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September 25, 2006 Monday Ramazan 1, 1427 KARACHI: Major power outage in Karachi KARACHI, Sept 24: Karachiites braved yet another day of prolonged power cuts amid soaring temperatures on Sunday.... KARACHI: Reduction in prices at USs takes effect today KARACHI, Sept 24: Consumers will throng utility stores in a large numbers after the implementation of three to 10 per cent discount on prices of more than 1,000 items announced by... KARACHI: Strategy ready to curb crime: Ibad KARACHI, Sept 24: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that a concrete strategy has been devised to curb crime across the province, prompt completion of uplift works, smooth flow of... KARACHI: 76 deprived of vehicles, phones KARACHI, Sept 24: Bandits took away 19 vehicles and 57 cellphones from different parts of the city on Sunday. Police sources said that three cars and seven motorcycles were snatched... KARACHI: Muttahida activist, another shot dead KARACHI, Sept 24: Two persons, one of them an activist of the Mutthida Qaumi Movement, were gunned down in different parts of the city on Sunday.... KARACHI: Future of KMTP hangs in balance KARACHI, Sept 24: Work on the 17km long Sohrab Goth –Tower corridor-I of the Karachi Mass Transit Project (KMTP), which was due to commence in August, could not be materialized due... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, Sept 24: The meteorological department has forecast hot and humid weather for the city on Monday. According to the forecast, maximum temperature is expected to remain between 36 and 38 degrees Centigrade in the metropolis.... KARACHI: Security plan devised for Ramazan KARACHI, Sept 24: Police in different towns of the city have devised the security and anti-street crime plan to maintain peace during the holy month of Ramazan.... KARACHI: Complaint centres set up KARACHI, Sept 24: The nazim of Gulshan Town, Mohammad Wasay Jalil, has declared the central complaint centre of the town as emergency centre during the holy month of Ramazan and asked the people to lodge complaints against sellers involved in overcharging.... KARACHI: Citizens advised to take simple diet KARACHI, Sept 24: With the advent of Ramazan every year, people by and large reorder their schedule of life, particularly their food consumption dominated by fatty and oily food stuff beginning... KARACHI: Steps to boost fishing sector urged KARACHI, Sept 24: Speakers at a training programme organized by the United Nation Industrial Development Organization have urged the fishermen to adopt modern methods of fishing to boost the dwindling seafood stock.... KARACHI: Repair of pumping stations ordered KARACHI, Sept 24: City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil said that the city government was fully aware of the problems being faced by the residents of Lyari and City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal was paying special attention to solve those problems.... KARACHI: KWSB on the alert KARACHI, Sept 24: Following a storm forecast by the Met office, the managing director of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brig Iftikhar Ahmed, has directed the KWSB operational staff to remain alert round-the-clock.... KARACHI: Health camp at Essa Nagri KARACHI, Sept 24: The People’s Doctor Forum along with People’s Minority Wing on Sunday arranged a free psychiatric and addiction camp at Essa Nagri, Christian Community Centre where 700 patients were given free medicines.... KARACHI: Traffic mess at Burnes Road KARACHI, Sept 24: As Ramazan begins on Monday, the Burnes Road, leading to M.A. Jinnah Road and Jamia Cloth Market from Fresco Chowk, remains uncarpeted despite nazim''s claim that all the... KARACHI: Sindh PA session resumes today KARACHI, Sept 24: The Sindh Assembly will resume its business after a two-day recess on Monday and it is most likely that the adjournment motion whose notice was given by Nisar... KARACHI: Rimpa Plaza culprits’ arrest demanded KARACHI, Sept 24: Speakers at a meeting on Sunday condemned the indifferent attitude of the government towards victimisation of minorities, and demanded that all those involved in the Rimpa Plaza carnage be arrested immediately and punished according to law.... KARACHI: Hawkesbay plot orders to be sent via courier service KARACHI, Sept 24: The Lyari Development Authority, in a meeting on Sunday, decided to send possession orders to the allottees of Hawkesbay Scheme-42 through courier service completing the entire process within six weeks.... KARACHI: