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August 08, 2006 Tuesday Rajab 12, 1427 KARACHI: People be moved to safer places: Ibad KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has ordered timely shifting of all people from the coastal belt and the districts vulnerable to floods to safe places.... KARACHI: Bath Island, Block 8 streets flooded on 9th day KARACHI, Aug 7: Roads and streets in Gulshan-i-Faisal of the Bath Island and Block 8 of Clifton continued to remain submerged by rainwater for the ninth consecutive day on Monday, making... KARACHI: Israel, US be tried for war crimes: moot KARACHI, Aug 7: Speakers at a seminar on Monday condemning Israeli aggression against Lebanon demanded that the bombing should be stopped immediately and Israel and its patron, the United States, must be tried for war crimes.... HYDERABAD: Rain, power outages cripple several districts of Sindh HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The fragile system of power supply in most of the districts of Sindh broke down again following heavy rainfall on Monday. When it started raining on Monday morning,... DADU: 20 villages in Dadu, Jamshoro flooded DADU, Aug 7: About 20 villages and crops over hundreds of acres on boath sides of the Indus river in Dadu and Jamshoro districts came under water on Monday.... HYDERABAD: Indus embankments on round-the-clock watch HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The chief engineer of the Kotri Barrage, Mr Manzoor Shaikh, has said that irrigation authorities are maintaining a round-the-clock surveillance along Indus embankments in the wake of medium flood which may hit the Kotri Barrage on August 15-16.... HYDERABAD: 1.5pc Manchhar lake water to be released into Indus HYDERABAD, Aug 7: The Manchhar Lake Water Release Committee has decided to release 1.5 per cent water of the lake into the Indus river to ease pressure on its embankments.... KARACHI: Night-long showers cripple life again KARACHI, Aug 7: The night-long heavy showers which continued till Monday morning flooded various thoroughfares leaving road users stranded in traffic congestions and disturbed the power supply distribution system of the metropolis.... KARACHI: Kamal inspects relief work KARACHI, Aug 7: City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the city government is taking steps to strengthen town administrations and union councils by equipping them with machinery and assisting in undertaking development schemes.... KARACHI: Merchant shot dead by bandits KARACHI, Aug 7: A cloth merchant was shot dead by bandits during motorcycles snatching in Liaquatabad on Monday morning.... KARACHI: 28 vehicles, 41 cellphones taken away KARACHI, Aug 7: At least 28 vehicles and 41 mobile phones were snatched or stolen by bandits in different parts of the city on Monday. Police sources said five cars were... HUB: Hub level rises further HUB, Aug 7: Water level in Hub Dam along Sindh-Balochistan border near Karachi has risen up to 24 feet and its level has touched 307 feet mark.... KARACHI: Congo virus patient recovering at CHK KARACHI, Aug 7: A woman, who according to doctors is a confirmed Congo virus positive case, has started showing signs of improvement at the Civil Hospital Karachi.... KARACHI: Childhood development affects social behaviour: moot KARACHI, Aug 7: Speakers at a symposium stressed that early childhood development was the make or break period in a person’s life that influenced the make up of the whole society.... KARACHI: Fishermen’s villages under water KARACHI, Aug 7: Breaches were developed in Mullahdad Dam near fishermen’s village, Mubarak Goth, in Keamari Town, due to intermittent rain which continued all the night between Sunday and Monday.... KARACHI: Polythene bag factory sealed KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh Environment Adviser Muhammad Noman Saigal on Monday supervised a raid in Korangi Industrial Area and sealed a polythene bag factory for manufacturing low-quality bags.... KARACHI: Admissions to first year begin KARACHI, Aug 7: The provincial education manager (colleges) of Sindh and chairman of the CAP Committee, Dr Mohammad Ali Shaikh, on Monday said that the process of admissions to first year... KARACHI: Teachers’ welfare body likely KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh Education Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro on Monday said that the provincial government was considering constituting a body for the welfare of teachers'' community and asked teachers to perform their prime responsibility of teaching.... KARACHI: LLB, LLM exam forms KARACHI, Aug 7: The examination department of the University of Karachi on Monday has notified that the KU pro-vice-chancellor has allowed accepting exam form and fee of LLB (final) and LLM students, who have already enrolled or have provisional equivalence certificate.... KARACHI: Three rescued from Thado Nullah in Malir KARACHI, Aug 7: The town administration of Malir on Sunday night saved three persons from drowning in flood water in Thado Nullah and shifted 250 rain-hit citizens to its relief camps as rain and drain water had inundated their houses.... KARACHI: SMI entry test postponed KARACHI, Aug 7: The principal of the Sindh Madressatul Islam, Lt Col (retd) Taj Mohammad