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Sunday, April 19, 2009

In Simple English (or Urdu) Please

Here is a news blurb from Geo. A news blurb such as this is supposed to inform, be precise, and deal with facts. Admitted, Geo is not the same as Dawn or the News or AP. Still, as a leading media organ they should pay attention to what they put out on their website.

* The following news does not inform the reader (me) who are the "rival" gangs
* the sentences are too long and "run"
* And here: According to sources, armed militants barged into Rabia City apartment, which destroyed streetlights and kept conducting suspected patrolling in the area. the facts are badly jumbled. Ok, so the armed militants barged into the Rabia City Apartments. How that resulted in the destrutcion of streetlights? And how the two are related to patrolling in the area> And what is "suspected" patrolling?

The last paragaph is another jumbled of run in sensetences.

Updated at: 0305 PST, Sunday, April 19, 2009 KARACHI: As many as nine vehicles have been set ablaze and a person was killed near Phelwan Goth in Gulistan-e-Johar block 18 and 19 areas during the clashes between two rival groups which sparked panic among public while, unknown miscreants opened fire at traffic which resulted in traffic jam, police sources said.

According to sources, armed militants barged into Rabia City apartment, which destroyed streetlights and kept conducting suspected patrolling in the area.

In a mean time, fire brigade sources said they received reports of setting many vehicles on fire in Gulistan area but due to unavailability of police help, they could not dispatch fire tenders to fire scene as yet.

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