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March 10, 2003 Monday Muharram 6, 1424 KARACHI: Woman killed, man run over by coach KARACHI, March 9: A young woman was found murdered in Defence Housing Authority on Saturday night.... KARACHI: Body of Afghan crash victim recovered KARACHI, March 9: The headless body that was found on Gadani beach on Sunday has been identified as an Afghan official, who was killed with seven others in a plane crash... KARACHI: Police get quashed order by ombudsman KARACHI, March 9: Police have successfully managed to stop the operation of an order by the provincial Ombudsman that provided for the inspection of police station to detect cases of illegal... KARACHI: Water shortage in many areas KARACHI, March 9: Many areas of the city faced an acute shortage of water on Sunday.... KARACHI: 40 cars, 64 bikes taken away in 7 days KARACHI, March 9: 104 vehicles — 40 cars and 64 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city in the last one week, the police said.... KARACHI: Milk price increased by Re1 a litre KARACHI, March 9: The Dairy Farmers Association Karachi has announced an increase of rupee one a litre in the price of milk with immediate effect.... KARACHI: Delay in K-III project KARACHI, March 9: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Bukhari has taken strong notice of the slow pace of work on the ongoing water supply project — K-III.... KARACHI: Repeal of laws affecting women demanded KARACHI, March 9: Speakers at seminar on Sunday demanded that all the laws discriminatory to any section of the society be abolished immediately.... KARACHI: Women suffer most on Landhi-Korangi buses KARACHI, March 9: The buses connecting Landhi and Korangi to Saddar have no equals among the buses of other routes. They run the fastest and, when occasion demands, the slowest. They... KARACHI: Encroachment thriving business in Saddar, Lyari KARACHI, March 9: Encroachment is still one of the biggest problems, and a thriving business, in Saddar and Lyari towns, involving millions of rupees.... KARACHI: Illegal constructions demolished KARACHI, March 9: The demolition squad of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA), as per directives of its chief controller, Brig A.S. Nasir, demolished various illegal constructions in the Korangi Industrial... KARACHI: Tribute paid to Mushaf Mir KARACHI, March 9: Speakers at a memorial meeting said that despite the tragic deaths of Air Chief Mushaf Ali Mir and other devoted officers of the Pakistan Air Force, the operational... KARACHI: Rimpa Plaza victims’ families to get compensation soon KARACHI, March 9: Sindh Minister for Information Technology Yaqoob Ilyas has assured the bereaved families of the victims of the Rimpa Plaza incident that the announced compensation money to them would... KARACHI: Diabetic women at high risk of heart attack KARACHI, March 9: Women with diabetes are three to seven times more likely to have heart diseases than those without diabetes and the symptoms of a heart attack in women may... KARACHI: Fair weather KARACHI, March 9: The Met department has forecast a fair weather in Karachi on Monday. The minimum temperature is expected to remain between 20 and 22 degrees centigrade.—PPI... KARACHI: Infectious diseases KARACHI, March 9: The Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan is organizing an international congress on infectious diseases from March 28 to 30 to review state-of-art information in diagnosis and management of... KARACHI: Govt asked to reverse pro-US policies KARACHI, March 9: The chief of Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, has asked the government not to vote for any Security Council resolution that would allow aggression against Iraq.... KARACHI: PPP never accepted LFO: Raza KARACHI, March 9: The Pakistan People’s Party has rejected the PML-Q claim that the PPP, by participating in recent polls under the Conduct of General Elections-2002, had accepted the controversial Legal... KARACHI: Rally condemns violence at KU KARACHI, March 9: Student workers of the Progressive Youth Front and the Jammu and Kashmir Students Liberation Front continued to protest outside Karachi Press Club for the second consecutive day on... KARACHI: Women’s rights KARACHI, March 9: About 50 per cent of women in Pakistan endure corporal punishment while 90 per cent of them suffer mental torture at the hands of men.... KARACHI: Quashment order resented KARACHI, March 9: Political and religious leaders, former judges, parliamentarians and social activists on Sunday severely criticized the governor’s quashment of the Sindh Ombudsman order for a committee to check irregularities... KARACHI: ST stages anti-US rally KARACHI, March 9: Sunni Tehreek on Sunday took out ‘Down with America rally’ to condemn the imminent US aggression against Iraq and express solidarity with Muslim brethren of Iraq. The... KARACHI: Harmony urged KARACHI, March 9: The Capital City Police Officer, Asad Ashraf Malik, has underscored the need for comprehensive orientation of the police force deputed to maintain peace during Muharram. — APP... KARACHI: PML-N being reorganized in Sindh KARACHI, March 9: The Sindh chapter of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is being re-organized to prepare itself for an active role, according to Mamnoon Hussain, the party’s Sindh chief and a... HYDERABAD: ‘Sindh govt to take up water issue with CCI’ HYDERABAD, March 9: The Sindh government will take up the water issue in the Council of Common Interests (CCI).... LARKANA: Law demanded to curb Karo-kari LARKANA, March 9: Speakers at a seminar, held here on Saturday to mark the International Women’s Day, stressed the need for legislation against killings on the pretext of Karo-kari.... BADIN: Abolition of fishing on contract system urged BADIN, March 9: Speakers at a seminar demanded of the government to abolish fishing on contract system in the coastal waters of Sindh and declare the area as a free zone... MIRPURKHAS: Production of chillies declines in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, March 9: The Mirpurkhas district witnessed a decline in chili produce during the current year and growers also did not get desirable price for their crop.... LARKANA: Lawyers reject LFO LARKANA, March 9: Members of the High Court Bar and the District Bar Associations observed an-hour-long token strike on Saturday to express solidarity with the lawyers’ community of Pakistan.... SANGHAR: Village attacked SANGHAR, March 9: A group of armed persons attacked the Shah Baig Mari village, near Tando Adam, on Jhol-Tando Adam Road on Saturday night.... HYDERABAD: 11 Sindh villages electrified HYDERABAD, March 9: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company completed 60 development schemes and provided electricity to eleven villages in the interior of Sindh in February.... KHAIRPUR: Resumption of water supply demanded KHAIRPUR, March 9: The growers of Lai Wari water channel staged a protest demonstration in Chondiko on Sunday and demanded that the water supply to their lands should be restored immediately... DADU: Woman, 2 daughters kidnapped DADU, March 9: A woman and her two teenaged daughters were kidnapped by four armed men in the Mallah Chowk here on Saturday night.... SUKKUR: Illegal liquor factory unearthed SUKKUR, March 9: The police in a raid on the residential quarter of a policeman, Mandhal Shar, recovered a huge quantity of liquor and the related manufacturing material on Sunday.... HYDERABAD: HDA told to upgrade sewage system HYDERABAD, March 9: Sindh Minister for Local Bodies, Kutchi Abadi and Special Development Mohammad Hussain has directed the Hyderabad Development Authority to prepare a three-phase masterplan for the upgradation of the... MIRPURKHAS: Colleges to be set up in Naokot MIRPURKHAS, March 9: The Sindh minister for local bodies, Mohammad Hussain Khan, has said girls and boys colleges will be established in Naokot....

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