March, 17 2005 Thursday 06 Safar 1426 KARACHI: Rejection of opposition move stirs chaos in PA KARACHI, March 16: The Sindh Assembly proceedings were marred by rumpus and uproar on Wednesday when Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah refused to exercise his discretionary powers under Rule-211 to allow... KARACHI: SHC seeks report on bus termini KARACHI, March 16: The Sindh High Court asked the city and provincial governments on Wednesday to inform it within 15 days of measures being taken to shift the bus terminals and... KARACHI: PPP expresses no confidence in speaker KARACHI, March 16: The Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians on Wednesday expressed no confidence in Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah and 30 MPAs separately moved resolutions to this effect which... KARACHI: Ibad praises role of private sector in education KARACHI, March 16: The Sindh Governor, Dr Ishratul Ibad, has stressed the need for maintaining bottom-line criteria for provision of facilities in private sector educational institutions.He pointed out that the private... KARACHI: MMA leaders vow to hold ‘million march’ on 20th KARACHI, March 16: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday warned government against creating hurdles in the holding of the ‘million march’ scheduled for March 20 in Karachi, and vowed to go... KARACHI: Minister calls for launching drive against gender bias KARACHI, March 16: Sindh Minister for Women Development Dr Saeeda Malik on Wednesday called for launching a collective social movement, against gender-based discrimination and violence against women, in addition to the... KARACHI: Law against advance school fees payment soon KARACHI, March 16: The Sindh Education Department is likely to restrain private schools from receiving tuition fees in advance from students, said sources in the department. A senior official said a... KARACHI: Arbab dispels rumours of governor’s rule KARACHI, March 16: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has ruled out any possibility of governor’s rule in the province saying that when an elected, democratic and stable government is... KARACHI: Rules being framed to regulate private institutes KARACHI, March 16: In view of unilateral and frequent increase in fees by private educational institutions in total disregard to Private Education Institutions Act 2003, the provincial government was framing rules... KARACHI: Religious parties in league with feudals: Altaf KARACHI, March 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that last sermon of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) which taught equality of all mankind was the manifesto of his party,... KARACHI: Ring leader escapes, accomplicekilled KARACHI, March 16: A close associate of gang leader Arshad Pappu was killed and a police constable was injured in an encounter on Wednesday morning.Two relatives of Pappu were arrested after... KARACHI: Order reserved in Hizb activists’ case KARACHI, March 16: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Wednesday judgment of a case against two activists of the banned Hizbul Tehreer, a Palestine-based organisation.... KARACHI: SHCBA seeks probe KARACHI, March 16: The Sindh High Court Bar Association called on Wednesday for constitution of a tribunal, comprising a high court judge, to inquire into police lathi-charge on and tear-gassing of... KARACHI: Salma Ahmed to stay in hospital till next hearing KARACHI, March 16: Former MNA Begum Salma Ahmed “shall remain in hospital till the next date of hearing of her petition”, the Sindh High Court ordered on Wednesday and adjourned the... KARACHI: Opposition can’t dictate to run house, says speaker KARACHI, March 16: Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah has said that the opposition could not blackmail him to run the house business in accordance to their dictates.“Let them exercise... KARACHI: Supply of sand to expressway project discussed KARACHI, March 16: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Tuesday held a meeting with regard to grant of permission for sand to be used in the Lyari Expressway project. The... HYDERABAD: Council members criticize method of finalizing uplift schemes HYDERABAD, March 16: Members of the Hyderabad District Council on Wednesday dissociated themselves from 48 development schemes being executed under the Rs500 million governor’s package on the ground that they had... HYDERABAD: Wasa offers 10pc relief to defaulters HYDERABAD, March 16: The Water and Sanitation Agency is launching operation against 5,000 defaulters from March 18 to recover outstanding dues amounting to millions of rupees. The agency announced a relief... HYDERABAD: Top three positions in M.Com HYDERABAD, March 16: The controller of examinations of the University of Sindh on Wednesday announced the names of candidates who secured positions in the final M.Com postgraduate college side examination 2003.According... HYDERABAD: Call for enhancing trade with Indonesia HYDERABAD, March 16: The consul general of the Republic of Indonesia, Entjim Herrianto, has stressed the need for increasing bilateral trade between the two countries.... PESHAWAR: Judicial reforms to ensure quick justice, says Aziz PESHAWAR, March 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that the government was considering certain amendments to the judicial system to improve it with major focus on providing quick justice,... PESHAWAR: Main road blocked for PM’s visit PESHAWAR, March 16: Extraordinary security steps taken by police hit the public on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to the city on Wednesday.The city police had blocked the main Grand Trunk... PESHAWAR: Concern over delay in hospital project PESHAWAR, March 16: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has taken a strong notice of the delay in the construction of a new building for the Mental Hospital, Peshawar, and directed removal... PESHAWAR: PPP council meeting on 20th PESHAWAR, March 16: The Pakistan People’s Party has convened a meeting of its provincial council here on March 20 to chalk out the party’s future line of action for general elections....

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