Action ordered for breaking seal KARACHI, Sept 24: Chairman of the Fishermen Cooperative Society’s vigilance committee Ahmed Zameer has directed the FCS manager administration to initiate legal action against those involved in breaking the seal of... KARACHI: Traffic plan for Saddar KARACHI, Sept 24: The town municipal administration of Saddar has made an effective plan to ensure unhindered traffic flow during the holy month of Ramazan.... KARACHI: Telephone bills KARACHI, Sept 24: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has extended the last date for the payment of telephone bills to Sept 27, due to a bank holiday on Sept 25 on account of 1st Ramazan.... HYDERABAD: Plan finalised for price control during Ramazan HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Revenue officials with magisterial powers will visit markets to check whether price lists issued by the district administration for Ramazan are being displayed by shopkeepers.... SUKKUR: Police operation: old man dies, 20 houses torched SUKKUR, Sept 24: An elderly man was electrocuted, 20 houses were gutted and an unspecified number of houses razed to ground in a 10-hour police operation which ended in the arrest of 40 suspects in Qabil Jagirani village on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: Gypsies hail from Sindh, claims Dr Kazi HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Noted scholar and linguist Dr N. B. G. Kazi has said that gypsies’ original home is the Rohri-Sukkur area from where they spread out to other countries of the world over centuries.... HYDERABAD: SAU officials accused of corruption HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Employees of the Sindh Agriculture University on Sunday held a demonstration outside the press club in protest against non-acceptance of their demands and registration of false cases against them.... HYDERABAD: Call for ending ban on student unions HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Student organisations have demanded that a ban on student unions should be lifted. Leaders of the organisations said that in future all those forces would be opposed which often resorted to boycott of classes.... HYDERABAD: Protest against demolition of houses HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Residents of Rashi Ghat area held a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday in protest against demolition of houses by the City taluka municipal administration.... HYDERABAD: Man commits suicide after killing boy HYDERABAD, Sept 24: A man shot dead a boy and later committed suicide with the same pistol in Latifabad on Saturday night. Shoaib, 17, was gunned down by Ghulam Hussain, in the A-section police area following a dispute.... SUKKUR: Power restored in parts of Sindh SUKKUR, Sept 24: Power supply to some parts of Sindh and Balochistan was restored after a blackout of about seven hours and supply to remaining parts was expected to be restored in the night.... THATTA: Three girls drown THATTA, Sept 24: Three young girls drowned in Gul Mohammad Jokhio village near Jangshahi on Sunday evening. A lot of rain water had accumulated in a roadside ditch in the village.... PESHAWAR: Poet Ashraf Maftoon remembered PESHAWAR, Sept 24: Writers and poets from across the NWFP paid rich tribute to renowned Pashto poet Ashraf Maftoon at a literary sitting held under the auspices of the Pakistan Academy of Letters.... PESHAWAR: Women in jails await release on probation PESHAWAR, Sept 24: The non-implementation of the Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960, has been delaying the release on probation of women prisoners jailed in different cases, according to legal circles.... PESHAWAR: Shortage on doctors in emergency wards PESHAWAR, Sept 24: Shortage of doctors and other facilities is affecting the services at the emergency wards of government hospitals in the provincial capital.... PESHAWAR: Need for self-restraint, accountability stressed PESHAWAR, Sept 24: Acting Governor Justice Tariq Parvez Khan has said that Ramzan epitomised self-restraint and accountability and steadfastness and has appealed to people to bring about positive change in their... ABBOTTABAD: Four PSC members elected ABBOTTABAD, Sept 24: The Abbottabad District Council elected four members for the Public Safety Commission here on Saturday.... GILGIT: Rs976m for Ghizer projects GILGIT, Sept 24: The government has allocated Rs976 million for development works in District Ghizer of the Northern Areas....

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