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May 14, 2007 Monday Rabi-us-Sani 26, 1428 KARACHI: Karachi contends with ethnic violence KARACHI, May 13: Seven people were killed on Sunday in a second day of violence, raising the spectre of bloody ethnic feuding that plagued the city in the 1980s and 1990s.... KARACHI: More powers for Rangers KARACHI, May 13: The Rangers, who were called in about 18 years ago by the provincial government, got the upper hand over police on Sunday when they were additional powers.... KARACHI: MQM shuts offices, sets up camps KARACHI, May 13: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has closed down its offices across the country for an indefinite period and set up two camps for workers and sympathisers forced to leave their homes in the suburban areas following armed attacks.... KARACHI: Schools, colleges to remain closed KARACHI, May 13: The provincial government on Sunday announced that all schools and colleges in Karachi would remain closed on Monday in view of the law and order situation obtaining in the city.... KARACHI: Strike call for today KARACHI, May 13: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy has called for a strike on Monday in protest against the violence in the city that left 34 people dead and over 100 others wounded on Saturday.... HYDERABAD: MQM blamed for killings in Karachi HYDERABAD, May 13: Activists of political parties in the opposition observed a black day and held rallies across the province on Sunday in protest against the government’s failure to rein in armed miscreants in Karachi.... PESHAWAR: Political parties slam Karachi violence: PML-N, MMA hold rallies PESHAWAR, May 13: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Sunday staged separate protest demonstrations, urging President Gen Pervez Musharraf to resign immediately.... KARACHI: Fair polls under Musharraf not possible: MMA KARACHI, May 13: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leader Syed Munawwar Hasan, who is also Secretary General of the Jamaat-i-Islami, said on Sunday that for the first time in the history of the country,... PESHAWAR: Govt considering increasing working hours to 74 a week PESHAWAR, May 13: The federal government is planning to increase the total working hours for industrial workers from 60 to 74 hours a week, according to an official source.... CHITRAL: 55 sanitation, water schemes completed in two years CHITRAL, May 13: The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (RWSSP) has completed 55 schemes out of 126 such plans in the two years since its launch.... KARACHI: CM’s warning KARACHI, May 13: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Sunday warned some political parties not to give ethnic colour to the sad incidents of Karachi.... KARACHI: Opportunities for young researchers KARACHI, May 13: Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD), University of Karachi, has invited applications for provision of research and training opportunities for young scholars.... KARACHI: CS visits JPMC KARACHI, May 13: Sindh Chief Secretary Shakeel Durrani visited Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Sunday morning and enquired about the health of the persons who suffered injuries in Saturday’s firing incidents.... KARACHI: PPP blames Musharraf, MQM for violence KARACHI, May 13: The Pakistan People’s Party leader and Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, has said that threats of serious consequences were given to the judiciary and... KARACHI: And so the story goes on... Karachi: On the second Sunday of May, referred to as Mother’s Day in many countries, gifts and tokens of love are showered upon moms by their children.... KARACHI: Senior journalist G.D.Ghauri dies KARACHI, May 13: A senior journalist and former staff reporter of Dawn, G. D. Ghauri, died of a protracted illness here on Sunday afternoon. He was 79.... KARACHI: Govt warned against plotting civil war KARACHI, May 13: The Pakhtun Action Committee, calling itself Loya Jirga, has warned the Sindh government, particularly the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, against continuing with making attempts and hatching conspiracies to push the city towards a civil war.... KARACHI: Brave drivers of Edhi ambulances KARACHI, May 13: Faizur Rehman was the second driver of the Edhi ambulance service who was killed in the line of duty, said an official of the Edhi Trust.... KARACHI: Humid weather KARACHI, May 13: Hot and humid weather has been forecast for the city during the next 24 hours with the maximum temperature to range from 34 to 36 degrees centigrade.—APP... HYDERABAD: Attack on TV channel condemned HYDERABAD, May 13: Journalists in several districts and towns of the province staged rallies on Sunday in protest against attack on Aaj TV and media men in Karachi.... HYDERABAD: Cut in mark-up on farm-loans sought HYDERABAD, May 13: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) President Syed Qamaruzzaman Shah on Sunday demanded that the president’s announcement of exempting growers from the payment of agricultural loans amounting to Rs500,000 should be put into practice without delay.... BADIN: Steps urged to check spread of thalassaemia BADIN, May 13: Speakers at a seminar on “Awareness and Preventive Measures about Thalassaemia” held here on Sunday called for making pre-marital thalassaemia screening mandatory for couples.... DADU: Suspicion of illicit affair: two killed DADU, May 13: A man and a woman were killed over charges of having illicit relations in the Mian Jo Goth village of Mehar taluka on Saturday night.... MIRPURKHAS: Two hurt as gunmen open fire MIRPURKHAS May 13. Two people were injured, one of them critically, when armed men opened fire near taxi-stand on the Umerkot road here on Sunday.... NAWABSHAH: Over 5,000 acres of farmland rendered barren by waterlogging NAWABSHAH, May 13: Waterlogging and salinity caused by seepage from nearby canals and the Left Bank Outfall Drain have rendered more than 5,000 acres of agricultural land virtually uncultivable in different parts of the district, a survey finds.... SHIKARPUR: MQM office set ablaze SHIKARPUR, May 13: A group of people set the office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on fire early on Sunday morning.... PESHAWAR: Islamabad rally proves people trust Musharraf: Amir Muqam PESHAWAR, May 13: The participation of “hundreds of thousands of people” in the Istehkam-i-Pakistan rally reflects their “unshakable trust” in the leadership and growth-oriented policies of President Gen Pervez Musharraf, according... PESHAWAR: Hospital may fail to meet objectives PESHAWAR, May 13: The revised plans for the Services Hospital is likely to result in a failure to meet the objective of providing round-the-clock medical and emergency services to government servants.... KOHAT: Nazim allows inquiry into allegations of financial irregularities KOHAT, May 13: The district nazim of Kohat, Seth Gohar Saifullah, has approved the recommendations of the district accounts committee to initiate an inquiry into the alleged financial irregularities committed by... KARAK: Deadline for gas supply KARAK, May 13: A meeting of the Khattak Ittehad, a non-political organisation of Karak district, has declared May 20 as the deadline for the government to start supplying natural gas to the district from the Gurguri gasfield....

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