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August 18, 2006 Friday Rajab 22, 1427 KARACHI: Torrential rains paralyse life in city: 13 die as afternoon deluge pours misery on Karachi KARACHI, Aug 17: Life in Karachi came to a standstill following widespread flooding caused by the torrential rains that lashed the city on Thursday afternoon.... KARACHI: Transport network collapses KARACHI, Aug 17: Heavy rains across the metropolis on Thursday led to the total collapse of road transport network as hundreds of vehicles on all main thoroughfares and link roads remained trapped in traffic jams for hours.... KARACHI: Holiday for educational institutions KARACHI, Aug 17: All private and government educational institutions in Karachi and Hyderabad will remain closed on Friday, it was officially announced on Thursday evening.... KARACHI: More rains likely KARACHI, Aug 17: The Meteorological Department has forecast cloudy weather with chances of thundershower across the city on Friday.... KARACHI: Bandits go on looting spree KARACHI, Aug 17: Taking advantage of crippling traffic jam, bandits went on a looting spree depriving stranded motorists of their cell phones.... KARACHI: Water level rises at Hub Dam KARACHI, Aug 17: Water level in Hub dam’s reservoir further increased to 313 RL (Reservoir Level) in the wake of Thursday’s rains.... KARACHI: Rain disrupts power supply in many localities KARACHI, Aug 17: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s distribution system was hit by the heavy rain that began early Thursday morning and continued into the night, and as a result various localities remained without electricity supply for hours on end.... KARACHI: Telephone services affected KARACHI, Aug 17: Thousands of mobile phone users faced hardships as cellphone networks collapsed on Thursday evening following heavy rains across the city here.... KARACHI: Many roads submerged in old city areas KARACHI, Aug 17: Thursday’s unexpected heavy downpour completely paralyzed civic life in old city areas and caused severe flooding on all the main and link roads submerging many houses in congested areas.... KARACHI: Govt told to explain position: Detention controversy KARACHI, Aug 17: The Sindh High Court on Thursday directed the federal law officer to explain position after receiving a definite reply from the interior and foreign ministries regarding detention of Al-Qa''eda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammad by the Pakistani government.... KARACHI: Govt leading country to ’71 scenario, says JI KARACHI, Aug 17: Naib Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami Prof Ghafoor Ahmad on Thursday accused the government of pushing the country towards 1971 scenario by denying people their economic, political and fundamental rights.... KARACHI: PPP slams govt for preparing ‘bogus’ voters list KARACHI, Aug 17: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Nisar Khuhro, on Thursday slammed the government for “preparing bogus voter''s list, ban on teacher''s unions, precarious law and order situation,... KARACHI: Moot calls for more autonomy to provinces KARACHI, Aug 17: Speakers at a public dialogue here on Thursday maintained that democracy in the country could not be restored unless there was an end to the role of military... KARACHI: Experts lament poor quality of medical education KARACHI, Aug 17: Non-availability of trained health-care workforce remains a critical deficiency in Pakistan, said speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday.... KARACHI: Women’s centre at jail upgraded KARACHI, Aug 17: The Community Development Department of the City District Government Karachi has formally upgraded the stitching centre of the women''s central jail Karachi as an industrial home.... KARACHI: Traffic jams due to dug up city roads KARACHI, Aug 17: The city transporters have complained that the dug up and dilapidated roads further devastated by the ongoing rains have caused manifold increase in waste of fuel and at... KARACHI: DAE admission date extended KARACHI, Aug 17: The education department of the city government Thursday extended schedule for submission of admission forms for DAE (Morning Shift) for the academic session 2006-07 from August 15 to 25.... KARACHI: HSC Part-I Home Economics results KARACHI, Aug 17: The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi, on Thursday declared the result of Higher Secondary Certificate Part-I Annual Examinations, 2006, Home Economics Group.... KARACHI: Art show at Unicorn KARACHI, Aug 17: The Unicorn Art Gallery is holding Aarij Hashimi’s second solo show, featuring water-colours, oils and mixed media work at 4.30pm. The exhibition will remain open till Aug 25.... KARACHI: Fireworks likely in PA session today KARACHI, Aug 17: The requisitioned session of the Sindh Assembly on Friday is likely to draw fireworks as the opposition has made enough preparations to give a tough time to treasury benches.... HYDERABAD: Heavy rain paralyses Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Aug 17: The fresh spell of heavy to moderate rain in the district on Thursday paralysed all life activities.... HYDERABAD: Wasa fails to drain out rainwater HYDERABAD, Aug 17: The main areas in four union councils of the Qasimabad taluka have been submerged under rainwater with no immediate arrangements put in place by the Water and Sanitation Agency to drain out stagnant water.... DADU: Indus surge reaches Dadu, large areas hit DADU, Aug 17: A high flow of water was passing through Dadu and Jamshoro districts on Thursday.... HYDERABAD: Aziz’s remarks on flood and dams criticised HYDERABAD, Aug 17: The Sindh Water Committee on Wednesday severely criticised statement of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz that flood water that was flowing into the sea could have been stored if there had been dams.... HYDERABAD: 27 projects completed under SDSSP HYDERABAD, Aug 17: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has said that 27 development schemes were completed under the Sindh Devolved Social Services Programme during the 2004-05 year.... HYDERABAD: Committee formed to review prices of farm input HYDERABAD, Aug 17: The Sindh government has formed a sub-committee for reviewing in detail the cost of various inputs, trends of prices and overall cost of production of different crops.... HYDERABAD: Protest against unemployment HYDERABAD, Aug 17: A large number of workers on Thursday took out a procession from the labour hall to the press club in protest against unemployment, privatisation of national enterprises and black anti-labour laws.... DADU: Two cops killed in accident DADU, Aug 17: Two police officials were killed and five others injured when a police mobile of anti-car lifting cell Karachi hit a parked van near Sann on the Indus Highway on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Eight foreign prisoners handed over to welfare organisation PESHAWAR, Aug 17: Eight foreign prisoners, mostly Arabs, were handed over to a welfare organisation by a local court on Thursday over applications filed by the World Prisoners Relief Commission (WPRC).... Assistant political agent, SHO summoned PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday summoned an SHO and assistant political agent for allegedly keeping three people in illegal detention for about four months.... PESHAWAR: Man kidnapped, Rs1m demanded PESHAWAR, Aug 17: Two tribesmen have kidnapped a man from Iqbalabad locality of Gulberg area and are demanding Rs1 million as ransom for his release, official sources told Dawn on Thursday.... PESHAWAR: Clerk held for issuing bogus driving licences PESHAWAR, Aug 17: A traffic police clerk has been arrested on charges of issuing thousands of bogus driving licences, while efforts are on to net a former cop involved in the same illegal practice, official sources told Dawn on Thursday....

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