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May 07, 2007 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 19, 1428 KARACHI: Traders reject govt plan for early closure of business KARACHI, May 6: As enraged power consumers took to the streets to give vent to their feelings against the persisting power outages and the KESC’s indifferent attitude, traders and businessmen on... KARACHI: Electricity crisis fuels search for alternatives KARACHI, May 6: Power failures have paved the way for three economic activities — massive surge in the import bill of power generating machines to over half a billion dollars in... KARACHI: Gastroenteritis on the rise in city KARACHI, May 6: Hospitals and physicians accept that there is an increase in the number of cases of gastroenteritis in the city, but maintain that it is nothing unusual in the hot and humid weather.... KARACHI: Thar Express: excess luggage charges go up 10 times KARACHI, May 6: The Pakistan Railways has increased charges on the excess luggage by ten times for the passengers of Thar Express, apparently to discourage illegal trade.... KARACHI: Working children rally for equality in education KARACHI, May 6: Hundreds of working children enrolled in the schools managed by a private charity took out a rally to demand equality in education. Later, they cleaned the beach to give a message of better environment for the metropolis.... HYDERABAD: Power crisis sparks protests HYDERABAD, May 6: Frequent power breakdowns and water shortages forced people to take to streets in many parts of the city as mercury shot up to 44.2 degrees centigrade on Sunday.... QUETTA: Lawyers protest against ‘excesses’ in Balochistan QUETTA, May 6: The lawyers have boycotted court proceedings all over Balochistan on Saturday in response to a call of the Baloch Bar Association to protest against what it called the government’s oppressive policies and excesses in the province.... KARACHI: Five of 20 encounter suspects released KARACHI, May 6: The Anti-Car Lifting Cell on Sunday released five of the 20 suspects who had been picked up after a deadly ‘encounter’ with suspected carjackers in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Friday.... KARACHI: Egyptian ensemble channels mystic energy KARACHI, May 6: A mix of rustic Pakistani folk singing and classical raags, capped by the frenetic performance of the mystical Egyptian Zar technique, marked the third night of the International... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Keep off Musharraf, Fazl tells Benazir NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 6: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazalur Rehman said here on Sunday that any deal between Benazir and Musharraf would adversely affect the people and the country.... HYDERABAD: Anti-dam body puts off sit-in to welcome CJP HYDERABAD, May 6: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee has decided to postpone a sit-in it planned to hold at Kamoo Shaheed on May 12-20 to participate in... KARACHI: Work on two bus corridors to begin this year KARACHI, May 6: The city government will start work on the construction of two of the four corridors for the Bus Rapid Transport System in the current year by utilising the... KARACHI: European film festival kicks off today KARACHI, May 6: A 10-day film festival titled ‘Windows on Europe’ will kick off here on Monday to mark Europe Day, celebrated on May 9 in the European Union.... KARACHI: Reference for Ahmad Ali Khan today KARACHI, May 6: A reference session to pay homage to the late Ahmad Ali Khan, former editor-in-chief of Dawn, will be held on Monday at 4pm at the Arts Council, Karachi.... KARACHI: Sobho vows to continue struggle for social justice KARACHI, May 6: One of the country’s most revered leftist thinkers and scholars, Sobho Giyanchandani, popularly referred to with the honorific of ‘comrade,’ has said that despite having waged a decades-long... KARACHI: Special children forget disability on their day KARACHI, May 6: Children are considered to be the very reason for their parents’ delight. However, the joy is marred by a concern, when children appear to have a disability of some sort.... KARACHI: UCs asked to play role for community uplift KARACHI, May 6: Sindh Minister for Local Government, Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development Mohammad Hussain Khan says that the union councils have a vital role to play to achieve maximum benefits from the present local bodies system.... KARACHI: 2 fire-tenders in Saddar go out of order KARACHI, May 6: Any incident of fire in the most congested residential and commercial areas of the city, Saddar, may put lives and properties of thousands of citizens in jeopardy as... KARACHI: Air quality monitoring stations established KARACHI, May 6: Two Air Quality Monitoring Stations have been established in the city with Japanese cooperation.... KARACHI: Golden jubilee seminar KARACHI, May 