Memon, on Monday announced that the admission tests for the primary and secondary classes scheduled on... KARACHI: ASH to get 10 ventilator machines KARACHI, Aug 7: The Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is getting 10 ventilator machines at a cost of Rs60 million that will be inducted within a month. According to a press statement issued... KARACHI: Fumigation in Landhi starts KARACHI, Aug 7: Landhi Town Nazim Muhammad Ismail Qureshi on Monday kicked off fumigation and vector control drive in Union Council No 9 to stop breeding of mosquitoes after the monsoon rains.... KARACHI: Inter-faith dialogues urged to avert clash KARACHI, Aug 7: The need for inter-faith dialogues has grown manifolds today than in the past as clash between civilizations could be checked only through such activities because all religions call for respect to humanity and for tolerance and peace.... KARACHI: Leaders condole with Ghinva KARACHI, Aug 7: Leaders of various political parties and groups, besides office-bearers of the Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto, on Sunday visited 70-Clifton to offer their condolences to the PPP-SB chairperson Ghinva Bhutto on her father’s demise in Damascus.... KARACHI: Witness examined KARACHI, Aug 7: An Anti-Terrorism Court in of Karachi on Monday adjourned the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case against three accused after recording the statement of a prosecution witnesses.... KARACHI: NP rules out joining govt KARACHI, Aug 7: Leader of the Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Kachkol Ali, who is also a central leader of the National Party, has ruled out the possibility of his party’s... BADIN: Drought-hit Badin heaves a sigh of relief BADIN, Aug 7: District Nazim Ali Anwar Halepoto has said that recent rains in the district had brought great relief to the people who had been complaining of an acute shortage of irrigation water.... NAWABSHAH: Five booked for assaulting woman NAWABSHAH, Aug 7: The Nawabshah police booked five persons on Monday for sexually assaulting a married woman. Rano Channa, resident of the Faiz Channa village, had lodged an FIR at the... LARKANA: Mumtaz slams govt LARKANA, Aug 7: The chairman of Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, said on Monday that people should not expect the government to face up to the threat of flood.... HYDERABAD: Kotri PPP, SPSF, SPY activists join PML-F HYDERABAD, Aug 7: A large number of activists of Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh People’s Youth and Sindh People’s Students Federation of Kotri, Jamshoro district, announced on Monday that they were joining the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional).... HYDERABAD: Ban on bathing in Indus HYDERABAD, Aug 7: Jamshoro DCO Mohammad Khawar Jamil on Monday imposed a ban under on bathing in the River Indus after a resident of Qasimabad drowned in Kotri downstream on Sunday.... PESHAWAR: Law to be amended to empower health authority PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The NWFP government plans to amend a law relating to registration of healthcare centres. “Private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centre throughout the province will be closed down if... PESHAWAR: Grand jirga hopeful of peace: Waziristan cirsis PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The 45-member Grand Tribal Jirga, constituted to seek a permanent and peaceful solution to the crisis in Waziristan, called on the NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (R) Ali Mohammad Jan... DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Villagers displaced by high flood in Indus DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 7: High flood in the Indus has inundated several villages in the Dera Ismail Khan area as troops and police started a rescue operation to evacuate the marooned people, officials said.... PESHAWAR: Khasadars held on murder charge produced in court PESHAWAR, Aug 7: Three khasadars arrested on charges of killing a local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) declined to plead guilty before the court of a judicial magistrate and were sent to prison.... PESHAWAR: ‘Govt trying to build human resource base’ PESHAWAR, Aug 7: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that the provincial government assigned top priority to capacity-building of health personnel, adding that concrete steps were being taken to develop the human resource sector.... PESHAWAR: ANP calls for judicious distribution of aid PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The Awami National Party has expressed concern over loss of lives and property in floods and asked the government to ensure judicious distribution of relief goods among the affected people.... PESHAWAR: Safety plan for Lakki Lake PESHAWAR, Aug 7: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has ordered a survey of Lakki Lake to establish safety spurs along it in order to cope with emergency situation.... KOHAT: Toy-bomb kills three children KOHAT, Aug 7: Three children were killed in Darra Adam Khel, Frontier Region of Kohat, 12 kilometers north of here, when a toy-bomb they were playing with exploded in a house on Monday....

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