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April 28, 2007 Saturday Rabi-us-Sani 10, 1428 KARACHI: KESC chief grilled over prolonged outages KARACHI, April 27: Enraged traders and representatives of the industry took to the streets on Friday and protested outside the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation’s headquarters against massive load-shedding and power breakdowns.... KARACHI: City govt takes time over revisions: Karachi Elevated Expressway KARACHI, April 27: The City District Government Karachi has so far not submitted any revised plan of the Karachi Elevated Expressway (KEE) to the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa), which is... KARACHI: Iftikhar to address Sindh bar on May 12 KARACHI, April 27: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, would address the Sindh High Court Bar Association on May 12, SHCBA President Abrar Hasan said here on Friday.... KARACHI: Opposition rally against attack on councillors KARACHI, April 27: A large number of opposition members in the city council along with their party supporters assembled outside the council’s building on M.A. Jinnah Road after Friday prayers to... KARACHI: 75 deprived of vehicles, phones KARACHI, April 27: As many as 75 people were deprived of their cars, motorcycles, or cellphones in various localities of the city on Friday.... KARACHI: Crackdown on unregistered Afghans soon KARACHI, April 27: All the Afghan refugees residing in Sindh, who had failed to get themselves registered by April 15, 2007, would be arrested, jailed and later deported to Afghanistan.... KARACHI: Attachment of amenity plot ordered KARACHI, April 27: The Sindh High Court on Friday ordered attachment of a 14-acre plot in North Karachi pending an inquiry into its conversion.Representing the city district government, Advocate Syed Jamil... PESHAWAR: Districts to get more uplift funds: Budget for next year PESHAWAR, April 27: The NWFP government has decided to increase by 20 per cent the district governments’ share in development spending under the next budget.... HYDERABAD: Role of women in electoral process highlighted HYDERABAD, April 27: Active participation of women in all walks of life was imperative for the prosperity of a country. This was the unanimous opinion of the political leaders who spoke... PESHAWAR: Work on Matni dam to begin soon PESHAWAR, April 27: Provincial Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs Maulana Amanullah Haqqani has said that construction work on the Adezai Matni dam will start soon.... KARACHI: Disease, cruelty killing zoo animals KARACHI, April 27: Last week, a puma, a large slender cat kept in the Karachi Zoological Garden, suddenly died in the cage. Though nobody at the zoo is willing to talk... KARACHI: Jugalbandi at Arts Council KARACHI, April 27: Popularly known as the prince of Tabla, Ustad Abdul Sattar Tari of Punjab Gharana will team up on Saturday with sitar maestro Nafees Khan to present to music enthusiasts jugalbandi at the Arts Council at 7pm.... KARACHI: Home for elderly opened KARACHI, April 27: A 40-bed Irfan Mowjee Home for the Elderly Poor was inaugurated at the Ida Rieu School and College for the Deaf and Blind on Friday evening.... KARACHI: Sewage overflow ruining roads KARACHI, April 27: With the reforms being brought in the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and the appointment of new managing director, citizens have hopes that the water and sewerage system may improve in the days to come.... KARACHI: Sufi music festival set to take off KARACHI, April 27: A known theatre group is bringing the first ever and, what the organizers claim, biggest festival in the region, the ‘International Mystic Music Sufi Festival,’ to Karachi.... KARACHI: Uplift of housing societies KARACHI, April 27: The Federal Minister for Communication, Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui, presided over a meeting here on Friday to discuss the development work, road network and transport issues in various housing societies.... KARACHI: 5,020 posts in health dept lying vacant KARACHI, April 27: The Sindh health department will start process of appointment against 1,670 posts of grade 5 to 15 by holding written tests on May 14, said official sources.... KARACHI: Action against land grabbers KARACHI, April 27: The land mafia has caused losses of billions of rupees to the Sindh government by occupying hundreds of acres in Karachi. However, the government is determined to restore... KARACHI: Sustained support for CJ lauded KARACHI, April 27: Speakers at a seminar titled ‘Present situation in the country and response of the civil society’ appealed to all segments of society to stand united and support the... KARACHI: ClickArt opens KARACHI, April 27: A photographic exhibition titled ‘ClickArt 07’ will open at the Manzar Akbar Hall of the Arts Council of Pakistan at 5:30pm on Saturday (today).... KARACHI: Health centre of high standard established: