in an encounter in Lyari on Monday. According to the police, some bandits snatched a cell phone and Rs25,000 from a pedestrian.... KARACHI: Honorarium for nazims, naib nazims KARACHI, July 3: The Sindh government has notified the grant of honorarium for nazim, naib nazim, town nazim and member of the City Council, Karachi. The city district nazim will get... KARACHI: KWSB offices shifted KARACHI, July 3: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on the directives of its Managing Director Brig Iftikhar Haider has shifted offices of directors billing, revenue (audit & survey) and... KARACHI: Vessel rescued KARACHI, July 3: Galaxy-I, an Iran-owned vessel with Mongolion flag, was rescued by Karachi Port Trust personnel on Monday when it started drifting in the open sea due to technical fault.... KARACHI: Jehangir Road’s median breaking KARACHI, July 3: The median of the newly constructed Jehangir Road has started breaking on many places due to the use of substandard construction material. It would be pertinent to mention... KARACHI: Workshop on plant ecology KARACHI, July 3: A life sciences-HEC workshop on advances in plant ecology started at the University of Karachi on Monday. The workshop was inaugurated by the KU acting vice-chancellor Prof Akhlaq Ahmed.... KARACHI: Delay in NOC forces STB to market old books KARACHI, July 3: Since the federal education ministry''s NOCs for new books are pending, the Sindh Textbook Board (STB) has decided to market at least three SSC-II old books for the new academic session commencing on August 16.... KARACHI: 3 schools have no buildings KARACHI, July 3: At least 13 schools in the Malir Town are functioning in rented premises and have no buildings of their own. The government is reluctant to consume major funds... KARACHI: Enrolment declines KARACHI, July 3: Enrolment has declined in government schools in the Malir Town, owing to the pathetic condition of schools.Government Boys Secondary School No 5 (Godown Shed) has 12 rooms and there are a total of 44 children.... KARACHI: MBBS suppl exams KARACHI, July 3: The University of Karachi will accept the examination forms and fee of second and third professional MBBS supplementary examinations from candidates of all its affiliated medical colleges till July 12, said a notification on Monday.... KARACHI: Scouts debate KARACHI, July 3: An All-Pakistan Scouts Seeratul Nabi (Peace be upon him) debate was held here at the Scouts Centre Gulistan-i-Johar on the night between Sunday and Monday.—PPI... HYDERABAD: Transporters oppose Taluka parking tax HYDERABAD, July 3: The All Sindh Bus and Minibus Owners Association, Hyderabad, has threatened to stop plying passenger buses to the interior of Sindh unless the district taluka nazim (rural) suspends Rs20 per vehicle parking tax.... HYDERABAD: Firing on PML leaders’ homes condemned HYDERABAD, July 3: Leaders of the Hyderabad chapter of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League have condemned an incident of firing on the homes of their colleagues Sami Sajid, Jameel Abbas, Shahid... HYDERABAD: Allotment of land to aliens regretted HYDERABAD, July 3: The Servants of Sindh Society has noted with grave concern that Sindh has been left high and dry in the federal budget as no mega project was given to Sindh as were announced for other provinces.... HYDERABAD: Police deployed around Diladas Club HYDERABAD, July 3: The Dialdas Club has been handed over by the district government to its elected governing body on Sunday night after six months to run the club’s administration which...

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