March 9, 2006	Thursday	Safar 8, 1427

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KARACHI: Women deplore gender bias KARACHI, March 8: Women members of the Sindh Assembly, deploring the discrimination against women in different forms and under various pretexts, have stressed on confidence-building measures for the womenfolk of the country....		KARACHI: SHC orders attachment of market KARACHI, March 8: The Sindh High Court ordered the attachment of an unauthorized market in Lyari on Wednesday. The SHC nazir, who inspected the market at Qasr-i-Siddiqui on plot number 2111,...
KARACHI: Repeal of discriminatory laws against women demanded KARACHI, March 8: Speakers at the Women Workers Conference on Wednesday called for an end to all laws against women and demanded implementation of the all international conventions on safeguarding women rights....		KARACHI: Altaf seeks annulment KARACHI, March 8: Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain on Wednesday demanded amendment to the constitution for abolition of all laws discriminatory against women in order to grant the womenfolk equal rights in the society....
KARACHI: World Kidney Day to be observed today KARACHI, March 8: Like elsewhere around the globe, Pakistanis too will observe the World Kidney Day for the first time on March 9. The Kidney Day has been jointly launched by...		KARACHI: City govt is being helped in uplift work: Ibad KARACHI, March 8: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan said on Wednesday that the federal and provincial governments are extending all possible cooperation for development activities in Sindh....
KARACHI: Muttahida activist shot dead KARACHI, March 8: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead allegedly by his friends on Rashid Minhas Road on late Tuesday night. Police said three friends, Shahzad alias...		KARACHI: Duststorm forecast KARACHI, March 8: Dusty winds started blowing on Wednesday night across the city and the meteorological department forecast dust and thunderstorm for Thursday too. A met department official said that the...
KARACHI: Inter-city bus termini causing problems KARACHI, March 8: Flow of traffic on main University Road near Al-Hilal Society and on almost all the surrounding streets of Taj Medical Complex, M A Jinnah Road often comes to a halt owing to presence of inter-city bus terminals....		KARACHI: Indus-Hub water link KARACHI, March 8: The managing-director of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, Brig Iftikhar Hyder, has directed engineers to connect the Indus river system to Hub pumping station for supplying water to areas in Balochistan....
KARACHI: Women urged to struggle for justice KARACHI, March 8: Women must strive to be a visible, vocal and vibrant force for peace and justice. This was the message of International Women’s Day meeting at the Karachi Press Club....		KARACHI: Bhitai’s poetry termed asset for oriental literature KARACHI, March 8: Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s poetry is not only a great asset for Sindhi language but also for the oriental literature. This was stated by the vice-chancellor of Federal...
KARACHI: Golden jubilee KARACHI, March 8: Golden jubilee celebrations of Karachi University’s Mass Communication Department will be held in April 2006. An alumni directory is also planned to be published....		KARACHI: Two held KARACHI, March 8: Police arrested two men following the recovery of fake letter pads and rubber stamps of law enforcers on Wednesday. Police received a letter from the NAB in which they were directed to submit challan in two cases....
KARACHI: Ban on fine nets urged KARACHI, March 8: Karachi-based fishermen have called for effective enforcement of law banning destructive nets in the creeks of coastal areas of Sindh. The local fishing communities alleged that the highly...		KARACHI: Paintings show at Chawkandi KARACHI, March 8: An exhibition of paintings by Masood A. Khan opens at Chawkandi Art at 5.30pm on Thursday. The exhibition will continue till March 17....
KARACHI: ATC defers order in ransom case KARACHI, March 8: An anti-terrorism court deferred on Wednesday the judgment in a kidnapping for ransom case. Judge Saghir Hussain Zaidi of the ATC-3 fixed March 14 for the pronouncement of judgment....		KARACHI: ADB reviews uplift projects KARACHI, March 8: A delegation of Asian Development Bank, headed by Stephen Sedgwick, on Wednesday met the Executive District Officers of city district government to review the progress of ongoing development projects in Karachi....
KARACHI: Peace activists demand cut in arms KARACHI, March 8: Peace activists from India’s second largest state, Rajasthan, have called for increasing two-way people-to-people contact and trade relations through the recently re-opened Khokhrapar-Monabao route, besides resolving the Jammu...		KARACHI: FIR against PPP MPA criticized KARACHI, March 8: The Pakistan Peoples Party’s on Wednesday condemned the registration of an FIR against its MPA Mukesh Kumar. The PPP declared that it would resort to all legal and constitutional modes of protest....
KARACHI: Protection of children in detention stressed KARACHI, March 8: Speakers at a seminar stressed the need of promoting awareness among police ranks regarding the rights and protection of children in detention. The seminar on the “Role of...		KARACHI: Chinese team to attend WSF moot KARACHI, March 8: A 10-member Chinese delegation of the ‘China NGO Network for International Exchanges’ would participate in the forthcoming World Social Forum (WSF) mega event being held here from March 24 to 29....
KARACHI: Chairlift at Safari KARACHI, March 8: City Nazim Mustafa Kamal inaugurated the first-ever chairlift facility at Safari Park on Wednesday. Some 20 chairs have been installed to carry 40 people on a two-kilometre trip...		HYDERABAD: Scrapping of anti-women laws, customs urged: Women’s Day observed HYDERABAD, March 8: The International Women’s Day was observed in all major cities and towns of interior of Sindh on Wednesday. Political parties, social welfare organizations and women’s rights activists organized seminars and held rallies to highlight problems of women....
HYDERABAD: Rs85m released for Tando Allahyar HYDERABAD, March 8: Tando Allahyar District Nazim Dr Rahila Magsi has said the prime minister has released Rs85 million for development of the district. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the...		HYDERABAD: Defence secretary told to file affidavit HYDERABAD, March 8: A division bench of Sindh High Court, Hyderabad Circuit, on Wednesday directed secretary of the ministry of defence to file his personal affidavit stating that Sikandar Ali Soomro,...
SUKKUR: Two women killed SUKKUR, March 8: Two women were killed by their relatives, one on late Tuesday night and the other on Wednesday....		HYDERABAD: International trade fair in Hyderabad planned HYDERABAD, March 8: The district government, in collaboration with the Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will hold the “Hyderabad International Trade Fair-2006” in October and November to boost economy of the district by introducing local products in the international market....
HYDERABAD: Move to boost vegetable, fruit output HYDERABAD, March 8: About 250 people from different districts will be trained as gardeners over three years to increase fruit and vegetable production. This was stated by Sindh secretary for agriculture Mahkum Din Qadri on Wednesday....		PESHAWAR: Ex-EDO booked NAWABSHAH, March 8: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has lodged an FIR against former executive district officer (education) for allegedly embezzling Rs25 million....
PESHAWAR: Women call for end to Hudood law PESHAWAR, March 8: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday stressed that civil society should continue its struggle for elimination of discriminatory laws against women....		PESHAWAR: Death sentence set aside: Murder of wife, three children PESHAWAR, March 8: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday set aside the death sentence given to a person for killing his wife and three daughters and awarded him 10 years rigorous...
PESHAWAR: N. Waziristan: call for jirga’s peace role PESHAWAR, March 8: A representative jirga of North Waziristan Agency comprising 12 prominent elders called on the NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman here on Tuesday evening and discussed with him the volatile...		MARDAN: Blasphemous cartoons condemned MARDAN, March 8: The Sarhad College Teachers Association has condemned the publication of sacrilegious cartoons in some European newspapers....