March 10, 2006	Friday	Safar 9, 1427

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KARACHI: Five mega projects to be ready in 4 months KARACHI, March 9: The city Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal, said here on Thursday that all the five mega projects –- three underpasses and one leg of two flyovers — which are...		KARACHI: Tanneries told to set up water treatment plants: Environmental degradation KARACHI, March 9: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has called for highlighting the harms of environment, especially pollution, with the concept of social responsibilities....
KARACHI: Flower show inaugurated in DHA KARACHI, March 9: The 55th Pakistan Flower Show 2006 was inaugurated by Defence Secretary Tariq Waseem Ghazi at a ceremony at the DHA Seaview Park on Thursday....		KARACHI: CPSP awards fellowships, diplomas to 511 doctors KARACHI, March 9: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) on Thursday awarded 511 fellowships and diplomas to doctors of Karachi and other provinces in various specialities and disciplines at its 40th convocation....
KARACHI: Awareness programmes held to mark Kidney Day KARACHI, March 9: Various institutions and organizations held programmes to mark the first ever World Kidney Day in the city on Thursday. Speakers at conferences and seminars held on the theme...		KARACHI: Need stressed for national disaster commission: JPMC symposium ends KARACHI, March 9: The three-day annual symposium of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre concluded with the recommendation that a national disaster management committee or commission should be set up to cope up with any case of a major catastrophe....
KARACHI: Release of banker ordered KARACHI, March 9: Judge Hasan Feroze of the Accountability Court No. 2 ordered on Thursday release of the former chairman of the defunct Prudential Commercial Bank Limited after he returned the embezzled money....		HYDERABAD: SHC restrains govt from appointing doctors on contract HYDERABAD, March 9: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday restrained the Sindh chief secretary, secretary health and the Sindh Public Service Commission from making any appointment of doctors on contract basis till March 28....
HYDERABAD: Doctors boycott duties: Shahzadi case HYDERABAD, March 9: Doctors and paramedical staff of the Liaquat University Hospital boycotted wards, OPD and operation theatres and held demonstrations in the hospital and outside the press club here on...		PESHAWAR: ANP opposes fence along Afghan border PESHAWAR, March 9: The Awami National Party has voiced its strong opposition to the government’s proposal of fencing or mining the border with Afghanistan to stop cross-border movement....
KARACHI: PPP MPA’s bail extended till 20th KARACHI, March 9: Chief Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed of the Sindh High Court on Thursday extended the interim bail granted to Mukesh Kumar, a PPP member of the Sindh Assembly, till March 20....		KARACHI: Six rockets found in Baldia KARACHI, March 9: Six rockets were found on a vacant plot in a Baldia Town locality on Thursday. Police said the rockets were found near the Gulshan-i-Ghazi powerhouse....
KARACHI: BoG for Police Hospital approved KARACHI, March 9: Final approval has been given to a 15-member board of governors for the Police Hospital Karachi. Names for its five-member Managing Committee were also finalized....		KARACHI: Conviction of man set aside in ransom case KARACHI, March 9: The Sindh High Court set aside the conviction of a man in a kidnapping-for-ransom case and ordered his release if not required in any other case....
KARACHI: Lyari Expressway: a new land scam? THE biggest challenge any development project faces is a human one. If well planned and executed by people who are humane, it attempts to minimise the displacement it causes....		KARACHI: Long struggle to secure due rights, women told KARACHI, March 9: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said that the women would have to wage a long struggle for the rights which were guaranteed under the constitution and religion but not being given by the society....
KARACHI: Indo-Pakistan peace process discussed KARACHI, March 9: Leader of the visiting delegation of peace activists from Rajasthan Mr Rana Pars Ram has said that the confrontation is simply no option for both India and Pakistan....		KARACHI: CDGK, Microsoft sign MoU KARACHI, March 9: The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) on Thursday singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to help develop cutting edge e-governance services and solutions to improve the existing civic services....
KARACHI: NGO slams US occupation of Iraq KARACHI, March 9: The Stop The War Coalition (STWC), an organization of generally left-wing liberal political elements, on Thursday condemned the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, saying that it was...		KARACHI: Photographic exhibition KARACHI, March 9: An exhibition of photographs by Shahidul Alam, from Bangladesh, opens at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture at 5pm on Friday....
KARACHI: Paintings show at Indus gallery KARACHI, March 9: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Mehtab Ali will open at the Indus gallery at 6.30pm on Friday. The exhibition will continue till March 25, open daily from 10am to 6.30pm....		PESHAWAR: Steps to curb price-hike, unemployment urged PESHAWAR, March 9: A former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) provincial president, Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, has urged the government to take effective measures against growing price-hike, unemployment and lawlessness in the country....
PESHAWAR: 1,200 schools, 100 shelters pledged PESHAWAR, March 9: Minister of State and National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf on Thursday announced that the NCHD would establish 1,200 transitional schools in the quake-affected areas of the country....		PESHAWAR: Women’s role in policy formulation demanded PESHAWAR, March 9: Speakers at a workshop here on Thursday demanded increased role of women in formulation of policies and the decision-making process. The workshop was organized by the International Union...
PESHAWAR: Court told to complete trial in four months PESHAWAR, March 9: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday gave the Accountability Court a four-month deadline to complete the trial of an accused in the General Post Office corruption case....		PESHAWAR: Mushaira held PESHAWAR, March 9: A mushaira of Urdu, Pushto and Hindko was held by the culture committee of the press club on Thursday to celebrate the onset of spring....
ABBOTTABAD: Removal of tent villages begins ABBOTTABAD, March 9: Removal of tent villages established for quake victims started in Mansehra on Thursday. The inhabitants of the tent village at Mandhiyar were shifted to their ancestral area where shelters have been provided by different relief organisations....		PESHAWAR: Mild quake in NWFP areas PESHAWAR, March 9: A mild earthquake measuring four on the Richter scale was felt in Mansehra, Balakot and Batagram areas on Thursday. According to the preliminary analysis of the meteorological station here, the earthquake originated at 9.16am...