International Safety Day KARACHI, April 27: The government has established a professional Safety and Health Centre of international standard in Karachi under the ILO and in cooperation with the UNDP.... KARACHI: ARD plans rally in Lyari KARACHI, April 27: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Sindh chapter, has decided to stage a solidarity rally in support of the ongoing struggle of the lawyers’ community for reinstatement of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, on May 2.... KARACHI: Foreign mediamen visit Jamia Binnoria KARACHI, April 27: Representatives of Voice of Germany on Friday paid a visit to Jamia Al-Binnoria Almia in Site, where they were taken to different departments.... KARACHI: MMA demo slams raid on Fazl’s house KARACHI, April 27: A protest rally was organised by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s Karachi chapter at the Empress Market on Friday to condemn the recent rocket attach on the residence of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Leaders of the Opposition in the National Assembly.... KARACHI: Mengal’s plea for safe food KARACHI, April 27: Former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhter Mengal’s counsel has requested the superintendent of the Central Prison Karachi to allow the under-trial prisoner’s servant to deliver food to him personally.... KARACHI: Suicide KARACHI, April 27: A jobless youth committed suicide at his Sachal residence here on Friday.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, April 27: The Met office has forecast warm and humid weather with the maximum temperature expected to range between 33 and 35 degrees Centigrade for Karachi on Saturday.—PPI... HYDERABAD: Hyderabad hosts Aalami Mushaira HYDERABAD, April 27: The second Hyderabad Aalami Mushaira was held at the Nursery Park, Latifabad-6 on Thursday night under the aegis of the district government and the Sindh department of culture, tourism and social welfare.... HYDERABAD: Policeman booked for killing wife HYDERABAD, April 27: An official of the Motorway Police has been booked on the charge of killing his wife.... HYDERABAD: Students deplore removal of VC HYDERABAD, April 27: A group of students of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences on Friday staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club against the removal of... HYDERABAD: Woman seeks protection HYDERABAD, April 27: A newly married woman, Gulnaz, resident of Tando Yousuf, Hyderabad, has appealed to the authorities to protect her, her husband and in-laws.... NAWABSHAH: Protest against DCO NAWABSHAH, April 27: In the wake of a row between the district nazim and the DCO, PPP activists and party-backed Awam Dost members of the district council continued protest against the DCO here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: ANP calls for ban on FM stations PESHAWAR, April 27: The Awami National Party has asked the government to ban illegal FM radio stations, help find the missing people and take action against those who hurl threats at peaceful citizens.... PESHAWAR: Inquiry into OEC affairs demanded PESHAWAR, April 27: The Pakistan Awami Party has demanded of the government to hold an inquiry into the affairs of the Overseas Employment Corporation which, according to it, has been fleecing people on the pretext of providing them jobs abroad.... PESHAWAR: Protests held against attack on Fazl’s house PESHAWAR, April 27: Dozens of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal activists on Friday took out a procession to condemn the rocket attack on the house of their leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman.... PESHAWAR: Moscow looking for allies, say visiting journalists PESHAWAR, April 27: A group of Russian journalists visited Peshawar University’s Area Study Centre (for Russia, China and Central Asia) on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Work on housing for judges starts PESHAWAR, April 27: The Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court, Justice Tariq Pervez, laid the foundation stone on Friday of a project to construct residential quarters for district judges in Hayatabad under the foreign-funded Access to Justice Programme.... PESHAWAR: Drive against encroachments PESHAWAR, April 27: The Capital City Traffic Police have launched an operation against encroachments in the provincial capital and removed hundreds of illegal cabins besides arresting three persons.... CHITRAL: NGOs urged to join relief work CHITRAL, April 27: Nazim of Chitral district Maghfirat Shah has urged the non-governmental organisations to join relief activities in the avalanche-hit areas of his district. He has also asked the provincial... GILGIT: Varsity faces shortage of professors GILGIT, April 27: The Karakurum International University faces shortage of professors and despite repeated advertisements no professor is willing to serve there....

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