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July 06, 2006 Thursday Jumadi-ul-Sani 9, 1427 KARACHI: City Council session: Resolution against KESC privatisation torpedoed KARACHI, July 5: A political divide manifested well on Wednesday when the City Council failed to adopt a unanimous resolution on the crucial issue, the electricity crisis that persists for more than a month now.... KARACHI: $500m IT projects in pipeline: Arbab KARACHI, July 5: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that with continued inflow of investment, economy of Sindh is improving and in IT sector alone, projects worth 500 million dollars are in the pipeline.... KARACHI: Cellphone snatcher shot dead in encounter KARACHI, Jul. 5: Police shot dead a cellphone snatcher on Shahrea Faisal after he had shot a young man who had resisted a cellphone snatching attempt on Wednesday night.... KARACHI: 32 vehicles, 53 cellphones taken away KARACHI, July 5: At least 53 cellphones and 32 vehicles were either snatched or stolen in different parts of the city on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Notices issued to foreign office in detention case KARACHI, July 5: The Sindh High Court issued notices to the foreign minister, the foreign secretary and the cabinet secretary in a petition seeking release of a businessman detained by the US at its Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.... KARACHI: Showers turn weather pleasant KARACHI, July 5: The weather turned pleasant on Wednesday evening, when it drizzled in different localities of the city.... KARACHI: Single track of underpasses to be ready next month KARACHI, July 5: One track of all the three underpasses (Ups) being constructed at different locations on Ibne Sina Road will be opened to vehicular traffic next month, District Coordination Officer Fazalur Rehman said here on Tuesday night.... KARACHI: PPP observes black day on ’77 mly coup anniversary KARACHI, July 5: The Pakistan People’s Party marked anniversary of the 1977 military coup by observing a ‘black day’ on Wednesday and renewing the resolve to dislodge dictatorships of all sorts through popular support.... KARACHI: First drizzle aggravates power supply situation KARACHI, July 5: A major portion of the city plunged into darkness on Wednesday night with the first drop of rain as the fragile transmission and distribution system of the Karachi Electricity Corporation broke down.... KARACHI: MA exams begin in a mess KARACHI, July 5: MA annual examination for external students conducted under the aegis of the University of Karachi began in a mess, said sources on the campus.Due... KARACHI: Wapda dispels impression about short supply KARACHI, July 5: Dispelling the impression about short power supply from the national grid to Karachi, the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Wednesday claimed that it had been supplying... KARACHI: Working hours bill termed contrary to workers’ rights KARACHI, July 5: Labour leaders at a moot here criticized the Working Hours Amendment Bill 2006 and stressed the need for launching a united and unified movement against it and to... KARACHI: Delay in rains causes surge in the incidence of heatstroke KARACHI, July 5: A delay in the onset of monsoon, and sizzling temperatures has exposed the Karachiites of almost all age groups, particularly children and women workers, to conditions ranging from boils and impetigo (skin infections) to heatstroke.... HYDERABAD: PPP observes ‘black day’ in Sindh HYDERABAD, July 5: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and the PPP-SB on Wednesday observed a black day in Sindh to condemn the overthrow on this day in 1977 the first democratically... KARACHI: Commercial aspects kept at minimum, moot told: Sports Complex KARACHI, July 5: Sindh Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman has directed the departments concerned to adopt a coordinated strategy for the construction of sports complex in Karachi and cooperate with the department... KARACHI: Witness to continue testimony today KARACHI, July 5: The Nishtar Park blast inquiry tribunal ordered on Wednesday that the Pakistani Sunni Movement chief who was appearing as a witness before it should continue to be provided police guards.... DADU: RBOD project launched DADU, July 5: The ground breaking ceremony of the Right Bank Outfall Drain project was formally performed near Kotri in Jamshoro district on Wednesday by Brigadier Falk Sher of the Frontier Works Organisation belonging to HQ-494 Engineering Corps, Karachi.... KARACHI: Drive to check prices in Gulshan soon KARACHI, July 5: Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town will soon launch a campaign to control prices of daily use items. This was stated by Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim Muhammad Wasay Jalil while talking to officer-bearers... KARACHI: Judgment in conspiracy case deferred KARACHI, July 5: An anti terrorism court deferred on Wednesday judgment in a case pertaining to a conspiracy to kill President Pervez Musharraf.... KARACHI: Hamida orders revamping of colleges KARACHI, July 5: Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has ordered comprehensive revamping plan for colleges along with redeployment of teachers to improve the working of these institutions.... KARACHI: Woman stages sit-in for missing sons KARACHI, July 5: A woman from Turbat, 500 kms away from Karachi, staged a sit-in outside Karachi Press Club to seek justice as her two sons are missing and the family had been facing immense problems.... KARACHI: New Karachi town’s budget presented KARACHI, July 5: New Karachi Town announced Rs326.579 million budget for the fiscal 2006-07 on Wednesday. The budget documents show that the town’s anticipated income during fiscal year will be Rs327.457m... KARACHI: Rally against Dadu police KARACHI, July 5: Activists of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party led by the party’s Vice-Chairman, Ali Hassan Chandio, on Wednesday held a protest demo at Karachi Press Club against police torture and baton-charge on their party colleagues in Dadu.... KARACHI: Protest day KARACHI, July 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has announced that it will observe a ‘protest day’ on Friday (July 7) against persisting power and water shortage, increase in electricity and gas tariff, price-hike and the present government’s policies.... HYDERABAD: Plan to set up food and grain markets in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, July 5: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has directed officials of the revenue department to submit a site plan for setting up food and grain markets of essential commodities like vegetable, fruit, fish and meat in the city.... HYDERABAD: Amendment to Sugarcane Act opposed HYDERABAD, July 5: The Sindh Abadgar Board has called upon Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Sikandar Hayat Bosan that any amendment to the Sugarcane Act should be made after a court decision on the issue of quality premium.... HYDERABAD: Scholarships for needy students HYDERABAD, July 5: The Sindh University has decided to award scholarships to needy meritorious students from the academic session of 2007.... HYDERABAD: Harassment of Dialdas Club caterer denied HYDERABAD, July 5: The district nazim, the executive district officer (EDO) and the district officer revenue on Wednesday denied that they were harassing the caterer of the Dialdas Club.... HYDERABAD: Wapda union threatens closure of power units HYDERABAD, July 5: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union has threatened to suspend power supply to the whole country if the plan for privatisation of Wapda was not dropped and problems of employees were not solved.... HYDERABAD: Heavy rains lash parts of Sindh HYDERABAD, July 5: Several parts of Sindh received heavy rains which were accompanied by storm on Wednesday evening....

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