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KARACHI: Arbab leads legislators’ demo against blasphemy: PA debates resolution KARACHI, Feb 24: Many MPAs belonging to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Friday participated in a demonstration led by Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim against a section of European press for carrying blasphemous caricatures....		KARACHI: Protesters kept away from US consulate KARACHI, Feb 24: The police on Friday stopped protesters from proceeding towards the US Consulate to register their protest against the bombing of shrines in Iraq....
KARACHI: Thousands stage protests in city: Iraq bombing, cartoons condemned KARACHI, Feb 24: Thousands of people affiliated with different religious political organizations held protest rallies and demonstration on Friday against blasphemous cartoons published in the western press and the latest bombings in holy shrines in Iraq....		KARACHI: Telephone bills land at kabab shop KARACHI, Feb 24: A large number of telephone bills meant for the subscribers of Bhittai Colony Korangi, Hyderi Goth, etc for the month of January 2006 rather than reaching their destinations...
KARACHI: Returned candidate’s petition dismissed KARACHI, Feb 24: A division bench of the Sindh High Court dismissed on Friday a writ petition moved by Mir Ghalib Khan Domki, who was returned to the National Assembly from...		KARACHI: Notice issued to AG on detention plea KARACHI, Feb 24: A division bench of Sindh High Court on Friday issued notice to A-G Sindh, CCPO Karachi and others for March 8 on a petition against detention of Pakistan People Party (Shaheed Bhutto) activists by the police....
KARACHI: JSQM man taken away KARACHI, Feb. 24: The General Secretary of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Dr Safdar Sarki, was taken away by unknown armed men in plainclothes from his apartment in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Friday morning....		KARACHI: Hearing of kidnapping case adjourned KARACHI, Feb 24: An anti-terrorism court adjourned on Friday the hearing of a kidnapping for ransom case against three accused after recording the statement of a prosecution witness....
KARACHI: SCBA backs March 3 protest KARACHI, Feb 24: Declaring its support to the March 3 strike call against blasphemous caricatures, the Supreme Court Bar Association has appealed to the masses belonging to all walks of life to participate in the strike....		KARACHI: Compensation to Rabia View occupants reviewed KARACHI, Feb 24: Different options are being considered for providing compensation to the owners/occupants of the ground plus six-storied apartment building ‘Rabia View’ in case the building whose three columns have...
KARACHI: World Bank denies report on Kalabagh dam issue KARACHI, Feb 24: World Bank has denied remarks attributed to its Country Programme Coordinator for Pakistan, South Asia Region, Robert Floyd, on Kalabagh Dam in a news report....		KARACHI: Suspect wounded KARACHI, Feb 24: A suspect was wounded in a shootout with police in Taimuria on Friday night. Police said a couple was intercepted in Sector 15-A by two armed suspects on a motorcycle....
KARACHI: A strange reunion after 60 years KARACHI, Feb 24: A teenager left for Haj via Yemen in the mid 1940s and got stuck in Aden, only to return home after 60 years....		KARACHI: Emergency obstetrical care to rural women urged KARACHI, Feb 24: Specialists at a seminar on “prevention and treatment of post-partum complications (fistulae) in Pakistan” emphasized that it was the worst complication of pregnancy and childbirth, which can be...
KARACHI: Betel leaf, nuts blamed for rise in oral cancers KARACHI, Feb 24: Almost 80 per cent of the oral cancerous lesions identified among people of Indo-Pak, can be attributed to the growing consumption of betel-leaf and betel-nuts and its bi-products....		KARACHI: Concern expressed over civic problems in Gulshan KARACHI, Feb 24: Taking notice of public complaints, the Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazlur Rehman, has directed the civic authorities concerned to take steps for improving water, sewerage and sanitation system in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and other areas of Karachi....
KARACHI: Schools’ recognition KARACHI, Feb 24: The chairman of the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) has allowed applications for the first recognition/renewal of schools for the academic year 2005-06....		KARACHI: Digital mapping of utility lines KARACHI, Feb 24: The Naib Nazim, Nasreen Jalil, has said that for solving problem of water, sewerage and sanitation system, the city government has started digital mapping of utility lines in the city....
KARACHI: Landfill sites being privatized KARACHI, Feb 24: The City Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, has said that landfill sites were being privatized for better working of solid waste management. He stated this during the inspection of...		KARACHI: Urdu varsity results KARACHI, Feb 24: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) has announced the results of BSc (honours) first year (evening) and MSc Environment 2005....
HYDERABAD: District govt faces problems HYDERABAD, Feb 24: Dist-rict Nazim Kanwar Naveed Jamil has said the district government is facing a host of problems because of limited resources, adding that there are around 1,100 schools which are to be taken care of by the local government....		HYDERABAD: Entry of buses into Hyderabad banned HYDERABAD, Feb 24: The district government has banned entry of big and small buses from the City Gate Hotel into the city from February 26....