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July 24, 2006 Monday Jumadi-ul-Sani 27, 1427 KARACHI: Disruption in power supply affects many areas KARACHI, July 23: Citizens in many areas woke up earlier than their usual time on Sunday morning due to power failure that turned weather warmer by rendering fans and air-conditioners off.... KARACHI: Rs35m project approved for Moenjodaro rehabilitation KARACHI, July 23: The federal government has approved Rs35 million project for promotion of cultural tourism and rehabilitation of Moenjodaro, which represents the 5000-year-old Indus Valley Civilization, it is learnt reliably.... KARACHI: Nazim orders survey of hydrants KARACHI, July 23: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday ordered the KWSB to conduct a survey with cooperation of town nazims about all legal and illegal hydrants in the metropolis... KARACHI: Ibad calls for steps to cut poverty KARACHI, Jul 23: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has called for taking effective steps on a priority basis for the reduction of poverty, controlling inflation, implementation of police reforms, provision of employment besides elimination of extremism.... KARACHI: New CNG buses: hope or hype? KARACHI, July 23: After the tragic demise of ambitious public transport programme of Karachi Circular Railway, our planners pinned all hopes on the road transport.... KARACHI: 34 vehicles, 39 mobile phones taken away KARACHI, July 23: As many as 73 people were deprived of their cars, motorbikes or cellphones at various places here on Sunday.... KARACHI: Sporadic showers in city KARACHI, July 23: Different parts of the city, including Baldia, North Karachi, North Nazimabad and PAF Base Masroor, received showers on Sunday with the metrological department forecasting more light rain on Monday.... KARACHI: Head money on four bandits KARACHI, July 23: Sindh Home Minister Abdul Rauf Siddiqui on Sunday announced prizes for the arrest of four bandits. He said the Sindh government had fixed head money of Rs1 million... KARACHI: Cleanliness best shield against head lice KARACHI, July 23: Head lice are an annoyance that often strike the heads of children but can be found on adults as well. In market different kinds of sprays and shampoos... KARACHI: Chinese team visits Quaid’s mausoleum KARACHI, July 23: A seven-member delegation from the China International Engineering Consulting Corporation, on the behalf of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, on Sunday morning visited Quaid’s mausoleum to pay tribute to the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.... KARACHI: Arrangements to celebrate independence day finalized KARACHI, July 23: Immunisation of young children, health and sanitation, education promotion and plantation will be the main features of the independence day celebration programmes to be observed in a vigorous... KARACHI: Tests find water unfit for drinking KARACHI, July 23: The drinking water being provided to the PIA’s Engineering Department is unfit for human consumption and does not meet the WHO standards, it is learnt reliably.... KARACHI: Course on menace of violence KARACHI, July 23: The Muslim Ummah cannot make headway while remaining aloof from the comity of nations. This was stated by the vice-chancellor of Karachi University, Dr Pirzada Qasim while delivering... KARACHI: School building vacated KARACHI, July 23: Taking action against those police personnel who has occupied a school building in North Nazimabad , the city police handed over the possession of the building to the... KARACHI: Businessmen asked to make ‘My Karachi’ event a success KARACHI, July 23: Sindh Minister for Trade and Industry Mohammad Adil Siddiqui has urged the owners and operators of industries, business organisations and financial institutions to extend their maximum cooperation in making the ‘My Karachi’ exhibition a resounding success.... KARACHI: Hurdles in getting CNIC, MRP KARACHI: The Saddar branch of the passport office in Karachi still maintains a heavy rush of people applying for their Machine Readable Passports.... KARACHI: JI contests Musharraf’s claims of progress KARACHI, July 23: The rosy picture of the national economy and state of the country as presented by Gen Pervez Musharraf in his recent address to the nation is against the ground realities.... KARACHI: Ban on unions in line with law: Arbab KARACHI, July 23: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Rahim has said that according to law, no government servants, including teachers, can form a union or take part in union activities.... KARACHI: Sattar Gabol’s death condoled KARACHI, July 23: Leaders of various political parties and groups have expressed their shock and grief over the demise of Abdul Sattar Gabol, an eminent political figure, Pakistan Movement worker and social worker of Lyari.... KARACHI: Three killed in accidents KARACHI, July 23: Three persons, including a four-year-old boy died, in road accidents on Sunday. A boy playing near his home in Rajput Colony, a shantytown near Moti Mahal in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, was hit by a truck.... HYDERABAD: Employees’ alliance hits out at ban on associations HYDERABAD, July 23: The Sindh Employees Alliance has threatened to launch a protest movement followed by, as a last-resort, “fill the jails” campaign across the province against the provincial government’s ban on teachers’ and employees’ associations.... HYDERABAD: Fishermen demand abolition of contract system HYDERABAD, July 23: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum has demanded that the Sindh government should abolish the contract system for catching fish in sweet water lakes of the province and replace it with the licence system.... MIRPURKHAS: Favouritism alleged in BISE jobs MIRPURKHAS, July 23: An all-party conference here on Sunday accused officials of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Mirpur-khas of not giving jobs to Sindhi candidates.... HYDERABAD: Rain in parts of Sindh HYDERABAD, July 23: The city received light showers on Sunday night which continued for around 15 minutes. Small ponds of rainwater were formed on roads and streets.... SUKKUR: Protest against police inaction SUKKUR, July 23: A complete strike was observed in protest against robbery of Rs2.7 million in the house of Awam Dost UC Nazim in Fauji Muhalla of Pano Akil, late on Saturday night.... KHAIRPUR: Cases against growers condemned KHAIRPUR, July 23: Syed Shakir Shah, president of Abadgar Ittehad Khairpur, secretary Faqir Niaz Hussain Bhambhro and other office-bearers have condemned the registration of fake cases against hundreds of growers.... DADU: Two killed in road accident DADU, July 23: A man and a woman were killed and three others injured when a Hesco vehicle collided with a Larkana-bound bus at Bhago Thoro near Sehwan on Saturday night.... PESHAWAR: Call for ending ‘military adventurism’ forever PESHAWAR, July 23: Speakers at a seminar on future of democracy have underlined the need for ending military adventurism, which has promoted political expediency and stalled the growth of democratic culture in the country.... PESHAWAR: ‘TB no more a stigma in NWFP’ PESHAWAR, July 23: There is no more any stigma attached to suffering from tuberculosis in the NWFP as the society has accepted it as a curable disease, suggests data on prevalence of the disease in the province.... SWABI: Rift in Swabi JUI-F widens SWABI, July 23: Differences among leaders of in Swabi chapter of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) are reported to have widened following boycott of party elections last week by a group led...

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