Karachi witnesses heavy showers late Friday

In this undated photo, a road is seen submerged under rainwater. Photo: APP 

KARACHI: Most areas of Karachi received rain and thunderstorm late Friday night, Geo News reported.

The areas which received driving downpours include KDA Chowrangi, Board Office, Numaish Chowrangi, Nagan Chowrangi, Shahra-e-Noor Jahan, Powerhouse, UP Morr, New Karachi, North Karachi and Surjani Town.

KDA Chowrangi, Board Office, Numaish and Nagan Chowrangi got inundated under rainwater. Several roads including Godhra Road, Powerhouse and UP Morr were submerged under water. The sewerage nullah at Saleem Centre also overflowed.

The University Road is still waterlogged. 

Due to the current wet spell in the metropolis, the Board of Intermediate Education (BIEK), Karachi has postponed the examinations scheduled for today (August 13).

Meantime, the Met Department has predicted that the rains will continue in the port city till August 14. It said the low pressure of the air in the Arabian Sea has become more intense. The city will be lashed with strong winds also.

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the metropolis may witness heavy showers on August 13 and 14 under the prevailing monsoon system. The Met Office said the monsoon currents from the Bay of Bengal are penetrating central and lower parts of the country.

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In late night ceremony, President Arif Alvi administers oath to Pervez Elahi as CM Punjab

President Arif Alvi administering an oath to Punjab CM-elect Pervez Elahi at Aiwan-e-Saddar. — Screengrab via Twitter/ Government of Punjab

• Elahi was declared CM-elect of Punjab after SC declared Punjab Assembly deputy speaker's ruling "illegal".
• SC had ordered Punjab Governor Baligh ur Rehman to administer the oath to Elahi, however, he refused to do so.
• President Alvi had sent a special aircraft to bring Elahi to Islamabad for the oath-taking ceremony.

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ISLAMABAD: PTI-backed candidate Pervez Elahi took oath as the Chief Minister of Punjab in the wee hours on Wednesday at the Aiwan-e-Sadar after the Supreme Court announced a verdict against the ruling of Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammed Mazari.

The top court declared Mazari's ruling in the Punjab chief minister's election "illegal" and ruled that PTI's candidate Elahi will be the new CM of the province.

SC's three-member bench — comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, and Justice Muneeb Akhtar — had initially ordered Punjab Governor Baligh ur Rehman to administer the oath to Elahi, however, he refused to perform his duties. Consequently, President Arif Alvi administered the oath.

Following Governor Punjab’s refusal, Elahi left for Islamabad late Tuesday night to take oath from Alvi as per the Supreme Court's order.

According to Geo News, President Alvi had sent a special aircraft to bring Elahi to Islamabad for the oath-taking ceremony. 

The Supreme Court, in an 11-page short order, said: "We find that the understanding and implementation of the said short judgment as well as the provisions of Article 63A(1)(b) of the Constitution by the Deputy Speaker, Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Lahore (Respondent No.1) was patently incorrect and erroneous and cannot be sustained."

The order then declared Elahi as the duly elected chief minister of Punjab as it ruled that he had obtained 186 votes compared to Hamza's 179.

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