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August 03, 2007 Friday Rajab 18, 1428 KARACHI: KESC earns SC ire over breakdowns KARACHI, Aug 2: The Supreme Court warned the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation on Thursday to streamline its working or face suo motu notice over the situation created by frequent power breakdowns.... KARACHI: ‘City can’t be run by 13 bosses’ KARACHI, Aug 2: Criticising the control of multiple civic agencies over Karachi, Nazim Mustafa Kamal stressed the need for single-body management of the municipal affairs of the city.... KARACHI: Power cuts persist as KESC faces 350MW shortfall KARACHI, Aug 2: Residents of Karachi endured another day of power outages in the scorching heat as the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation shed 350 megawatts due to various reasons.... KARACHI: Police officials depose in conspiracy case KARACHI, Aug 2: An anti-terrorism court put off on Thursday the hearing of a case pertaining to a plot to kill President Musharraf after recording the deposition of two police officials as prosecution witnesses.... HYDERABAD: Consumers suffer as power outage continues HYDERABAD, Aug 2: Power breakdowns in Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas have added to the miseries of people in last several days as the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) has failed in catering to the needs of people.... SWABI: US envoy calls for holding talks with Pukhtuns SWABI, Aug 2: There is a need for Americans and Pukhtuns to hold talks to understand each other’s point of view and avoid committing mistakes in future, according to Lynne M.... PESHAWAR: NWFP reverses decision on local govt PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The NWFP government has reversed its decision of handing over administrative control of the local area authorities from Local Government and Rural Development Department (LG&RDD) to the Housing Department.... KARACHI: Man held on false spying charges freed after 10 years KARACHI, Aug 2: It was on July 27, 1997 that 10-year-long ordeal of Bengali-speaking Abdul Hannan began. On the fateful day started his detention on charges of being an Indian spy.... KARACHI: Private members slam land committee’s functioning KARACHI, Aug 2: Private sector members inducted into the scrutiny committee to review recommendations concerning the grant of state land for non-agricultural purposes are frustrated with the committee’s functioning and their own role, Dawn has learnt.... KARACHI: Suspect dies in escape bid KARACHI, Aug 2: A 20-year-old man was killed during a probable escape bid at the City Courts on Thursday. While awaiting production in the court of Judicial Magistrate (South), Asif... KARACHI: Rapist given five years in jail KARACHI, Aug 2: The district and sessions judge, South, Zaheer Ahmed S. Leghari, on Thursday awarded five years’ rigorous imprisonment to an accused for raping a boy.... KARACHI: 44 women, 158 men killed in Sindh last month: report KARACHI, Aug 2: At least 44 women and 158 men were killed last month in different parts of Sindh while 24 persons, including 13 women, were killed on the pretext of... KARACHI: KU senate election results announced KARACHI, Aug 2: The Registrar, University of Karachi, Prof Rais Ahmed Alvi, on Thursday announced the results of elections to the university senate from the constituency of teachers.... KARACHI: FIA official summoned on complaint of two Chinese KARACHI, Aug 2: Two Chinese nationals have accused FIA inspector Noor Mohammad Khan Kaka of depriving them of $1,000, four cellphones and other valuables during their arrest on Aug 6, 2006.... KARACHI: Need for prison reforms stressed KARACHI, Aug 2: Waseem Akhtar, Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister on Home Affairs, has said that additional barracks will be constructed in Karachi, Malir and Hyderabad jails and 133 additional... KARACHI: BIT wants leader’s murder case reopened KARACHI, Aug 2: The Baloch Ittehad, Punjab, has called for thereopening the case of Baloch Ittehad Tehrik chief Anwar Bhaijan, who was mysteriously killed two years ago.... KARACHI: City govt plans central blood bank, hepatitis centre KARACHI, Aug 2: The health department of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) has embarked upon a series of ambitious projects to help citizens in the provision of facilities which are either non-existent or inadequate.... KARACHI: Health department jobs KARACHI, Aug 2: The Sindh health department through a notification issued here on Thursday advised the district coordination officers as well as the EDOs for health not to advertise