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August 04, 2006 Friday Rajab 8, 1427 KARACHI: Cases of waterborne diseases on the rise KARACHI, Aug 3: Fearing an outbreak of waterborne and food borne diseases in the wake of the ongoing spell of monsoon rains in the city, experts have called for keeping an... KARACHI: Enraged consumers ransack KESC office KARACHI, Aug 3: Perturbed by the lingering power crisis, people staged protest demonstrations at various places here on Thursday against the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation for poor performance, while the power... KARACHI: Pagara’s advice to Muttahida KARACHI, Aug 3: Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) chief Pir Pagara has advised the Muttahida Qaumi Movement not to annoy others by demanding more share in the government as they were already getting more than their due share.... KARACHI: Grand designs falter before ground realities KARACHI, Aug 3: As the monsoon slowly peters out its wrath across the metropolis, the debris that it leaves behind consists of a lot more than broken infrastructure.... KARACHI: Civic infrastructure remains dislocated KARACHI, Aug 3: The city’s civic infrastructure remained dislocated for the fifth consecutive day, Thursday, causing immense hardship to people as the civic agencies failed to remove the stagnant rainwater and sewage in many parts of the metropolis.... KARACHI: Shooting of movie on Pearl’s life begins KARACHI, Aug 3: The shooting of a movie on slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl began on Thursday, and some scenes were filmed near Metropole hotel under extra-ordinary security.... KARACHI: Bodies set up to probe underpass inundation KARACHI, Aug 3: Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghouri has constituted a committee to look into the causes of the inundation of KPT underpass at Clifton and fix responsibility.... KARACHI: Passengers of coach looted KARACHI, Aug 3: A passenger coach was looted by three armed men who boarded it near the Askari Park on University Road on Thursday night.... KARACHI: 21 vehicles, 49 cellphones taken away KARACHI, Aug 3: At least 21 vehicles and 49 cell phones were either snatched or stolen by the bandits from different parts of the city on Thursday.... KARACHI: Cut in Lyari Town’s funds slammed KARACHI, Aug 3: Faced by multifarious civic problems with inadequate financial resources to address them, the municipal administration of the Lyari Town was perturbed over the decision of the provincial government... KARACHI: Resettled families enjoying life KARACHI, Aug 3: Those residents of Lyari river who, until two years back, used to take shelter in relief camps, leaving their abodes during monsoon rains to save their lives from... KARACHI: Museum may be deprived of auditorium KARACHI, Aug 3: The National Museum has constructed an auditorium under its Museum Educational Services, but the federal government is planning to hand over the auditorium to the Pakistan National Council of Arts.... KARACHI: MBBS results announced KARACHI, Aug 3: The University of Karachi on Thursday declared the results of MBBS (final professional) annual examination 2006, with a pass percentage of 75.76.... KARACHI: Khwaja Farid’s poetry praised KARACHI, Aug 3: Speakers at a seminar paid homage to saint-poet of Siraiki Khwaja Ghulam Farid and said his poetry reflected Sindh’s characters in 171 of his 272 poems and they... KARACHI: Drainage scheme reviewed KARACHI, Aug 3: The Provincial Programme Steering Committee of National Drainage Programme (NDP) met here on Thursday under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazlur Rehman and reviewed the progress in... KARACHI: Teachers criticise minister KARACHI, Aug 3: The Heads and Teachers Welfare Associations Alliance (HTWAA), a conglomerate of 17 associations of teachers, criticised Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro for imposing ban on teachers’ associations.... KARACHI: New phone numbers of varsity KARACHI, Aug 3: The University of Karachi on Thursday issued new telephone numbers for its different departments. Citizens could now contact on the following telephone numbers.... KARACHI: Admissions KARACHI, Aug 3: The process of admissions to first year in the government colleges of Karachi under the Centralised Admission... KARACHI: Builder’s case against KBCA dismissed KARACHI, Aug 3: A builder undertook on Thursday to demolish parts of his under-construction structure raised in violation of the building rules and the Sindh High Court dismissed his suit as withdrawn.... KARACHI: Ex-Muttahida MNA joins PTI KARACHI, Aug 3: A former MQM member of National Assembly, Azizullah Brohi on Thursday announced joining Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf along with some members of his tribe and supporters in Jacobabad, a PTI release said here on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Officials asked to drain out rainwater from Qasimabad HYDERABAD, Aug 3: District Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has directed Wasa officials to install additional pumping machines in different areas of the Qasimabad taluka to drain out rainwater.... THATTA: Several villages flooded by sea water in Thatta THATTA, Aug 3: Heavy rain coupled with intrusion of sea water, particularly in the Indus delta region, has resulted in inundation of several villages.... HYDERABAD: Protest against dismissal of teachers HYDERABAD, Aug 3: About 200 teachers and political activists under the banner of Sindh Employees Alliance took out a procession from the civil hospital to the district nazim’s office in Tando Allahyar on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: MUET syndicate poll on Aug 12 HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The registrar of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology announced on Thursday that election for representation of professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers on the university syndicate would be held on August 12.... LARKANA: Call to increase paddy price LARKANA, Aug 3: The Sindh Abagdar Board has said that due to the late and insufficient supply of water, paddy sowing in upper and lower Sindh had decreased to 40 per cent and 65 per cent, respectively.... SUKKUR: ‘JUI-F policy regarding Musharraf clear’ SUKKUR, Aug 3: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F secretary-general MNA Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri has said his party’s policy regarding President Gen Pervez Musharraf is clear.... PESHAWAR: Streamlining patients’ welfare funds urged PESHAWAR, Aug 3: NWFP Minster for Health Inayatullah has ordered devising a comprehensive mechanism for streamlining all patients’ welfare funds being given to teaching hospitals to provide maximum relief to deserving hepatitis patients.... PESHAWAR: Bureaucratic hurdles thorn for donor agency PESHAWAR, Aug 3: Due to bureaucratic hurdles, a US-based international donor agency, AmeriCares, has withdrawn its pledge to construct eight pre-fabricated rural health centres in the earthquake zone of the NWFP, official sources said.... PESHAWAR: Documentary urges people not to stigmatise patients PESHAWAR, Aug 3: A documentary depicting the ordeal of HIV/Aids patients was screened by a group of PTV artistes in collaboration with the UNICEF aiming to send a message to the... PESHAWAR: Tribute paid to Jalil Hashmi PESHAWAR, Aug 3: Writers and poets paid tribute to the late renowned Urdu and Hindko poet Jalil Hashmi at a literary gathering held at the library hall of the Urdu Science Board here on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Wall around Hayatabad at all costs, says minister PESHAWAR, Aug 3: NWFP Minister for Auqaf Maulana Amanullah Haqqani has said that in order to provide protection to the residents of Hayatabad Township, a boundary wall will be constructed around it at all costs.... PESHAWAR: Forward bloc demands control of PML office PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The newly-elected President PML NWFP, Ulas Khan Khalil, who belongs to the forward bloc, has urged Federal Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqam to hand over the control... LAKKI MARWAT: Bandits loot bus passengers LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 3: Bandits looted passengers of a Multan-bound bus on the Indus Highway on early Thursday morning.... PESHAWAR: Two kidnapped PESHAWAR, Aug 3: A tribal group of the semi-autonomous region of Darra Adamkhel kidnapped two people from the settled area of Matani, police said on Thursday....

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