March, 28 2005 Monday 17 Safar 1426 KARACHI : Sabzi Mandi master plan finally gets approval: Four-year impasse ends KARACHI, March 27: After resisting compliance of the orders of the high court and ombudsman of Sindh for more than four years, the Market Committee finally got its master plan for... KARACHI : Investment climate in country termed excellent KARACHI, March 27: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has said that Pakistan is offering big investment opportunities to investors and entrepreneurs under the economic policies being pursued by the present government.... KARACHI : CM, Indian team discuss devolution system KARACHI, March 27: Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Sunday that the devolution system introduced in Pakistan would gain further strength with the passage of time and would help... KARACHI :PML-N pledges support for MMA strike call KARACHI, March 27: The Pakistan Muslim League-N Sindh chapter has announced its full support to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal for its wheel-jam general strike call for April 2.... KARACHI : 30 fire tenders lying idle KARACHI, March 27: As many as 30, out of a total 52 fire tenders of the city government’s civil defence and fire brigade department, are lying idle owing to shortage of... KARACHI : Handing over of Hawkesbay scheme plots from mid-May KARACHI, March 27: Handing over of the possession of plots in the Hawkesbay Scheme-42 under the Lyari Development Authority Project is starting from the second week of May as had been... KARACHI : Govt asked to recognize Chechnya KARACHI, March 27: The deafening silence of the Muslim Ummah over the Russian atrocities in Chechnya shows that no Muslim country is ready for a united struggle, said the Chairman of... KARACHI : Registration body for private institutes KARACHI, March 27: In future cases of registration of privately managed educational institutions, up to Class XII, in the city will be processed by the Sindh education department only, according to... KARACHI : 3 suspected gangsters arrested KARACHI, March 27: Three alleged accomplices of notorious ringleader Arshad Pappu were arrested in Kalakot on Sunday.... KARACHI : Govt taking steps to halt brain drain: Atta KARACHI, March 27: Pakistan has emerged as the only country across the globe having a digital library comprising 17,000 science journals with a vision to develop its human resources.... KARACHI : Skin allergy on the rise because of pollution KARACHI, March 27: A certain surge is reported from across the city regarding incidence of “Urticaria” among people of almost all age groups.... KARACHI : ‘Black day’ over killing of principal KARACHI, March 27: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) decided to observe a ‘black day’ in all 230 colleges of the province on Tuesday, to register their protest against the... KARACHI : CS takes notice of insanitation in many areas KARACHI, March 27: Chief Secretary Aslam Sanjrani taking note of public complaints regarding open man holes, inadequate disposal of sewage and unattended heaps of garbage, has directed KWSB authorities to ensure... KARACHI : Seminar on bioethics KARACHI, March 27: Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Attaur Rehman will inaugurate a five-day international seminar and course “The foundations of moral thought: From the Greeks to contemporary bioethics” on April... KARACHI : Private health facilities to be monitored KARACHI, March 27: Sindh government is committed to provide quality health care facilities at affordable rates to the masses at their door step.... KARACHI : 75 fishermen detained, trawlers seized KARACHI, March 27: Pakistan has detained 75 foreign fishermen, including 15 Indians, for illegally entering its territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, the Maritime Security Agency (MSA) said on Sunday.... KARACHI : Islamic monetary fund urged KARACHI, March 27: The chairman of Research Institute of Islamic Banking, Dr Shahid Hasan Siddiqui, has called upon Muslim states to improve their GDP and invest their resources within Muslim world.... KARACHI : Land mafia getting political patronage KARACHI, March 27: The officials of the city government’s education department and the police on Saturday got a room and a boundary wall demolished that was raised by land grabbers in... HYDERABAD: Need to compile history of Sindh stressed HYDERABAD, March 27: Senior Sindh Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad has stressed the need for compiling a complete history of Sindh.... HYDERABAD: Minister defends privatization HYDERABAD, March 27: Federal Privatization and Investment Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said the privatization policy has paid huge dividends not only to the government but also to the common... HYDERABAD: Homage paid to Shah Latif as Urs ends HYDERABAD, March 27: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on the third and last day of the Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai on Sunday paid homage to the Sufi... HYDERABAD: Abolition of jirga system urged HYDERABAD, March 27: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday vowed to highlight issues of women and called for abolition of customs like the jirga system and karo-kari.... HYDERABAD: Child drowns in drain HYDERABAD, March 27: A four-year old boy drowned in a drain after falling into an open manhole near a marriage hall here on Saturday night.... BADIN: LBOD victims threaten not to pay taxes BADIN, March 27: Hundreds of people affected by the World Bank-funded Left Bank Outfall Drain project have threatened not to pay taxes if the government fails to meet their demands.... LARKANA: Demand for varsity in Larkana LARKANA, March 27: Speakers at the Larkana History Conference held here on Sunday called for rewriting the history of Sindh by indigenous writers to correct its erroneous version.... SUKKUR: Two killed SUKKUR, March 27: A man and his daughter were killed and his wife and another daughter injured when a vehicle of the Shahbaz Rangers hit their motorcycle on the National Highway...

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