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August 11, 2007 Saturday Rajab 26, 1428 KARACHI: Rain havoc in Karachi: 21 dead KARACHI, Aug 10: While at least 21 people were killed during the heavy rains that lashed the city on Friday with the rainfall over the two consecutive days estimated at over 159.4mm... KARACHI: PM censures KESC as outages continue KARACHI, Aug 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday expressed serious concern over the continuing energy crisis in the city and directed the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation to honour its contractual... KARACHI: Flooding hits roads, underpasses KARACHI, Aug 10: Over the past 48 hours, rains have inflicted considerable damage on the city’s neglected infrastructure and played havoc with many of its roads, storm-water drains, sewerage lines and power distribution system.... KARACHI: Rain forces JPMC to shift casualty ward KARACHI, Aug 10: Like many other parts of the city some major hospitals too, which have been already put on alert in the wake of Met office special monsoon advisory, got flooded with knee-deep rainwater on Friday.... KARACHI: Slow relief fund disbursement irks flood victims KARACHI, Aug 10: The process of disbursement of relief fund among flood-affected families in Sindh has so slow that the provincial government has managed to disburse a little over half the Rs150 million fund, it emerged on Friday.... KARACHI: Toxic fumes kill two women KARACHI, Aug 10: Two women found dead in mysterious circumstances in their beauty parlour apparently died of suffocation by poisonous fumes released by a generator, police say.... KARACHI: PM pledges early rehabilitation of rain victims KARACHI, Aug 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reviewed the flood situation in the coastal areas of Sindh, heavy rains in Karachi and the law and order, besides the political situation obtaining... KARACHI: ‘Apna Ghar’ allottees get ownership papers KARACHI, Aug 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz handed over ownership documents of some of the 544 apartment built under an apartment scheme undertaken by the Pakistan Housing Authority in Gulistan-i-Jauhar to... KARACHI: 12 inmates test HIV/Aids positive in Sindh jails KARACHI, Aug 10: At least 12 prisoners — nine male and three female — kept in different jails of the province have tested HIV/Aids positive in a province-wide screening of inmates ordered by the IG Jails, Mohammad Yamin Khan.... KARACHI: Humour termed literary tool for social reforms KARACHI, Aug 10: If the new generation were inculcated with wit, humour and recreational literature, it would promote healthy literary trends, said Z.A. Nizami, the chancellor of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology.... KARACHI: Military govts blamed for extremism in society KARACHI, Aug 10: Pakistan cannot be secure, stable and prosperous unless there is a transition from a national security state to a welfare state, said renowned economist Dr Kaiser Bengali while spaking at a seminar on Friday.... KARACHI: Japan to help revive KCR: city nazim KARACHI, Aug 10: The Pakistan Railways and the city district government of Karachi are making practical efforts for the revival of the Karachi Circular Railway with the cooperation of Japan.... KARACHI: PFF demands licences for fishermen KARACHI, Aug 10: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, a non-governmental organization, has demanded that the government issue fishing licences to local fishermen as promised by Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim three months ago.... KARACHI: SHC order against ‘offending builder’ KARACHI, Aug 10: In the context of a Ranchore Lines building accused of violating construction laws, a division bench of the Sindh High Court ordered on Friday that not only would... KARACHI: Books not distributed despite start of academic year: Political tussle to blame KARACHI, Aug 10: Confirming earlier fears, textbooks have not been completely printed and distributed among school students across Sindh while the new academic year has already started.... KARACHI: SHC dismisses SBP employees’ petition KARACHI, Aug 10: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Friday three petitions moved by State Bank employees against a regulation they claimed deprived them of job security.... HYDERABAD: Plea to revise pay scale of Wapda employees HYDERABAD, Aug 10: The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) has thanked the Wapda administration on upgrading pay scales of clerics/auditors and demanded revision of pay scales of other employees of the organisation.... HYDERABAD: DCO assures VC of protecting SU land from encroachment HYDERABAD, Aug 10: The Jamshoro district administration has assured the Sindh University authorities of protecting its land and taking action against mafia involved in encroachment of property in Sonwalhar and Khanpur Jagir Dehs.... HYDERABAD: Emergency to be opposed: STP HYDERABAD, Aug 10: The central committee of the Sindh Taraqi Passand Party (STP) has observed that the decision to impose emergency would be violation of fundamental rights and constitution and such... NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Three killed in different incidents NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 10: Three persons including a teenaged boy were killed in different incidents in Kandiaro taluka, on Friday. A trailer (ALc-786) hit Nazir Gopang 22, resident of Hashim Gopang who was going on his motorcycle near Kandiaro.... MIRPURKHAS: Mirpurkhas hospital hit by power crisis MIRPURKHAS, Aug 10: About 270 patients