The Nation : Karachi News

Rain triggers outages in City

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - The heavy rain in the city by the sea washed away all the claims made by the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), as most of the areas in the city faced power outage with first drop of rain.
According to the met reports, Karachi has witnessed 22 ml of rain since the rain had started on Friday evening. This raining period will continue for next 2 days as well as in the met report.
With such pleasant weather, citizens of Karachi faced power outages since the

Sindh government to see IDPs off next week

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - Over 50,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who arrived from Swat and other areas of troubled NWFP in Sindh couple of month back will start leaving for their home next week in vehicles provided by the government of Sindh, it was announced by Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza at a press conference held at the CM house here on Saturday.
He informed the media that the Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah had recently discussed all the details related to this matter

Muttahida seeks check on Talibanisation

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - MQM�s Rabita Committee on Sunday condemned the target killings of the MQM�s workers and demanded to check the increasing Talibanisation in the metropolis as soon as possible.
�The criminals, land-grab mafia, drug mafia, terrorists and supporters of Taliban are involved in the target killings of MQM�s workers,� Raza Haroon, a member of the MQM Rabita Committee said at a press conference at Khursheed Memorial Hall.
Answering a question, he said, target killings of

50 CNG buses to run on City roads soon

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - The CDGK will start 50 CNG bus services project on two different routs in the metropolis by the end of this month (July) as 25 CNG buses are ready for the service.
The remaining 25 buses would be handed over to the authorities on by July 26, informed sources in Transport and Communication Department (TCD) told The Nation on Saturday.
Sources said that 25 CNG buses were now in hands of the City Government and Surjani Bus Terminal in sector 5-D was all set start the

Expert fears outbreak of post-rain diseases

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

Karachi (PPI) - Recent death of kids due to consumption of sewerage-mixed water in Landhi Town occurred because the family had taken illegal water connection, which might be get mixed sewerage line.
EDO Health Dr. A. D. Sajnani said this talking to PPI on Saturday here.
EDO said that the government is providing clean and safe drinking water to the metropolis, adding had the water mixed with sewerage line then the entire Landhi Town would have suffered. According to our

The KESC saga - the obituary

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

Even after numerous TV programs, seminars, press reports, articles and Suo Motto action by the CJP against the KESC tariff increase it has not been possible to shame the shameless KESC and it seems the end of load shedding and tariff increase is a distant dream.
As such, after months of preparation, the Law Foundation, SHC Bar Association, Helpline Trust, Shehri-CBE and 13 other citizens have filed a Constitutional Petition in the SHC against NEPRA and KESC and others.
The

Monsoon spell begins in most parts of country

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

The monsoon spell has begun in Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and other parts of the country on Saturday. The rainfall will continue for next three to four days. The rainy spell has provided relief from intense heat and it will have good impact over the crops, experts said. According to the met department sources, most parts of Sindh, Kashmir, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat would receive showevers during the next 24 hours, while Malakand

Heavy rainfall in Karachi, several feeders of KESC tripped

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

Karachi received heavy rainfall with windstorm on Saturday morning. Several parts of the city received light drizzle on Friday afternoon as the Meteorological Department forecast chances of thunderstorm and rain due to a low-pressure area over South East Sindh. Several feeders of KESC were tripped during the rainfall causing power outages in several parts of Karachi. Karachi was undergoing an intense heat spell before the rainfall, which turned pleasant after the wet spell. The city

No health facility in coastal villages

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - The inhabitants of the entire coastal belt of the City are suffering from multiple diseases due to unhygienic conditions and the lack of basic medical facilities, sources revealed to The Nation on Friday.
According to a survey, there are as many as 1,200 villages along coastal belt starting from Mubarak Village in Kemari Town to Lath Basti in Bin Qasim Town. Each village has a population around 2,000 to 5,000 people, who mostly live in small huts. But the City District

Production of honey and silk delayed

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - A big project of the CDGK Forest Department to produce honey, silk and indigo on the agricultural land of Thaddo Dam in Gadap Town is facing delay due to the lack of funds and indifference of the authorities concerned, sources confided to The Nation on Friday.
The City District Government Karachi had grown a thick forest in outskirts of the metropolis some three years ago where more than 0.1 million trees were planted on 85 acres of land. Later, the forest department

Apex court verdict termed historic

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - Senior Vice President PML (N) Sindh Salim Zia has termed the Supreme Court decision exonerating Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in plane hijacking case as historic.
Speaking at a news conference at the Karachi Press Club here on Friday, Salim Zia said that the apex court vindicated Mian Nawaz Sharif by declaring the Oct 12 step of General Pervez Musharraf and registration plane hijacking case as illegal and unconstitutional.
He expressed gratitude to all the political

Poor coordination hampers LEAs performance

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - Lack of coordination among law enforcement agencies (LEAs) is the major cause of their poor performance, sources revealed to The Nation here on Friday.
�Police usually remain powerless to get access to mobile data network from Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), with regard to the any operation, due to the lack of coordination among the departments concerned.�
Therefore, the sources added, police and other law enforcement agencies are reluctant to probe all

Pakistanis must be proud of their rich history: Carol Mitchell

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

Ms Carol Mitchell is the manager at The Library of Congress Field Office in Islamabad. Recently she has been in City and talked to The Nation in a question and Answer (Q&A) session, which is as followed:
Q: Tell us something about yourself?
A: I am Carol Mitchell; a librarian by training, now managing the Library of Congress Field Office in Islamabad. I received my PhD degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Library Sciences. In my thesis I explored library

Speakers for broader women emancipation

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - The speakers at a seminar Friday stressed upon measures to raise awareness on women�s participation in political life and affirmative actions to ensure women�s exercise of right to vote and contest in the elections.
Terming the session as a dialogue on challenges and obstacles to women�s right to vote was organised by Aurat Foundation in collaboration with Asia Foundation.
Deputy Speaker Sindh Assembly Shehla Raza in her chief guest speech counted various pro-women

4 SSP activists dead in 24 hours

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0600

KARACHI - Four activists of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba-Pakistan (SSP) were killed in the metropolis during the last 24 hours on Thursday.
A security guard of SSP leader Maulana Ghafoor Nadeem was killed while the shot dead body of another activist was found from different parts of the City. Meanwhile, two workers of the defunct outfit sustained injuries in an exchange of fire during the funeral procession of Hafiz Ahmed Bux Advocate, who was killed along with his driver in Model