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August 07, 2006 Monday Rajab 11, 1427 KARACHI: Electricity plays hide-and-seek KARACHI, Aug 6: Electricity in various localities played hide-and-seek since the start of the rain on Sunday afternoon as the KESC’s distribution system developed faults. Tripping of pole-mounted transformers (PMTs) also caused power failures in different areas.... KARACHI: Federal minister stresses provincial autonomy KARACHI, Aug 6: Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah has stressed the need for greater provincial autonomy, saying that the Centre should devolve more subjects to provinces and let them handle the same on their own.... KARACHI: OIC disappointed Ummah: Qazi KARACHI, Aug 6: President of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Qazi Hussain Ahmad has wondered that while Israel is continuing with its military onslaught, eliminating hundreds of innocent civilians who include small children,... KARACHI: 20,000 rare books in jeopardy KARACHI, Aug 6: Over 20,000 books, including a number of precious and rare ones, of the Central Archeological Reference Library have been shifted to yet another location in the city for... KARACHI: Taxpayers suffer at land lease offices KARACHI, Aug 6: The Registrar Office makes people to pay taxes amounting to billions of rupees annually, but has nothing to offer to visiting tax-payers, not even a proper chair to sit on.... KHAIRPUR: Rain destroys cotton, vegetable crops KHAIRPUR, Aug 6: Several districts of Sindh received heavy to moderate rain after an interval of four days. Reports gathered by Dawn correspondents said that the cotton crop, vegetable fields and date orchards had been hit badly.... KARACHI: Karachi receives more rain KARACHI, Aug 6: The second major spell of downpour in the current monsoon in the city started on Sunday with scattered rain across the city and the local Meteorological Department has forecast more rain on Monday.... KARACHI: Two bodies found KARACHI, Aug 6: Personnel of the fire department on Sunday took out two bodies from the Malir River in Bin Qasim Town.... KARACHI: Ibad attributes recent crisis to confusion KARACHI, Aug 6: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the recent political crisis in the province had been created by ‘confusions’ and as soon as these confusions were cleared, the crisis was over.... KARACHI: Full court reference KARACHI, Aug 6: A full court reference of the Sindh High Court will be held at 11am on Monday in the court room of Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed to mark the... KARACHI: Fumigation drive begins KARACHI, Aug 6: The city government health department is launching a fumigation drive in all the towns from Monday.... KARACHI: Karachiites exposed to waterborne diseases KARACHI, Aug 6: The monsoon showers have brought great relief from heat and drought, but due to a lack of prompt action on the part of civic agencies, stagnant rainwater and... KARACHI: Chairman alerts Sessi against outbreak KARACHI, Aug 6: Sindh Labour Minister Mohammad Adil Siddiqui, who is also the chairman of Sindh Employees Social Security Institution’s governing body, on Saturday directed the officials concerned to take all... KARACHI: Safety of children KARACHI, Aug 6: The label warning “keep out of children’s reach” is probably one of the most neglected alerts that consumers ought to see everyday.... KARACHI: Road project reviewed KARACHI, Aug 6: Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim Wasay Jalil has directed the officials concerned and contractors to ensure that the ongoing works at Rashid Minhas Road are completed by October.... KARACHI: 601 deportees due today KARACHI, Aug 6: A batch of 601 Pakistanis trafficked by human smugglers and arrested by Muscat authorities would return to Karachi on Monday.... KARACHI: ASH trauma centre to be opened soon, says Kamal KARACHI, Aug 6: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Trauma Centre will be opened soon and after a lapse of several years corneal transplantation facility at Spencer Eye Hospital will be revived within a week.... KARACHI: KU body submits report KARACHI, Aug 6: After some initial investigations made by the pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi, the varsity administration has now decided to formally proceed in line with its rules in... KARACHI: Qaim slams govt’s ‘apathy’ KARACHI, Aug 6: The Pakistan People’s Party has strongly condemned the ‘apathy and negligence’ on the part of the provincial and city governments towards the plight of the people of Sindh... KARACHI: Ghinva returns KARACHI, Aug 6: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party-SB Ms Ghinva Bhutto, accompanied by her daughter Fatima Bhutto and son Z. A. Bhutto (junior), return home on Saturday night from Damascus after taking part in the funeral of her father.... KARACHI: Mumtaz backs Imran’s call KARACHI, Aug 6: Chairman of the Sindh National Front and Sindh Qaumi Ittehad Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto has welcomed the call by Imran Khan, chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf, that all opposition parties should unite on a one-point programme.... HYDERABAD: Govt urged to take firm stand on ME crisis HYDERABAD, Aug 6: Condemning the Israeli air strike and bombing on Lebanon and ruthless attack on Palestine, Islami Tehrik secretary-general Shafi Mohammad Pitafi has called upon the government to take a firm stand on the issue.... THATTA: Relief camps set up in flood-hit coastal areas THATTA, Aug 6: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has set up eight emergency centres and kept 50 boats ready with ample supplies of life jackets, first aid boxes, search-lights, medicines, volunteers... DADU: HEC team inspects projects at LUMHS DADU, Aug 6: A team of Higher Education Commission (HEC) inspected on saturday projects undertaken by the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro, with funding from HEC and Sindh government.... HYDERABAD: PPP opposes CNIC condition for voters’ entry HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has demanded that the government should withdraw the condition of producing CNIC for registration of names in voters’ lists as overwhelming majority of the people has not been issued cards by Nadra.... HYDERABAD: Abolition of tube-well project opposed HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed concern over abolition of the Saline Control and Rehabilitation Project (Scarp) of the Sindh irrigation department.... MIRPURKHAS: Demonstration against Hesco MIRPURKHAS, Aug 6: Dozens of people from Badal Shah, Allah Bux Gorchani and Babu Thabba villages staged a demonstration in Mirwah Gorchani town on Sunday to protest against a Hesco lineman... HYDERABAD: Govt accused of holding talks with teachers’ organisation HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The Sindh Employees Alliance’s spokesman Tariq Mansoor Qureshi has said that write the government has imposed a ban on teachers’ associations it has given full freedom to the Sindh Education Alliance to continue its activities.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: One killed in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 6: A driver was killed and four people were injured when a trailer hit their car on the National Highway near Moro on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Kiln workers demonstrate against NGO HYDERABAD, Aug 6: A large number of kiln workers took out a procession from the Hyder chowk to the press club on Sunday in protest against alleged blackmailing by an NGO.... MIRPURKHAS: 50 teachers appointed MIRPURKHAS, Aug 6: The district government in cooperation with UNICEF has appointed 50 women teachers who will be posted in Mirpurkhas and Hussain Bux Mari talukas.... KOTLI: Call for united Ummah action KOTLI, Aug 6: Former Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has called upon the Ummah to devise a strategy against Israeli barbarism and play their due role to end aggression against Muslims....

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