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KARACHI: Women hold rally against blasphemy KARACHI, Feb 18: A big women rally organized by the Jamaat-i-Islami here on Saturday appealed to people of Pakistan to boycott the products from those European countries where newspapers published blasphemous sketches....		KARACHI: Violence at rallies govt’s handiwork, claims Asif KARACHI, Feb 18: PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has said that the element of violence in the peaceful protests against blasphemous sketches has deliberately been added to the popular uprising against General Pervez Musharraf to frighten the democratic world....
HYDERABAD: Protesters call for boycotting European goods HYDERABAD, Feb 18: Protest demonstrations against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers continued in many parts of interior of Sindh on Saturday....		KARACHI: MPs vow to help boost education system KARACHI, Feb 18: Expressing dissatisfaction over the current status of literacy in Sindh, speakers at a forum of parliamentarians on Saturday stressed the need for rejuvenating efforts to improve the overall performance of the education sector....
KARACHI: Construction of quake-proof houses ordered KARACHI, Feb 18: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that quality, transparency and clarity should be the symbol of Taiser Town Housing scheme. He said that people had started reposing...		KARACHI: Plan to produce power from biogas KARACHI, Feb 18: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has given final approval to the installation of a plant in the Cattle Colony to produce biogas and electricity from cow dung....
KARACHI: Two MQM workers shot dead KARACHI, Feb 18: Two activists of the Muttahida Quami Movement were shot dead by unknown assailants in Pak Colony on Saturday evening. Quoting area people, police said that two men in...		KARACHI: ATC again issues warrants against Bugti’s grandson KARACHI, Feb 18: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Saturday repeated non-bailable warrants against grandson of Bugti tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and others in the PIDC building blast case....
KARACHI: WSF to focus on 8 cities’ problems KARACHI, Feb 18: Problems of eight major cities of Asia, including Karachi, would be deliberated upon during the six-day (March 24-29) polycentric World Social Forum (WSF) events in the city....		KARACHI: Security plan for ODI outlined KARACHI, Feb 18: A central control room has been set up at the National Stadium under the supervision of senior police officers to coordinate, monitor and supervise security arrangements during the...
KARACHI: Students rally slams blasphemous cartoons KARACHI, Feb 18: Hundreds of activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba on Saturday marched on the MA Jinnah Road up to the Merewether Tower in protest against blasphemous cartoons published in European newspapers....		KARACHI: PIA’s global marketing moot begins KARACHI, Feb 18: Over 1,000 delegates from all over the PIA network are attending the airlines’ second global marketing conference, which began on Saturday. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of...
KARACHI: Visa facility at Karachi urged KARACHI, Feb 18: Welcoming the resumption of Khokhrapar-Munabao train service, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has called for the restoration of Indian visa facility at Karachi....		KARACHI: Nizam case KARACHI, Feb 18: The district and session judge Karachi Central Nisar Ahmed Shaikh on Saturday repeated non-bailable warrants against Javed Akhtar Pirzada, a co-accused in Justice Nizam Ahmed murder case. —PPI...
KARACHI: Updated facilities for eye ailments stressed KARACHI, Feb 18: Eye care facilities in the public sector hospitals across the country are in need for updated diagnostic gadgets for timely and appropriate detection of glaucoma, the third major cause of blindness....		KARACHI: Workers, Saddar Town agree on rules KARACHI, Feb 18: The concerns of municipal workers over the issue of privatization of solid waste management in Saddar Town seem to have been addressed after a meeting of the town administration and the representatives of workers....
KARACHI: Ordnance corps parade held KARACHI, Feb 18: Major-General Syed Mohammad Owais, General Officer Commanding, has lauded the performance of Ordnance Corps and said that the officers and men of Ordnance Corps had set very high...		KARACHI: Tree-cutting condemned KARACHI, Feb 18: The All-Pakistan Furniture Exporters Association on Saturday condemned the illegal cutting of Sheesham trees in the country. Chairman of the association, addressing a meeting of its executive committee,...
KARACHI: NED extends office timings KARACHI, Feb 18: The administration of NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, has decided to extend the working timings by one hour (except Fridays) for two weeks from Feb 20 to March 4.—APP...		DADU: Plan to generate power through Gaaj dam DADU, Feb 18: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi has said that a hydro power project will be installed at the Nai Gaaj dam....
LARKANA: Recruitment of ASIs ordered LARKANA, Feb 18: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit, has directed the Sindh government to recruit two ASI candidates after a medical test....		SWABI: Indian students pin hopes on dialogue SWABI, Feb 18: The hostility between India and Pakistan has scuttled an economic development opportunity, while the ongoing composite dialogue between the two countries will herald an era of prosperity....
PESHAWAR: Recovery of missing journalist demanded PESHAWAR, Feb 18: The Peshawar High Court Bar Association has announced that it will move the high court to ascertain facts behind the disappearance of a North Waziristan-based journalist, Hayatullah Khan, and to seek his recovery....		LARKANA: 24 patients found with unknown disease LARKANA, Feb 18: A team of doctors headed by Professor (Dr) Wazir Mohammad Shaikh have found an ‘incurable’ disease in 24 patients of the Khilo Ganwas village near Nasirabad....
SUKKUR: 20 arrested for killing 3 tribesmen SUKKUR, Feb 18: Police arrested 20 persons, including eight women, and registered cases against 17 Behan tribesmen on Saturday for allegedly killing three Mirbahar tribesmen....