6: A seminar to mark the golden jubilee of the Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, will be organised at the DJ Sindh Government Science College on Monday at 10.30am.... KARACHI: Sleeplessness causing health problems: PMA KARACHI, May 6: The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi chapter, has expressed concern over the rising trend of sleeplessness and unbalanced diet among citizens causing different kinds of diseases.... KARACHI: Blocking of TV channels criticized KARACHI, May 6: The information secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party Women Wing, MPA Shazia Marri, has criticised the authorities for keeping three television channels off air for some hours on Saturday.... KARACHI: Thalassaemia’s early treatment stressed KARACHI, May 6: Currently about five thousand children in Pakistan are born with thalassaemia major every year and the only treatment is bone marrow transplantation.... KARACHI: IT dept to be made vibrant KARACHI, May 6: Sindh IT Adviser Muhammad Noman Saigal has said that all available resources are being utilised to activate the Sindh Information Technology Department.... KARACHI: Syedna’s birthday KARACHI, May 6: The Dawoodi Bohra community will celebrate the 96th birthday on Monday of their spiritual leader, Dr Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin Saheb, who is presently in Yemen.... KARACHI: Rs0.3m reward announced KARACHI, May 6: Sindh Home Department has announced a cash reward of Rs 300,000 each for providing information leading to the arrest of wanted criminals involved in heinous offences.... KARACHI: Weather KARACHI, May 6: The Met office has forecast hot and warm weather for the city on Monday with the maximum temperature expected to range between 37 and 39 degrees Centigrade.... HYDERABAD: MUET VC praises students HYDERABAD, May 6: The vice-chancellor of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Rajput has said that 99 per cent of the 4,800 university students devote their... HYDERABAD: Builders accused of occupying amenity plots HYDERABAD, May 6: The All-Pakistan Soomra Association on Sunday said that the builders’ mafia, in collusion with the Hyderabad Development Authority, had occupied amenity plots for mosques, parks, hospitals and schools in their villages in Qasimabad taluka.... THATTA: Outcry in Thatta over shortage of water THATTA, May 6: Protesting acute shortage of potable water in the town for the last two weeks, a large number of people took to the streets here on Sunday.... MIRPURKHAS: Prison reforms sought MIRPURKHAS, May 6: Speakers at a seminar held here on Sunday said that prisons were producing anti-social elements because poor prisoners were tortured while influential ones enjoy facilities through payment of illegal gratification to the staff.... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Rally held in support of ailing artiste NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 6: Several artistes carrying harmonium, yaktara and other musical instruments, took out a procession and marched in bazars and markets and observed a token hunger strike near the... MIRPURKHAS: Demonstration MIRPURKHAS, May 6: Residents of Aurangabad and Bhansinghabad staged a demonstration against Hesco officials.... PESHAWAR: Quality care survey of 104 health units planned PESHAWAR, May 6: The NWFP Health Regulatory Authority (HRA) has decided to launch a quality care survey of 104 health facilities in 23 districts of the province to prepare an action plan for regulating health institutions.... PESHAWAR: 97 per cent children vaccinated against polio PESHAWAR, May 6: About 97 per cent of children under the age of five were given polio drops during the anti-polio campaign of the National Immunisation Days (NIDs) in the NWFP and Federally-Administered Tribal Areas.... PARACHINAR: Phone lines not repaired in Parachinar PARACHINAR, May 6: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is yet to repair telephone lines in Parachinar and adjoining areas that were damaged during recent clashes.... SWABI: Disabled in Swabi get wheelchairs SWABI, May 6: Khidmat-i-Mazooran (KM), a welfare organisation, handed over 105 wheel-chairs to special people, 30 of them females, at a function here on Sunday.... MARDAN: Nazim booked for vandalism MARDAN, May 6: A case was registered against the nazim of Hoti union council and seven other people for smashing streetlights and damaging billboards during a protest demonstration against Pesco last week, officials said on Sunday.... QUETTA: Gwadar, Pasni jolted QUETTA, May 6: A mild tremor jolted Gwadar and Pasni for a second time in a week on Sunday.... MANSEHRA: Three killed in road accident MANSEHRA, May 6: Three people, including an education official of the Northern Areas, were killed when their pick-up fell into a ravine in Pattan tehsil of the Kohistan district on Sunday....

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