of the Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas are facing problems since Thursday due to tripping of the 100KV transformer. The transformer tripped due to overload which closed five operation theatres and suspended other activities.... HYDERABAD: Official killed in accident HYDERABAD, Aug 10: Superintendent Administration, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture Tandojam, Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah was killed in a head-on collision with another car near Tandojam, on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Christians receive threatening letters PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The Christian community in the city is reported to have received anonymous threatening letters asking them to convert to Islam by Aug 10 failing which their locality will be destroyed.... PESHAWAR: Chitral river again in high flood PESHAWAR, Aug 10: Contrary to a downward trend in all other rivers in the NWFP, Chitral river again rose to high flood, discharging 27,000 cusecs, on Friday.... PESHAWAR: Police harassing public transport passengers PESHAWAR, Aug 10: Police has been harassing public transport passengers throughout the province in the name of controlling crime and terrorism, it is learnt. “Police checking of public transport in the... PESHAWAR: PPP-SB wants Nato troops out of Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) has said that unless a timetable for the pullout of Nato troops from Afghanistan is announced, acts of terrorism will continue in the country.... SWABI: No check on illegal felling of trees SWABI, Aug 10: The forest department has not taken any steps to stop the illegal felling of trees in Swabi district, it is learnt. The National Accountability Bureau had also taken... PESHAWAR: Acting CJ of PHC appointed PESHAWAR, Aug 10: Following a controversy of the Peshawar High Court remaining without a chief justice for more than a day, Mr Justice Shahjehan Khan Yousafzai was appointed as acting chief justice of the PHC by the President on Friday.... QUETTA: Farmers call for power supply restoration QUETTA, Aug 10: The Balochistan Zamindar Action Committee has demanded that the Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) should restore supply to tubewells, which has remained suspended for the past week because of lack of repair of electricity towers.... PESHAWAR: Man dies in cylinder blast PESHAWAR, Aug 10: A man was killed and four others were injured when a gas cylinder blew up at the Baghbanan bus stop in Chamkani police area on Friday.... HARIPUR: Van driver killed in robbery attempt HARIPUR, Aug 10: A driver was shot dead by two carlifters when he resisted their bid to deprive him of a van here on Friday. Officials of the Ghazi police station... ABBOTTABAD: Training programme concludes ABBOTTABAD, Aug 10: A comprehensive capacity building training programme for 40 members of the Abbottabad Citizen Community Board Network concluded here on Friday.... PESHAWAR: 5,000 saplings to be planted at varsity PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The monsoon tree plantation campaign kicked off in University of Peshawar on Friday, during which 5,000 saplings will be planted on the campus.The... LAKKI MARWAT: Team sent to control diarrhoea LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 10: The health department has sent a team comprising doctors and paramedics to ensure timely treatment of patients in diarrhoea-affected areas of Torlawangkhel in Tajazai.... HARIPUR: Rape victim threatens self-immolation HARIPUR, Aug 10: A rape victim has threatened to commit self-immolation if the accused in her case are not arrested and brought to justice. She sought the intervention of Chief Justice... KOHAT: Position-holders’ names announced KOHAT, Aug 10: The Board of Secondary and Intermediate Education, Kohat, on Friday announced the names of position-holders of the intermediate examination held this year. The BISE chairman at a press... PESHAWAR: Rs10.96bn approved for Fata projects PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The government has approved over Rs10.943 billion for various development projects in the tribal areas. Out of this, Rs466.439 million will be spent during the fiscal year 2007-08.... PESHAWAR: Maintenance work to affect power supply PESHAWAR, Aug 10: Power supply from the 132kV Peshawar Industrial Grid Station will be shut down on 13th August for repair and maintenance work. The civil quarters, Bana Mari, Wazir... PESHAWAR: Shifting of fruit market in limbo PESHAWAR, Aug 10: Authorities in the Peshawar City District Government are unable to shift vegetable and fruit business to a market, recently constructed with millions of rupees borrowed from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).... MANSEHRA: Naib nazim alleges embezzlement: ‘Plantation for food programme’ MANSEHRA, Aug 10: The ‘tree plantation for food programme’, launched by the World Food Programme in Mansehra district, has failed to achieve desired results as funds have been embezzled allegedly by concerned departments, Dawn has learnt.... CHITRAL: Dispute erupts over pasture ownership CHITRAL, Aug 10: A dispute between the people of Chitral and Ghizar districts over the ownership of a pasture near the Shandur polo ground has erupted again and it is feared that it may lead to an armed conflict, residents said.... PESHAWAR: Exhibition PESHAWAR, Aug 10: The NWFP culture department has arranged a photographs and painting exhibition from Aug 11 to 14 at the Nishtar Hall to mark the 60th Independence Day.—APP...

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