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June 06, 2007 Wednesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 20, 1428 KARACHI: Power riots erupt in Karachi KARACHI, June 5: The ever-deepening power crisis in the city forced enraged citizens on Tuesday to take to the streets, block a portion of Shahrah-i-Pakistan between Liaqatabad and Teen Hatti and stage protest demonstrations in Lyari and Gulbahar.... KARACHI: KESC denies carrying out load-shedding KARACHI, June 5: The KESC on Tuesday audaciously denied on oath carrying out any unannounced load-shedding.... KARACHI: Farewell to arms unlikely: No campaign against weapons: Waseem KARACHI, June 5: Scars from the May 12 violence in Karachi may still be fresh, but the government of Sindh has no plans to launch a deweaponisation campaign.... KARACHI: Lawyers slam Pemra amendment ordinance KARACHI, June 5: The recently announced amendments to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) were unanimously criticised on Tuesday by lawyers of the Sindh High Court, the City Courts and the Malir District Courts.... KARACHI: SHC pulls up secretary over detainees KARACHI, June 5: The Sindh High Court asked the federal interior secretary on Tuesday to show cause on June 20 why he should not be tried for contempt for not producing... KARACHI: Display of electoral rolls from 12th KARACHI, June 5: The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced that the fresh, computerised draft electoral rolls will be displayed from June 12 for public information, inviting claims, objections and applications... KARACHI: Govt plansaction against polluters: Environment Day KARACHI, June 5: Like elsewhere in the world, the World Environment Day was observed in the city with a pledge to do away with all those practices harming our environment.... PESHAWAR: Environment tribunal not satisfied with EPA work PESHAWAR, June 5: The Environmental Protection Tribunal (EPT) is not satisfied with the performance of the Environment Protection Agency on the issue of discharge of hazardous effluent from major industrial units, according to sources.... KARACHI: Parties raise alarm over media curbs: Pemra amendment ordinance KARACHI, June 5: The Pakistan People’s Party calling the curbs on media a desperate act of a dying regime criticised the government and expressed its solidarity with journalists in their struggle for fundamental rights and freedom of press.... KARACHI: Bomb hoax creates panic in City Courts KARACHI, June 5: A number of cases were put off without hearing as a bomb hoax created panic in the City Courts on Tuesday morning.... KARACHI: Sherpao defends govt action against ‘Talibanisation’ KARACHI, June 5: The Federal Interior Minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, on Tuesday said that the government was successfully playing its role as a front-line state against terrorism and efforts were... KARACHI: PPP seeks workers’ release KARACHI, June 5: The Pakistan People’s Party in a meeting held on Tuesday condemned the arrests of the workers of opposition parties in Punjab and demanded their immediate release.... KARACHI: Need for more burns facilities stressed KARACHI, June 5: There is no burns care centre in any of the public sector tertiary care hospitals of Karachi except the one at the Civil Hospital and another for child victims at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH).... KARACHI: Removal of debris from fire-hit Iqbal Centre KARACHI, June 5: The Saddar Town administration continued to remove debris from last week’s fire at Iqbal Centre, located on M.A. Jinnah Road, on Tuesday.... KARACHI: Retrenchment move KARACHI, June 5: Condemning the PTCL for its move to sack 33,000 employees under the Voluntarily Separation Scheme (VSS), a joint meeting of workers unions decided to launch a protest movement against the retrenchment process.... KARACHI: Light rain in parts of city KARACHI, June 5: Strong winds swept the city on Tuesday as its certain parts received a light rain — about 1mm — triggered by the tropical cyclone 02 A (nick-named Gonu), which is heading to Oman across the Arabian Sea.... KARACHI: MQM accuses KESC of ‘criminal negligence’ KARACHI, June 5: Holding the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) responsible for Karachi’s on-going power crisis, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has demanded that the president and prime minister take action against the utility company’s management.... KARACHI: Directive for water supply to Surjani issued KARACHI, June 5: Sindh Local Government Minister Mohammad Hussain has directed the KWSB to provide 50 water tankers to residents of Surjani Town — 30 of them to cattle owners — on a regular basis.... KARACHI: City Council meets today KARACHI, June 5: The City Council will resume its postponed session on Wednesday, June 6, at the City Council Hall.... HYDERABAD: Slow pace of work at zoo deplored HYDERABAD, June 5: The monitoring committee has expressed its dissatisfaction over pace of work at Rani Bagh (zoo) Development Project. The committee met under the chairmanship of Zila Naib Nazim Hyderabad, Zafar Rajput, on Monday.... KARACHI: KU results KARACHI, June 5: The University of Karachi on Tuesday declared results of BSc in occupational therapy part-II annual examinations 2007. Eighteen candidates appeared in the exams out of which 15 were declared successful.—PPI... HYDERABAD: Woman fears for life of ‘detained’ husband HYDERABAD, June 5: A woman has made an appeal to the Sindh governor, chief minister, and the IGP to save the life of her husband Ghulam Hyder, who is in police custody.... HYDERABAD: Water scarcity damaging crops: growers HYDERABAD, June 5: Tail-end growers of Khairpur Gambho irrigation sub-division have criticised the non-availability of water in channels of Jarkus, Khoski, Banghar, Sangi, Aailpur, Bago and Khairpur which will destroy the crops.... PESHAWAR: Terms for utilisation of uplift funds relaxed PESHAWAR, June 5: In the next financial year, district governments in the NWFP will not be bound to set aside 40 per cent of their development funds for mega-projects, as the... PESHAWAR: Behavioural change vital for better environment: minister PESHAWAR, June 5: NWFP Minister for Environment and Finance Shah Raz Khan has urged the people to bring positive changes in their behaviour so that they may give the future generations a pollution-free environment.... PESHAWAR: World community urged to link Fata aid to reforms: Call for political activities PESHAWAR, June 5: Speakers at an interactive session urged the international community to link financial assistance for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with the pace of reforms there.... PESHAWAR: PPP may go for seat adjustment : Poll alliance with PML-N ruled out PESHAWAR, June 5: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has said it will not enter into an electoral alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, but it may go for a seat-to-seat adjustment with it in the NWFP.... PESHAWAR: Houses in quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, June 5: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme has completed the survey of 60,000 houses in earthquake-hit areas of the NWFP which will be handed over to their owners before the advent of winter.... PARACHINAR: Fire breaks out in market PARACHINAR, June 5: A huge fire gutted a restaurant and some arms shops in the Tari Mingal area, near the Pak-Afghan border in the Kurram tribal region on Monday night, residents said.... SWABI: Free medical camp SWABI, June 5: About 1,200 patients suffering from various diseases, including at least 200 children, were treated at a free medical camp held here on Tuesday....

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