| May 06, 2007 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1428 |
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KARACHI: Public outcry as KESC system collapses
KARACHI, May 5: The collapse of the KESC’s power generation and distribution system at about 5am on Saturday rendered almost the entire city without electricity most of the day forcing groups... 
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KARACHI: City Council body set up to probe brawl
KARACHI, May 5: Seeking to end the prolonged impasse in the City Council, Convener Nasreen Jalil has constituted a five-member house committee to investigate the April 26 incident in which several...
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KARACHI: Bosnian choir delivers heavenly odes
KARACHI, May 5: A hypnotic rendition of Bosnian traditional Sufi singing featured prominently on the second night of the International Mystic Music Sufi Festival, held on Friday at Karachi’s Baradari....
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KARACHI: The son also rises
KARACHI, May 5: Only six days after a stirring sitar recital by Nafees Ahmad at the Pakistan Arts Council, Karachi, the PAC auditorium was once again the venue of another impressive sitar concert....
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KARACHI: Lawyers’ campaign in full swing
KARACHI, May 5: Lawyers in the Sindh High Court, the City Courts and Malir District Courts continued their boycott on Saturday for an hour from 10.30am...
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PESHAWAR: Schoolgirls in Mardan forced to wear burqa
PESHAWAR, May 5: Students of a girls’ school in Mardan have started wearing burqa after their school received threatening letters from some militants. The letters sent to the Government Girls Higher...
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PESHAWAR: Journalists detained, sent back to Peshawar
PESHAWAR, May 5: The political administration of the Khyber Agency on Saturday detained four Peshawar-based journalists when they entered the tribal area on Saturday....
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KOHAT: Anti-encroachment drive fizzles out
KOHAT, May 5: A scheduled anti-encroachment drive has fizzled out here due to non-cooperation of the elected representatives allegedly involved in illegal businesses, Dawn has learnt....
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QUETTA: MMA’s terms for quitting Balochistan govt
QUETTA, May 5: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that without formation of a grand opposition alliance the MMA would not quit the PML-led coalition government in Balochistan....
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PESHAWAR: Man accuses surgeon of removing son’s kidney
PESHAWAR, May 5: A local court on Saturday put on notice a surgeon in an application seeking murder charges against him for illegally removing a child’s kidney that resulted in the nine-year-old’s death....
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KARACHI: Bene Israel graveyard: buried in time or conscience?
KARACHI, May 5: For most of her life, Rachel Joseph has fought for a place that may as well not exist. At 89, frail and almost destitute, Joseph lives in Ramaswamy...
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KARACHI: Bhutta Village regularization
KARACHI, May 5: The Sindh Minister for Local Government, Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development, Mohammad Hussain Khan has ordered immediate regularisation and provision of lease to Bhutta Village, a 40-year-old katchi abadi of Keamari Town....
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KARACHI: New park
KARACHI, May 5: The New Karachi Town Nazim, Mohammad Hanif Surti, inaugurated Shaheed Musharraf Yadgari Park in UC-11 of the town. He said the park spread over 44,620sq-yd had been laid at a cost of Rs1.9...
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CHITRAL: Kalash festival from May 11
CHITRAL, May 5: The spring festival of Kalash people will be held between May 11 and 15 for which preparations are going on in full swing....
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PESHAWAR: Kacha Gari, Jalozai camps to be evacuated
PESHAWAR, May 5: A high-level meeting in Peshawar on Saturday expressed the government’s resolve to evacuate the Kacha Gari and Jalozai camps in the province and send refugees back to Afghanistan for permanent settlement....
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MUZAFFARABAD: ‘Imposed’ Kashmir solution opposed
MUZAFFARABAD, May 5: An opposition lawmaker here on Friday criticised the army''s top brass for trying to impose a solution to the Kashmir issue that he feared did not take into account aspirations of the Kashmiris.Mohammad...
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PESHAWAR: Pharma industry told to get units air-conditioned
PESHAWAR, May 5: The federal government has asked the local pharmaceutical industry to get their manufacturing units fully air-conditioned by December. The directive issued by the federal ministry of health last...
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MARDAN: Two seminary students missing
MARDAN, May 5: Two students of a madressah are reported to be missing since May 1, and their parents say that they have not found any clue to their whereabouts....
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