vacancies on their own, particularly those related to the health department.... KARACHI: Rs40 million machinery for Jamshed Town soon KARACHI, Aug 2: Jamshed Town Nazim Javed Ahmed on Thursday inspected ongoing uplift projects in Union Councils 6 and 7. He said it was the responsibility of nazims and councillors to... KARACHI: ‘No new project without EIA clearance’ KARACHI, Aug 2: Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Dr Saghir Ahmed on Thursday directed the authorities concerned not to approve any new construction projects unless an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report of the project was cleared.... KARACHI: Proposed changes to tenancy law analysed KARACHI, Aug 2: Mutual suspicion and misgivings persisted between representatives of haris (peasants) and landlords, especially over the Taqawi loans issue, at the fourth meeting of the Sindh Assembly’s Select Committee... KARACHI: Khuhro defends talks with govt KARACHI, Aug 2: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly and a senior PPP figure Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said there is no harm in holding talks (with rulers) on... KARACHI: IO restrained from harassing couple KARACHI, Aug 2: The Sindh High Court restrained the investigation official from harassing a couple.... KARACHI: Drizzle forecast KARACHI, Aug 2: The Met office has forecast a partly cloudy to cloudy day with chances of light rain or drizzle in the metropolis for the next 24 hours.... KARACHI: Three cops among four shot dead KARACHI, Aug 2: Four people, including three policemen, were shot dead on Wednesday in separate acts of violence in parts of the city, police said. A head constable was killed and... HYDERABAD: Work on two FM radio stations completed HYDERABAD, Aug 2: Work on two more FM radio stations of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation has been completed and efforts are underway to complete the remaining nine within stipulated time, said director, engineering, PBC, Mukkaram Khan Niazi.... HYDERABAD: Protest against recruitment on political basis HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The activists of the All Pakistan Clerks Association, population welfare department unit, staged a protest demonstration and hunger strike camp outside the press club here on Thursday against the alleged recruitments in Sindh government departments on political basis.... MIRPURKHAS: Loadshedding puts patients’ lives at risk MIRPURKHAS, Aug 2: An unannounced loadshedding has been badly affecting the patients of Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas which has also resulting in complications in some emergency cases, requiring urgent surgeries.... HYDERABAD: Admission to class XI in SU school HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The University of Sindh announced on Thursday the schedule for admission to class XI (pre-engineering/pre-medical) in Dr N. A. Baloch Model School, Hyderabad.... HYDERABAD: Land grabbers attack varsity employees HYDERABAD, Aug 2: A group of land grabbers opened fire on security staff of the Sindh University on Thursday and injured a driver, said the university authorities.... HYDERABAD: Khatib seeks son’s release HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The CID police picked up Mohammad Amin on July 28 and produced him in the court on Aug 1 but it did not provide a copy of the... PESHAWAR: Students demand arrest of ex-leader’s killers PESHAWAR, Aug 2: A large number of students of the University of Peshawar on Thursday held a protest demonstration outside the Peshawar Press Club against the murder of Mr Ehsanuddin, a... PESHAWAR: Scepticism voiced over jirga’s effectiveness PESHAWAR, Aug 2: Participants of the Pakistan-Afghanistan grand jirga are doubtful about its outcome, saying that there is no precedent of a jirga resolving complex issues like disputes between two countries.... PESHAWAR: Customs officer summoned in vehicle auction case PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday summoned a customs inspector and another person in a case of auctioning a luxurious vehicle contrary to a court order.... CHITRAL: DC dissatisfied with education department’s performance CHITRAL, Aug 2: The district council has expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the education department and demanded remedial measures to save the future of the nation.... HARIPUR: Mother, son drown in lake HARIPUR, Aug 2: A mother and her minor son drowned in Khanpur lake here on Wednesday evening. Khanpur police said that Zaifoon Bibi, wife of Khaliqdad, was on a picnic...

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